El Pelon Taquieria

96 Peterborough Street
Boston, MA 02215
Phone - (617) 262-9090
Categories: Restaurants, Mexican Restaurants

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"That's why they call it Beantown" - A guide to burritos in Boston
  • By jilliancyork
  • Updated 3 months ago
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Little known El Pelon (bad location) is a shining star on Boston’s Mexican food scene. Though the actual burritos are not the highlight, the steak tacos…nom nom nom, GONE. The other awesome thing about El Pelon is its proximity to Fenway. Burritos and baseball? Indeed.

Boston Burrito Roundup
  • By JoeB
  • Updated 3 months ago
  • 2 Thumbs Up

Second only to Picante, I’d consider El Pelon Boston’s other top-shelf burrito vendor. People often accuse their burritos of being too watery or are critical of the fact that they don’t melt their cheese, but those factors have never bothered me much.

El Pelon uses a hot sauce called “John Delisle Super Hot” or something, and as a connoisseur of spicy foods even I found it completely disgusting and pointless, like spraying pepper spray onto your food. Fear not, though, their jalapenos are unpickled and retain an unusual amount of heat.