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Chipotle was going to incorporate all the things I had learned at the Culinary Institute and Stars and really elevate typical fast food.

— Steve Ells

Chipotle is really showing that there's a better way to do fast food.

— Steve Ells

When I created Chipotle in 1993, I had a very simple idea: Offer a simple menu of great food prepared fresh each day, using…

— Steve Ells

When I started Chipotle, I didn't know the fast-food rules. People told us the food was too expensive and the menu was too limited.…

— Steve Ells

The first Chipotle was intended to be my source of funding for a full-scale restaurant, a means to an end. But it turned out…

— Steve Ells

Chipotle is based on a very simple idea: We start with great ingredients, prepare them using classic cooking techniques, and serve them in a…

— Steve Ells

The idea for Chipotle is a sort of combination of food borrowed from Stars and sort of a technique and a service format borrowed…

— Steve Ells

I love eating Chipotle.

— Darci Lynne Farmer

Chipotle was wildly successful, and I thought, 'Well, let me open one more.'

— Steve Ells

For too long, great food has really only been available in high-end restaurants and specialty food markets, but Chipotle is making the same gourmet…

— Steve Ells

I'd been eating fast food all my life without thinking about it. And the more I learned about the subject, the more intrigued I…

— Eric Schlosser

I love Chipotle. And I'm not just saying that. Like, I genuinely am in love with Chipotle.

— Chloe Kim