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January 26, 2006
Fools!
I've had it up to here with Chipotle. My aversion to their burritos is well known, but this takes the cake. Now comes word that they had an IPO and their stock price DOUBLED. I know little about the machinations of the stock market, but I am willing to bet this has something to do with this ungodly fascination with Chipotle burritos.
My little brother, on the other hand, loves Chipotle. He goes there like multiple times a week. Apparently he takes the dog there and gets him little quesadillas. When I was at home visiting, we went up to Columbus to go to a hockey game, and of course there is a Chipotle next to the arena. I bluntly said I didn't want to go to Chipotle, but he insisted, so we went. And don't you know, there was a LINE out the door. For fucking Chipotle! How are all these people being fooled? Don't they know there are much better burritos to be had, for far less money? Ones that don't taste like ass?
My stance on burritos is simple. Actually, this applies to all ethnic food. I hope I do not offend anyone by what I say, but I only want Mexican food if it is made by people of Mexican heritage, and I only want Chinese food if it is made by people of Chinese heritage. You would not trust me to make a mean eggroll, and I'm not trusting some guy from Winnetka who needs beer money to make a burrito. Yes, it may be an interesting variation on a burrito, but it's not going to be done right.
Additionally, I don't want them made by some sort of automated, assembly line process. I want it hand-made, to my specifications. Yes, I know Chipotle makes the burrito as you watch, but they still do so with minimum choice on the ingredients. I pity the poor people whose only choice in Mexican is Taco Bell.
Speaking of which, there's a chain of Mexican restaurants located only in Buffalo called Mighty Taco. On one very strange night, I went drinking with two of my aunts and one of their friends. We ended up at Mighty Taco at 2 am. There is no stranger sight than a young guy like myself palling around with three 40 year old women. But, once again, their tacos were a poor substitute for actual, authentic Mexican food.
So, as a public service to you, here is my list of recommended Mexican restaurants that I feel comfortable patronizing:
Taqueria El Milagro (1434 W. Belmont)
Fiesta Mexicana (Chicago)
Fiesta Mexicana (Lancaster)
(Note that these two Fiesta Mexicana's are not related. It's just a popular name!)
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Posted by oz115 at January 26, 2006 12:51 PM
Comments
Mmm...TB2...(Homer Simpson drooling sound)...
Just remind Chipotle fans that, for all intents and purposes, they're eating at McDonald's, which owned and operated Chipotle right up until the IPO. For all we know, the burrito beef is the same crappy stuff they put in Big Macs, and I'm sure they're somehow sneaking some Special Sauce into the tortillas as well. Hopefully that will conjure up enough bad mojo to ruin their appetites.
Posted by: Pete at January 26, 2006 01:54 PM
i compete with chipotle, and unfortunately, everything you say is untrue (trust me, i wish it was true). It's real meat, the tortillas are fresh, and the fat in each burrito is real. the key is that they are truly fattening... 1000-1700 calories per burrito, and that in itself is a problem. but they aren't cheap on the ingredients... they use the good stuff.
Posted by: jane at February 11, 2006 12:33 AM