My partner LOVES the chorizo. He also loves queso but will be bummed if if it's at the expense of chorizo.

Removed two things to add one? Weird.

Sad to see Steve Ells getting forced out of his own company, but that's what happens when you answer to shareholders who think a tweet from a C-list celebrity will doom the whole company. I'm not totally sure how adding breakfast items and drive-thrus will increase their bottom line, but time will tell.

I had a hankering for one, so I visited my local Chipotle at 6:30pm tonight (prime dinner time). The place was practically empty. The burrito was delicious.

Another note: I don't know what it is about adding lettuce to a burrito, but it causes my burrito to tear quite easily in the rolling process or during consumption. That's when I discovered the secret menu hack of asking for two tortillas (a.k.a. double-wrap). Highly recommended.

I know that Chipotle isn't going for authentic in any way, but there is a practical reason Mexicans don't put lettuce in burritos.

And don't get me started on rice. Signed, a Mexican. ;)

I had the misfortune to have their queso

That thing is nasty, could be used to remodel a bathroom

Haven't tried their new queso, but chances are it can't get any worse than that

And yes, real burritos don't have lettuce and don't to be double wrapped

They tried the queso in the past and now have a new version? :confused:

Enlighten a non-Mexican, please. Why shouldn't you put lettuce in a burrito? What technically should go into a burrito? Just meat, cheese, and refried beans?

I thought about trying the queso the other day for the first time but it looked like it had been sitting out for a while so I decided against it. Sounds like I'm not missing much?

My partner said he went to Chipotle for lunch today. I asked if he had the queso. "No, it had a skin on it." :D

It's already been updated. It's better but it's not as good as other spots.

Your choice of meat, beans, cheese, chilies, and anything else you want warm/hot (hot lettuce is not my idea of a tasty meal, so I serve it on the side as you will see many sit-down Mexican restaurants do along with salsa, guac, and sour cream). For many people rice in the burrito is acceptable, but I am not used to the double carb hit of rice + tortilla.

Of course, one could do the bowl and avoid the tortilla and the rice. I don't mind the lettuce, so I do the salad. I love that vinaigrette.

Correct. When I am at Chipotle/Qdoba/their near infinite carbon copies these days, I often order a bowl to use rice as the base. No real equivalent in Mexican cuisine, but damn good.

So it appears their Avocado Day didn't work out as planned, which kind of sucks since we were planning on getting four on-line orders of chips and guac. Once the servers were back up, they changed the wording so that you could only add it to your entree. Not discouraged, we decided to head over to our local Chipotle so that Miss Swede could try it (with her food allergies, it's difficult to accept things made on an assembly line due to potential cross-contamination). She got a sofritas burrito with rice, black beans--she also asked for lettuce and guac taken from unopened containers. As an added bonus, the cashier said the guac was free today due to the promotion, so Mrs. Swede also got some on her burrito bowl.

Bonus #2 : no food poisoning. :D

I received the guacamole text offer 3 hours after I had lunch. The Chipotle guacamole is nothing special. My wife dislikes the place because the food lacks spiciness.

I like their guacamole because it doesn't taste like lime, so I know it's fresh.

Chipotle is going to introduce bacon and nachos to the menu soon.

I like bacon like the next person, but it only belongs in breakfast burritos. Diced pork belly, on the other hand, I could be on board with.

I'm surprised it took this long for them to put nachos on the menu. It's such a high-margin product. I figured it would've been introduced at the same time as the queso.

Is the new queso good? The first one sucked.

The queso has not improved. I don't expect any improvements with a Taco Bell ex running Chipotle. A Taco Bell style late night munchies promotion for $2 tacos when purchasing a drink is being offered in my market.

Agreed. It's not the best quac out there but it's not doused in lime to keep it 'fresh'.


Bacon - Sure. Would love to add it! It's great all the time!

Nachos... the queso isn't great. So I am not sure exactly how it is. The newest queso is better but it's still a 4 or 5/10 if you just eat it with chips. In a burrito it's maybe a 6/10 just because an additional flavor. They really missed the mark. Should just buy queso from Moe's.


Mediocre.

It's better IMO. Not a huge improvement. How late is this location staying open? Is 2 dollar tacos with a drink a bad thing?

Bolding mine

Where is this being used? The stores in South Florida still have the prep right behind the serving line and I have had no problem asking for the steak that was just cooked in front of me; juicy and flavorful.

For some stores the vegetables are being cut and packaged by a commissary then shipped to the stores. Cross contamination between the raw meat and vegetables was identified as the source of a past e coli outbreak.

Having previously worked in fast food as well as regular restaurants, most if not all fast food and major chain sit down restaurants get their vegetables pre cut from their distributors or other vendors. Nothing new there, even Boston Chicken (now Market) used to have their side dishes cooked in a central commissary and delivered a few times a day when the chain first started as Dunkin Donuts does with their donuts now. It reduced space needed at the stores as well as gave consistency of being the same quality if you visited different stores.

The restaurants who have their own chefs versus line cooks will cut their own as needed as these restaurants are more high end and individualized.

At one time, Chipotle would cut vegetables in the store but the prep area is not really large enough to prevent cross contamination when the stores are busy. I will eat at Chipotle not because of the marketing claims regarding ingredients but because of the easy to control calorie count. This is true for any line assembly restaurant.

I have seen the prep area at Taco Bell with the cooked meat in a bag being dropped in boiling water. The bag looked liked wet dog food. I would expect a fast food or quick service or casual chain restaurant to prepare the sides on site.

Sorry, I see the raw meat being cooked and then sliced after cooking at South Florida stores; chicken, pork and steak are sliced or pulled apart (shredded) right in front of me behind the serving line. So it may be a regional thing, not everywhere.

Same here.

I just wish Chipotle was more consistent. There is one employee who acts as if he is paying for the ingredients out of his own pocket. I've overheard others talk about a stingy Chipotle employee and I knew exactly who they were talking about. It gets tiring having to ask for more rice, salsa, etc from him. The other night I asked for corn salsa and there were literally no more than 10 kernels that ended up in my bowl. For the most part other employees give a generous amount of the non-meat items.

Correct. The steak was changed to partially cooked in a central kitchen before being marinated in the store and grilled. The same is true for the barbacoa and carnitas. Chicken is raw and marinated in the store.

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/chip...ry?id=37696967

Chipotle is fine, but Cafe Rio is fantastic!

Good news: Chorizo is back!
Bad news: Only for a limited time.

And in other bad news, the gritty queso that replaced the chorizo the first time around is here to stay!

Chipotle testing rewards program in PHX, CMH, and MCI areas.

https://ktar.com/story/2240697/chipo...hoenix-market/

The base redemption is one free entree after $125 spend; so basically buy 14, get one free. I'm sure there will be double/triple point offers, like between 2-5pm on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday.

I had Qdoba for the first time in a long time a few days ago. Their quesadillas and nachos are top-notch; their burritos, not so much.

If they run it like Cafe Rio, there will be some kind of promotion almost everyday. Double points on burritos one day, double points on quesadillas, triple points on entire purchase, etc. I like Cafe Rio, but all of their promos I think lead them to having to charge you $12 for a burrito sometimes.

I wish they would change their name. For the umpteenth time, this instance was a local TV newsreader, I heard it pronounced Chip-Pole-Tay. I know it's not important but it still grinds my gears.