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One theory is that when flour tortillas became available in northern Mexico, tacos de frijoles, or bean burritos, were easy to carry in the saddle-bags of the vaqueros (cowboys), so for this reason they came to be called burritos as though they were the sidekicks of the vaquero’s horse.
Burros is the name reserved for the very large tortilla burritos, in which the tortilla may be a foot and a half to two feet in diameter.
Fifteen years ago, few people north of San Antonio had heard of burritos, fajitas, flautas , or chalupas . Today, thanks to franchise Mexican restaurants, they have become a part of America's vocabulary.
Commercial burritos became available in San Francisco in 1961, according to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle, and now there are supposedly over 150 burrito taquerías (taco restaurants) in the Mission District of that city.
Since at least the 1920s, Chicanos from Texas have been making what came to be called burritos.