La Casita Loca

LOS CASITA LOCA “the little crazy house” Dining fare at Camp Lejeune, the home of expeditionary warfare” is not limited. However, it is mostly the home of various popular fast-food franchises and the “chow” halls. There was a time when having breakfast at the Camp Lejeune Chow Hall was an experience to secretly anticipate. However, those halcyon days are now in the dust bins of history. Since the Pandemic, plastic utensils, Styrofoam plates, and a staff that looks at the prepared food with a mix of disdain and sorrow has curbed my joy. The breakfast burrito at the Chow Hall used to be a delight, an intoxicating mixture of hashbrown, chorizo, egg, cheese, black beans and love. Now it is all lies and prepacked blandness. I inquired about how long the tater tots had been sitting out. The worker replied, “Ten minutes”. They could not even look me in the eye. LIE! LIES! And more LIES! I took my homely lukewarm burrito to my table sobbing and in silence I ate. Drinking my black coffee from a Styrofoam cup. No more I cried to the gods in heaven NO MORE!!! LOS CASITA LOCA, a pale yellow drive through with outdoor seating……It sits in the middle of a largely abandoned parking lot. It’s asphalt riven with cracks and fissures, which speaks to the decay and inertia that has gripped this entire strip mall. The phallic box rises to great each day with pangs of weariness that are felt upon your approach. What good can come of this? you scream at an uncaring universe. The building looks like it is close to spontaneous combustion or simply suicidal collapse in the grueling heat of a coastal summer. Los Casitas Locas is open from 0800 to 1400, Monday through Friday and during those times. The drive through is akin to when the buzzards circle a dying carcass on a lonely backwoods’ road. The madness of this is nonstop. The workers inside are bone tired. Like Sisyphus of old they push their burritos up the hill only when finally reaching the peak they slide back down burrito hill. DOOMED FOR ALL ETERNITY TO MAKE AND REMAKE TASTY Highlander & California Burritos for a vast hungry horde of unknown persons. I always do the walk-up. I place my order. Looking at the poor woman she stares back with hollow vacant eye holes. A world weariness is upon here that no amount of rest can replenish. I place my order and tip 20%. I sit and patiently wait……..and wait. I wait a little longer. Other people are waiting as well. Everyone is patient, but there is always one who is not. They pace and sigh aloud. It’s amusing me. Their entreaties to the staff fall upon deaf and incredulous ears. Can you not see that it is just the two of us? Can you not see with your good eyes the circle of unending traffic that speaks to our popularity and tastiness of our burrito fare? Sit down and wait you poor fool. I usually order either the Highlander or the California Burrito with Steak. The Highlander is stuffed with egg, bacon, sausage, cheese, sour cream, and cheese. The California Burrito has steak and cheese and lots of other good things that I can’t quite remember this morning. But rest assured you will not be disappointed. Los Casita Loca is a real gem in this world of cookie cutter nonsense, it manages to rise above and deliver excellent food for the money. I highly recommend.

The breakfast burritos are unmatched! I don’t eat out super often, I generally try to eat chow hall if I can help it, but Casita Loca has been awesome every time. All the employees are nice and the outdoor seating is relaxing. I think MCCS did a great job with this place. They also were cool about me grabbing some cardboard boxes from them for moving. Great place, thanks!

Really good burritos for the price. I wont say they're the best burritos I've had, but for 5 buck they're pretty bomb. And the little Mexican sodas are pretty good too

Quick eatery. Love the California breakfast burritos.

A great little place for burritos if you're on post. I had the Diablo Steak burrito, which was enjoyably spicy but not too high on the heat. Very easy walk up window, where you order and then wait for your order to be called at the other window. Outdoor seating only. They also do breakfast. I would easily take this place over Taco Bell.

It's kind of a hole-in-the-wall place, but we stop by roughly every other week for breakfast or lunch. There is a drive thru, though we've not used it, even when we get it to go. Seating is outside only on plastic coated expanded metal, some with umbrellas. Almost everyone is super nice and personable. Recommend you give it a try, but be there before 2 p.m. or you'll miss out; they'll be closed.

I love their burritos, they're massive, yet inexpensive! If they were open more, they would definitely have a lot more business, especially with how busy it gets during lunch hours!

Super yummy food! I go here all the time. It’s not too expensive, either. The portions are big. Only complaint is that the drive through can take a loooong time sometimes. But it’s worth the wait.