Review: Chipotle Mexican Grill, Wilton, NY

Here is a link to my review of Chipotle in the Albany Times Union.

Mystery #4 solved: EJ's wrap at Anton's, Albany, NY

Boy, I'm going to have to try harder with these mysteries. This is the first time that no one even had to think about it. I guess with something as good as the EJ wrap, I shouldn't have assumed it could stay a secret for long.

I’ve wandered into Anton's a few times for lunch and been neither impressed nor put off by their food. Just kind of, OK, whatever. I do like the sampler of spreads that comes with warm pita slices. I get the hummus, eggplant, and carp roe spreads. All are tasty with nice creamy textures, although I wish the roe spread had a little more roe in it. Still at $7.25 the sampler is a great deal. I can see this as my new save-face trick for one of those times when I get invited to a potluck and then forget about it until 10 minutes before I'm supposed to be there.

But, really, in terms of appreciating Anton's, I was going for the wrong meal. Breakfast it is.

They will tailor the EJ wrap ($5.25) to your order. You can choose the cheese you want and the fillings, going upstate-NY style with sausage and American or adding Greek items like gyro meat. I went for the full Greek treatment with feta, eggs, gyro meat, sautéed onions and peppers and pieces of fried potato. I wouldn’t change a thing.

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Celinabean Mystery #4: Greek breakfast wrap

My friend B comes from a family where vigorous nodding counts as enthusiasm, so I was surprised when she called the other day, her voice in a full bluster. Something about gyro meat wrapped with eggs and cheese and fries. Did she say fries? Breakfast sandwiches can do this to people, even New England types. In fact, maybe it’s especially New England types, because if you can’t work up some passion about breakfast sandwiches in this part of the country you really should live some place where at least there is more sunshine.

Well, obviously I had to investigate. I’m not sure breakfast sandwich is even the right term. It is more like “breakfast feast,” or “everything thing you’ve ever loved all wrapped up in one bundle,” or maybe just the “now I have to go jogging but I don’t care because I am happy” sandwich. Something like that.

So if you can name the spot where I found this sandwich, I will arrange a free one for you. The jogging afterward is up to you.

As always, if there is more than one correct answer, my friends at AOA will pick a name out of a hat.