
Established in 1995 in Amherst by UMass grad Bob Lowry, Bueno Y Sano now operates at six family-owned locations in Western MA and South Burlington, VT. Our burritos, quesadillas, tacos, salads and other recipes are all handcrafted with fresh ingredients and hundreds of delicious combinations. We’re also a proud community sponsor. We love our customers and work hard every day to serve good and healthy food, and support local causes. Thank you to every customer who has helped us along the way!
Part of a small counter-serve Mexican chain serving burritos, quesadillas, tacos & salads.
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Address: Blue Mall, 150 Dorset St Ste 300, South Burlington, VT 05403
Phone: (802) 448-3317
Website: https://buenoysano.com/
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It has big portions.
I’ve tried Bueno Y Sano three different times since they opened in the Blue Mall on Dorset Street all with the same disappointing results. Each time I ordered a chicken taco on corn tortilla and 2 beef tacos on flour tortilla. Both were to be dressed with their hot salsa and sour cream. They consistently left off the sour cream on all and only the chicken taco had the hot salsa on it. Also it took like 15-ish minutes to receive the order. Finally when the steak taco was made it was cut in half and called two separate tacos. At $15.00 it isn’t inexpensive to eat here. About the only saving grace was the corn salsa on the salsa bar. It was fiery spicy and delicious. I left here disappointed.
Dining solo for this stop I chose the chipotle chicken burrito with medium heat sauce. I did stop by during the lunch rush so my order did take longer than usual to prepare. But, no worries! I enjoyed a Heady Topper beer while I waited. I also grabbed a bit of their hot sauce to try … nice and SPICY! A pleasant surprise.
Burrito in hand, I first notice that the flour tortilla is quite nice. Definitely a better quality than the typical fast food restaurants, and I’m wondering if the tortillas are from the local All Souls Tortilleria in Burlington. The burrito was STUFFED! The chicken was tender, and nicely chipotle sauced. The medium hot sauce was very good, and the addition of the hot sauce gave the heat level a nice kick. The burrito also included black beans, lettuce, pico de gallo, rice, and sour cream.
Overall, a very good burrito for a quick stop, and I appreciate that it is not a chain restaurant. Give Bueno Y Sano a try next time you’re craving Mexican flavors!
Firstly, they didn’t have carnitas on the menu and instead just provided generic pork which surprised me because I thought carnitas was a pretty basic baseline option for any sort of Mexican restaurant to serve but I guess not here.
Secondly, when the food came out, I thought they gave me the wrong order because when I opened the bag, I saw roughly what’s in the image attached. If you couldn’t tell they were supposed to be tacos, I wouldn’t blame you, it fooled me too. I asked the staff if perhaps some sort of mixup had occurred but they (patiently and politely) reassured me that the dish before me was, in fact, two tacos, just with an “unconventional” twist.
Slightly perturbed by the two prior dilemmas, I began to chow down and was annoyed to realize that the “tacos” were not in the least bit spicy! Bear in mind that I had explicitly ordered the “spicy” option (which is rare for me in most places) simply because I had already assumed that the “mild” or “medium” would be weak sauce in this establishment. I was truly amazed to learn that even the spicy option packed zero punch whatsoever. Listen, I am as White as they come and this “spice” failed to even register on my decidedly Anglo-Saxon tastebuds. I can only imagine a born-and-bred Mestizo attempting to enjoy this dish.
The one upside of my experience here was that the service was friendly and I received my mediocre food quickly and efficiently.
In closing, I would say that it might be more accurate to describe this place as a Mediterranean restaurant as opposed to Mexican, given the fact that my “tacos” more resembled a gyro if anything else. Maybe I’m being too harsh on a foreign food restaurant in Vermont but I figured every corner of the US would have Mexican food on lock at this point.
P.S. Reading this review back, I’m not trying to make this a racial thing as I have had excellent Latin American cuisine that was cooked and prepared by other White people. I just hope this specific place tries a new approach and perhaps gets someone else in the kitchen.