/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Moes is better than Chipotle, but I'm picky
I like Five Guys well enough, I just never go even though I haven't lived far from one in years
That said, I'm new to /ck/

i like chipotle, but i've had five guys and it wasn't all it was hyped up to be. And their fries taste funny

>>6692980
I've always heard of moes. Never tried it though. Could you tell me what they do better than chipotle?

because they are popular and people on /ck/ are autistic fucks that hate popular things that normies like

>>6692987
Keep in mind I've eaten Chipotle once in my entire life. I just didn't like the meat as much, I also keep it simple (rice+cheese+meat) so maybe they do other stuff better. Also, no queso because they're trying to appeal to the faggy hipster "hurr guac" crowd. Moe's queso is the unadulterated tits

>>6692982
>fries taste funny
In what way? Too soggy? Too salty?

>>6692993
>queso
Hmmm sounds pretty good. I might have to try Moes. It's kinda far away though.

>>6692991
True.

>>6692994
Well, they cook them in peanut oil so they taste kinda greasy and peanut-y, its hard to describe, they're just unpleasant

>>6693002
I'd recommend it. I think it's slightly cheaper than Chipotle as well, but neither is exactly cheap. I remember I'd get a big ass burrito with queso and a drink for around 10 bucks. It's filling though

>>6693013
>$10
That actually is pretty decent for a filling burrito meal. A single chipotle burrito is $7.

>>6693020
Yeah, it's not the worst thing ever. The best thing is chips (and salsa, actually) are free, so you can get a bigger queso and go crazy on it now or save some for later (and bring chips home). Also if you get more shit on it it's more worth it--I felt slightly gipped paying that much for meat, cheese, and rice on a tortilla, but it was good and I was generally with friends so eh

>>6692977
The problem isn't that the food is bad, it's that both places charge easily twice what the food is actually worth.

>>6692977

Why would you frequent a corporate teat instead of finding an actual Mexican restaurant and getting much better food there?

>>6693040
Some corporate teats have damn good milk, yo

>>6692993

>the faggy hipster "hurr guac" crowd

Nice meme!

Five Guys' food is okay, just fucking overpriced. Chipotle is dog shite however.

>>6693034

If you think 2x the cost of production is overcharging, I have some bad news for you.

>>6693040
I have been to actual Mexican restaurants many of times. I loved em but I'm not a pretentious fuck and I enjoy chipotle whenever I'm hungry af and to lazy to cook. Plus it's non GMO

>>6693083
>implying GMOs are bad
It's like you don't even know what they are

>>6693090
Fuck me for eating non genetically modified shit right?

Oh, I like Five Guys, but fuck me is their shit overpriced for what it is. A burger with fries and a drink there should not cost motherfucking $15.

>>6693097
Most crops are already 'GMOs' through thousands of years of selective breeding.

>>6693083

>Plus it's non GMO

Superior, chipotle 2.0 coming though

>>6693097
>I googled it and found out what the acronym stood for!
>I'll use it to show him I know what it is!
You should be more worried about the ubiquity of soy and how soy basically turns men into bronies

>>6693097

There are literally zero drawbacks to the production and consumption of GMOs. They require less water, they are often times more nutritious, they produce more crop per hectare, and the pesticides that are used have absolutely zero negative effects on humans. If you are anti-GMO, you are anti-science and ergo fucking retarded.

>>6693113
Oh fuck off. You can enjoy your shite and I'll enjoy my non gmo stuff. I don't see why you are so disgruntled over what is served at a restaurant.

>>6693124
You're contributing to ignorance. That's why people are disgruntled.

>>6693124
I don't give a shit what you eat or don't eat, or what a restaurant serves or doesn't serve. But the whole "hurrr GMO bad" shit is fucking retarded and has no basis in science, so far as I can tell. There's so many things out there we should be worried about, no sense in wasting time being worried about something that is harmless

>>6692991
>>6693007
The food's bland and overpriced, I'd rather go to a Mexican meat shop and get better tasting food for the same price.

>>6693150
>trusting Mexicans to prepare food

>>6693158
>implying Mexican's aren't preparing food at every restaurant you eat

>>6693165
>implying I eat food at restaurants and don't stuff it in my pants, go to the restroom, and flush it down the toilet
It's the best of both worlds--Mexicans don't prepare my food, and I don't have to be some autist faggot when invited out

>>6692977
Possible reasons for hating on Chipotle and Five Guys:

The fast casual concept itself. Yes, the food is better than Taco Bell and McD's. The question becomes whether it's better enough to justify the price. For many of us it isn't. Dinner for two at either place can easily hit $25. If you live in a city with decent dining options you can just about get dinner for two at a better non-chain place for that price. I have no desire to drop more than $5 at a chain restaurant ever, if I can help it.

Then there's hype. Both of these places serve good tasting food. But it isn't particularly interesting or exciting. Five Guys serves an average burger with slightly better than average fries. Chipotle figured out how to take all the excitement out of Mexican inspired food. When folks start raving about how great these places are you're left wondering just how boring their diet is that either stands out.

Smugness. Chipotle is particularly offensive in this regard. They heap praise on themselves for being oh so environmentally and socially aware. Whole Foods does the same shit. I really don't need my fast food or grocery choices to come with a side of largely meaningless affirmations.

Biggest thing is that at the end of the day it's still fast food. Encouraging connoisseurship when it comes to fast food is just plain embarrassing.

>>6693183
>implying i'm the autistic one

>>6693202
How the fuck am I autistic?

>>6693188
>I really don't need my fast food or grocery choices to come with a side of largely meaningless affirmations.

Why shouldn't businesses have an ethical component?

>>6693209
>"implying I eat food at restaurants and don't stuff it in my pants, go to the restroom, and flush it down the toilet"

>>6693220
Your point?

>>6693210
Different guy here. I don't mind when businesses do, I think everyone likes the concept of giving back. Some just do it in a way that's borderline pretentious (although that's more the fault of the customers than the company). E.g. If you shop at Whole Foods, you're better because you're *making a difference*

>>6693210
Except Chipotle is shit at that too.
An actual ethical business that cares about what happens to the environment would support nuclear energy, it's the only type of power plant that's viable in terms of being able to supply enough power for the world while having the smallest carbon footprint possible.
And don't even get me started on the whole Non-GMO bullshit.
Can't wait for that shitty fad to end, maybe one day we can have funnyfruits that incorporate flavors from different fruits.

>>6693233
>Some just do it in a way that's borderline pretentious

I will say that touting non-GMO food is pretentious. I personally shop at Whole Foods at least sometimes because they have really good pizza and some other stuff that I can't get anywhere else around here. I do also appreciate that they don't treat their employees like shit.

>>6693242
I don't know the last time I had something from WF, but my mom shops at a Fresh Market near our house so I eat that a bit when I'm home. It's good food, and if/when I have the money I'll probably shop there a bit, but I won't be pretentious about it. I'm sure it's a case of like 5% being very pretentious and most people not giving a shit, and that few give it a bad name.

As for now, I'm sticking to Wal Mart and Winn Dixie, because le poor grad student :^)

>>6693240
It isn't just about the environment though. Some people don't eat at restaurants that serve animal products that come from factory farms, others don't eat at restaurants whose owners use their profits to fund questionable activities. I personally don't buy Nestle products for a variety of reasons. I completely agree with you on the GMO point though.

>>6693240
>funnyfruits
I knew I wasn't alone. Hi-five anon.

>>6693240
>funnyfruits that incorporate flavors from different fruits.

This exists. Go google "grapple apple"

>>6693283
It's not the same, they just inject apples with grape flavors.

I'm surei ts been said a million times already about chipotle but I'm too lazy to read the entire thread so I'll say it again

its overpriced as fuck and the meat is bland. you could get a bigger, tastier burrito at your local taqueria for 2/3s the price, assuming you live in california or one of the southern border states.

I have no beef with 5 guys, hardly see anyone even talk about it here.

>>6692977
OP they are just hated because there are better local places for around the same price.

Never been to Chipotle but ever single visit to Five Guys (a half dozen now) has been thoroughly disappointing but I keep trying it and trying it because everyone tells me how great it is.
And it just... isn't. It's awful.
The sandwiches fall apart if you so much as look at'em funny.
The fries have not even once ever been crispy or good any time I've had them.
The prices are higher than those of other burger joints offering burgers of similar quality and places offering far superior burgers only cost a buck or so more than 5G.

Usually, I can understand why something I don't like would be popular, but with 5G, it's a complete mystery. I sometimes feel like I'm being left out of some big in-joke.

Oh and honestly, if time isn't an issue I'd rather get a burger from Longhorns. Skip the bacon, because they never put enough on there to make it worthwhile, but get 7 pepper seasoning. Won't run you more than 10-12 bucks, even if you get the steakhouse mac and cheese as a side (best mac and cheese ever, IMO). So for slightly more than you'd pay at 5 guys you get a much better meal, and free bread

>>6693399
Hi. I'm >>6693391
There's a Longhorn in my area. The only people I know that like it a lot are black. I am not black. Are you? Would a non-black person like Longhorn?

>>6693417
Where are you at? Could be something about that location, or maybe the owner is black. I'm white, and I've seen people of various races in them but mainly white people. You'd probably like it. Nothing I've had there is bad, and if someone mentions Outback/TGIF/Ruby Tuesday's or whatever, I'd suggest Longhorns because for the same price or slightly more you get much better food.
Beware if you like sweet tea, sometimes their shit is on point, sometimes it sucks ass. I don't know why, as it's a Southern company (originally) and I've experienced this at many locations.

I went to Chipotle yesterday and ended up paying $13 for a double steak burrito

Fuck Chipotle, I'd rather walk down to the fucking Whole Foods and get a burrito for much cheaper

>>6693427
Philadelphia.

Could be because all the white people in my immediate area are either greaseball eye-ties, Plastic Paddy trash or hipsters and the greaseballs just like greaseball food, the Paddies just live on bar snacks and the hipsters just eat at gastropubs and vegan bistros leaving only the blacks to eat at places like Longhorn.

>>6693417
Maybe it's because you live around a lot of blacks.

>>6693462
Muh 'hood is mostly Asian, but there's no shortage of blacks, Arabs and hipsters where I live.

The only bad thing a bout Chipotle is their anti-science marketing campaign

5 guys is ok I guess, overpriced for what you get but tastes fine

>>6693499
anti science marketing campaign? what do you mean? they call atheists fedoras?

>>6693503
Non-GMO

>>6693503
they denied the existence if gravity because it's not in the bible then said that jesus loves burritos

>>6693503
no, they "cut GMOs out of their food"
But not counting things they don't feel like counting like the soda, beer, and thee feed their animas eat

A blatent anti-science move done for cheap marketing points amongst the uneducated west coast female type

This is on par with being openly anti-vax

All I know is for a while there used to be Five Guys threads 24/7 for months on /b/

It stunk like viral marketing.

>>6693523
no it didn't, nothing on /c/k has ever actually looked like viral marketing, at was usually trolls messing with the people paranoid about viral marketing

>>6693523
I like the image of someone at Five Guys' PR firm pitching this idea to a group of executives.
>So, there's this chatroom about Filipino webcomics, called 4chan, and I think we should continually post threads about our company. This is the "viral marketing" you've all heard about. It'll really get the 18-34 male demographic

>>6693517
Grolious Nippon, plaise be the Empelol, banned the Mumps-Luberra-Measres combination vaccine and we arr know Nipponais ale mole interrigent than and supeliol to arr othel popurations.

>>6693534
this guy gets it

>>6693210
I'm the guy you were responding to. I like the idea of supporting businesses who are good corporate citizens. But when a business does very little in that regard, then spends as much if not more money and effort to make sure everyone sees the gold star they're giving themselves I get annoyed. I understand there are many folks out there who will casually believe whatever they want to hear. If you can take their money good on you.

Trying to convince people that eating fast food can do something good for the environment is insulting to even those of below average intelligence.

>>6693534
how did you miss the part where I said "happened on /b/"

Holy shit go back to school

>>6693639
oh yeah, because that makes it plausible

Seriously?

>>6692980
We had a moes in our area and then chipotle opened up. That moes ran out of business lmao. Chipotle is just better to most people

>>6693733
They were literally right across the street from each other at my college, but the Chipotle was relatively new. Moes was still packed, especially on Mondays because they did a special, and occasionally they'd do free queso night, which made it worthless to go because the line was so fucking long
According to Siri the closest Moes to me now is 60 miles away, but there's a Chipotle like a mile away. Guess I'll still to cooking

>tfw live in bay area, ca
>dislike chipotle because it is fake as fuck with little flavor when there's plenty of taquerias in our area with better more authentic burritos
>dislike 5 guys because the burgers are bland and require a ton of topping to "improve them", and then costs $10+ for a fucking burger and fires at a "fast food" place then get shit on by east coast transplants who say 5 guys rules, in n out droolz

>>6693755
Must be a northern east coast thing. I'm from the South and people like 5 guys but don't go on and on about it. There's better places
>Cookout
God tier food, especially when drunk/high

>>6693755
>it is fake as fuck
what does this even mean?

>>6693755
Who gives a shit if something is more authentic when it tastes worse and costs more?
It is entirely retarded make your decision based on how "authentic" you perceive something to be

>>6693779
no they dont go on and on about it here. its funny that this thread happened because just earlier this week at work we started having a debate about 5 guys because a new person from new york started

>i come into the room and there was already some discussion happening because anotehr coworker had a 5 guys open near them and theyd never been
>she's saying how 5 guys is the best
>i say that 5 guys is awful, it's a mediocre tasting pile of grease that needs to pile on toppings to make it seems fancier and then charges 10 bucks for it
>she says "oh you're wrong, you must love in n out"
>mfw

>>6693786
Fake as fuck was probably wrong, just more like it's not close to tasting like a real burrito. their cilantro white rice has very little flavor and real burritos use the orange/red rice. their meat has very little flavor because they seem to use very bland spices. their salsa is bland as well.

>>6693792
>"authentic" burritos cost more and taste worse

okay honkey

everything is just bland at chipotle because it is meant to appeal to the white suburbanites who are too scared to try real ethnic food

>>6693795
have you ever even ate at chipotle?

"Authentic" places occasionally have better burritos, but it is way less than half the time, and it is a lot of effort to try and find them unless you live in San Diego

>>6693795
>to appeal to the white suburbanites who are too scared to try real ethnic food
Except chipotles are much more common in urban white areas like colleges and higher rent younger neighborhoods

>>6693805
>and it is a lot of effort to try and find them unless you live in San Diego

Again, I said it my first post, I live in the Bay Area. We have tons of taquerias here, in fact the best burrito I've had is from a Mexican supermarket in my town where a taqueria is basically like a deli in a regular grocery store

If you live somewhere in the Midwest then yeah, Chipotle is probably your best bet for "good" mexican food, at least its higher class that taco bell

>>6693808
what? thats exactly what i said in the part you quoted. chipotle mainly appeals to suburban whites and upper middle class places like colleges

>>6693808
>urban white areas like colleges
Where do you think they came from?
They came from the suburbs

>>6693812
Not the guy you were replying to
>taqueria is basically like a deli in a regular grocery store
Texan here, we have a ton of those
>If you live somewhere in the Midwest then yeah, Chipotle is probably your best bet for "good" mexican food, at least its higher class that taco bell
I don't know why anyone would ever willingly live in a flyover state.

>>6693812
If I want real mexican food I would go to a mexican restaurant, but burritos are american food lightly based on mexican food, and the ones you find at mexican restaurants both are not as good as chipotle most of the time and also not one of the better things on their menus

Also there are mexicans in literally every american city, its the same grouop of people making the food in all of these places, you probably have more mexican restaurants but the mexicans that moved to your city are no better at cooking than the mexicans that moved to every other city

>>6693825
>both are not as good as chipotle most of the time
Where the fuck do you live?
Chipotle is bland af

>>6693816
do you think the average college aged person avoids ethnic food?
College towns are usually full of all sorts of obscure ethnic restaurants. Sure they grew up in the suburbs, all people with good parents do, but that doesn't mean they eat like an elderly white women

>>6693830
>Chipotle is bland af
You keep saying this, but its just not the case

> Moe' is better
> Gringo Tex-Mex joint better than Moe's
> $5 Burrito Roach Coach burrito bigger than your forearm is better than all
> BONUS ROUND: $5 _______Fusion Gourmet Burritos for lunch in West Coast cities

>>6693821

Do you think texas is not a flyover state? Its pretty much the epitome of flyover

>>6693825
>both are not as good as chipotle most of the time

Dude are you fucking serious? I understand if you eat at one of those suburbanized Mexican restaurants (we have plenty of those here in the Bay Area in Dublin, Livermore, Danville, etc) that are mediocre, but not at legit Mexican restaurants.

>>6693835
It's funny, the college I went to had Chipotle downtown right across the street from an actual taqueria and the chipotle was always busier

>>6693838
but it is the case. You have established that you have no taste for mexican food, so of course you are going to think that "chipotle isnt bland". compare any chipotle burrito to a real mexican place's burrito and you will taste that the real mexican places burrito has much more diverse tastes and spices inside it than chipotle's bland as fuck, boring burrito

>>6693835
Where did I say that, all I said was that white college kids came from white suburbia.
>>6693838
You keep saying it isn't, but it is.
I just had Chipotle a few days ago too, it's so bland that it can't even be terrible.
Really the guy who said it's the embodiment of white suburbia is right, it's bland cookie-cutter food, just like suburbia

>>6693847
but can you go to "authentic" mexican restaurants by yourself without looking sad?

>>6693845
>Its pretty much the epitome of flyover
Are you retarded?
That's why we have the 2nd busiest port right?
And the 3rd largest city in the US?
And 3 top-tier universities right?
And how people describe as Austin's music scene the biggest in the country and liken it to Portland right?
Fuck off

>>6693848
>I just had Chipotle a few days ago too, it's so bland that it can't even be terrible.

this exactly. i dont think that chipotle is "bad". i never really describe it as "bad" when people ask me about it. something as boring as a chipotle burrito isn't ever really "bad"

>>6693856
not if its a sit down place obviously (i would have the same problem). but i am specifically talking about taquerias and hole in the wall mexican places where its almost always take out

>>6693847
>It's funny, the college I went to had Chipotle downtown right across the street from an actual taqueria and the chipotle was always busier
makes sense, my college had the same thing, and 2 Qdobas. I could never figure out why anyone went to Qdoba over Chipotle though besides late night when chipotle closed (also why the fuck would you close at 9PM in a college area, Qdoba always had lines out the door at 2am, Chipotle could have made lots of money)

>>6693856
What the fuck does this even mean?

>>6693858
How do any of those things make Texas non flyover.
Also recall that texas is fuxking huge, so of course it will have a lot of things somewhere in the state. If you too a chunk of the country that size pretty much in any region besides the deep south they could come up with an even more impressive list

>>6693859
do you not put any sauce on your burritos and just get rice and fucking chicken? If you think chipotle is bland you are obviously not ordering correctly

>>6693864
I mean I can go to chipotle by myself, but I wouldn't go to an "authentic" mexican place alone

>>6693865
>How do any of those things make Texas non flyover.
Because it has more than your typical non-flyorover states.
Just because it isn't NYC doesn't mean it's flyover.
Not to mention it has some of the best healthcare in the country and the heart of the oil and energy industry.
>>6693867
I got sauces, salsas, barbacoa, you name it, it's fucking bland.
I don't know how you can even fuck up that hard with barbacoa.
>>6693869
>but I wouldn't go to an "authentic" mexican place alone
Why the fuck not?

>>6693858
You have a real loose definition of top tier university if you think you have 3 of them

Also, Austin being kind of like portland doesn't make your entire massive state, most of who have never even been to austin doesn't make you non-flyover, and the very fact that you think it does demonstrates how flyover you are

Texas is literally the most flyover place in the country

>>6693872
Only New York, Boston and LA are not flyover

>>6693867
if you need to put a bunch of sauce on a burrito to make is good, it's fucking bland

>If you think chipotle is bland you are obviously not ordering correctly

Again, as you have established, you know nothing about mexican food, so of course you think chipotle is not bland.

I am telling you, if you actually go to a taqueria or something and order their burrito, you will see how different it is that chipotle, much more tastes and spices inside. i'm not saying you'll like it, because YOU probably wont, but that doesnt mean you cant tell that it's not as bland as chipotle

>>6693861
I agree. I think our Chipotle was open somewhat late, but Moe's closed at 10. It was literally on the street with all but like 3 bars that students go to, and they'd make bank late at night. Shit, the Lil Caesers two doors down from it had lines out the fucking door late at night, and it was the only non-bar place open that late that you could feasibly walk to when the bars closed

>>6693881
>you know nothing about mexican food
burritos aren't even "authentic mexican" so thats entirely irrelevant

>>6693876
Rice - Unofficial Ivy League
UT - Best business program in the nation and one of the best engineering programs
A&M - HIghly ranked university
>>6693876
>most of who have never even been to austin doesn't make you non-flyover
What the fuck does this even mean?
>Texas is literally the most flyover place in the country
Keep deluding yourself.
>>6693879
Spotted the retard

>>6693881
>if you need to put a bunch of sauce on a burrito to make is good, it's fucking bland
all burritos should have sauce in them, thats a dumb statement

>>6693885
RIce and A&M are not top tier schools

>>6693885
If you don't think Texas is the most flyover, which state is?

I don't think any other state besides maybe Alabama comes close

>>6693889
>Rice is not top tier
Not him but you're retarded

>>6693889
Keep deluding yourself

>>6693892
>what is the midwest
It's like you don't even know what flyover is.
People come from all around the world to visit Houston and Austin, nobody does that for Nebraska.

>>6693892
Really? Are you serious?

Iowa
Kansas
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Arkansas
Idaho
Indiana
Illinois outside Chicago
Kentucky
Missouri
Montana
Ohio
Tennessee
The Dakotas
Utah
West Virginia
Wyoming


Alabama? really? Do you even know what the fuck flyover means?

>>6693893
http://cwur.org/2015/
not even top 100

>>6693896
I've never been to most of the midwest, but if it's anything like Iowa (and I doubt Texas is, but I've heard Iowa, Wisconsin, etc. are), they're certainly flyover as fuck. I didn't spend much time in Des Moines, I went north of it, and holy shit there's nothing. Soy beans, corn, and windmills. And nothing. It's fucking depressing

>>6693896
lol, who visits Houston?

Flyover isn't about what landmarks your state has, it is about your people's culture

>>6693902
>nd holy shit there's nothing
Have you not been to texas? How is it less nothing than Iowa?

>>6693901
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Ivy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_University
>Its emphasis on education is demonstrated by a small student body and 5:1 student-faculty ratio, among the lowest in the top American universities including the Ivy League.
>>6693906
>lol, who visits Houston?
People with jobs that pay well, not some teen who washes dishes.
>Flyover isn't about what landmarks your state has, it is about your people's culture
That only proves my point more
>>6693907
Have you not been to Texas?

>>6693902
I don't see how you could possibly consider rural Iowa more depressing than rural Texas

At least rural Iowa has educated people that aren't nearly as poor

>>6693907
I've never been to Texas, and if you had an IQ higher than your shoe size you'd have seen this
>...if it's anything like Iowa (and I doubt Texas is...)

I'll admit the whole post could've been worded slightly better, but I still made it pretty fucking plain they're not the same (I assume, I've never been to Texas)

>>6693910
>Southern Ivy
kind of an oxymoron

>>6693913
>Texas is completely rural
Keep telling yourself that

Because white people love it and most white people have no taste in food.

>>6693910
>People with jobs that pay wel
Are you seriously trying to say Houston is a tourist attraction for the country's rich?

>>6693920
Where did I say tourist attraction?

>>6693916
No one said Texas is entirely rural. No state is entirely rural and being flyover does not suggest you are rural. People Consider Detroit to be flyover and that is the antithesis of rural

>>6693921
You literally said people from around the world come just to visit houston

>>6693923
You're right, but in this is irrelevant since Texas isn't a flyover state.
>>6693925
Did I say as a tourist attraction?

>>6693929
>Did I say as a tourist attraction?
What the fuck did you mean by people visit it, if you didn't mean tourism?

If you weren't talking about tourism you really should have phrased it differently, because it how you wrote it, it explicitly means tourism

>>6693933
Business trips

>>6693929
Just embrace it man, you are flyover as fuck, you are a good 20 hour drive from anything of value, thats as flyover as it gets

>>6693934
going somewhere for business and visiting it are distinct things

>>6693938
>you are a good 20 hour drive from anything of value
Austin is only an hour away.

>>6693945
so you live in the middle of nowhere?

Austin is cool I guess, but it doesn't redeem the state, most states have cool college towns. Hell even college towns in terrible shithole regions live Athens GA, or even Tuscaloosa are cool places

>>6693938
where are you from

>>6693951
Chicago

Illinois is flyover too

>>6693947
>so you live in the middle of nowhere?
No, Houston
>most states have cool college towns
Austin

>>6693954
that explains a lot lmao

>>6693740
Our moes did moe Monday's as well. At least you aren't a retard like 60% of the people I live nearby saying that moes and chipotle are the same shit

>>6693976
according to /ck/ meme definition, if you aren't in Brooklyn or San Francisco, you are flyover now

Especially states in the middle of nowhere surrounded by nothing to one side and shit to the other like Texas

>>6693779
My nigga!! Going to cookout after getting hammered from a party is absolutely crucial

>>6693980
>middle of nowhere
It's on the Gulf of Mexico and borders Mexico itself.

>>6693986
and thats a good thing?

>>6693980
cool story

>>6692977
The hate comes from people bitching about the prices. $8 for a bowl of rice, beans, meat, and salsa is kind of crazy, then again some people want velveeta on it and free chips or some other garbage. They will go to the second and third rate places like Smash Burger and Moes.

eh chipotle is ok I just like the burritos at freebirds better and their hot sauce.

>>6694003
better than the chipotle tobasco?

Chipotle gives you 3 scoops of rice. One half scoop meat. A sprinkle of everything else.

Real Mexican food places are equal in all toppings.

5 guys is 7 dollars for a burger no fries.

Enough said.

>>6694008
Their Tabasco is the same shit you get at the store. It isn't special because you pay 11 dollars for a burrito.

>>6694013
>One half scoop meat.
they give a solid scoop to scoop and a quarter of meat

>>6694015
>Their Tabasco is the same shit you get at the store
and its excellent, better than any of the house made sauces at any of the chains

Also, where the fuck do you live that prices are so high? I don't think I have ever spent over $8 at chipotle

>>6694016
And a local taqueria gives 3x more for half the price.

More cheese, sour cream, veggies, and guac is free. Same as chips and salsa.

>>6694018
A steak burrito is $7.50 standard. Quit lying idiot.

>>6694020
>And a local taqueria gives 3x more for half the price.
Thats just not true at all, any legitimate place is going to cost just as much, and usually about the same amount of meat

If it was truly authentic it would be a fraction of the meat

>>6694024
yeah, it recently went up to that

I said less than $8, and $7.5 is definitely less than $8

>>6694028
And you don't live in the Southwestern portion on the United States of America.

Berto's brothers chains charge 40% of Chipotle and you get more food with more options at a chain ffs.

Don't talk about shit you don't know about.

>>6694020
>More cheese, sour cream, veggies
why would you possibly need more of any of these than chipotle gives you?

>>6694034
Nigger doesn't do sales tax or any charge they put on you.

Just stop anon. A $7.5 burrito is more than $8 after tax. Just stop.

>>6694049
>never been to Chipotle

Because I would like more than 8 beans and 4 shreds of cheese.

>>6694050
I wasn;t counting sales tax as that is the governemnt charging you, not chipotle

Regardless though, at $7.5 it is $7.91 with tax

and what fees? I have never been charged a mysterious fee

>>6694054
I have never once had that problem at chipotle
I have never even heard an anti-chipotle person on here complain about too little cheese, you are literally the only person I have ever seen that complaint from

Also, asking for extra beans is fucking ridiculous

>>6694024
It's $8.75 + tax which is almost $10.

For chipotle.

>>6693989
Yes

>>6694067
holy shit, where do you live?
Those prices are way the fuck higher than up here

I don't really go to Chipotle as much as I did in college as I used to have one two buildings away, a couple years ago it was $6.65 for a steak burrito. More recently it is up to $7.50 as of two weeks ago when I went

>>6694071
thats a really fucking flyover thing to believe

>>6694080
Keep deluding yourself

>>6694085
you are a state sandwiched between a barren desert, the deep south, and a giant fence

>>6694059
Never wanted Guacamole?

>>6693040
Mexican food shops and Chipotle are two different types of food to me. I get a mood for one and sometimes I may feel like the other.

Depending on the Chipotle some can be pretty good and handle their meat well. You just have to find one where the employees aren't shitlords.

>>6694097
I like guacamole, but its entirely unnecessary to make a good burrito

That explains things though, the only people who ever say any burrito chain is expensive are the suckers who order guac

>>6694064
You are delusional. Watch what they put on your food, not the person putting it on and calling you darling.

God forbid I want more than 8 beans.

I have never once had a Chipotle give me more than 8 beans 6 shreds of cheese a half a scoop of meat and 90% rice.

You are literally the only person I have ever seen who is happy with Chipotle's servings.

Filaberto's better 100% of the time.

>>6694067
Jesus...I don't go there anymore. And won't be back for .7oz of protein .0001oz cheese and extra charges for .01oz of anything else.

>>6694105
I don't get beans because I get extra onions and peppers because they are objectively better

and they put a fucking handful of cheese on there, most of the time the standard amount of stuff is about to burst the tortilla so I can't imagine needing to ask them to put extra of everything on

>Filaberto's better 100% of the time.
No idea what that is

Who the fuck has ever said chipotle burritos are small? besides you? They are slightly smaller than Qdoba, but thats because Qdoba adds extra filler like beans and less meat

>>6694101
No nigger, I go to local places McDonald's loving faggot. I avoid Chipotle because they are overpriced for what they serve.

You live in the Midwest or NE? Only explication as to why you would choose to eat McDonald's brand burrito's.

>>6694112
he is lying, The most expensive burritos are $7.50 at chipotle

(unless if you live in a city with ridiculously inflated minimum wage, apparently they just had to raise prices in SF because of the city's laws)

>>6694128
And they give you 10% of what you think you are getting because the line qt3.14 distracted your beta ass. Enjoy overpaying right coast loser.

>>6694129
>You live in the Midwest or NE
I hope so, why would anyone want to live elsewhere? Thats were almost all of the good places to grow up and live are

Also, what are you going off about McDonalds for? What does that have to do with anything?

>>6694135
>And they give you 10% of what you think you are getting because the line qt3.14 distracted your beta ass.
I seriously have no idea where you are getting this from. and its a dude half the time, and most of their women are mildly unattractive chubby mexicans

>>6694092
More like a state where different cultures blend together.

>>6694146
and by blend together you mean live in segregated neighborhoods and try to interact as little as possible

>>6694139
>this is what losers believe

>>6694139
when was the last time McDonalds had a stake in Chipotle? 15 years ago?

>>6694158
if you look at any metric ranking quality of life or affluence, it is dominated by northeastern and midwestern states

>>6694155
Whatever lets you sleep at night

>>6694165
Is that why everybody's an asshole there?
kek

>>6694175
Brooklyn isn't the entire north

>>6693879
>Boston
>not flyover
Well, I guess that's sort of true? Very few people fly to Maine for any reason whatsoever, ever, so they wouldn't be flying over Boston... but the "city" (lol) has fewer than 700K people living in it.

>>6694233
city boundaries are arbitrary, the only significant thing is metro population

and the number of people living in a city isn't really what flyover is about anyways, just ask Chicago

>>6694184
People act like it

>>6694255
people living in brooklyn do

>>6694260
And everywhere else in the NE, it's clear you haven't been outside of the Eastern Seaboard

>>6694273
I live in Minneapolis

>>6694276
too bad

>>6693821
>Midwest
TFW mexicans in chicago make some of the best tacos.

>>6693188
>dinner for two at either place can easily hit $25

What the fuck are you smoking?

A burrito at Chipotle is $7.50, it's fucking huge.

What else are you getting there? Are you one of those insatiable fat pieces of shit that also has to eat chips too? And buy a fucking soda as well?

God damn, you are fucking stupid.

>>6694318
best in chicago prob

>>6694328
No.
Best tacos in Chicago are made by an old Korean guy and his Pakistani helper.

No joke.

>>6694276
The heart goes out.

>>6694325
lol, even if you get 2 burritos with quac and 2 craft beers it wouldn't be $25

>>6694331
best in chicago prob

5 Guys is too greasy, abnormally huge portions. Don't order fries unless you're buying an order for the whole table.

Chipotle is bland and unappealing. The last time I got a burrito it was cold and mostly contained rice.

>>6694241
But Anon: no one values Boston other than Bostonians. Because there's near nothing to value. Oh, the universities might matter... except nearly no Boston native attends any of them and the people that do attend a uni in the area don't tend to stay there.
>b-but m-muh publishing
Boston's cultural impact is nonexistent or, at best, minor.
No one says "one day, I'm gonna make it and move to Boston!"
No one.

>>6694349
Bullshit, Boston's impact is HUGE.

I eat Boston Baked Beans at least twice a year and this one time I saw Boston on a map and actually stopped to look at it for a few seconds.

See? Important as FUCK.

>>6694347
5 guys fries are definitely made to share with a second person, the burgers aren't large though
>Chipotle is bland and unappealing. The last time I got a burrito it was cold
must have a shitty on near you, i've never seen that issue. I don;t know how it could be cold though as you can see them make it, its not like it could possibly be sitting out

>>6694349
I couldn' care less about boston, I was just saying your point about people living within an arbitrary political boundary was meaningless

>>6694349
>Oh, the universities might matter... except nearly no Boston native attends any of them
I feel like that would make Boston more important is so many people from other areas go there for education

I got to a local mexican place and pay 5.99 for a burrito which tastes much better than chipotle
Haven't been to five guys but chipotle is nothing special when I can get better food for a cheaper price

>>6694349
>No one says "one day, I'm gonna make it and move to Boston!"
no one says that about any city. The barrier to move to any city is small, most people choose to stay where they are from because of family but it is incredibly easy to move to any city even if you are not successful

>>6692977
The only problem I have with chipotle is the staff my local store employs. A bunch of lazy barely functional pothead. I don't care if you smoke, but you should at least be able to do your job.

>>6694368
whats the place? Thats extremely cheap

Plus keep in mind you do not tip at chipotle but you have to at most "authentic places" so ad another 15-20% to that

I go to both kind of often, due to their proximity (and in terms of Chipotle, the complete lack of any authentic Mexican restaurants in the area - the nearest is actually a town away). Five Guy's is a slightly above-average fast food burger and alright fries, but you can make a better burger at home for less, and burgers aren't exactly high-effort. That said, I like their fries and don't have the money for deep-frying.

As for Chipotle, their ingredients are pretty good (I don't give a shit about non-GMO, but they tend to try to buy local, which is neat), their chips are fresh and have a bit of lime juice squeezed on them, and it's a fast food place that has beer. I'm a fan, but their setup is irritatingly hipstery. The minimalist design approach is particularly aggravating. It feels like an ugly third wave coffee place. The customer base definitely reflects this - upper-class white dudes in faux-lumberjack getups and Buddy Holly glasses.

I like both, but I do get the hate.

>>6694375
Just a small restaurant around where I live for pickup called Taco de mexico
They include hotsauce and whatnot

>>6694390
>their ingredients are pretty good (
Doesn't matter when the food is so bland, the only thing I liked were the chips.

chipotle does some sneaky viral marketing here which is total shit. But in all honesty, their food is so good that I'm fine with just ignoring it. Especially given the fact that chipotle doesn't exist here in central Europe.

:<

>>6694401
I don't understand this who bland meme. What more do you want from them?

How do you think ones at mexican restaurants are less bland?

>>6694407
>chipotle does some sneaky viral marketing here
thats entirely implausible

>>6694408
Thats exactly it though they're not bland

>>6694407
>their food is so good
Have you ever had any Mexican food outside of Chipotle?
>>6694408
>meme
It's not an idea, it's the truth, I ordered a bowl with Barbacoa, beans, veggies, and salsa.
You could barely taste the barbacoa, I got no beans, and the salsa had no flavor.

>>6694419
Burritos are not really mexican food, plenty of mexican dishes are good, that is completely unrelated to chipotle also being good

>>6694408
It's what happens when you live on sugar and salt loaded garbage your whole life. Actual food becomes bland.

>>6694419
Kind of funny that you think it was bland but wanted more beans. Beans are an inherently bland filler whenever they appear in any cuisine

>>6694424
>Burritos are not really mexican food
But they're Tex-Mex, so you can still compare the flavors.
>>6694415
They are
>>6694425
I grew up eating homemade Mexican food nearly every day, I've been to actual good Mexican joints, Chipotle has little to no flavor.
Fuck off
>>6694428
Not if you make them right, then they'll soak up flavors.

>>6694419
>You could barely taste the barbacoa, I got no beans, and the salsa had no flavor.
Well not getting beans are for the best unless you are so poor that you need the calories. As for the meat and salsa being bland, I find that unlikely, sounds like you are just memeing

>>6694431
any burrito is better with extra onions instead of beans

>>6694431
>I grew up eating homemade Mexican food
So, you got over-spiced food to cover up the fact that you were eating goat rectum. Got it.

>>6694432
>I find that unlikely, sounds like you are just memeing
Epic, nice meme, e/b/in maymay
MEM
EMEME
No fuck off retard, the salsa was fucking canned salsa tier, and it was as if they cooked the barbacoa so much it lost its flavor, fuck off.
>>6694437
Epic
Funny, because I fucking hate spicy food, but I knew that Chipotle was going to be so bland I could stand the salsa.

>>6694431
>Not if you make them right, then they'll soak up flavors
What flavors? What are you even talking about? Beans are just a poor mans filler, possibly authentic, but they do not contribute to the quality of a burrito and are only included for tradition's sake

>>6694442
>it was as if they cooked the barbacoa so much it lost its flavor
that doesn't even make sense

>>6694444
Ever had ranch beans?
>>6694447
They cooked it to the point where all the fat dripped off, then drained it.
If you ever go to a Mexican meat market they'll move the cooked meat straight to where you buy it.

overrated hipster place to eat

its like going to star bucks for your morning coffee

>>6692977
Local places will get you a better quality burrito/burger for the same price or cheaper. I don't really hate them though, they're decently tasty if somewhat bland, and it's nice to be able to customize your order.

>>6694475
hipster?

How is going to chipotle more hipster than going to the small "authentic" place no one has heard of?

>>6694475
I don't think you know what a hipster is

Hipsters wouldn't be caught dead in a gigantic chain like Chipotle or Starbucks

>>6694480
For burger's that is often true, but for burritos probably a little less than half the time (but definitely close to half)

>>6694475
>hipster

baby's first buzzword.

>>6692977
Chipotle is meme food. Basic bitches who haven't had any Mexican food other than Taco Bell think it's fucking amazing. Its ok-teir Mexican food that idiots exalt as god-tier food.

>>6694527
lol what? none of that makes sense

>entire 'gimmick' of these restaurants is that 'we're not like other fast food! we're better and use fresh/organic/hormone-free ingredients!'
>tastes only slightly better than fast food and costs as much as a meal from a local restaurant that is actually good

>>6694054
I'll take butthurt over-exaggeration for 500

>>6694143
He's mad that he can't convince other people to stop eating chipotle lmao. Let him be extremely butthurt that chipotle isn't bad

>those butthurt /v/ermin fast food kiddos ITT trying to defend their shit tastes
lmao

>>6693113
I used to eat Luna bars but then I found out they turn you into a woman so I stopped

>>6694128
Chipotle is seriously bullshit because it isn't consistent at all. You can order the exact same thing and depending on where you go or who's serving you, it can turn out completely different (I mean the proportions of course, not the food)

Guac is overpriced as fuck. Qdoba is defeintely superior, especially because of the chip things you can get in the burrito and the sauces.

If you live above the mason-dixon and outside of a major city Chipotle is passable. But Five Guys sells glorified house burgers. I don't know how people can enjoy that shit.

>>6692987
They have bacon.

>>6694683
>tfw from /v/
>know fast food is awful
>too convenient for my depressed ass

motivation please return to me

Man, this thread just made me realize I only like 5guys for their cajun fries. Or, more specifically, the spice mix they have there.

Its pretty standard, but goes with the peanut-oil fries very well.

Rest of the food sucks though, and fuck chipotle.

>>6692977
I go to both of these when bulking, especially Five Guys (and get death stares from all the hyperfat fucks gorging there). Otherwise I tend not to go at all.

>>6692977
this is food discussion, not advertise your huge chain. report these threads and move on people. sage

>>6694338
$7.50
$1.35
$7.50
$1.35
$4.00
$4.00
Tax.

You do the math on 2 burritos with guac and 2 beers at Chipotle and tell me it isn't over $25.

>>6692993

>Moes is better than Chipotle, but I'm picky
>Keep in mind I've eaten Chipotle once in my entire life

You're an idiot. I've worked both places, moe's uses the absolute worst quality food and has garbage business practices. It's awful awful stuff. Chipotle tries and fails to make a good mission style burrito, but they use ok ingredients and come closer than anyone else does.

Moe's "queso" comes in a giant bag, is made mostly out of oil, and gets boiled as the main method of preparation.

>>6693107
>only ever seen in airports
>they put broccoli in their burritos

no chance

>>6693117
I'm mostly on your side, but to fiat assume that modifying a vegetable to be resistant to glyphosate, something that is indeed bad for us to eat, is ALWAYS going to make a vegetable that isn't more toxic than it was? That's not pro-science. GMO crops DO need vetting and passing through the FDA, and people should indeed be skeptical to a certain extent.

None here are old enough to remember leaded gas or thalidomide, but those are lessons well worth knowing.

>>6692977
I used to work at a Five Guys.
As someone who ate a lot of Five Guys because of shift meals and such. It's okay.
The best thing on the menu isn't on the menu though, and usually only employees can get it.
At least that was the way it was at my store.
It was their grilled cheese, but with a patty or two on it plus I would add extra extra cheese and barbecue sauce. Shit was so cash.

Last time I ate Five Guys I vomited pretty quickly after though (although that's because of inflammation issues I was having). It kinda ruined it for me, never really want to go back there ever again.

Chipotle is just okay. Absolutely nothing special.

>>6695304
This. Once it gets to that price level I ask myself why the fuck would I eat at a chain when I have a number of non-chain options with better food, service and ambiance for the same cash outlay?

For me it's not that Chipotle is bad, it's just expensive for something so mediocre. Couple that with the insufferable vibe of the place well described by this Anon >>6694390 and I have a tough time making the choice to go to Chipotle given other options.

>>6695318
You need to separate fears of glyphosate with blanket fears of GMOs. So often people rally against all GMO when really their issue is with a herbicide that is already on use in non-GMOs just at a higher level with one specific strain of GMO

Even if it turns out glyphosate is actually bad for us in the trace quantities entering our food (which is extremely unlikely), that is a problem with glyphosate, not a reason to ban the usage of GMO crops as chipotle has selectively done. Chipotle is just using the fears of the uneducated for marketing purposes, just like the organic and gluten free movements are doing

>>6695521
>Chipotle is just using the fears of the uneducated for marketing purposes, just like the organic and gluten free movements are doing
But it makes sense from a marketing perspective. White, affluent consumers like to be concerned about what they eat, but they only have so much attention they're going to pay to it. They just look for buzzwords they recognize as familiar, like organic, non-Gmo, free range, grass fed, locally sourced and sometimes gluten-free. Since these people have the disposable income to drop $10 a pop on fast food they're the demographic Chipotle targets. Just read the wrapper the fucking burrito comes in.

>>6695566
>But it makes sense from a marketing perspective
I know, but it is irresponsible

We don't let cigarette companies advertise that they are good for you, we should not let food chains advertise that GMOs are bad for you even if they are just implying it

>>6695577
They're not implying GMOs are bad for you. Some people are opposed to GMOs on a philosophical level. I avoid them because I think Monsanto is an asshole company, not because I think eating that shit is gonna make me sick. Same reason I won't buy anything from Kraft, Tyson or General Mills.

The implication that GMOs are unhealthy doesn't bother me so much, given how many people think gluten, fat, carbs and whatever else are unhealthy. People believe all kinds of shit.

What I find offensive about Chipotle is a fast food joint trying to cast itself as a concerned corporate citizen. You sell fast food, Chipotle - shut the fuck up.

>>6695638
>They're not implying GMOs are bad for you
bullshit, that is exactly what they are doing when they put up large signs saying they are now GMO free (not counting the soda, beer and animal feed but they don't advertise that part)

>Some people are opposed to GMOs on a philosophical level
Thats no different than being opposed to vaccines on a philosophical level, its utter nonsense and we should not quietly abide it, let alone cater to it. This ridiculous belief is even more harmful than the anti-gluten trend because it is actively obstructing the advancement of technology and promoting fear of it instead of just being dumb but mostly inconsequential with gluten

Thankfully for once the media was on the correct side and near universally panned Chipotle for the anti-gmo decision, so people are at least starting to catch on

>>6695638
>I avoid them because I think Monsanto is an asshole company
Monsanto sells a fucking lot of non-GMO seeds too, you are probably eating their stuff regardless

>>6695664
>Thats no different than being opposed to vaccines on a philosophical level
Bullshit. Not vaccinating your kids is putting them and others at risk. Choosing not to eat GMOs because you don't want any of your dollars to count toward Monsanto's profits if you can help it hurts no one.

>so people are at least starting to catch on
It doesn't matter. Look at the shit people believe. Most Americans have imaginary friends in the sky they pray to. How many people think "low fat" means healthy? Or that "organic" is still meaningful? If I typed up a good list I'd be off topic, but you get the idea.

Chipotle diners either don't give a fuck or secretly like the fact that the food is (mostly) GMO free. So it was a good move for them.

The "truth" doesn't matter one bit. Perception rules the day.

>>6695669
>ou are probably eating their stuff regardless
I don't think it's possible to eat in America without eventually contributing to Monsanto's profits. Those fuckers have helped dictate federal agricultural policy for at least four decades.

But if you don't eat at chains or shop at the supermarket often you can side step most of the system. I don't do much meat, dairy or products with GMO corn or soy, so I'm pretty content most of my food dollars aren't going to companies I dislike.

>>6695717
>The "truth" doesn't matter one bit. Perception rules the day.
Yeah, that is obviously what I am complaining about, Chipotle is contributing toward people perceiving GMOs as bad in the face of all evidence, it is irresponsible behavior

>Not vaccinating your kids is putting them and others at risk
The anti-GMO movement has harmed countless people living in poverty in the third world, they literally have zealous westerners burning GMO fields and spreading misinformation tricking these poor people into sticking with conventional crops that cannot meet their population's neds

>>6695638
>muh Monsanto
>b-b-but muh Vietnam
You do know that all the stories about them suing innocent farmers are lies and in all the lawsuits the farmers were actually guilty of taking seeds and planting them or selling them without permission?
You do know that they weren't the only suppliers of Agent Orange?

how about you go somewhere ∞ better

>>6695848
they don't have in and out in any nice areas

Fast food burgers > "real" burgers

fite me

>>6695717
Hi Reddit
It's funny because being against GMOs actually means less food is produced so more people starve.
Only Reddit hates Monsanto too

>>6693792
>when it tastes worse and costs more?
L M A O
M
A
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Chipotles has half the flavor and twice the price as your local taqueria. Don't get it twisted my friend.

>>6695929
>Chipotles has half the flavor and twice the price as your local taqueria
no, no it doesn't
That is a ridiculous statement. What magical ingredient do you think your local place has access to that chipotle doesn't giving it all this elusive flavor? and chipotle's steak is certainly higher quality than you are likely to get at an "authentic place"

also, please show me a place where you can get a better burrito for significantly less than $7.5when you keep in mind that you have to tip at most "authentic" places

>>6695945
Filibertos.com

And they are a local chain. Not even a mom and pop shop.

>>6695945
>magical ingredient
Fresh spices and proper cooking techniques.
You have shit taste, deal with it.

>Chipotle
went today, during lunch rush, hadn't had it in forever, got a hankering, realized why I hated it

it's only because everyone else likes it so much
that's it

>Five Guys
fucking love these greasy loaves of shit, but I limit eating it to once a year or else I will feel greasy for the rest of the year