Best Quote by 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

Having never taken a business class, the economics of restaurants scared me. I opened Chipotle with the idea that I could step away from…

— 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

Behind Chipotle is not a corporation; behind Chipotle is a man that is one of the great cooks, that created a great concept.

— Anonymous

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

— Steve Ells

There's the common misconception that restaurants make a lot of money. It's not true. If you look at maybe the top chef in the…

— David Chang

Historically in restaurants, the service staff is awarded significantly higher wages than cooks and other staff who prepare the food on which a restaurant's…

— Thomas Keller

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

I think it is true that you can eat extremely healthy food at McDonald's, and you can eat amazingly badly at Chipotle.

— Michael Specter

When our folks focus on exactly what is needed to succeed in the restaurants, they should be able to lead themselves to restaurateur level.

— Steve Ells

I've never worked in anyone else's kitchen, but at college there was a guy called Tom Chivers who was a great chef and I…

— Rick Stein

It's very important in a restaurant to really do the right hiring because there's no restaurant that you have one cook and one chef…

— Wolfgang Puck