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

My children will be wearing this:

Good to know I'm not the only Chipotle-addict, yay.
I love their soft tacos.

Good God, I'd die if I are there three times a week. I almost died eating there on back-to-back nights. Nevertheless, death by Chipotle isn't such a bad way to die. I do love Chipotle. Sooo gooood. I always get a chicken burrito: extra rice, pinto beans, cheese, lettuce, tomato, corn, sour cream. Always worth the money. Always filling. Always death.

I haven't eaten at Chipotle as much as I'd like. Which sucks, since I'm acutely aware of what I'm missing. Unfortunately, they aren't located very close to me.

That is the worst thing I can say about Chipotle, though; everything else is excellent.

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

I believe Chipotle is owned by McDonalds which is surprising because Chipotle stuff is generally of good quality.

There's a local Mexican restaurant called "Que Tal"; it preceded the Chipotle chain as far as I can tell, but their manner of burrito making is identical. The burritos are the width of elephant penises and stuffed with various layers of meats and wrapped in aluminum foil so that when you get to the bottom there's no graceful way to eat them. And they rock. 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.

I only ate there once, unfortunately. But when I did eat there, it was amazing. They're food was so good. I don't have a Chipotle anywhere near me for miles. The best I could get is either a Baja Fresh or a Taco Bell. T_T

The only vice I have there is that the burritos are five dollars.

The ARE really good though. They are kind of short, but really fat, and stuffed with rice and stuff. Their menu is so intuitive, I wonder why other restaurants don't do it like that.

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.

Oh I already knew Taco Bell != Mexican food.

Mmmmm, chipotle. I love chipotle. I wanted some last time I was down there but I didn't get any, which means I shall have to compensate when I come down this weekend.

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

I just recently began liking Chipotle, and I probably have something from there a few times a month. There are three Chipotles around me, so it's always a good place to go when I have nothing else to eat at home. I usually order the chicken tacos, but everything else is good as well.

Originally Posted by BlueMikey

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

*GASP*
Sounds like it is time for me and my college friends to arrange a small road trip.

But alas, it looks like it will take some time for them to reach their tentacles into West Michigan.

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 IS it supposed to be pronounced. Chi-poh-tleh?

Originally Posted by Fyodor D.

How IS it supposed to be pronounced. Chi-poh-tleh?

That's correct.

Anyway, guys, what are your favorite items to get at Chipotle?

Personally, I like to get a burrito with rice, black beans, barbacoa, roasted chili corn, sour cream, cheese, and lettuce. I've gotten a few variations before (pinto, chicken, different salsa, guacamole, etc.), but I like that combination the best at this point in time.

I've actually never gotten anything other than a burrito, since I like burritos so much. However, today I think I'll try something different.

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.

Whenever I eat at Chipotle I always get a burrito with rice, black beans, steak, a mixture of the mild and really hot sauce, and some guacamole (even though they charge and extra few bucks for it). I honestly think they have the best guac around, every time I go, I grab a bag of chips and a side of the stuff to eat later. If I'm not mistaken I think they soak the tortilla chips in lime juice as well, which I just love.

I really love Chipotle, but it's so damn expensive!
Well, for somebody on a college kid budget, anyways. But I do give in every once and awhlie, because they're so goooood. Before going to college I had only eaten there once, on a vacation. All I have back home is Baja Fresh .