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dad July 27th, 2015 6:12 PM

moes > chipotle
 
said nobody ever
do you guys enjoy eating at chipotle? what do you order when you visit chipotle?

when i go to chipotle i usually order the bowl or the salad if i'm feeling jazzy. i get brown rice, steak, fajita, mild and medium salsa, cheese, guac, sour cream, lettuce, and corn. i usually top it off with either the clementine flavor or izze or the lemonade from the machine.

Syndrome July 27th, 2015 6:37 PM

I've never had it

There is not a single chipotle in this state

Wicked3DS July 27th, 2015 7:35 PM

I haven't been there either, though it's not because there isn't one, it's just because we somehow always end up settling for Taco Bell. what am I saying about settling I love Taco Bell

Wicked3DS July 27th, 2015 7:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Archy (Post 8865845)
I'm sure that Taco Bell would be on bankrupt without you.

I'm not addicted it I just love it.

So much.

Like...a ton.

...ok maybe you're right.

Morkula July 27th, 2015 7:46 PM

I get the same exact thing every time I go to Chipotle and pretty much never have deviated from it (I used to get a burrito and now I get a bowl because calories, but same exact ingredients). I did recently add fajita veggies and liked them a lot so they're a regular part now.

Chicken bowl, white rice, no beans, fajita veggies, pico and corn salsa, cheese (not too much though), and lettuce.

EDIT: What the actual hell, Alex. Taco Bell is in no way even comparable to Chipotle or even Moe's other than the fact both serve "tacos" and "Mexican" food. Next time I come up there you will try Chipotle. >:|

Sylphiel July 27th, 2015 7:53 PM

I have never had Chipotle. Sacrilege, I know.
My only excuse is that while there's one around here, I've never had a chance to go out to there. It's like a roughly half an hour drive from where I live, and every time I'm around that area we always decide to go elsewhere for lunch instead.

There aren't even any decent mexican places closer by that I can reach without needing to drive 20+ minutes by car. Why. I can't even go to someplace like Taco Bell if I suddenly crave a burrito or something.

Flushed July 27th, 2015 7:54 PM

I like Chipotle but I never go out of my way to get it, like there's one on my campus that I've only gone to bc someone else wanted to.

iirc I get steak burrito or something with like minimal ingredients. Props to them though, I'm usually a pretty big eater and it'll fill me up

Sirfetch’d July 27th, 2015 8:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Detox (Post 8865764)
I've never had it

There is not a single chipotle in this state

Same! At least not one that I know of. Though this saddens me as they apparently have godlike food...

Esper July 27th, 2015 8:42 PM

I've never eaten at one. I'm spoiled for Mexican restaurants though so it's not like I'm missing out on anything.

Spiff July 27th, 2015 9:13 PM

I'm sorry but chipotle just seems sorta, I donnu, plain? look someone had to say it okay. I live right by mexico anyway so if I really wanted to eat mexican I'd just walk across the border and eat authentic. and that comes with beer.

Altairis July 27th, 2015 11:33 PM

I dont understand why everybody i know loves chipotle? what's so good about it?

Anti July 28th, 2015 12:17 AM

Chipotle has numerous strengths and only one crippling flaw: wait times in the lines. It's like Aegislash: its strengths are are so great that its faults become practically irrelevant.

It's funny that the thread title mentions Moe's. When I was still in elementary school, a Moe's location opened a few blocks down from the school to great fanfare. It had booming business for about a month before it became clear that the Chipotle down the street was superior. Moe's has been replaced with a pizza joint. Ah, the beauty of the market.~

When you compare Chipotle to, say, Subway, the difference in the quality of ingredients is pretty remarkable. Besides the whole responsible sourcing thing they like to advertise, I enjoy that their ingredients are fresh, hot (when appropriate), and well-prepared. This is especially nice because, especially if you get a bowl, the portions are very generous. Given that, the prices are actually very reasonable. You can get a positively enormous meal for $7.50. That's a deal!

The combinations themselves are great. My first regular order which lasted for many years was a burrito with white rice (later switched to brown which is way better), double chicken, sour cream, and lettuce, and that's it. When I got to college, I began experimenting with a bowl, but that lent itself more to the pico and the medium salsa. I occasionally add the fajita vegetables, and rarely beans (either black or pinto). I also starting getting the carnitas, which are the best meat at Chipotle. I have only had the steak once and did not care for it. Barbacoa is good but is more expensive. Vegetarian bowls (either guac or sofritas) are both underrated. Eventually, I started mixing and matching pretty much all of the ingredients such that, despite my prodigious intake of Chipotle, I would say that about half of the time I go, I get something new or that I have only had a few times. I usually get my standard bowl of brown rice/chicken (I rarely get double meat in the bowls since the portion is bigger)/pico/medium/small portion of sour cream/lettuce, or occasionally my original burrito. I tend to avoid my original order since it costs more and is not particularly healthy. Cheese remains the only ingredient at Chipotle that I have never ordered. Ew.

To summarize, you get high-quality food at a great price, and it offers a great deal of room for customization and experimentation.

Even better, the long lines make it a great place for gatherings like team dinners since you can bond by passing judgment on the other customers' barbaric combinations (that probably don't taste that bad, because it's Chipotle).

Lastly, I feel very strongly that people (like my younger sibling) who ask for a water cup and then get soda are the worst kind of petty scumbags. Um, you're getting great food at a very reasonable price, and you're not going to pay for something that they probably make a lot of money off of? (Correct me if I'm wrong, lol.) Just pay for your damn drink.

mikey July 28th, 2015 5:53 AM

Chipotle is good but I have to drive out of my way to get it since there are none right by my house. So I have it rarely due to that.

Sylphiel July 28th, 2015 6:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Anti (Post 8866074)
Lastly, I feel very strongly that people (like my younger sibling) who ask for a water cup and then get soda are the worst kind of petty scumbags. Um, you're getting great food at a very reasonable price, and you're not going to pay for something that they probably make a lot of money off of? (Correct me if I'm wrong, lol.) Just pay for your damn drink.

This reminds me of when I worked at Taco Bell, we had people who would try this as well. If someone ordered a water, my manager would absolutely watch them as they got their drink from the fountain, and made sure they got water...if they didn't, she would firmly remind them that they needed to pay for a soda if they actually wanted a soda.

Most people stopped or actually paid the remaining amount needed for a soda. Some people argued. She actually threatened to call security (this was a store on a navy base) on some people trying this once who refused to not get soda with just a water cup and who wouldn't pay, because "you're stealing our stuff then." :') She was not messing around when it came to that. I don't think it was a matter of losing a lot of money (it was like a dollar or so difference?), it was more the "stop getting what you didn't actually pay for" mentality.

Astinus July 28th, 2015 9:19 AM

I never had Chipotle. I've only had Moe's. While there is a Chipotle's in my area, it's a highway drive away while a Moe's is down the street from me. Also, Moe's did a special promotion with my state's minor league baseball team, and I couldn't pass up the opportunity for cheap[er] food.

Yukari July 28th, 2015 10:50 AM

Yeah I've never had it. :x

Palkia July 28th, 2015 10:57 AM

Is going to chipotle the american equivalent of a cheeky nandos?

Sydian July 28th, 2015 12:05 PM

I don't have a Chipotle near me unfortunately. I have only been there once and honestly, it was really good, but I think it gets too much hype. SORRY!!!!! That was the best steak I've had in a burrito though, period. And the guac was fantastic. I really wish they had their own queso because I think then it would deserve all the hype. lol i just rly lov queso..........

Bidoof FTW July 28th, 2015 2:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anti (Post 8866074)
Chipotle has numerous strengths and only one crippling flaw: wait times in the lines. It's like Aegislash: its strengths are are so great that its faults become practically irrelevant.

Lastly, I feel very strongly that people (like my younger sibling) who ask for a water cup and then get soda are the worst kind of petty scumbags. Um, you're getting great food at a very reasonable price, and you're not going to pay for something that they probably make a lot of money off of? (Correct me if I'm wrong, lol.) Just pay for your damn drink.

Of course you'd be the one to compare a restaurant to Aegislash xD

And I do agree, people that get soda with a water cup are terrible people. To me, it isn't even the fact that the shop is losing money to pay for fountain drinks. It's more so a lack of integrity and dishonest. Which I find to be a terrible trait that is so common in the people around me. As someone who gets water because it is healthier and cheaper, I can't help but be glad that restaurant makes the healthiest option free, and I don't need to pay for a flavored drink when they can give you lemons or limes for free to add flavor to your water. To me it's a win-win and I don't see why other people don't see it like this as well ^^

Now to the actual thread topic, I love chipotle! It's my favorite "fast food" joint (if you can even call it that with the godawful long lines). My regular order is usually a chicken burrito (or bowl) with both white and brown rice, no beans, corn and tomato salsa, extra sour cream, and cheese. I find that the white is too sticky to be by itself, and the brown's flavor makes it a bit weird with the taste that I try to find when making my burrito. The combination I find is quite good. However, I'm definitely going to try something new now that I've read Anti's post. :)

Meganium July 28th, 2015 5:30 PM

I've always wanted to try Chipotle, but my boyfriend keeps saying it sucks. Which is why I haven't tried it. He got me into Taco Cabana which is alright, not the best mexican food but it does beat your craving for it.

Somewhere_ July 29th, 2015 6:43 AM

Am I the only one who actually prefers Moes over Chipotle? I really dislike the spicy taste, their rice, and their chicken. Moes is far superior in my opinion.

Nick July 29th, 2015 12:51 PM

I just feel like Chipotle is super limited in their options, and to me that's unappealing.

Their food is good.
I'll go there if my gf wants it or when I get a craving for it (has happened twice in my life).

But other than that, no thanks.

Tsutarja July 29th, 2015 3:52 PM

Nope, never had Chipotle but I've been given Moe's. The latter certainly does have good tacos (better than Taco Bell, Alex ;)), but I wouldn't quite call them the best.

If anything, I'd say local restaurants (at least down here) beat the chains.

Bidoof FTW July 31st, 2015 7:02 PM

Spicy is love. Spicy is life.

alisaie August 5th, 2015 6:36 PM

I've gone there a few times. I like it, but it's not something that I would want to go and eat every day or even every week or something. Same with most fast food. I mean... I eat Dunkin' a lot but that's because I work there so it's easy for me to hahah.


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