Are you planning to check out our first Chipotle? Or do you already have loyalties to another Mexican restaurant?
Albuquerque’s first Chipotle Mexican Grill opened Tuesday to long lines of patrons eager to try its fare.
The Denver-based chain of gourmet burrito and taco restaurants opened in the former Shoney’s restaurant on the southeast corner of one of the city’s busiest intersections, Menaul and Louisiana boulevards, immediately east of the state’s largest enclosed shopping mall, Coronado Center.
Chipotle’s (NYSE:CMG) website reports that the chain was started in 1993 by founder and CEO Steve Ells, whose first store was a former ice cream parlor. The company went public in 2006, after opening restaurants outside of Colorado.
Chipotle’s menu features salads, gourmet tacos and gigantic burritos with make-it-your-own options, such as rice, pinto or vegetarian black beans, “naturally” raised meat (braised carnitas or barbacoa, adobo-marinated and grilled chicken or steak) or guacamole, salsa and cheese or sour cream. Customers can order take-out online on its website.
The new restaurant, at 6810 Menaul Blvd. NE, is open Monday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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