I genuinely don’t know how chipotle has survived this long when excellent family run Mexican restaurants are a dime a dozen all over the country and are super cheap to boot. I’ve tried it a few times and just never understood what people liked about it that you can’t get at your local Mexican joint.
I don’t go to Chipotle when I want Mexican food. I go to Chipotle if I want something quick and vaguely Mexican-ish. Just like people don’t go to McDonald’s or Burger King looking for a good burger.
I don’t understand how it’s so popular in border specifically. Like Taco Bell I understand, that’s not Mexican food, they don’t claim to be Mexican food, it’s gringo food, half the people I see at Taco Bell are Hispanic because that’s a specific type of food different from everything else… But there’s a Mexican place of some kind on nearly every corner in AZ. There’s no reason to ever even consider Chipotle.
Honestly as a vegetarian Chipotle is just about the only chain that has an actual entree I like to eat. Not to mention all the Mexican places in my city I can think of are all more expensive sit down restaurants. (Nevermind even accounting if there’s a good veg option) So after work for some quick food or even on road trips Chipotle is really helpful for me, I would be devastated if they ever closed. I personally think it tastes pretty good too but could understand omnis with more options living in the south thinking otherwise.
A large part has to do with their speed, convenience, and specific ordering style. Being able to walk in, tell someone exactly what you want on your burrito, watch them make it, and then leave with it is something I’ve never seen a Mexican restaurant offer, but chipotle does.
I haven’t been to a chipotle, but it sounds from reading here that it offers the same thing Subway and Harveys do. No presumptions, no need to ask them to remove anything. You ask for exactly what you want, and as a bonus, you even get to watch it being made. For people that have allergies, sensitivities, and many of the various food related neurodivergencies, like super taster, hypersensory, ARFID… basically anything that makes you feel like a jerk ordering from other places, it’s refreshing that our order is easier rather than harder. Feel like less of a burden.
As a non-American, I associate it with extremely unhealthy synthetic shit. That shit even has a fucking South Park episode. That can only be harmful. Chipotleaway
It’s just what I associate with it. I’m not saying that’s the case. To be able to do that, I’d have to find out first, but what’s the point since it doesn’t exist here anyway.
Familiarity, I’d imagine. You go to Chipotle in any part of any city, and you already know what’s on their menu, how much it’ll cost, and how it’ll taste. But smaller restaurants, even a local chain, can vary wildly from store to store, and most people probably don’t want to spend their limited lunch time experimenting with restaurants they’re unfamiliar with.
Yeah exactly, for me it is a childhood comfort and I’ve almost grown to like the ingredients for their specific taste, specifically the cheese, salsa’s, and chips as I find their meat often fatty or burnt. Better than a big mac I guess
Agreed. I grew up near the border and moved to Colorado and everyone here was obsessed with it when I first moved here. I could not understand it. It was the blandest, worst, not Mexican at all, food and there’s so much actual good Mexican food here that’s cheaper. Doesn’t even make sense.
I don’t understand how it’s so popular in border specifically. Like Taco Bell I understand, that’s not Mexican food, they don’t claim to be Mexican food, it’s gringo food, half the people I see at Taco Bell are Hispanic because that’s a specific type of food different from everything else… But there’s a Mexican place of some kind on nearly every corner in AZ. There’s no reason to ever even consider Chipotle.
Chipotle is great for kids and people who want the same flavor profile. My kids love Chipotle mostly because they don’t want strange foods or new flavors. Most kids (and some adults) eat a handful of foods and don’t want surprises. My eldest is starting to branch out to new foods now that he is firmly in his teens. But the youngest won’t touch anything new.
The independent Mom and Pop Mexican restaurant may have much better food, but it doesn’t taste the same. Which is great for people who have much more varied pallets, not so much for kids and adults who don’t.
I genuinely don’t know how chipotle has survived this long when excellent family run Mexican restaurants are a dime a dozen all over the country and are super cheap to boot. I’ve tried it a few times and just never understood what people liked about it that you can’t get at your local Mexican joint.
I don’t go to Chipotle when I want Mexican food. I go to Chipotle if I want something quick and vaguely Mexican-ish. Just like people don’t go to McDonald’s or Burger King looking for a good burger.
I don’t understand how it’s so popular in border specifically. Like Taco Bell I understand, that’s not Mexican food, they don’t claim to be Mexican food, it’s gringo food, half the people I see at Taco Bell are Hispanic because that’s a specific type of food different from everything else… But there’s a Mexican place of some kind on nearly every corner in AZ. There’s no reason to ever even consider Chipotle.
Honestly as a vegetarian Chipotle is just about the only chain that has an actual entree I like to eat. Not to mention all the Mexican places in my city I can think of are all more expensive sit down restaurants. (Nevermind even accounting if there’s a good veg option) So after work for some quick food or even on road trips Chipotle is really helpful for me, I would be devastated if they ever closed. I personally think it tastes pretty good too but could understand omnis with more options living in the south thinking otherwise.
A large part has to do with their speed, convenience, and specific ordering style. Being able to walk in, tell someone exactly what you want on your burrito, watch them make it, and then leave with it is something I’ve never seen a Mexican restaurant offer, but chipotle does.
It’s cheaper than Taco Bell and I like their rice and chicken. Also it’s fast.
Since when is chipotle cheaper than the Bell?
Right? Taco Bell is insanely expensive now.
So is Chipotle and 90% of your burrito/bowl is now rice.
I haven’t been to a chipotle, but it sounds from reading here that it offers the same thing Subway and Harveys do. No presumptions, no need to ask them to remove anything. You ask for exactly what you want, and as a bonus, you even get to watch it being made. For people that have allergies, sensitivities, and many of the various food related neurodivergencies, like super taster, hypersensory, ARFID… basically anything that makes you feel like a jerk ordering from other places, it’s refreshing that our order is easier rather than harder. Feel like less of a burden.
As a non-American, I associate it with extremely unhealthy synthetic shit. That shit even has a fucking South Park episode. That can only be harmful.
Chipotleaway
Uh…it’s not at all. In fact it’s definitely one of the healthier lunch options out there.
It’s just what I associate with it. I’m not saying that’s the case. To be able to do that, I’d have to find out first, but what’s the point since it doesn’t exist here anyway.
Familiarity, I’d imagine. You go to Chipotle in any part of any city, and you already know what’s on their menu, how much it’ll cost, and how it’ll taste. But smaller restaurants, even a local chain, can vary wildly from store to store, and most people probably don’t want to spend their limited lunch time experimenting with restaurants they’re unfamiliar with.
Yeah exactly, for me it is a childhood comfort and I’ve almost grown to like the ingredients for their specific taste, specifically the cheese, salsa’s, and chips as I find their meat often fatty or burnt. Better than a big mac I guess
Agreed. I grew up near the border and moved to Colorado and everyone here was obsessed with it when I first moved here. I could not understand it. It was the blandest, worst, not Mexican at all, food and there’s so much actual good Mexican food here that’s cheaper. Doesn’t even make sense.
bc some people just mindlessly trust the franchises. Kelly had a cartoon about this.
I don’t understand how it’s so popular in border specifically. Like Taco Bell I understand, that’s not Mexican food, they don’t claim to be Mexican food, it’s gringo food, half the people I see at Taco Bell are Hispanic because that’s a specific type of food different from everything else… But there’s a Mexican place of some kind on nearly every corner in AZ. There’s no reason to ever even consider Chipotle.
Consistency is the reason.
Chipotle is great for kids and people who want the same flavor profile. My kids love Chipotle mostly because they don’t want strange foods or new flavors. Most kids (and some adults) eat a handful of foods and don’t want surprises. My eldest is starting to branch out to new foods now that he is firmly in his teens. But the youngest won’t touch anything new.
The independent Mom and Pop Mexican restaurant may have much better food, but it doesn’t taste the same. Which is great for people who have much more varied pallets, not so much for kids and adults who don’t.
lol, cheap
There are some places where no restaurants are cheap. The taco carts are cheap. But if you want to sit down… Uh uh.