Chipotle removing bacon from pinto beans

[QueBert]

I mean this is a good example of why chains are successful. It's not "the best" but you know what you are getting regardless of location. Yea some random Mexican place could be better, but it could also be terribad.

I live in the Mexican food mecca, but even if I didn't. If I had access to a Del Taco or Taco Bell I'd eat at either before Chipotle. Chipotle's at the bottom of the totem pole even for Mexican fast food. I never trust a "Mexican" place that stays packed from opening till closing, yet you never see any actual Mexican people eating there. That's a huge red flag.

 

[zinfamous]

I live in the Mexican food mecca, but even if I didn't. If I had access to a Del Taco or Taco Bell I'd eat at either before Chipotle. Chipotle's at the bottom of the totem pole even for Mexican fast food. I never trust a "Mexican" place that stays packed from opening till closing, yet you never see any actual Mexican people eating there. That's a huge red flag.

wow.

well, we knew your opinions on everything were completely broke before...but this just ends it all.

seriously, at the base of argument, you have Taco fucking Bell running grade D "meat" in all of their shit, and Chipotle going top shelf as far as chain fast food is concerned.

it is night and day with these two--they aren't really comparable. only a fool without a tongue would think otherwise.

 

[zinfamous]

Why do I read threads like this, getting hungry now.

you read these threads to see just wtf quebert will post next!

😀

 

[zinfamous]

If I had access to a Del Taco or Taco Bell I'd eat at either before Chipotle. Chipotle's at the bottom of the totem pole even for Mexican fast food.

wow.

well, we knew your opinions on everything were completely broke before...but this just ends it all.

(yeah, i'm bored...)
To clarify.

Greatest ass:

Greatest apple/"fruit"

Greatest Mexican fast food:

How does that saying go?

Opinions are like assholes: some of them have cancer.

sound about right....

 

[OverVolt]

Opinions are like assholes, everybody has one and thinks theirs doesn't stink.

I think is how it goes.

 

[Lil Frier]

Beans are disgusting, Chipotle sucks, since Chipotle isn't real Mexican food is it safe for me to assume the beans served there are whole and not re-fried? Whole beans in Mexican food's absolute bullshit. I go to Chipotle like once every 3 years when I'm hungry and it's the only thing around where I'm at. And without fail it's always the same thing, a place packed with absolutely clueless Caucasian people who think it's some of the greatest food on the planet.

Isn't Chipotle the place that no longer cooks their beans in Lard because Vegetarians were having a hissy fit? Jesus that place needs to be shut down.

What are you, the Mexican food police? If you don't consider it authentic Mexican, that's whatever. Your statement reads more like "not authentic Mexican = inedible food," though. I mean, do you ONLY eat authentic Mexican food? While I'm not a huge fan of beans as a whole (never get them at Chiptole, Qdoba, or Taco Bell), I can tolerate some occasional refried beans from Mexican restaurants.

Those facts aside, I still like Chipotle, Qdoba, and Taco Bell quite a lot. I don't aim for ethnic authenticity with food, I aim for food I like the taste of (in the case of Taco Bell, the combination of taste and price is nice). Really, if you don't like it, that's whatever, but the way your comment reads is just as an angry Mexican who feels insulted by what white people eat and call a burrito.

 

[Lil Frier]

It's a good place for

3) Not fried/disgusting fast food (McDonalds, etc) yet only slighty above their price

I have to ask, what do you get at McDonald's? Chipotle's $8+ without a drink. At McDonald's you can get a meal WITH a drink for about $6. Heck, I could just go with a $1 soda and 2-3 spicy McChickens (before they got rid of them), and I'd have my meal for under $5 easily. I feel like you are my cousin who has to get a meal AND a McChicken or something.

Only Arby's, Burger King, and Hardee's really rival Chipotle in price. Oh, and Lion's Choice, but that place is so freaking good that it's worth whatever they charge.

 

[Lil Frier]

^^ Co-signed. I avoided the pinto beans from Chipotle for exactly this reason.

I just randomly felt like replying to say that my dad has a shirt of your avatar (black shit, white outline).

 

[Lil Frier]

You don't have to have rice. I get the burrito bowl and no rice. And I also punt the sour cream, corn and guacamole to the curb. It's still filling, cheap and healthy.
Good, sweet and juicy steak.
And yes, it taste better than other fast food. You ripped too many bongs or licked too many postage stamps.

So, what, you go to a burrito place and order a bowl of steak? Nothing else?

 

[Lil Frier]

You guys need to get off the Cali-Mex and Tex-Mex shit. You need New Mexico Mexican food where the focus is on the oh so delicious Green/Red Chiles and not nasty ass cilantro and whatever texas shits on its plate.

I watched Breaking Bad. I know what you people put in your burritos. I want no part of that blue stuff in my meals.

Also, I was just reading about a Texas-New Mexico feud over who invented the walking taco (small bag of Frito's with taco meant/chili and shredded cheese inside). Are you REALLY trying to push your New Mexico culinary ideals onto people while your state's restaurants are trying to fight to be recognized as the inventors of fecal Frito's?

 

[Lil Frier]

How does that saying go?

Opinions are like assholes: some of them have cancer.

sound about right....

Now all I can think about is that Larry the Cable Guy schtick where his aunt claims to have a tumor in a her "buttcrack," only to find out it was a Milk Dud.

 

[QueBert]

I watched Breaking Bad. I know what you people put in your burritos. I want no part of that blue stuff in my meals.

Also, I was just reading about a Texas-New Mexico feud over who invented the walking taco (small bag of Frito's with taco meant/chili and shredded cheese inside). Are you REALLY trying to push your New Mexico culinary ideals onto people while your state's restaurants are trying to fight to be recognized as the inventors of fecal Frito's?

It's not in any way what I'd consider Mexican food, or even a variant. But the Frito Pie is t3h w1ns! It should be a staple at fast food places. Frito Pie's don't look very appetizing but they are delicious, especially when you've been drinking beers.

 

[Lil Frier]

1. We had them at my school when I was a kid. They're OK, I'm just stating the oddity of trying to claim "authentic Mexican food" from a state fighting to be the official inventor of the walking taco (as we called them in school).
2. I don't drink, but that's not really relevant, skip to 3.
3. If you have to drink to really like it, you're gonna have a bad time, haha.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

It's not cheap. Sure it's filling but that's because they throw on tons of flavorless rice in everything. Ok it's not fried but it definitely doesn't taste better than other fast food. You can get good protein for cheaper.

Then you 're doing it wrong.

That's one of the key kickers. When you go to these burrito places, you need to FILL-THAT-SHIT-UP mofo. Do you want peppers? Fuck yeah, and give me extra. Cheese? Pile that shit on.Onions? Yeah, and some on the side too. Pico? Guac? Sour Cream? All of those extras are free/already paid for.

No - you can't get good protein for cheaper. You can get protein mixed with excessive fat and carbs of friend cheap fast food - but you can't get it lean and cut.

By all means I get my burrito bowl at Chipotle for < $8 - and I usually double the chicken, so a burrito bowl is probably only ~ $6. Get it with a water and you're fine - and I usually have leftovers. A burger and fry? I finish with ease and am not exactly full either.

 

[OutHouse]

I'm not a Foodie at all, I hate those bitches. I perticularly hate Chipotle because the lines are stupid long, the food has almost no flavor and it's way over priced. See Taco Bell doesn't try to pass itself off as this great Mexican food like Chipotle does. I perticularly don't understand how their burritos rank top 5 in the country for sodium content, but they still have such little flavor. Even if it's an over-salty shit taste, there should be SOMETHING there. When you pack more sodium in a burrito than a quad Baconator from Wendy's has and your shit's still bland? You should kill yourself.

My absolute biggest issue with Chipotle though is they fucked up the Rice. Mexican Rice is possibly the most difficult thing on the planet to fuck up. Rice + tomato + garlic + cumin. \I remember ordering rice there the 1st time and being greeted by some white rice with fucking Cilantro & lime in it. I remember taking it back to the counter and asking for Mexican rice to go with my Mexican Food. The joke was on me though, because that was their Mexican rice, and after I went back to my table and took a bite of the Burrito I realized I wasn't even eating Mexican food. So the rice not being close to right was kind of fitting actually. Hell even the Americanized Taco Bell's able to get Mexican Rice right. When you fuck up Mexican rice you should just kill yourself. Even that horrible abomination of food they call Tex-Mex doesn't fuck up rice like this.

wtf dude, fuck up the rice? they dont make "mexican" rice. THEY CALL IT CILANTRO-LIME-RICE. its pretty clear of whats in it, white rice tossed with freshly chopped cilantro, a dash of citrus juice and a little salt.

you actually asked for mexican rice? did you not read the menu THEY DONT MAKE MEXICAN RICE. its only written in 8 inch font but i guess that is still too small for retards wanting to make some stupid statement that nobody but them cares about.

 

[diesbudt]

I've never really considered Chipotle to be Mexican food. It's really just a bunch of American food jammed into a tortilla or bowl. I still find it to be delicious, but everyone enjoys different tastes. Their guacamole is some of the best stuff ever.

This. I really like chipotles flavors and tastes. The Fajita vegetables added in, plus the corn salsa, and self added Franks red hot. Great stuff right there. great stuff.

 

[OutHouse]

It's not in any way what I'd consider Mexican food, or even a variant.

dont you live in canada?

do you even know what mexican food is? im thinking no

 

[cliftonite]

I love Chiptole.

 

[QueBert]

dont you live in canada?

do you even know what mexican food is? im thinking no

I live in San Diego about 10 minutes from the Mexican border, you're trying to tell me that Frito Pie's are Mexican food? You need to think about what you accused me of not knowing about.

wtf dude, fuck up the rice? they dont make "mexican" rice. THEY CALL IT CILANTRO-LIME-RICE. its pretty clear of whats in it, white rice tossed with freshly chopped cilantro, a dash of citrus juice and a little salt.

you actually asked for mexican rice? did you not read the menu THEY DONT MAKE MEXICAN RICE. its only written in 8 inch font but i guess that is still too small for retards wanting to make some stupid statement that nobody but them cares about.

It's called Chipotle MEXICAN Grill... I've eaten at oh, I dunno, 500 Mexican places over the course of my life. Every single one had pretty much the same rice. Chipotle's the only place I've ever eaten at that serves some WTF rice that has no semblance to Mexican rice. You want to offer some fucked up "original" rice creation? Fine, people love it yadda yadda yadda whatever. But if I'm going to eat a Burrito I want MEXICAN rice in it. The least they could do is offer some semi authentic rice, for people who don't want some lime cilantro bullshit.

 

[foghorn67]

So, what, you go to a burrito place and order a bowl of steak? Nothing else?

You moron. Why don't you look at the menu before inanely make a thousand replies with stupid questions?

I order everything except those. Which includes beans, cheese, lettuce, salsa.

 

[diesbudt]

I have to ask, what do you get at McDonald's? Chipotle's $8+ without a drink. At McDonald's you can get a meal WITH a drink for about $6. Heck, I could just go with a $1 soda and 2-3 spicy McChickens (before they got rid of them), and I'd have my meal for under $5 easily. I feel like you are my cousin who has to get a meal AND a McChicken or something.

Only Arby's, Burger King, and Hardee's really rival Chipotle in price. Oh, and Lion's Choice, but that place is so freaking good that it's worth whatever they charge.

Chipotle by me is $6 without a drink. Not $8.

 

[diesbudt]

I live in San Diego about 10 minutes from the Mexican border, you're trying to tell me that Frito Pie's are Mexican food? You need to think about what you accused me of not knowing about.




It's called Chipotle MEXICAN Grill... I've eaten at oh, I dunno, 500 Mexican places over the course of my life. Every single one had pretty much the same rice. Chipotle's the only place I've ever eaten at that serves some WTF rice that has no semblance to Mexican rice. You want to offer some fucked up "original" rice creation? Fine, people love it yadda yadda yadda whatever. But if I'm going to eat a Burrito I want MEXICAN rice in it. The least they could do is offer some semi authentic rice, for people who don't want some lime cilantro bullshit.

Do you really believe 90% of those Chinese Buffet resturants are Authentic Chinese food?

Just like every country, the food "type" is changed. We Americanize all the different kinds of food. So yes it is a MEXICAN grill. It is an American version.

Anyone who knows authentic Mexican knows most their food has 0 spice in it. It is always on the side/added on to a persons taste, not actually mixed into the food prior.

And I love the cilantro lime rice. It is to date my favorite rice. A bit of salty zing and a hint of citrus. Mexican rice, that shit sucks. I Hate it.

 

[Lil Frier]

Chipotle by me is $6 without a drink. Not $8.

I haven't been in a while, but I was thinking it was about $8. Maybe it was with a drink, I can't quite remember. Regardless, I can definitely eat more cheaply at McDonald's (definitely not my first choice), Wendy's, or Taco Bell.

 

[Lil Frier]

Do you really believe 90% of those Chinese Buffet resturants are Authentic Chinese food?

You mean the Mexicans shuffling in and out of those kitchens aren't authentic Chinese food cooks?

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Fuck this thread. Thanks to you, I had to go out and get some for lunch hour.

And just to verify for everyone, a chicken bowl is $6.25. A Steak bowl is $6.50

I doubled the chicken and it was an extra $2.05.

At most I will eat half of this and save the rest for tomorrow. Win-win in my book for 2 meals.