Archive for September, 2006

September 1st, 2006

Vegetarian digs Qdoba

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I personally prefer Chipotle, but I’m not a vegetarian like this blogger:

There are two options for the meat-free inclined: the Vegetarian Burrito and the Grilled Vegetable Burrito.

…the Vegetarian Burrito is a white flour tortilla wrap with white rice flavored with cilantro and lime. You can choose between black or pinto beans (I always pick black), and then that is all you get aside from toppings. To keep this burrito vegan, you could only then add salsa and lettuce. Their salsa is very good. I always get the Pico De Gallo, which means “Beak of the Rooster” and it is called this because this particular kind of salsa is a mild, vegetable relish, and the way it has been traditionally eaten is by plucking chunks out with the thumb and forefinger, looking similar to a rooster’s beak. But anyhow, trivia aside, this salsa has tomatoes, onions, some pepper, cilantro, and lime. It’s refreshing and adds a nice tang to the extremely starchy burrito. I usually will ask for extra salsa and less beans and rice. There is also a corn salsa, which is a little spicier (a “medium” salsa), and a salsa verde, which is “hot”.

The Grilled Vegetable Burrito is the same as the Vegetarian Burrito, but it also has seasoned, grilled vegetables added. It usually consists of zuccini, summer squash, and grilled red pepper. Again, you have the choice of black or pinto beans, and it comes with the cilantro-lime rice.

The vegetarian burrito is a little cheaper, and with a good amount of salsa, in my opinion, it’s better than the Grilled Vegetable Burrito.

September 1st, 2006

Chipotle wins best burrito award

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From The Columbus Dispatch:

Thick as a brick but a lot easier to eat, the Chipotle burrito rolled to an easy win as the best in central Ohio. […]

The Chipotle burrito features a 13-inch flour tortilla, cilantro-lime rice, a choice of pinto or vegetarian black beans, a choice of meat, a choice of salsa and cheese or sour cream. The veggie burrito comes with guacamole.

The company, founded in 1993, boasts “food with integrity” — including, for example, buying pork from outdoor-raised pigs that aren’t given hormones or antibiotics.

Ohio customers get “naturally raised pork and naturally raised chickens,” said Chipotle spokesman Chris Arnold, noting that food quality, value and size are among the reasons that the burrito is popular. “Our food is comparable to higher-end restaurants,” he said. The manager of an area Chipotle store said, “We don’t get much competition when it comes to burritos.” Voters agreed.