Chipotle FINALLY coming to Ames!

**Psyclone** · 03-02-2013, 03:40 PM

Pancheros > Chipolte > Flying/Fighting Buritto

i should know. I eat at Pancheros multiple times a week. Love the fresh totillias. Hate the Bob, but I insist they not mix mine. Love the guacamole. Chipolte charges $1.60 for guac vs $1 at Pancheros. Only been to FB once, and was very disappointed.

**ManBearClone** · 03-02-2013, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by Psyclone

Pancheros > Chipolte > Flying/Fighting Buritto

i should know. I eat at Pancheros multiple times a week. Love the fresh totillias. Hate the Bob, but I insist they not mix mine. Love the guacamole. Chipolte charges $1.60 for guac vs $1 at Pancheros. Only been to FB once, and was very disappointed.

Pancheros > Chipolte >>> Flying/Fighting Buritto

Had Chipolte for the first time. Very good burrito but still think Pancheros wins out on value also. I used to love Flying Burrito but haven't had a good one from there in two years. Usually too much rice and not enough meat and the last one had rancid chicken.

**BODWP** · 03-03-2013, 11:06 AM

Qdoba > All

The queso at Qdoba does it for me.

**bostrem00** · 03-03-2013, 11:51 AM

I know this is a burrito thread...but I ate at a Whataburger yesterday in Norman and those need to make the migration north! It was great for a fast-food burger chain...

**CapnCy** · 03-03-2013, 12:25 PM

Microwaved gas station burrito > nothing

**CycloneNorth** · 03-03-2013, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by bostrem00

I know this is a burrito thread...but I ate at a Whataburger yesterday in Norman and those need to make the migration north! It was great for a fast-food burger chain...

I agree 100%. Went to one last year in Texas and it is so much better than any fast food burger.

**Rhoadhoused** · 03-03-2013, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by BODWP

Qdoba > All

The queso at Qdoba does it for me.

This. It combines the ingredients of chipotle with the presence of queso, and the queso is much better than Pancheros' queso anyway.

**MissouriCyclone** · 03-03-2013, 12:37 PM

Originally Posted by CycloneNorth

I agree 100%. Went to one last year in Texas and it is so much better than any fast food burger.

Have you ever had In-N-Out?

**CyFan61** · 03-03-2013, 12:42 PM

Originally Posted by bostrem00

I know this is a burrito thread...but I ate at a Whataburger yesterday in Norman and those need to make the migration north! It was great for a fast-food burger chain...

I've had Whataburger before and I prefer Culver's, which in my book is as good as a fast food burger gets. (Not including Five Guys or In-N-Out or that sort of thing.)

**CyFan61** · 03-03-2013, 12:43 PM

Originally Posted by BODWP

Qdoba > All

The queso at Qdoba does it for me.

Leave Qdoba out of this, the people of Ames have already spoken and Panchero's won that battle to set up the epic showdown with Chipotle.

**MissouriCyclone** · 03-03-2013, 12:48 PM

Originally Posted by CyFan61

Leave Qdoba out of this, the people of Ames have already spoken and Panchero's won that battle to set up the epic showdown with Chipotle.

It will be interesting to see if one or the other fails. Chipotle always has a 30 min line, but that might just be the "new factor".

**Rhoadhoused** · 03-03-2013, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by CyFan61

Leave Qdoba out of this, the people of Ames have already spoken and Panchero's won that battle to set up the epic showdown with Chipotle.

Haha didn't the owner have his own financial problems? I had a buddy who worked there who said they got in trouble a lot for over serving portions, which could be another reason why I like Qdoba so much.

**ISUagger** · 03-03-2013, 12:54 PM

Here is something I cannot understand: How the hell do we not have a Hardee's in Ames?

**canker2323** · 03-03-2013, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by ISUagger

Here is something I cannot understand: How the hell do we not have a Hardee's in Ames?

I cannot understand why anyone would want to eat at a Hardee's.

**pulse** · 03-03-2013, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by FDWxMan

I've been to Chipolte once...and that was enough. My burrito wasn't awful, just amazingly, solidly ordinary. Nothing stood out as a "signature" feature.

Everytime I ask someone, what's so great about Chipotle I just get "It's Chipolte man! It's awesome. We had them all over in [insert home state]." I think the hype for it in Ames is all of the out-of-stater students that just miss it from home, not because it truly is that awesome.

I think there's a newness to cheap gut-busting burritos. Then after a few trips, you really its ordinary and you don't need a coma inducing paper weight for lunch.