{"id":1429,"date":"2011-08-20T17:59:25","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T22:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/?p=1429"},"modified":"2011-08-20T17:59:25","modified_gmt":"2011-08-20T22:59:25","slug":"chipotle-lands-in-little-rock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/mexican-cuisine\/chipotle-lands-in-little-rock\/","title":{"rendered":"Chipotle Lands in Little Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Todd Barron @ FoodieCuisine.com<\/h4>\n

Chipotle Mexican Grill<\/a>has finally come to Little Rock, Arkansas, and my wife and I can not wait to try it out.\u00a0 They opened a mere four days ago, and even with the expected madness of a new restaurant, we forge ahead today and drive to Chipotle for lunch.<\/p>\n

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Tacos for Lunch<\/p><\/div>\n

We arrive at around 12:15 on Saturday and there is not a line outside (like there was when we drove past last night.)\u00a0 There is no line outside, probably because of the insane heat, but the line inside snakes around like a line at Disney World.\u00a0 We head to the tail of the snake and begin\u00a0the wait.<\/p>\n

While we are waiting, we look at the bold menu which has only a few options.\u00a0 You pick your protein (chicken, pork, beef), the method you want it served (tacos, burrito, open-bowl,) the extras (rice, beans, salsas, sour cream, cheese) and that is it.<\/p>\n

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The Menu Board<\/p><\/div>\n

You do not pick how many tacos you want, or what combination of items, just whether you want (3) tacos or one burrito or a burrito bowl.\u00a0 You can opt for side dishes such as their guacamole and chips or their salsa and chips for extra.\u00a0 Apparently they serve beer and margaritas but do not have their liquor license yet (a sign posted says its coming soon.)<\/p>\n

It takes us a good thirty, yes thirty, minutes to get through the line.\u00a0 The problem seems to be the people ordering as they are taking a long time to express what they want.\u00a0 It does not help that a guy in front of us orders three different orders.\u00a0 Anyway, by the time we get to place our orders I ask for Three Soft Tacos with Barbacoa (beef).\u00a0 <\/strong>I request the roasted corn, sour cream, hot salsa, and cheese on them.\u00a0 My wife orders the Three Soft Tacos with Chicken<\/strong>, with medium salsa, lettuce, and cheese.<\/p>\n

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Chicken Tacos<\/p><\/div>\n

The food is prepared while you order it, ala Subway, so we find a place to sit and dig in.\u00a0 I try one of the chicken tacos first and the chicken is well marinated, has a nice grilled taste to it, and is not too tough.\u00a0 It is not quite tender either but the salsa adds a good dimension to it and the lettuce has a nice cooling effect.\u00a0 Overall I enjoy the chicken taco.<\/p>\n

The beef taco has way too much sour cream on it but after squeezing some out, I am able to enjoy the depth of the braised beef taco.\u00a0 It tastes wonderful and has a nice earthly flavor to it.\u00a0 The hot salsa is actually warm (for a fast-food place,) and the cheese adds an extra layer of flavor.\u00a0 Overall I really enjoy the beef tacos and will have them again in the future.<\/p>\n

The Guacamole and Chips<\/strong> we ordered are good although the chips are a bit salty.\u00a0 The dip is tasty with fresh avocado, plenty of spices, and fresh onions.\u00a0 Overall, pretty good.<\/p>\n

The wait was horrendous but I expect it to work itself out as time goes on.\u00a0 I know we will be back.<\/p>\n

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By Todd Barron @ FoodieCuisine.com Chipotle Mexican Grillhas finally come to Little Rock, Arkansas, and my wife and I can not wait to try it out.\u00a0 They opened a mere four days ago, and even with the expected madness of a new restaurant, we forge ahead today and drive to Chipotle for lunch. We arrive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[339],"tags":[10,529,193,24,531,29,100,528,530,527,63,466,465],"class_list":["post-1429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mexican-cuisine","tag-beef","tag-burritos","tag-cheap","tag-chicken","tag-chips","tag-fast","tag-food","tag-grown","tag-guacamole","tag-local","tag-mexican","tag-salsa","tag-tacos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1434,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1429\/revisions\/1434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foodiecuisine.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}