FIPS Food Throwdowns: The Guacamole Edition [Barrio vs. Rancho Alegre]
Amanda |
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 12:59AM 
So, it's Sunday, you're hungover, you don't want to move, and you're trying to decide which place in the nabe has the best General Tso's. Or maybe you're wondering if there's a restaurant in existence anywhere that is capable of bringing you a burger and fries that isn't soggy and terrible from the time it's spent hanging out in its styrofoam home.
BAM!: FIPS Food Throwdowns! A monthly series where we order the same exact thing from two different Park Slope restaurants, get it delivered, and evaluate which was better. It's a culinary smackdown...a triumph of the delivery will. I know your lazy asses are so ready for this shit.
So this is how it's going to work. The places will be judged by certain criteria:
Ordering ease: Ever had to spend 15 minutes on the phone just trying to order a fucking chips and guacamole only to find out they have a $30 minimum and don't take American Express? Yeah, thanks, Los Pollitos II. We appreciate it when a place makes it simple.
Delivery time: Anything under 15 minutes is a miracle. Anything over 45 minutes, I'm grabbing my torch and pitchfork.
Price: Because you should never spend $40 on takeout unless it's 4AM, you're drunk, and you decide that you and your two friends need 5 large pizzas.
How'd it hold up?: Soggy fries, leaking miso soups, cold pizza—even though I know my food is being slung over some guy's shoulder and transported on a bike, I'd like it to not look like it was.
Taste: Obviously.
Bonus: Extra sauces? Plastic containers that you can use again for lunch? Score.
I know all you foodies out there will inevitably hate the two places I pick. I get it. But I have to pick just two places to face each other in a head-to-head [mortal] combat. Feel free to suggest which places YOU think are the best for each featured food/dish—FIPS Food Throwdowns are just a random slice-of-pizza life sampling.
Here goes:
FIPS Food Throwdowns: The Guacamole Edition
Barrio vs. Rancho Alegre
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