Foil Wrapper

Chipoltle Mexican Grill ⇒ is a chain of fast casual restaurants that sells large burritos and salads. The interior design of each restaurant focus on sheet metal, wood, and signed prints of corporate buildings and signage. All 1000+ locations are company-owned. The company started off as an independent, was sold to McDonald’s ⇒, and was then finally divested into a public traded company.

Similar to Subway {I Make This Look Easy, Don’t I?} I often eat at Chipotle for convenience and value. I do realize that Chipotle serves fast food. Therefore, I do not think that I can make the argument that that I eat there for health reasons.

One of my favorite memories of Chipotle was when Donor & Contributor Tom*‘s first attempt at eating a burrito. He did not think that the burrito would be a challenge. He ended up having to admit defeat. As did I when I had my first burrito, but I was alone and would never have boasted if someone else was around. Do note that rising food costs have taken away the portion size of this era of memories.

For a period of time, Qdoba Mexican Grill ⇒ and Chipotle tasted eerily similar before Qdoba changed. I have wondered how this happened and why the change occurred, but have not found any documentation in my search. In this case, I have not searched that thoroughly for the answer because as time goes on the memory of the similar taste fades.

Knowing The Right People

My acquisition of all three of these shirts are due to Donor Jane*‘s connections within the company. Braising Is Amazing was given to her daughter as part of a new uniform, and which was also available for sale. The Green shirt is an old employee-only shirt of early 2000s vintage given that went through a number of people including Jane and then Tom who gave it to me along with a WWII poster. Jane was able to get Life Is Burritoful by talking to a friend at the company about a friend that she knew that runs a website about shirts.

Considering The Claims

Whether or not life is burritoful or not depends on how an individuals feels about eating Mexican food. I tend to eat burritos from this restaurant. Thus, my life is relatively burritoful. There have been times it has been absolutely burritoful, but I am prone to burnout.

As far as being beautiful, from which the wordplay originates, I would have to say that parts are and other parts are not. Life is so full of complexity that unless a person if very young, there will always be a bunch of good and bad.

The extent to which braising is amazing is beyond my experience as the only meat I ever get at the restaurant is the marinated and grilled chicken. Braising involves placing meat in liquid and cooking both at a low temperature for an extended period of time. The beef (cow) barbacoa and the pork (pig) carnitas served at the restaurant are braised.