Wednesday, February 26, 2014

The 139th, or so, Chipotle to open near or around Union Square



Hey, what's this?

A Chipotle Mexican Grill is coming soon to 24 E. 12th St. just west of University Place. The space was last home to the Stand, a burger place that closed in May 2013, and at one time a Kinko's.

Our friend Alex at Flaming Pablum first noted this arrival on Monday night. As he wrote: "We need a Chipotle here like we need another bank branch."

According to the Chiptole website, there are seven other locations within a mile of here. (Twenty-nine within two miles.) A short few blocks from here there are locations at 19 St. Mark's Place, 117 E. 14th St., 55 E. Eighth Street, 510 Sixth Ave. … anyway, I'm rather indifferent toward Chipotle. Never tried their food.

But I have tried the food at Dorado, directly next door to the incoming Chiptole…



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13 comments:

  1. nygrumpFebruary 26, 2014 at 9:44 AM

    You can never have too much food with your salt.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2014 at 10:15 AM

    Frat food. (See also cover of the new ATLANTIC magazine?!)

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2014 at 10:52 AM

    Dorado is tasty! Go there!

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2014 at 11:34 AM

    They are going to put dorado out of business !!!

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2014 at 12:04 PM

    There's no need for so many in such close proximity, but, in any event, the steak burrito is pretty good.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2014 at 12:14 PM

    Gringos mangle the word chipotle all the time, but "chiptole" is a new one. I like it. Most people err on the side of "chipol-tee". Personally my favorite bungling of the word is "chip-odel".

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  7. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2014 at 12:55 PM

    Wow, that's a lot of Chipotle's.
    Dorado is DOPE I recommend it.

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2014 at 12:55 PM

    Greive it would be great if once it opens you did a story where you ask the owners of Dorado if it has affected their business. Maybe it will increase business, who knows!

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2014 at 2:50 PM

    How rude of Chipotle to open right next to a great, local, fresh establishment! Dorado forever.

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  10. Axis of EvilleFebruary 26, 2014 at 6:57 PM

    i can't comprehend the idea that someone hasn't had Chipotle

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 26, 2014 at 9:31 PM

    They should have just opened one of their new Shophouse Kitchens here. I like Chipotle, but this is a bit much given their saturation in the area.

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  12. Woo GenerationFebruary 27, 2014 at 7:04 AM

    I'm going to eat a burrito at all 139, blog about it, fund the whole thing with Kickstarter, then sell the book rights. See ya!

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  13. KarimFebruary 27, 2014 at 11:20 PM

    I can't comprehend the idea that people actually eat at Chipotle.

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