Wake and Late once crafted one of the city’s most compelling bacon breakfast burritos, a handheld symphony that felt worth planning your morning around. There was a time when every bite struck perfect balance: crisp bacon with real snap, golden tater tots layered thoughtfully beneath creamy scrambled eggs, ripe avocado adding just enough richness, all wrapped in a delicately toasted tortilla that held it together without stealing the show. Lately, though, the harmony feels off. The burrito that once felt generous now arrives noticeably smaller, a quiet casualty of shrinkflation. The bacon lacks some of its former crackle, the tots don’t always deliver that same confident crunch, and the overall build suggests the pressures of scaling and profitability have nudged quality in the wrong direction. It is still good. But it no longer feels special. For a burrito once beloved by so many, that shift is hard not to notice.
