Archive for the ‘Salsaritas’ tag
Salsarita's Fresh Mexican Grill, 275 Park Terrace Drive Suite 800: March 2021 4 comments
I don't recall ever eating at a Salsarita's. Moe's has mainly been my go-to for this category, and Qdoba & Chipolte have always disappointed. At any rate, judging by the google reviews, this location closed around March of 2021. It was apparently intended as a temporary thing, but once the signage comes down, I think you can mark it as permaent.
(Hat tip to commenter Gypsie)
UPDATE 30 September 2021 -- As mentioned in the comments to become an Uberrito Fresh Mex:
Salsarita's Fresh Mexican Grill, 2006 Devine Street: 24 May 2018 1 comment
I guess this train-stationesque building just was not meant to house a fast casual Mexican chain. If you will recall, this was the location of Qdoba until May of 2015, meaning that Salsarita's lasted about three years. The State's report is here.
Despite some stumbles locally in recent years, I have always been a Moe's partisan in the burritto wars. I hate the ambience at Chipolte, Qdoba burrittos always fell apart on me, and Barbaritos, at least locally, is Moe's lite, without the availability of ground beef. I had not really had an opinion on Salsarita's, not having been to one until recently. Finally having done that (though not at this location), I was a little weirded out when the staff took over my tray and brought it out to a table which was not the one I had been planning on. I honestly can't recall much about the food itself.
(Hat tip to commenter MB)
UPDATE 12 March 2019 -- Now a TD bank:
Salsarita's / TCBY, 916 Gervais Street: 11 December 2015 4 comments
Salsarita's is one of the Moe's-like Mexican chains that I have not tried. There's no particular reason for that, just that there weren't and aren't any in my usual haunts. TCBY I have visited many times over the years, though not at this location. They make a perfectly fine frozen yogurt, though I'm afraid that's something of a commodity at this point.
I'm no fan of Chipolte, but I have to think that the location opening down the hill from here at 619 Gervais Street cannot have helped matters.
(Hat tip to commenter Justin)
UPDATE 10 June 2021: Adding tags and map icon.
Qdoba Mexican Grill, 2006 Devine Street: 9 May 2015 1 comment
This is the third Qdoba in Columbia to close fairly recently, the other two being on Garners Ferry and Two Notch. WLTX has the story here.
I think the chain may be having troubles in general as google finds a number of closings nationally, and I have also noticed the Surfside location close. I will say that the few times I have tried Qdoba in general (I did not try any of the Columbia stores), I have not been too impressed. In particular, my burrito always fell apart.
I'm not sure whether the architecture of this building is meant to suggest Southwest or Brick Train Station...
(Hat tip to commenter Justin)
UPDATE 26 August 2015 -- As mentioned by commenter James R, Salsarita's is now open in this location:
