James&theGiant1911
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I plan on getting chicken, black beans no rice and everything else on it tomorrow. I love chipotles it is delicious....
Give a thumbs up to chipotle if ya like em
Give a thumbs up to chipotle if ya like em
Chipotle is delicious
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We have a lot of nuts....
We have a lot of Mexican Food nuts here. We'll have to give them a try.
We have a lot of Mexican Food nuts here. We'll have to give them a try.
frankieb01
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They have shut our local one here down twice for health code violations...if you see little black looking rice sprinkled in don't eat it.....hahaha
DeathGrip
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The restaurant or the pepper?
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James&theGiant1911
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It is not Mexican food it is baja burritos like south California
DWalt
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Too many better (and cheaper) places locally, even though there are a few Chipotles around town. I went to one in Arlington VA once, OK, but I couldn't see anything special about it. But its stock has sure done well. Buy the stock, not the product.
Stonecove
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Chipotle is a gun free zone by company policy. They obviously don't need my business so I will never go again. Employees Quit Gun-Free Chipotle, Cite 'Borderline Sweatshop Conditions' - Breitbart
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getoff
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you must have a good one to go to. the couple near us short you on meat, and its never quite hot. one has also had an issue with the health dept...
BearBio
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I put pork (or beef) roast in the crockpot with a jar of store-brand salsa (either chipotle or tomatillo, along with peppers (chipotle or jalapenos), an onion, some garlic, cumin, ground coriander, and cilantro.. Cook overnight on low (High for the first couple of hours). Let cool and shred with a fork.
Great Chile Verde or Ropa Vieja for tacos, burritos, taquitoes, enchiladas, whatever!
Wyatt Burp
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Chipotles is non Mexican food made by college kids behind the counter. There's an Americanized Mexican food chain out here called Chevys. I think it's great. Point is, whether food is authentic or not, good is good. For my birthday my daughter brought me a big burrito from Chipotle a couple times. I liked it..after I added habaneros. of course. The problem with Chipotles is, I hear it's healthy. Our regular place is pure Mexican where you have enough leftovers for two more meals. Something like this!
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I travel back and fourth through three states in my normal duty cycle and I eat in Chipolte states in all three of those states. Some are faster than others in terms of service, but all of them seem to maintain very consistent quality.
It's not traditional Mexican food (which is all in all fairly bland compared to Tex-Mex) but it's not intended to be and I like their burritos a lot. I like Chipolte a lot more than Moe's, Zeca/Qdoba or Baha Fresh.
This dates back to just over a year ago when all those misguided idiots started doing open carry of AR-15s and similar military styled semi-auto rifles in various restaurants and businesses. Thank God those idiots stopped doing that - they were doing an incredible amount of damage to the image of gun owners in America and forcing pro gun businesses to turn against us.
In most cases the result of those open carry demonstrations was the same. The open carry folks pushed things to an extreme, made customers nervous, and then good Republican business owners exercised their right to follow the profits and preserve their businesses, and had to ask customers not to open carry in their restaurants.
Most of those statements were very carefully worded and the Chipolte announcement was no different after open carry demonstrations in Texas...
....prompted a response:
"Recent participants from an “open carry” demonstration in Texas brought guns (including military-style assault rifles) into one of our restaurants, causing many of our customers anxiety and discomfort. Because of this we are respectfully asking that customers not bring guns into our restaurants, unless they are authorized law enforcement personnel. "
Reading between the lines, Chipolte management is not banning firearms in their restaurants, but it is instead "respectfully asking" customers not to bring guns into restaurants, and they've clearly cited their desire to avoid causing other customers anxiety and discomfort with openly carried firearms.
What does that mean for concealed carry? Nothing. Concealed carry by definition means other customers don't know I have a firearm, they are thus not uncomfortable and they remain happy, which makes Chipolte happy and accomplishes the intent of their announcement.
I've also never been in a Chipolte restaurant since the announcement that has actually posted "no firearms". As such I have no legal obligation to leave my weapon in the car. And it's a non issue for the reasons cited in the above paragraph.
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In the bigger picture do I have a bone to pick with the various businesses who in one form or another said "please, stop this open carry BS"? Absolutely not. Exercising our second amendment rights should not threaten their businesses or livelihoods as we have the means to bear arms without making their customers uncomfortable or anxious. If we as a gun carrying community lack the common sense and courtesy to respect their right to earn a living and their customers rights not to feel uncomfortable then we've earned the responses we've gotten. Don't like it? It'll sound harsh, but it needs to be said to some of the denser folks out there - smarten up and start thinking about the other 330 million people who have to share this country with you.
Now before you start flaming me and branding me as some sort of liberal, understand that I'm both a political conservative and a rabid gun fan, and I have been since practically birth. But I've also been carefully schooled in safe gun handling since that same early age, and I've been raised in a western ranch based tradition of personal responsibility and respect for others.
Consequently, from a gun safety perspective, I get anxious and uncomfortable when unknown individuals are walking around a public place with unholstered weapons. I have to assume they are loaded and invariably when uncased long arms are involved, sooner or later they unintentionally start sweeping people with them.
I'm also a large fan of the second amendment, but I'm also old enough, wise enough and worldly enough to realize that each and every right we have comes with an equal amount of responsibility to exercise that right prudently and appropriately. When that fails to happen, we get abuses of that right that will ultimately result in the elimination of that right.
I also recognize that ALL people have rights and that my rights end at the point they begin to infringe on the rights of others. In other words, if I am able to exercise my right to bear arms in a manner that minimizes or eliminates the discomfort of people who don't share the desire to bear arms, then it is prudent, proper and respectful of my fellow Americans to do so. Just because I have a right to carry an AR-15 around town just to make a statement or get a response, doesn't make it smart, prudent, or in our best interests do actually do so, and more often than not, I'm not going to like the response I get.
I conceal carry every day from the time I get up to the time I go to bed as matter of personal choice and personal protection, but my respect for the rights of others is one of the major reasons why I conceal carry rather than open carry.
It's not traditional Mexican food (which is all in all fairly bland compared to Tex-Mex) but it's not intended to be and I like their burritos a lot. I like Chipolte a lot more than Moe's, Zeca/Qdoba or Baha Fresh.
This dates back to just over a year ago when all those misguided idiots started doing open carry of AR-15s and similar military styled semi-auto rifles in various restaurants and businesses. Thank God those idiots stopped doing that - they were doing an incredible amount of damage to the image of gun owners in America and forcing pro gun businesses to turn against us.
In most cases the result of those open carry demonstrations was the same. The open carry folks pushed things to an extreme, made customers nervous, and then good Republican business owners exercised their right to follow the profits and preserve their businesses, and had to ask customers not to open carry in their restaurants.
Most of those statements were very carefully worded and the Chipolte announcement was no different after open carry demonstrations in Texas...
....prompted a response:
"Recent participants from an “open carry” demonstration in Texas brought guns (including military-style assault rifles) into one of our restaurants, causing many of our customers anxiety and discomfort. Because of this we are respectfully asking that customers not bring guns into our restaurants, unless they are authorized law enforcement personnel. "
Reading between the lines, Chipolte management is not banning firearms in their restaurants, but it is instead "respectfully asking" customers not to bring guns into restaurants, and they've clearly cited their desire to avoid causing other customers anxiety and discomfort with openly carried firearms.
What does that mean for concealed carry? Nothing. Concealed carry by definition means other customers don't know I have a firearm, they are thus not uncomfortable and they remain happy, which makes Chipolte happy and accomplishes the intent of their announcement.
I've also never been in a Chipolte restaurant since the announcement that has actually posted "no firearms". As such I have no legal obligation to leave my weapon in the car. And it's a non issue for the reasons cited in the above paragraph.
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In the bigger picture do I have a bone to pick with the various businesses who in one form or another said "please, stop this open carry BS"? Absolutely not. Exercising our second amendment rights should not threaten their businesses or livelihoods as we have the means to bear arms without making their customers uncomfortable or anxious. If we as a gun carrying community lack the common sense and courtesy to respect their right to earn a living and their customers rights not to feel uncomfortable then we've earned the responses we've gotten. Don't like it? It'll sound harsh, but it needs to be said to some of the denser folks out there - smarten up and start thinking about the other 330 million people who have to share this country with you.
Now before you start flaming me and branding me as some sort of liberal, understand that I'm both a political conservative and a rabid gun fan, and I have been since practically birth. But I've also been carefully schooled in safe gun handling since that same early age, and I've been raised in a western ranch based tradition of personal responsibility and respect for others.
Consequently, from a gun safety perspective, I get anxious and uncomfortable when unknown individuals are walking around a public place with unholstered weapons. I have to assume they are loaded and invariably when uncased long arms are involved, sooner or later they unintentionally start sweeping people with them.
I'm also a large fan of the second amendment, but I'm also old enough, wise enough and worldly enough to realize that each and every right we have comes with an equal amount of responsibility to exercise that right prudently and appropriately. When that fails to happen, we get abuses of that right that will ultimately result in the elimination of that right.
I also recognize that ALL people have rights and that my rights end at the point they begin to infringe on the rights of others. In other words, if I am able to exercise my right to bear arms in a manner that minimizes or eliminates the discomfort of people who don't share the desire to bear arms, then it is prudent, proper and respectful of my fellow Americans to do so. Just because I have a right to carry an AR-15 around town just to make a statement or get a response, doesn't make it smart, prudent, or in our best interests do actually do so, and more often than not, I'm not going to like the response I get.
I conceal carry every day from the time I get up to the time I go to bed as matter of personal choice and personal protection, but my respect for the rights of others is one of the major reasons why I conceal carry rather than open carry.
the ringo kid
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We dont have one of their restaurants here anyhow so--ill stick with Kikos. 
Also, from what I understand? CHUYs is much much better than Chipotle can ever think of being.CHUYs is only in about fifteen states last I heard--and is NOT a coorporation. If they would open a CHUYs here in CC? Id eat there six days out of seven.Sorry,I know its not a CHUYs thread but: www.chuys.com
Also, from what I understand? CHUYs is much much better than Chipotle can ever think of being.CHUYs is only in about fifteen states last I heard--and is NOT a coorporation. If they would open a CHUYs here in CC? Id eat there six days out of seven.Sorry,I know its not a CHUYs thread but: www.chuys.com
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James&theGiant1911
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There is a authentic Mexican restaurant around the corner in a gas station from my house. Great salsa and good food on most things
Chipotle has no gmo which makes it fast healthy rather it is or not
Chipotle has no gmo which makes it fast healthy rather it is or not
Wyatt p. Tato
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Having lived in Hispanic communities most of my life, I think I am qualified to give an opinion on this subject.... chipotle is not a good representative of the food commonly called Mexican food. Real food eaten by Mexicans is quite different. Taco Bell is closer. We have a Chuys down the street it is very good.
cmort666
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I wouldn't call it real Mexican food, but it's tasty.
On the other hand, there are two decent Mexican restaurants within twenty minutes of here.
On the other hand, there are two decent Mexican restaurants within twenty minutes of here.
cmort666
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One of the VERY few things I miss about Chicago is Pepe's Mexican restaurants. Their guisado de res was great.
Of course if you go to Pilsen, you can probably get better Mexican food than you can get in Cuernavaca. Just try not to get shot...
Of course if you go to Pilsen, you can probably get better Mexican food than you can get in Cuernavaca. Just try not to get shot...
M3Stuart
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Better get some chipotle-away!
