Taco Del Mar Rolls Five-Pound Burritos on Cinco De Mayo, Challenging Big Eaters to Consume it in 30 Minutes or Less

SEATTLE-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Taco Del Mar, a quick-service Mexican restaurant chain featuring Baja beach-style burritos and fish tacos, is rolling up the biggest burrito in the restaurant’s history this Cinco de Mayo. Taco Del Mar’s Cinco de Mondo Five-pounder Burrito-eating challenge will test the stomach bandwidth of even the biggest eater!

On May 5, anyone that can successfully take down the Taco Del Mar’s Cinco de Mondo Five-pounder Burrito within 30 minutes or less gets a $20 Taco Del Mar gift certificate, a variety of Taco Del Mar SWAG and some serious bragging rights! The Five-pounder Burrito, equivalent to four-and-a-half of its Mondo Burritos, is four flour tortillas packed with rice, refried beans, chicken or ground beef, cheese, pico de gallo and a choice of sauces and jalapenos. It’s priced at $17.95.

Anyone up for the challenge should visit a Taco Del Mar on May 5 during regular store hours and ask for the Five-pounder! Watch a video of the Five-pounder being made at www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qrIV9CKWSs. For additional information and locations, visit www.tacodelmar.com.

Taco Del Mar has more than 200 U.S. locations throughout Oregon, Washington, California, Hawaii, Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Utah, Arizona, Alaska, Florida, Ohio, Tennessee, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Virginia as well as 58 locations in Canada.

About Taco Del Mar

Founded in Seattle in 1992 by brothers James and John Schmidt, Taco Del Mar is a quick-service casual restaurant chain inspired by southern Baja, Mexico and coastal beach shacks known for serving some of the tastiest burritos and tacos. Today, Taco Del Mar brings those craved Mexican flavors and experience to 258 locations throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Health magazine recently named Taco Del Mar one of America’s Top 10 Healthiest Fast Food Restaurants. As the fresh, fast alternative to traditional Mexican food, Taco Del Mar takes its ingredients seriously, balancing taste and nutrition. All of Taco Del Mar’s menu items have zero grams of trans fat. The restaurant steams its long-grain rice, does NOT use lard in its beans and offers a variety of tortillas including spinach, tomato, flour, corn and whole wheat. Taco salad shells are baked, not fried, and Taco Del Mar’s salsas and guacamole are made with fresh ingredients daily. For more information, including nutritional information and a complete listing of Taco Del Mar locations, visit www.tacodelmar.com.

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