so, I'm fatting.

FYI, Chipotle is owned by McDonald's though they were trying to sell em off (along with couple other franchises they own). I don't remember if the deal went through or not.
 
avi said:
FYI, Chipotle is owned by McDonald's though they were trying to sell em off (along with couple other franchises they own). I don't remember if the deal went through or not.
weird. although that makes sense why they were able to put locations in at Broadway/Belmont in ultra-busy-chic Chicago as well as suburban Schaumburg. and Ohio. and wherever else. I don't recall actually eating there- we did go in to the one at Belmont/Bway to use the facilities after drinking beer at Metal Haven (metal record store) once though. Man, I used to live within walking distance of there. SUXOR.
 
hihih

the really hot red sauce...

I'm a wussy eater but red makes me think "ooh, tomato based, hence better than the other weird colours..".. so I get it and I burn myself and eating becomes uncomfortable...

Not sure if my stomach was harmed though.. can't remember..
 
Chipotle is kind of different because their hot sauce is really red, their medium sauce is corn, and I can't remember the mild because I never get it.

I usually believe that if it doesn't make your nose run, its not hot enough, but chipotle's hot sauce is enough to turn my intestinal tract into a fiery sludgepit of distress.

here's a mexican chick ladling on the corn based medium salsa.
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xfer said:
i knew a girl who was from Versailles, Missouri. and by that i meant VER SAYLES.
HEY.
At least St. Louis folk pronounce Des Peres the mostly proper 'Deh Pair'- close to the actual french pronunciation, which would be 'Day Pair' i guess.
Chicagoans drove me nuts- 100% of people pronounce Des Plaines 'Dess PlaneZ'.
 
oh my.

Mucho Dinero
Holy Mole! NYC Restaurant Serves $45 'Gourmet' Burrito

N E W Y O R K, July 29— What's next? A $100 pizza?
The Old Homestead, the renowned New York steakhouse, was the first restaurant to transform inexpensive fast-food American meals into trendy and pricey dinners. It began charging $41 for a Kobe beef burger earlier this year, and soon followed up with a $19 hot dog. Next came the burrito. A New York City restaurant called Salon Mexico is featuring a $45 burrito called "el burrito elegante." While the elegant burrito looks like an average Mexican wrap from the outside, scrumptious prime filet mignon and other rare and expensive ingredients are lying inside the folded corn tortilla. Fancy fungus also helps to justify the burrito's hefty price tag. The tortilla is stuffed with huitlacoche, rare and expensive "Mexican truffles" which are formed by a corn fungus. Black truffles, another rare type of fungus that wholesales for $44 per ounce, are also in the mix. The 10-inch-long burrito, created by the restaurant's executive chef Alan Miguel Kaplan, is served with truffle-infused salsa with chipotle chile. It can be shared by four people as an appetizer.