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Anyone else find Chipotle extremely overrated?


I will never understand their insane popularity. Every time I go there there is a line. Their meat is gristly and chewy and overall the flavor is bland, very small menu and horribly overpriced. I’ll take Penn Station any day.

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I've never gone there...the problem that most Mexican joints can't overcome is that the ingredients are readily available and it's all a cinch to cook at home...it's often better from your own kitchen...I love Mexican but it's really all so easy why pay some guy to prepare it?

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Not in Canada which may be a good thing.

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Yeah I do...I'm happier at Taco Bell

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Taco Bell... 'Run to the border' is an appropriate slogan!

Never again!

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I'm being serious here, but I wonder if some people's digestion can be completely unprepared for some foods that other people have no problem with. (I did have actual food poisoning once, but that was a different issue.) However, certain foods like biscuits and gravy will reliably send me to the bathroom. Heck, just yesterday I made myself a cheap brat/sausage/dog with ketch/must/relish, and later I could tell something must be too old, probably the relish. I should go through all my condiments and get rid of anything that's old. That stuff will stay for a long time, but I rarely empty a container in a reasonable period.

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Best to chuck it all out...food poisoning is a nasty affair

I've been there...I recall thinking I was going to die and wishing I just would already😬!

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Yeah, I actually like Taco Bell. Not going to claim it's Mexican Cuisine at it's height, but it's fairly inexpensive and they have a lot of different things to choose from, crunchy to savory. Fast comfort food, and not another cheeseburger.

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They definitely get a checkmark next to "inexpensive". I can walk in there with $5 or $6 and walk out completely stuffed.

And to those that ask "do you know what's in their beef?" I answer I don't know and I don't care!

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I hated that place before the whole E coli fiasco.

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It is. It's a bandwagon restaurant that probably won't be around in ten years.

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Wedo restaurant with everything stuffed with rice to make it cheaper to make. Go to a real no frills Spanish food place.

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Try the barbacoa.... Im no Chipotle fan tho

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I think Chipotle is good. Excellent guacamole. My only complaint is the limited and unchanging menu.

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