Chipotle Mexican Grill
$ - inexpensive
Mexican
Vegan burritos, tacos and salads, guacamole
Offers a vegetarian menu of very large burritos and crispy/soft tacos which can easily be made vegan. All salsas, guacamole, chips, black beans, rice, fajita veggies are all vegan. Pinto beans are not vegan or vegetarian (contain pig).
5 Locations in Tucson:
7555 N La Cholla Blvd (Foothills Mall lot on Walmart side)
235 W Wetmore Rd (Near Circuit City)
3055 N Campbell Ave
905 E University Blvd
4774 E Grant Rd (Near Trader Joes)
Added by veganmuscle on May 24 07 (updated May 24 07)
Reviews
MMM! Yummy AND vegan-friendly! I love chipotle. I would suggest asking the person making your food to keep a close eye on it though, because sometimes when they are busy (or lazy) they push the tortilla along the counter without paying attention and it gets into the meat, or they spill cheese in their gauc or on the counter and it ends up wrapped up in your burrito.
You get a better value than meat eaters at Chipotle. That's because the vegetarian tacos and burritos are a little cheaper than the meat option and also include free guacamole added which normally costs extra.
I always get my free guacamole on the side so I can add it on my own and get a side of chips to use it on too. Near the end of the lineup is the salsas, cheese, sour cream, guacamole and lettuce. I always say which salsas I want then as they are adding the salsa I say "and no cheese or sour cream, just lots of lettuce and please put the guacamole on the side." This way I figure they will stuff the rest of my tacos or burrito with plenty of salsa and lettuce rather than leave room for cheese and sour.
The burritos are huge and sometimes I take it home and cut it in half and wrap up the rest for later. Get the guacamole on the side and it wont get soggy hours later.
I mix up my burritos and tacos by occasionally adding the fajita onion/peppers which adds a whole new taste and texture. The sweet corn salsa is very good and the guacamole is some of the best I've had.
They make your selection right in front of you like subway sandwiches does. The only bad thing is you gotta look at all the meat in front of you and sometimes cooking on the grill.
They do use individual tongs for each vat of meat.
The pinto beans are not vegan and this really irritates me since it's a staple vegetable and it's not vegetarian! Come on! Pinto beans tastes great without adding pig meat! The black beans are vegan but it would be awesome if we could add pinto beans.
Many Vegetarians I know rave about this chain, which always leaves me scratching my head. The choices are very limited for Vegetarians, even more so for Vegans, and what choices that do exist aren't very wholesome (nutritionally), nor tasty (to me). White rice and white-bread tortilla make up the bulk of your burrito meal; and when I contacted the head croupier at Chipotle about this he said it's about "taste." What taste? I guess you can skip that huge white-bread tortilla and get your food in a bowl, and skip that nutritional-time bomb white rice, but you're still paying for both. Two thumbs down, way down, for this restaurant chain.