burrito taxi

plural burrito taxis

1. USderogatoryThe delivery of takeaway food ordered through an app or online platform.

   The “burrito taxi” was an internet meme that took aim at the perceived entitlement of America’s millennial left.

   [2025 August 6, “Starmer versus the burrito taxi”, in The Economist, retrieved 16 Oct 2025

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   have family dinner – if you have a family where know where they are, are speaking to each other, or not working 2 jobs (to pay for private taxis for your burritos, so you can be efficient to keep working to pay for the private burrito taxi)

   2024 August 18, Robert De Pinto, “How we kept sane in the 1970's vs 2024”, in Substack

   But as a way to reduce what’s on a busy person’s proverbial plates, meal kits are generally a more affordable option than succumbing to the private burrito taxi.

   2024 October 12, Jessica Roy, “Here’s just how expensive food delivery in California has become versus groceries”, in San Francisco Chronicle

   If you don’t want to spend the time it takes to prep and cook, that’s fine! Just don’t pretend like a $30 burrito taxi is your only option, and please for the love of all that is holy, stop using the word economical because you clearly don’t know what it means.

   2025 January 6, Jacob Weindling, “The Food Discourse Is Ridiculous and People Who Don’t Know Math Are Being Silly”, in Splinter

   On the one hand, it's a free country, and anyone is welcome to pay for a burrito taxi in $10 installments over a month and a half.

   2025 March 25, Emily Stewart, “Burrito now, pay later”, in Business Insider

   Around that time, I noticed the handle "Tax Burrito Taxis" on Chicagoland transit advocate social media. The catchphrase implied that, since it's not completely necessary to get restaurant food delivered by drivers, the $1.50 climate impact fee to fund transit is a good idea.

   2025 June 21, John Greenfield, “Thoughts on the proposed $1.50 fee for deliveries by drivers to fund transit and fight climate change: Don’t fear the “Burrito Taxi Tax””, in Streets Blog Chicago