Pablo Picante was born in Ensenada, Baja California to the humble beginnings. He was one of seventeen niños including a twin brother, Pedro. When Pablo was very young his padres made the migración to USA to earn money for the familia.

Aunt Conchita took over the parenting duties and Pablo was obliged to learn to cook. Under the tutelage of Aunt Conchita, Pablo learned the secret tastes and recipes from the entire región of California (on both sides of the frontera).

As Pablo learned to cook, he learned about the maravilloso fresh ingredientes available across Baja California and American California - soft flour tortillas, slow cooked meats, pinto beans, black beans and a wide selección of fresh and dried chillis - chipotles, habaneros, seranos and guajillos.

With the different flavours, Pablo could experiment with his salsas. As a teenager, Pablo made a Taqueria stand in San Felipe. Here he served the finest burritos in Baja Norte to the many Gringo American tourists.

With all the healthy eating in a big family, Pablo grew up grande and fuerte. He was forced to defend himself and his younger siblings in the barrios of Ensenada. He became fascinated by Mexican Wrestling: Lucha Libre. His idolos were the great luchadors: El Santo and Blue Demon.

After going to his first Lucha Libre show with twin brother Pedro, Pablo was determined to follow in their footsteps and rise from the poor background of the barrio

After impressing the head honchos of Lucha Libre, Pablo was given the chance to wrestle at the “Friday Lucha” in Tijuana. He was young and skinny but had the speed and agression of a Baja scorpion. His signature move became known later in USA as the “Mojave Scorpion Kick”

After winning his first championship in Mexicali, Pablo made the decisión to travel to Hollywood for the ‘Big Time’. Like many Mexican emigrantes travelling to California, Pablo packed his beans, rice and carne in a tortilla like the pack on travelling donkeys(‘Burrito’ = ‘little donkey’ en español)

After much success in Mexico and USA, Pablo becomes famoso around the world. Many of his fans wear the yellow and red mascara in homage to their Lucha Libre hero and his burritos deliciosos.

While wrestling in the USA, Pablo stayed in the Mission District and had the realización of how Americanos love the Mexican food. One of Pablo’s fanaticos in Irlanda explained about the lack of good burritos and begged for Pablo to bring his flavours there.

For this Pablo assembled an excellent team and the right ingredientes to make his burritos for Los Irlandeses.

Pablo realised the people of Dublin are bored with sandwiches and unhealthy fast-food. For this, the first burrito bar opened in Baggot Street in February 2010.

The response has been very nice. Many nice reviews in the paper and awards since the opening…

Because of the many visitors to Pablo Picante every day, it soon became obvious that more space was necesario. The new Pablo Picante in Clarendon Market has more seats and a slightly bigger menu. Pablo is very excited about this.