Death by Burrito – a contemporary Mexican grill and cocktail bar conceptualised by Shay Ola of fine-dining and events group the Rebel Dining Society – is set to open at the Catch bar in Shoreditch this September.

We set about the wraps, the tacos, the ‘deconstructed guacamoles’ and assorted tortillas, like recently-freed, hitherto-starved beasts.

A pool table in the back, lively, (and more importantly) friendly staff and a frozen apricot, tequila cocktail that will convert even the staunchest blueberry Slush Puppy fans are all endearing qualities. Place a handful of ice in a blender and add the tequila, apricot brandy, lime juice, and gave nectar.

We’ve always wanted to find a way to bring the Rebel Dining Society experience to a wider audience and think that with Death by Burrito we’ve cracked it. She sprinkles it into most things she cooks, while her husband is so enamoured of it that he coats his crisps in the stuff. Jose Cuervo Tradicional Tequila is the running theme in the six very different cocktails on offer, we tried the Pink Paloma an infusion of Tequila raspberries and Aperol charged with homemade vanilla salted grapefruit soda, the Turbo Chelada, a good one for the lads, tastes like Desperados beer only attacked with foam and finally the Death by Julep which certainly puts the rasp in your voice. Tasty enough, yes, but no match for the beef rib extravagaza served to me in a tortilla at Death by. You can read this before Death by Burrito: Mexican street food to die for PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.

This means there is a reputation preceding the (Death by) burritos now being served up at Catch in Shoreditch.

Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news, events, offers and partner promotions. Just because you've put a bit of the stuff in oil and thrown it on tagliatelle or fly-tipped it on a sausage doesn't mean we want to pay a king's ransom to eat it. We’re really excited to be launching Death by Burrito and have been working hard to explore the relationship between food and cocktails,” said Ola – a former video and art editor.

If there’s no room for a table then a space at the bar beckons, which is equally intimate, only with the added benefit of some shot drinking, cocktail mixing, temporary tattoo wearing bar staff for company. The roasted apple-and-sage-pork tray bake – brown your chops and apple slice, whack in the pack and pop in the oven – is a cheat's winter week-night winner. Now spurred on by the recent rise of the street food culture,​​Death by Burrito is the first standalone concept for the Rebel Dining Society, featuring a seating capacity of 30, with ‘experimental cocktails’ taking a central focus in the dining experience.

The grill’s food includes braised pork belly burritos and baja fish tacos served with Death By Burrito’s special deconstructed guacamole and blue corn chips, lobster ceviche, grilled octopus and poblano crepes.They will have to wait until next time — which will undoubtedly come and for which I will undoubtedly have to queue. As locations for a new pop-up restaurant go, the basement of Catch probably wouldn’t have been first on most people’s lists.