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My Life with Bufalo® brand Chipotle sauce.

I discovered this magic stuff while living in SF.  In a nutshell, it's black as Hell, thick as ketchup and while not terribly hot, it's got a nice heat, but its best quality is its smoky flavor.  It's unlike any other chipotle sauce.  If you see it, buy at least six bottles.  It'll run you about six bucks (seriously), but it tastes like a million of 'em.

After my first bottle I was hooked.  I bought mine at what was Leonardo's 2001 (it's now "Cheese Plus) for 95¢.  The next week I bought six bottles.  A few weeks later, I was due to renew my supply and there were none to be found.  I asked the guy about it and he said he had a fight with his supplier and there were no more coming.  I was distraught.

A few weeks later, I visited the shop and found it resupplied!!  I took ALL the bottles from the shelf to the counter (no lie) and chatted with the guy.  He remembered me from before and assured me that the fight with the supplier was over.  I told him I believed him but I wasn't taking any chances.  He asked me if I wanted a case.  I did.  (It was fun hauling that case of hot sauce through the Polk Gulch all afternoon.)

When I moved to Alameda, I found a vendor.
When I moved to LA, I found a vendor.

At some point a few months back, a different Bufalo® brand sauce - Rojo Jalapeño - joined the chipotle and Salsa Classica on the shelf.  Little did I know that soon, the other sauces would push the chipotle sauce from the shelf.  Oh the HORROR.

So as my home supply continues to diminish, I've started a desperate search of the markets and bodegas of the surrounding area.  I haven't found anything but the other two Bufalo® brand sauces.  I'm down to my last bottle and I'm seriously thinking about buying from the intertubes (the problem there is that the cost per bottle quadruples to $4 and there's a shipping cost.  ugh.)

There is an interesting development, though:  I was at the checkout of the supermarket that used to have the sauce just the other day, and the Store Manager herself was at the register.  I told her my plight and she said I was the second guy to ask about that specific sauce and she said she was working on it!  She said to try back in a few days or a week or two!  Fuck that:  I'm checking every goddamn day.

Tonight - Zeitgeist
 Grab some patio while the weather is still warm!


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