I HAIL FROM COLORADO, where I spent the past eight years confronted with either a Qdoba or Chipotle on every other block. These are the Starbucks of Mexican food restaurants. The food is good enough - $6 for an enormous burrito that will reliably satisfy your appetite – if your appetite is satiated by vanilla calories. I can only liken the experience to eating Spam instead of filet mignon, or imitation crab instead of freshly caught salmon from the foaming rivers of Alaska. Qdoba and Chipotle represent merely the tip of the iceberg though – these massive corporate chains are a mutant strain, conceived between fast food McDonalds and the omnipresent low rent local Mexican restaurant.
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