Chipotle - The Football of Food

On a random day four years ago, a friend asked me if I wanted anything for lunch. I was working at a small guitar shop in Greenwich Village were we often grabbed lunch or a snack for each other to save time and just to be generally cool to each other. I said sure, and to my happy surprise I was greeted but a bountiful foilwrapped burrito with everything just as I wanted it. I'm a picky eater. The idea of watching someone make my food right in front of me, in a Subway kind of way, is great for my more-of-this/none-of-that attitude toward food. After that day I became the maven of Chipotle runs at work, I actually started buying enough of the hot salsa and chips, I'd carry the extra salsa in a paper cup brimming with the firemouthed goodness. I'd go for a steak, chicken, or mixed (steak and chicken) burrito as many as 4 times a week, week after week.

My friends would give me gift certificates for Chipotle all the time, it was awesome!

I moved jobs to another guitar shop in the fast moving and uber-expensive Time Square Area. Lunches around the center of the universe are expensive, to the point were I thought I may need to stop eating lunch all together in order to pay my rent. Then... OH HAPPY DAY!!! A beacon of burrito goodness shows up on the very block I worked on. When others didn't want to brave the rain or New York cold, I'd run down the street and for under $10 we'd eat like kings.

I'm no longer a slave to the whip of anyone else, so as I maneuver through the big apple I visit my favorite burrito place as often as I can, knowing if I have a burrito, I may not need to eat for the rest of the day. Now I am a vegan, and my black bean burrito is still just as filling and delicious as I could ever want. I'm so glad that a company as big as McDonald's (who owns Chipotle) would have vegan and healthy carnivorous options in this world of crappy fast food that is never satisfying.

Why am I writing this? I don't know. I had a great, filling, and reasonably price outing today. Yeah! I may eat Chipotle again tomorrow, maybe not, but I will again enjoy the football of food.

Go Here:
www.chipotle.com
Vegan Options at Chipotle


"Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside."
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835–1910).