- Photo via Alaina McConnell
Hey there, Cleveland. Do you love Chipotle?
Me too.
In fact, the only thing I love more than Chipotle is more Chipotle, lucky for us, Business Insider compiled some helpful tips from James Tan. Everyone should know them. Because we’re all hungry and thrifty.
Smile at your server. “Seriously, this is important,” Pan says.
Get a burrito bowl. Business Insider’s analysis confirms that you get substantially more food by ordering the bowl instead of a traditional burrito.
Ask for a tortilla on the side. This is free.
Ask for extra rice at no extra cost.
Order both pinto and black beans for free.
Get free fajita vegetables.
Ask for two different proteins, for example, half chicken and half steak. “Many places give you 3/4 a scoop of each protein, essentially giving you double protein,” Pan said.
Ask for salad dressing, which is also free.
While you’ll always pay more for guacamole, Pan says to order it on the side. “You’ll usually get more,” he says.
Finally, timing is important. “Go late at night, about an hour within closing time,” Pan says. “They’ll just keep shoving the burrito until it explodes. Then they double-wrap it.”
You can get all this for $6.25, if you opt out of the guac ($8.05 if you opt in).
The photo above is the monster I got last night at a Cleveland Heights Chipotle.
Now see: How to Make the Perfect Guacamole, According to the Folks at Barrio>>
This article appears in Nov 20-26, 2013.
Double rice, double black beans, fajita, double chicken, two scoops of tomato, hot, corn, sour cream, cheese and lettuce… you know it is a good bowl if they have to jam it closed and depending on how hungry I am it can be 3 meals. $8.30
Or, go to Ohio City Burrito, which is also delicious and gives you guac for free.
I go to Chipotle all the time and can say with absolute positivity that if you smile and are friendly, say please and thank you, and make eye contact with the humans serving you your food, you will get larger portions and you will make everyone think you are a nice person… double win!
Nice to see that people are still getting paid to write about Giant CORPORATE businesses for SEO and marketing campaigns instead of mom’n’pop local business… My opinion? Legit: go with Ohio City Burrito, not a big fan of “Shtpotle”…
treat everyone, including your server at Chipotle, with respect and kindness, and you will do it automatically when you are at Chitpotle and everywhere else. Do this not because you get extra meat (although that is a nice side effect) do it because 1) they are human beings and deserve it until they prove otherwise; 2) it is the right thing to do; and 3) why anyone would be so unwise as to mistreat anyone who is serving your food (ie. sneezers) is a mystery to me. Also agree that OCB deserves your business in abundance. Great food and nice people.
Chili Peppers on E185th is the best quick burrito spot in town. Free guac. Anybody who remembers Que Tal on Coventry, the owner worked there, they have the same “Smokin’ Salsa”…
La taqueria on Wilson mills near Richmond mall is amazing. Way more options as far as rice, meat, salsa, cheese go. They even have mole! Did I mention they are owned by La Fiesta?
So the nice thing… explains why my burrito always runneth over even though i don’t get meat…
Gross. This is not being thrifty, it is gluttony. (sp?)
Its tasty on occasion.. My son and I typically share a burrito and we are stuffed. lol : )
Oh, S–t, it’s Mister Creosote!
some one in the chipotle higher-ups will see this, and suddenly the whole market around here will be making sure that they are not over portioning! i used to work for them, they are too greedy to let it keep going for long!
I work at chipotle. We always like it when people are nice to us. Your attitude may or may not get you a pumped up portion. I don’t give rude people any less at least… Asking for more always works though. Like any restaurant, we have portion sizes that we go by. We have 4 ounce portions for most things (if you get 2 salsas that’s 2 ounces of each). We have food costs to worry about. That doesn’t stop us from piling on extra when you ask though. The thing about you get more food if you order a bowl… isn’t true. Portion sized are still the same. You can just fit more in a bowl. I know its expensive, but our food is good quality, hormone and antibiotic free, chemical free, and more and more of it is organic every day. Salsas, chips and guacamole are made fresh in store every morning. And avacados are expensive!
I’ve never been to ohio city burrito, but give it a try too! Support you favorite chipotle and it’s crew, but support the local bussiness too!!!
Great, more people at Chipotle trying to get more without paying for it. I have noticed in the last year that employee’s are on to everyone’s game of asking for extra rice so a single serving of meat will look skimpy on it and they might give you more. If you want double meat, order double meat and be ready to pay for it. Guess what will happen ? They won’t charge you for it half the time if your are nice or are a regular. It’s two bucks people. If it is breaking your bank, you shouldn’t be there in the first place !
That picture looks far from a monster to me…. I guess I’m just NICER 🙂
Prices must be lower down south here in Stark Co. Never get gauc… ew
A bag of chips, 2 sides of salsa included cost me 8.40 everytime
Anyone that orders like that or tries to get more that they know they don’t need. Ruins everything about Chipotle. They’re supposed to be changing the way people think about and eat fast food. Not helping a bunch of reddy fat losers rip off an honest hard working business. One of the only businesses if not only. That actually believes in try customer service anymore. Thanks for ruining it assholes
I work at chipotle and if you get more than 3 things double on a bowl or burrito we can charge you for 2 items. For example someone gets a bowl with double rice, double meat and double mild salsa if they get one more thing double we can charge for two items. The point is not to try and rip off the company. We have very high food costs to serve our customers the best possible food.
Jesus people are greedy ! Take your fat asses somewhere else. This article is stupid and I will charge you for 2 bowls, if you think you can get double everything. If you want 3 meals buy 3 items. It’s not a 3 for 1.
I avoid Chipotle as a general rule, if I wanted to fill up on super salty rice I could buy a microwave bag of it for like a buck. That being said, a few good tricks to keep in mind on the rare occasion that I do wander into a Chipotle.
Yall just gross!
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