Chipotle - another chain coming to Davis Sq

[ron_newman]

According to Rebekah Gewirtz's latest e-newsletter, a Mexican food chain called Chipotle will move into the Buck-a-Book space. H&R Block will move into the former Mini-Mart.

Chipotle used to be owned by McDonald's, but separated from them last month.

I'll try to post the full newsletter later tonight.

Comments

[karmaportrait.livejournal.com]

let me just stipulate up front that i'm from california and i know my burritos. (=

chipotle isn't anything special. cookie cutter overpriced boringness...

[georgy.livejournal.com]

What a glut in the area of Mexican cuisine -- El Guapo, Tu y Yo, Rudy's, Anna's, soon Boloco and Chipotle... what Davis is really lacking cuisine-wise is a *nice* Chinese place (no greasy takeout)

Has anyone been to the Italian place behind Rosebud? I think of it because of the other Italian place moving into the former Sauce location at 400 Highland. Anything is better than Antonia's... (like Amelia's ;-))

[cook-ting.livejournal.com]

At least something is going in there. Those spaces have been vacant for a very long time and it makes the square look shabby.

Chipotle won't do too well in competition with Anna's, but it will convert the space into a restaurant and after it fails something a little less fast food may well take its place. Regardless, the empty Halloween Store was craptastic and did nothing for any of us.

As for the Mini-Mart/HR Block conversion, how long has that place been out of business? There wasn't a single local business that could have filled the gap?

[skate97.livejournal.com]

boo :( they have them in DC and i hated them. maybe they'll be better now that they're not associated with mcdonalds, but i doubt it somehow...

[ron_newman]

H&R Block doesn't excite me either, but they've been in Davis before -- I think where Diva Lounge is now. It'll probably become vacant again in May.

[ron_newman]

Has La Spina actually opened? Whenver I walk by there the sign says "Coming soon".

[cook-ting.livejournal.com]

At least the space will be refurbed for a new tennant.

[spatch]

Chipotle is the Olive Garden of Mexican restaurants.

You know it's not authentic, you feel slightly embarrassed eating there (what if my *gasp* foodie friends caught me here?) but you usually end up eating there anyway because you've had a long day at the shopping center and there was a 45 minute wait at Bennigan's anyway.

[spatch]

There was an H&R Block for a while up on Mass Ave across from the block next to the White Hen Bread & Butter. I think they're transients, in the business of renting temporary space during tax season wherever they can find it.

Seems like a reasonable business model to me.

[skate97.livejournal.com]

except that olive garden usually tastes good...

[nomirena.livejournal.com]

There's an H&R Block in Teele. These are all very disappointing developments. The square's independent spirit is really deteriorating. And I still miss the Someday! And speaking of the Someday, when's Mr Crepe gonna open up? It looks HUGE in there!

[ron_newman]

Not. (Not in Attleboro, anyway.)

[ron_newman]

But .. Poor Little Rich Girl is now open. Give them a visit.

[skate97.livejournal.com]

i've not been to that one. every Chipotle i've ever been to has made me ill ;\

[kpht.livejournal.com]

there was a giant sign on the chipotle being built by Wellington that says "the restaurant manager is the most important job." way to make their other employees feel needed. I couldn't place it, but that sign looked weird.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

How does one subscribe to her e-newsletter?

[ron_newman]

I was referring to Olive Garden. Chipotle isn't in Massachusetts yet. I actually liked the Chipotle I visited in Columbus, Ohio, but that doesn't mean we need it in Davis.

[dylanesque29.livejournal.com]

Whaaaaattt? As if that place going into O'Natural's wasn't enough. And correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Chipotle's visibly more expensive than Anna's? I'm all set with that, thanks.

Maybe a Vietnamese or Thai plce in Davis would be nice........

[ron_newman]

e-mail rebekah@rcn.com

[ron_newman]

Benjapon's is Thai, but I don't know if that counts. Also Thai Kitchen is on Mass. Ave. between Day and Dover.

Chipotle is more expensive than Anna's but I think it also has a larger and more varied menu.

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Too much Mexican. I could delete all of them except Rudy's and be happy with that, if we could have other alternatives. A sushi house, or Korean.... even a decent burger place.

[skate97.livejournal.com]

yes, i know. hence i was saying that olive garden (usually, i'll exclude your attleboro experience) tastes good, while chipotle always makes me ill.

that aside, i agree that i'm not a fan of it in davis.

[an-art-worker.livejournal.com]

wow, now that's exciting news... ah, somehow... well, no actually I guess it isn't. Who goes to all these places? I was waiting for the Subway to flounder but they seem to be holding on.

[greenbeats.livejournal.com]

wow, i guess i'm the only one who is excited about chipotle.

[concrete.livejournal.com]

you and me both - but I always made them make a burrito that looked more like a salad than anything else.