Burrito Loko, express MofonGo opening joint location near CCSU
Two restaurants from Hartford’s Parkville Market are expanding together to open one location near the Central Connecticut State University campus in New Britain.
Tex-Mex eatery Burrito Loko and Puerto Rican restaurant MofonGo will open today under the same roof at 1470 East St.
MofonGo will be an “express” location, with a smaller menu than the chain’s other locations. Burrito Loko will have the same menu it has at Parkville Market.
“I think Burrito Loko is a good product for college kids and so is MofonGo. I believe we can put our brands together in one kitchen and get a little bit more business,” said Enrique Rodriguez, co-owner of Burrito Loko and co-franchisee of the MofonGo at the new location.
Rodriguez and his wife, Julie, own Burrito Loko, Las Tortas MX and Fowl Play stalls in Parkville Market. They also own a combined Burrito Loko-Las Tortas MX-Fowl Play location in New Britain’s The Assembly Room.
MofonGo has locations in New Britain and Windsor. Owner Vincent Placeres said he is looking now in Waterbury for a good location to expand.
This year, Placeres sold the Parkville Market MofonGo location to the Rodriguezes as franchisees. The Rodriguezes are the first franchisees of MofonGo. Placeres said he hopes to franchise more MofonGo locations in the future.
The express MofonGo menu will have rice bowls with pork, chicken, steak or shrimp ($13.89 to $16.89); mofongo with pork or chicken ($13.89), potato balls ($3.50) and empanadas ($2.99).
Burrito Loko will have rice bowls and burritos for $10.95, in chicken, beef barbacoa, New York strip, shrimp, ground beef or veggie. Burrito Loko also sells taco salad, fajitas and “Tex Mex chicken chop” for $10.95; quesadillas and nachos for $11.95; and fish, shrimp and birria tacos for $9.95.
The shop will be open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday and Monday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Thursday and 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
For more information, visit burritolokoct.com and mofongorestaurant.com.
Susan Dunne can be reached at sdunne@courant.com.
