Chipotle

Re:Chipotle (felix4067)

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 02:21:23 GMT

Aw, why let a little thing like the facts interfere with the chain-bashing?

Re:Chipotle (Foodbme)

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 02:12:30 GMT

samy5

Chipotle is the Mcdonalds of Mexican food. Oh Wait it's owned by them!
It has no flavor at all!

No longer True!
McDonald's divested itself from Chipotle in 2006 and is in no way connected to them since then.

Re:Chipotle (samy5)

Sat, 13 Oct 2012 06:26:41 GMT

Chipotle is the Mcdonalds of Mexican food. Oh Wait it's owned by them!
It has no flavor at all!

Re:Chipotle (eruby)

Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:18:23 GMT

We get a BOGO coupon once a year and that's when we usually go. The workers are pretty efficient and will make what you want the way you want it. Expensive without the BOGO, but they do give you a fairly large portion.

Around halloween, they often have some kind of promo where if you dress like a burrito (a little tin foil on your head) you get a freebie or a big discount.

Re:Chipotle (db1105)

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 21:33:52 GMT

I find the food bland and overpriced since its mostly beans and rice. It's basically a clean taco bell. I need hot sauce to make it edible.

Re:Chipotle (Tampico)

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:07:57 GMT

LMAO.

Re:Chipotle (kland01s)

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 14:53:18 GMT

There's no Mike here.

Re:Chipotle (Michael Hoffman)

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 14:48:33 GMT

Who is Mike?

Re:Chipotle (Tampico)

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 14:13:41 GMT

Michael Hoffman

You seem a bit out of sorts. Have you tried Pepto Bismol?

I don't understand Mike?

Re:Chipotle (bartl)

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 12:23:42 GMT

I'm lucky to have two home-style Mexican places in my neighborhood (near Bergenfield, NJ). I tried Chipotle a couple of times, but find that it's near-clone, Qodoba, is somewhat better (and both are better than Taco Bell). I think "Mexican Inspired" is a good label.

Bart

Re:Chipotle (kland01s)

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 10:51:14 GMT

Skip the tortilla and get the burrito bowl if you dislike the tortilla so much.

Re:Chipotle (Michael Hoffman)

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 10:38:53 GMT

You seem a bit out of sorts. Have you tried Pepto Bismol?

Re:Chipotle (Tampico)

Sun, 12 Aug 2012 09:23:01 GMT

The meat as not even been grilled. It looks pressure cooked with no color other than grey. The Guacamole and Salsa has been over spiced with cumin. The interior is always wet to the point the tortilla breaks down. They are actually sticky when handled. Its always tepid or cold when you bite into it. In My Opinion the attraction is someone said it tastes good and the lemmings followed suit. The people who eat at Chipotle are the same people who cannot eat chicken on a bone, order well done burgers, overcook steak, and could never try sushi.

Re:Chipotle (ces1948)

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 17:22:45 GMT

A lot of us don't really like authentic. I for one appreciate Americanized versions of certain foods. I probably haven't had anything "authentic" except Mexican and believe me I'll the take the USA version.

Re:Chipotle (iluvcfood)

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:31:38 GMT

Apparently you didnt go to the right places in San Diego to eat!

Re:Chipotle (ces1948)

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 16:10:59 GMT

To me Moe's is nearly the same but offers a bit more bang for the buck. Their largest Burrito is about $8 and includes free chips and a salsa bar.
They do charge extra for Queso and Guac. My tab the other day for the medium steak (Joey bag of doughnuts) with Queso, chips, salsa bar and soft drink incl tax was $9.81.

Re:Chipotle (kland01s)

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 14:49:13 GMT

Mexican inspired is a good term! Even some of the mom& pop Mexican places here are more inspired than Mexican. I know a few that will make more authentic if you ask them but mostly serve gringoed down Mexican. I don't think anyone walks in to a Chipotle or many others and expect "authentic". I haven't been in years, mostly because Chipotle is more food than I can eat, but I always saw fresh food served as you you ask them to be assembled.

Re:Chipotle (mar52)

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 14:32:27 GMT

Is it really supposed to be Mexican food? I would say that it's Mexican inspired.

Re:Chipotle (Tampico)

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 09:41:40 GMT

The poorest excuse for Mexican food on the planet. Its never hot, over cooked and way over rated. The sad thing is people think its good because they have never had the real thing. Way over priced meat that is steeped then sits in a warming vessel and plopped onto a sticky wet tasteless no lard tortilla. Yuppy food that they have decided tastes good so a bunch of people jumped on the I am cool band wagon. Go to San Diego and have a Carne Asada Burrito and you will never eat there again. Starbucks and Krispy Creme fall into the same catagorie.

Re:Chipotle (MiamiDon)

Sat, 11 Aug 2012 08:27:57 GMT

I enjoy a meal at Chipotle, but there are better offerings around here. Lime Fresh, which is a local chain, has a salsa bar, delivers to your table, and hands out free bowls of tortilla chips, all for about the same price as Chipotle. Tijuana Flats is similar to Lime Fresh, but doesn't have the same kind of salsa bar, although the do offer 8-10 salsas/hot-sauces. One plus for the health-conscious is their "lite" (skinny?) menu with low-fat cheese, whole-wheat tortillas, etc.

Then, of course, we do have some actual Mexican restaurants of various sorts.

Re:Chipotle (SeamusD)

Fri, 03 Aug 2012 13:26:35 GMT

I agree, that is a good deal, I just didn't think my meal was. The barbacoa is pretty darn good though.
I live sorta near Boom Boom Mex Mex, so I'll go there instead and keep the Chipotle lines clear! (Mom and pop operation, like Chipotle but better IMO, and the lines are always out the door.)

Re:Chipotle (Scorereader)

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 16:43:16 GMT

I think the meals we got for 3 people for $24 was a good deal, burrito and salad were more than a fair size, kids meal is a good deal, too. just sayin.

Look, DON"T go! that makes the line that much shorter.

Re:Chipotle (SeamusD)

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:34:52 GMT

Tax and total for one barbacoa burrito with guacamole (yes, they charged me extra for guac), $9.50. And it wasn't overstuffed. Just sayin.

Re:Chipotle (Scorereader)

Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:36:04 GMT

The prices for the syracuse location is here
The burritos I get here in Dc at Chipotle are huge, over stuffed mission syle burritos. And you can load everything into them, except Guacamole is extra, except in the vegetarian where the guac is included.

My last trip to chipotle:
I got a Chicken Salad and a reg soft drink (diet coke)
My wife got a veggie burrito and a nantucket lemonade
my kid got a kids quesadillo meal, which inclided a small chicken quesadillo, rice, beans and chips, and we ordered a chocolater milk.
The total was $24 with tax.

Re:Chipotle (SeamusD)

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:02:57 GMT

felix4067

$10 for a burrito is expensive? You should never, ever, never go out for Mexican food here. Even at our local, fabulous place (mainly drive-thru, with maybe 3 tables inside), you're paying $8.00 for a burrito. That's dry, with no condiments.

It's expensive when I can get a bigger one with everything for $3 less somewhere else.

Re:Chipotle (SeamusD)

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:01:42 GMT

Scorereader

$10 for burrito? I don't think so.
Maybe for Burrito and a drink with tax.

It's a mission burrito. Which is a hug amount of food. It's not some tiny burrito.

I get the salad, with no beand or rice, instead doing peppers and onions. Low carb! Love it. I don't use their salad dressing either. Just put some tomasillo and salsa and I'm good.

It makes all other fast food, taste like crap. Fresh made, local products. Beats the pants off other chains. I'd hope, if you lived in NM, AZ, CA, you can get better. All things considered, it's a company who's doing it right, so far.

Nope, just the burrito, didn't get a drink. I think the only extra charge was for guacamole. I distinctly remember getting into the car and feeling I was somehow gypped, because of the cost and it wasn't really that big. That's how much I paid at the one here in Syracuse, don't know if prices or portions are different elsewhere or if it's a local quality control issue.

Re:Chipotle (chewingthefat)

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 11:46:45 GMT

My wife absolutely loves Chipotle, me, it's ok...far better than KFC, BK, etc. At least they seem to try!

Re:Chipotle (felix4067)

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:32:14 GMT

$10 for a burrito is expensive? You should never, ever, never go out for Mexican food here. Even at our local, fabulous place (mainly drive-thru, with maybe 3 tables inside), you're paying $8.00 for a burrito. That's dry, with no condiments.

Re:Chipotle (Scorereader)

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:05:56 GMT

$10 for burrito? I don't think so.
Maybe for Burrito and a drink with tax.

It's a mission burrito. Which is a hug amount of food. It's not some tiny burrito.

I get the salad, with no beand or rice, instead doing peppers and onions. Low carb! Love it. I don't use their salad dressing either. Just put some tomasillo and salsa and I'm good.

It makes all other fast food, taste like crap. Fresh made, local products. Beats the pants off other chains. I'd hope, if you lived in NM, AZ, CA, you can get better. All things considered, it's a company who's doing it right, so far.

Re:Chipotle (SeamusD)

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 14:55:17 GMT

I went to the one that just opened up here recently, and it was ok. Didn't live up to the hype for me. It was decent, just didn't knock my socks off. And overpriced, $10 for a burrito is a bit much.
Another instance where I prefer what I can get from a local place for less.