Chipolte? Where Halloween Scream used to be...

[vinyl-raven.livejournal.com]

Do we really need more burrito's and taco's? Couldn't something more fun and maybe useful have bought that space?
now I wont be able to get last minute halloween stuff....

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[mr-fancy-pants.livejournal.com]

Chipotle is really good though, so it's worth it. Try the one up in Medford (@ the intersection of 16 and 28, about a mile or 2 from Powderhouse Sq).

[spatch]

ALERT
ALERT
BURRITO SATURATION POINT REACHED IN DAVIS SQUARE
GUACAMOLE SUPPLY ALARMINGLY LOW
BUY STOCK IN TORTILLAS NOW

[ron_newman]

You must be fairly new here, as you don't remember it as the (not especially lamented) Buck-a-Book.

[ron_newman]

But yeah, once this opens, there will be at least eight places selling vaguely burrito-like things between Teele and Wilson squares: Rudy's, Blue Shirt, Chipotle, our Anna's, Boloco, Qdoba, the Porter Square Anna's, and Tacos Lupita.

[ron_newman]

Maybe Halloween Scream could move into one of the vacant storefronts next to Kickass Cupcakes?

Although the owner of Kickass told me that an Italian restaurant is moving into the corner storefront (where Out of the Blue, and earlier Dolly's, used to be). She said the restaurant will be owned by the former owner of Savannah Grill -- whose pancakes I still miss.

[pushupstairs.livejournal.com]

The growth of the Mexican food industry in the Greater Davis/Porter Area will not be quelled until you stop using that damn grocer's apostrophe.

[clevernonsense.livejournal.com]

well, chipolte is nasty so I'm sure it won't last. :P

I'm surprised another major national chain entered DS without a bit more uproar.

[nathanjw]

The whole "do we need...couldn't something else" line of thinking annoys me. "We", in the broader community sense, can't make a business appear. At best, "we" have ways of opposing businesses we actively don't want, but only the people creating businesses can actively make something happen. I see this in neighborhood meetings and the like - "Why can't we have a grocery store there?" Well, maybe because nobody's trying to open one.

[ron_newman]

Chipotle plans to use the plaza for seating, which I think will be a good addition to the square (at least in warm weather).

[wallacestreet.livejournal.com]

Last year, I talked for a while with one of the people who ran the Halloween shop, the daughter of the owner whose name I now forget. They were happily surprised to be returning to the same space again and fully expected it to be rented out during the year. I believe that they did quite well, though, and she said that they would try to return to the Square in a different location when the Buck-a-Book place was no longer vacant.

As for Chipotle, I say thank goodness that something is moving in there, and that they didn't turn the whole thing into an H&R Block. Talk about a useless chain moving in and replacing a local business (the Bangladeshi convenience store) with no uproar.

[pooka-madness.livejournal.com]

I have desperately missed Chipotle burritos ever since I moved back from Chicago, and could not be happier about their arrival in Davis Square.

That said, its Chipotle. The T comes before the L. Try not to be one of the millions of people who routinely get it wrong. (Not trying to be snarky, just helpful -- hearing it the wrong way just always makes me cringe.)

[neorock.livejournal.com]

chipotle is great!


very happy for it to come to davis.

[mizufae.livejournal.com]

chipotle is one of those chains that you can hate from a culinary perspective all you please, but you can't really hate from a business practices or hiring perspective unless you're an off the grid living, vegan, no tv owning hardcore fellow, in which case there's no point to you complaining about chain restaurants in the first place.
that being said, i wish we had a hardware store in the square more than another burrito place. the local source for cilantro must be planning on daily truck deliveries at this point.

[duffless2323.livejournal.com]

No, but what we really need is another Drug Store!

In all seriousness, I would love if we had a bookstore cafe that also sold beer. I mean a real bookstore, McIntyre and Moore serves its purpose but how often do I need a 30 year old book about Hungarian basketweaving.

There is a bookstore/bar/cafe/restaurant in Dupont Circle, DC. That would rule. I'd rather see a good pizza place go in davis, like Antonia's in Amherst. But thats just me and my worthless 2cents.

New neighborhood motto

[josephineave.livejournal.com]

The 02144...meeting all your breakfast and burrito needs.

One more vote for hating chipotle

[jessperado.livejournal.com]

All done burrito square. Boloco will be gone soon anyway as that space is cursed.

Chipotle

[piscesboy311.livejournal.com]

I'm from Arizona and Chipotle is really good. I know Anna's is top notch but Chipotle has more variety in flavor. You'll see...