Chipotle, anyone?
@1creekgirl (43117)
United States
March 28, 2025 5:05pm CST
Have you ever eaten at the Mexican fast food place Chipotle?
Did you like it?
We decided to try it.
Wish we hadn't. Well, actually we didn't. We went in thinking it was kind of like a cafeteria of Mexican food. I thought there would be a line of sides, etc for you to build your meal from your choices.
This one had about four or five trays of different stuff. It all looked so nasty and messy. I wouldn't have eaten there if it had been free.
Maybe they're not all like that? We won't find out, though.
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@NJChicaa (122079)
• United States
28 Mar
I enjoy it from time to time. There is one right around the corner from work so I stop there every couple of months for lunch if I don't bring something. They do have different meats and toppings for burritos, bowls, salads, quesadillas, etc. You just have to tell the employees what to add as you go down the line.
My typical order is a beef barbacoa bowl with brown rice, black beans, pico de gallo, corn salsa, shredded cheese, sour cream, and guacamole. I hate that they charge $2.50 more for the guac. But still a like $16 or $18 bowl gives me at least 3 meals so I can't complain.
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@1creekgirl (43117)
• United States
28 Mar
Maybe this one was just unusually messy and the whole place didn't look clean.
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@NJChicaa (122079)
• United States
28 Mar
@1creekgirl That might have just been a crappy location. The one here is good and clean if a bit pricey. . . but like I said I can get 3 meals out of a burrito bowl so it is worth it for me when I'm in the mood.
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@LindaOHio (185259)
• United States
29 Mar
I've never been to a Mexican restaurant.
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@1creekgirl (43117)
• United States
29 Mar
Do you just not care for Mexican food?
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@LindaOHio (185259)
• United States
30 Mar
@1creekgirl My husband never wanted to go. He never was one to try new food. His 2nd cousin said she will take me to a Mexican restaurant some time.
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@much2say (57377)
• Los Angeles, California
29 Mar
Chipotle has popped up everywhere here. Admittedly, we do like it. I guess I'd describe it more like "Subway" where you can choose your own ingredients that go in it. There have been issues in the past with food related illnesses . . . we didn't go then - but we do now.
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@much2say (57377)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Mar
@1creekgirl If you thought it was gross, it probably was. I will say not all Chipotles are alike. We have been to different ones, some are better than others. There is one by our local college . . . we can't put our finger on it, but there's something not welcoming or good about that one.
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@1creekgirl (43117)
• United States
29 Mar
I thought that was the way it would be, kind of like subway, but this one was gross.
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@1creekgirl (43117)
• United States
30 Mar
@much2say I guess it all depends on the staff and how clean they keep things.
@DaddyEvil (144474)
• United States
29 Mar
No, thank you... Everything I've seen from them was too spicy for my system.
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@DaddyEvil (144474)
• United States
29 Mar
@1creekgirl I like spicy but can't eat hot spicy.
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@1creekgirl (43117)
• United States
29 Mar
The spicy I would love, but not that yucky looking.
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@Deepizzaguy (108017)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
28 Mar
There are no Chipotle restaurants in my area. I have heard of them when I do surveys though.
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@Deepizzaguy (108017)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
29 Mar
@1creekgirl You are right.
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@porwest (98526)
• United States
29 Mar
I have never been a huge fan of Chipotle or its competitor, Qdoba. Just not my thing. I DO like Taco Bell on occassion and certainly like Mexican food. But Chipotle and Qdoba just don't do it for me. Most of the ones I have been to are clean, it's just not my fare when it comes to their food.
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@1creekgirl (43117)
• United States
29 Mar
I haven't heard of Qdoba. I'm guessing it's Mexican food, too?
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@porwest (98526)
• United States
29 Mar
@1creekgirl If you go into a Qdoba, conceptually it's almost exactly the same as Chipotle, and the menu offerings are nearly identical as well.
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@GardenGerty (162836)
• United States
29 Mar
There are none near me, or we would likely have tried it once. I know a couple of years back they were having a lot of food borne illness events.
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@1creekgirl (43117)
• United States
29 Mar
That happened to the one here, too. It was closed for a long time.
@AmbiePam (96689)
• United States
28 Mar
Their business took a huge hit several years ago when there was, I believe, an E. coli breakout in a bunch of their restaurants. They got destroyed in the media. I’ve been once, since then, but to me, it was high priced for perfectly fine food. Not bad, just something satisfactory. I haven’t been back, but I know a few people who absolutely love their food.
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@1creekgirl (43117)
• United States
29 Mar
I remember that ecoli thing at this restaurant years ago. If I still worked at the health department, I'd give my buddies in the sanitation dept a heads up.
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@FourWalls (72824)
• United States
29 Mar
I’m not overly fond of them. I think their chicken is horribly overcooked. However, I will use them in a pinch…did on my last vacation a couple of times.
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@1creekgirl (43117)
• United States
29 Mar
As long as we like the Mexican restaurant here, I know we won't try Chipotle again.
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@LooeyVille (44)
• United States
29 Mar
No, ever since they had that e coli outbreak a few years ago that killed several people, I've never wanted to try them.
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