Chipotle Paunch Bomb

Has anyone eaten at this mexican fast-food chain Chipotle yet? Word on the street is it was started by and once owned by McDonald's, but it recently went public. They've been popping up all around NY in the last year, and there always seems to be a substantial crown inside, so I decided to give it a try one night.

It reminded me of an authentic tacqeria, where you tell them what you want in your burrito as you move along the counter a la Subway. In fact, that's really all this is- a Mexican Subway. My main complaint with the ingredients was the white rice. Come on, guys, plain white rice? Even Taco Bell gives you something a bit more flavorful and colorful than a sack of Uncle Ben's. Rice, aside, the burrito was impressive. It was also one of the biggest, heaviest, overstuffed burritos I've ever seen. I was starving when I walked through the door, but I could only get through three-quarters of the burrito before I had to cry uncle, and I really should have stopped at the halfway point once my stomach started grumbling, "No mas, por favor!"

This was around 6 o'clock, and by the time 10pm rolled around, I was ready for bed. This burrito literally knocked me out like a tranquilizer dart that hit me directly in the gut. My body must have overtaxed itself so much trying to digest that burrito that I couldn't keep my eyes open past 10...on a Friday night! The paunch bomb of all paunch bombs did me in and there was nothing to do but sleep it off.