The Chipotle Thread

I know that there are quite a few people who are pretty much in the cult of Chipotle. I eat there at least 3 times every week, usually once or twice more than that. It's like my religion.

Who else here loves Chipotle? For those of you who are uninitiated, Chipotle is a semi-fast food restaurant that sells burritos and tacos, among other items. Their burritos are stuffed with rice, beans or fajita mix, yummy meat, salsa, sour cream, and cheese. Or whatever you want in it. They have great guac. Everything else always fresh. The tortillas are delicious. It is even set up now where you can order your food online and pick it up without waiting in line.

http://www.chipotle.com

Chipotle was pretty much purchased by McDonald's a few years ago, but is still run by all the original people and actually has it's own stock offering on the NYSE (I just learrned this, I'm so buying some Chipotle stock).

http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix....&p=irol-irhome

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Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Legato

Are these burritos like the true way of burrito construction? I'd only known Taco Hell's pseudo mexican prior to Que Tal and Chipotle.

No. I live in Tucson, AZ, and we have a ton of authentic Mexican restaurants and they are really nothing like this. You'd never see a burrito with black beans, fajita ingredients, rice infused with lime and cilantro, or some of the other things they have at Chipotle in them. A typical Mexican burrito will only have one or two ingredients in them but they will be about as large as what you see at Chipotle and other similar restaurants.

Taco Bell is absolutely nothing like actual Mexican food. Once you spend a while eating actual Mexican food, there is no way you can even step inside a Taco Bell without gagging. Chipotle, on the other hand, is more like taking Mexican food and putting a northern chicano spin on it.

Originally Posted by Fyodor D.

Alas, I do not even think they have a shop in all of Michigan. ;_;
I have heard so much awesomeness about them.

There's one in West Bloomfield, one in Rochester Hills, and one is coming to East Lansing.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by nadienne

Does it bug the shit out of you when people pronounce it chi-pole-teh? Cause it does me.

But that's how it is pronounced. I used to say chi-pot-tle until I got corrected one too many times and have made a concerted effort to say it right. :P

How ya doing, buddy?

Er, yeah, I was meaning chi-poh-tleh. That's how I say it.

I switch between two main burritos:

1) fajita burrito with rice (two scoops), chicken, corn, sour cream, cheese
2) burrito with rice (two scoops), pinto, chicken, corn, sour cream, cheese

Sometimes, I'll mix up the fajita one (I don't like changing it if I go with pinto). If I get barbacoa, I won't get the extra rice, and I'll get green salsa along with the corn. Sometimes I'll go with steak. Sometimes, I'll add in hot sauce with the corn if I get chicken or steak, but I never put hot in if I'm getting chips and salsa since I always get the hot for the chips. And the chips are delicious, by the way.

Soft tacos if I'm not too hungry, and that goes with rice, steak, corn, sour cream, cheese, and lettuce.

About the only thing I've never tried is a quesadilla.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

We should all sell our GFF stock and buy stock in Chipotle and put Chipotles on every block in America.

But, really, it's worth travelling 200 miles once in a while for one.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Which beef?

The steak is cubed, it's got a fairly mild flavor for steak. But it's never tough. It's not like the chicken, which always seems to have more of a grilled taste, it just has a good marinade.

The barbacoa is the shredded beef which is the spiciest of the meats. I tend not to get it too much because I feel that it overpowers all the other ingredients, but it does taste good.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Acacia

Did you guys know that, if you're a student (college, middle, high school, etc.), you get a free drink if you show them your ID?

It is like that here in Tucson for the Chipotle on campus. I've tried it at the one closest to my house (also furthest away from campus) and they've said no. They used to give you a small size cup, but now they give you the little tiny one you get if you ask for just a glass for water.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Sakabadger

I'm always too much of a wuss to ask for two scoops of rice. I'd love two scoops, but then I go..."what if they say no?" Then that presents to me a truly awkward and somewhat miserable situation. Eh!

They never say no. They never say no to anything you want to put on your burrito, the only thing is that they will inform you it is more expensive to get extra meat (I don't know how anyone could have more meat) or guac. I think they might also charge extra for double beans, but I've never seen anyone order that before.

How ya doing, buddy?

The extra rice does that for me sometimes. They do their best, but when you open up the wrapper, everything just falls out.

Chipotle is good with a fork too.

I had Chipotle tonight: 2 scoops of rice, pinto, chicken, corn, sour cream, cheese and, since I didn't have lunch, chips with hot salsa. My burrito exploded since it was so full and I used the chips to scoop up what fell out.

How ya doing, buddy?