Chipotle sucks.

Too bad.

"mexican restaurants"

I liked Baja Fresh ok. So that's bad for you too? SHEESH!

'compared to the carnitas and pastrami burrito at chano's, chipotle burritos only have 50% of fat, sodium, etc'

i go to chipotle out of necessity once or twice a week becuase working in a nightclub, i need something quick to eat when i take my ten minute break (we dont serve food). my options for something quick (the neighborhood has mostly upscale, sit-down places or other clubs) include fudruckers, subway, local chain burrito brothers and chipotle. is it that odd to assume that ordering a chicken burrito with rice, black beans, chicken, lettuce and tomato is somehow healthier than going to fudruckers to get a quarter pounder, fries and a milkshake? obviously mexican cuisine in general has plenty of high-cholesterol and high-fat foods, but what i order seems to be on the healthier side of the spectrum of what is available, and i am a little pissed that it isnt, especially since i have been so angry at myself for subsidising a large corporation (the food at burrito brothers makes me feel like shit). god i hate dc sometimes.

also, this line:
chipotle, i learned last night, is owned by MCDONALD'S. so yeah, no surprise about the lack of info.

is a little odd, seeing as McDonald's nutrition information (while not good news), has been available in detail and for a long time.

i eat chipotle a fair amt (i don't have a good excuse either) and i try to go vegetarian and skip the sour cream and cheese (still a sucker for guac tho, which is more lethal). i'm guessing the problem is in the other ingredients in everything, like whatever they do to give the rice its lovely viscosity, sweeteners in the salsas, who knows...

Haha, man, I wasn't saying I was surprised that it made it less healthy, I just didn't know it'd be 900 calories more!

is there lard in there?!

You're not gonna believe this shit...real Mexican food often has lard in it! I don't know what's in the Chipotle tortilla, but soy flour can ramp up the protein count a lot.

I believe McD's sold off Chipotle ownership, not sure. Chipotle is very good though, and makes some efforts to source pork and beef from small producers. It's still fast food, not health food.

rereading this paragraph, i think fast food might be slightly inevitable, although last night i didnt eat dinner and instead saved myself until 4am for chicken kebab at the 24-hour pakistani place in crystal city. the problem with this approach is that i am eating hours after the constant stream of drinks that are inevitable at my job (especially on a slow night) (a place where leaving at 4am on a saturday night/sunday morning is considered leacing early).

Not necessarily. Real FLOUR TORTILLAS have lard (or, like I said, vegetable shortening) in them, but the great majority of actual, authentic Mexican food is actually supposed to be healthier than what American food is supposed to be. Mexican cooking relies a lot on grilling and spices in order to make things taste really good, and a lot of the sauces are really not that bad nutritionally.

It's when you get to the Tex-Mex type things (and when real Mexican food is prepared incorrectly, e.g. frying fajitas in tons of oil instead of just grilling them -- and yes, fajitas ARE authentic) when you run into health-oriented problems.

p.s.: I would not trust a Mexican restaurant that touts itself as "authentic" that's located anywhere aside from California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Denver, or Chicago. Or possibly even Oklahoma or certain areas in Alabama or Georgia.

People seriously need to get over their lard fear.

The chips are mostly good. Sometimes you get some really salty ones but that’s what the salsa is for. If y’all eating plain chips then I don’t even know why you left the house, Tostitos got you covered

You have severe problems maintaining sanitary conditions in your restaurants. Also, you need to pay your workers less.

:O=

i don't really have food opinions here but the chipotle i used to live near was a smooth-running operation; i moved literally one town away and my new chipotle is a shitshow, like i've waited 20+ minutes on weeknights on multiple occasions. it's a convenient distance from my house but like i don't go to chipotle to chill in line.

always check redfin's chipotle hotness meter before you offer

their chips are usually terrible though, so much salt

― global tetrahedron, Wednesday, October 25, 2017 4:51 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is why theyre so good

yeah i love their chips but i also would basically eat salt straight up if it were socially acceptable

same

also the whole bacterial thing was because of their locally sourced organic thing, controversial opinion

My salt bros, let’s cuddle.

<3

i like the salty chips! also kinda limey too yum

We had a party with Chipotle catering well after the outbreak, and they did great and it was great and everyone was happy. Around $200 to feed 25 folks, well packaged and easily transportable piles of assemble it yourself ingredients, chafing dishes, fires, the whole deal. Thinking of doing it again. Maybe we have a good location?

they cater work events for us sometimes & i dig it

I went to pitchfork fest a decade ago and chipotle was catering the backstage area. Saw that skinny dude from Deerhunter eating a burrito the size of my head.

chipotle online ordering works well

i have been out of the world for a while so i been goin to chipotle lately just to like, engage in commerce, feels ok, kinda anonymous, fills a void that returns quickly, brings back that old feeling of being a wage-earner

Can’t eat confit de canard for *every* meal

See now if they had a chain that sold modestly priced confit de canard in a fast-casual setting in every mid- to large-size American city I'd be all over that

(though I would have said the same about "Middle Eastern Chipotle" but actually it exists, it's called Naf Naf, and it's not that great)

There's also Roti, another "Middle Eastern Chipotle."

I feel like 10 years ago Chipotle had an unimpeachable burrito-wrapping technique, but nowadays they just hand new recruits a tortilla and tell em "you'll get the hang of it!"

you are overloading your burrito

I think that's down to management not enforcing the training regimen

near the campus where i work there are about 5 or 6 chipotle-style "fast casual" places and they all pretty much suck tbh

Want you guys to know I bought a Chipotle burrito today because of this thread. It's right next to me in a bag. I'll report back after I eat it. Based on the discussion here, I chose not to get the queso.

I passed on chipotle because of this thread. I had mini chicken katsu from L&L and am at peace with my decision.

That was OK, I guess. I got the steak. One piece of meat was unchewably gristly and I had to spit it out into a napkin. Something was unexpectedly spicy -- the guacamole? but not in an interesting way, more in a generically hot way. It fulfilled the goal of being fast to purchase, easy to carry and filling, but I'm not enthusiastic about going to Chipotle again.

which salsa did you choose?

Barbacoa you guys

Jesus

mild salsa

that guy who got fired for jerking off in front of all his coworkers at Chipotle is back working at Chipotle, i guess enough time has passed and he's learned his whoops he's jerking off again

— blaine capatch (@blainecapatch) June 11, 2021

This is the stupidest take in the history of takes.

https://thefederalist.com/2021/06/10/my-chipotle-bowl-just-got-more-expensive-and-its-the-federal-governments-fault/

The final boss of the hate-click economy.

her pinned tweet (ie probably not worth giving this garbage any oxygen at all)

Can we cancel Dr. Fauci instead of Dr. Seuss?

— Kylee Zempel (@kyleezempel) March 2, 2021

Lmao how did I not know this happened? Old but completely missed me

https://www.businessinsider.com/chipotle-homo-ests-promotions-2015-6

lol

Woman who assaulted Chipotle worker sentenced to fast food job for two months

(Judge) Gilligan told Hayne she could cut off 60 days in jail if she agreed to work at least 20 hours per week at a fast-food restaurant for two months.

Hayne accepted.

In court, Hayne apologised and tried to explain the rationale behind her screaming at the Chipotle worker, 26-year-old Emily Russell.

"If I showed you how my food looked and how my food looked a week later from that same restaurant, it's disgusting looking," Hayne said, according to WJW.

"I bet you won't be happy with the food you are going to get in the jail," Mr Gilligan quipped.

a 3 hour trial