Comments on: Get Ready For the News That Will Overjoy Half the Readers and Infuriate the Other Half – Chipotle Coming to Columbia Heights! http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/ Welcome to the beautiful life Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:21:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13238 Anonymous Sun, 19 Jul 2009 14:53:01 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13238 I like Chipotle but LOVED WrapWorks at Dupont Circle........still miss it. I like Chipotle but LOVED WrapWorks at Dupont Circle……..still miss it.

]]> By: Steve http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13237 Steve Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:51:55 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13237 Here's the thing--it's almost never the case that really quality, mom-and-pop restaurants open right around metro stops. The reason is that the rent is just too high--for a reason. To the degree that they open at all, they do so around the corner from where all the foot traffic is--like the (very good!) Vietnamese restaurant that opened on Park Road. Expecting any developer to put a mom-and-pop (whose margins are too low to afford prime rents) into a spot right next to the metro is nuts. Really good ethnic restaurants are where they are for a reason. If we get an expansion of mom-and-pops in CH, it'll be further up 14th street, past the Allegro (where TDF is and a bit further north)--close enough to the metro that people can walk, but far enough from the metro that the rents are reasonable. And filling in the 1400 block of Park Road, and over on 11th. Here’s the thing–it’s almost never the case that really quality, mom-and-pop restaurants open right around metro stops. The reason is that the rent is just too high–for a reason. To the degree that they open at all, they do so around the corner from where all the foot traffic is–like the (very good!) Vietnamese restaurant that opened on Park Road. Expecting any developer to put a mom-and-pop (whose margins are too low to afford prime rents) into a spot right next to the metro is nuts. Really good ethnic restaurants are where they are for a reason. If we get an expansion of mom-and-pops in CH, it’ll be further up 14th street, past the Allegro (where TDF is and a bit further north)–close enough to the metro that people can walk, but far enough from the metro that the rents are reasonable. And filling in the 1400 block of Park Road, and over on 11th.

]]> By: E http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13236 E Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:18:26 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13236 great... now I can gain the pounds I lost working out at the WSC accross the street... great… now I can gain the pounds I lost working out at the WSC accross the street…

]]> By: happy for chipotle http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13235 happy for chipotle Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:10:20 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13235 this is great news on chipotle and love the idea that they will serve beer too.... thumbs up, chris!! this is great news on chipotle and love the idea that they will serve beer too…. thumbs up, chris!!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13234 Anonymous Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:38:08 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13234 OMFG. You just made my life! OMFG. You just made my life!

]]> By: Jelani3000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13233 Jelani3000 Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:17:21 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13233 I would marry the Burrito bowl, if it will have me! I would marry the Burrito bowl, if it will have me!

]]> By: me http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13232 me Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:12:45 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13232 Aw man, I was hoping for another bank at that location, just like the one at the Metro entrance on the east side of 14th Street. Nothing says 'vibrant streetscape' quite like a locked/shuttered storefront when you first step out of the Metro in the evening. I guess I'll just have to bide my time and do my banking elsewhere. When, oh, when will we ever see some prime vacant retail space become available in CH so that another bank can open in order to better meet my various checking and ATM needs? Now what we really need around here is a Vitamin Shoppe. Oh, wait... nevermind... Aw man, I was hoping for another bank at that location, just like the one at the Metro entrance on the east side of 14th Street. Nothing says ‘vibrant streetscape’ quite like a locked/shuttered storefront when you first step out of the Metro in the evening. I guess I’ll just have to bide my time and do my banking elsewhere. When, oh, when will we ever see some prime vacant retail space become available in CH so that another bank can open in order to better meet my various checking and ATM needs?

Now what we really need around here is a Vitamin Shoppe. Oh, wait… nevermind…

]]> By: Parkwood Person http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13231 Parkwood Person Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:55:15 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13231 THANK YOU Neener!! I can't believe there was comparison between DF, El Rinconcito and... Chipotle?!?! Apples and Oranges people, apples and oranges! I for one, will enjoy all three of them :) Perhaps this is why Americans are getting so fat... too many good eats around every corner. Can we all just step back and try to enjoy the the present for a while?? You know, stop fretting about how it used to be, or what it's turning into. Because although there are a lot of negative issues in the community, I think the area is pretty darned exciting and good right NOW. What a dynamic time! And some day, won't people look back at these times fondly, thinking about the good old days? Sure- it's good to care about your community, but I feel like there's a little too idle complaining just for the sake of... keyboard practice? It's a Chipotle. Not a nuclear plant. THANK YOU Neener!! I can’t believe there was comparison between DF, El Rinconcito and… Chipotle?!?! Apples and Oranges people, apples and oranges!

I for one, will enjoy all three of them :) Perhaps this is why Americans are getting so fat… too many good eats around every corner.

Can we all just step back and try to enjoy the the present for a while?? You know, stop fretting about how it used to be, or what it’s turning into. Because although there are a lot of negative issues in the community, I think the area is pretty darned exciting and good right NOW. What a dynamic time! And some day, won’t people look back at these times fondly, thinking about the good old days? Sure- it’s good to care about your community, but I feel like there’s a little too idle complaining just for the sake of… keyboard practice? It’s a Chipotle. Not a nuclear plant.

]]> By: neener http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13230 neener Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:48:13 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13230 Also, don't people think that comparing Chipotle to Mexican or Latin food is just plain weird??? What is the connection between California Burritos and Mexican food? One is a Latinate fusion of California salad with a Latin twist and the other is the authentic cuisine of the southwest. Burritos in the style of Chipotle are not Latin, they were created by and for white people. basically. Chipotle Burritos are, as I have always believed them to be, California style. They are completely American from my way of thinking. The idea that they came from Denver makes sense. They are definitely NOT Tex-Mex, New-Mex or even SoCal. Burritos that I had that were purely Mexican were basically fajitas or Taquitos. Small, thin rolled up tortillas with beef inside. I'm old. I remember Mexican food in the 1970s and spent all summer in the Southwest in 1976 and the idea of putting rice and lettuce in a burrito is as queer as a $3 bill. In New Mexico we could get green chile burritos with beef cubes and potatoes. Sometime in the late 1980s, so like literally 10 years since I'd been in the SW, I first heard about "San Francisco Burritos." I once drove up to New York city almost exclusively to go to a Burrito restaurant in the Lower East Side, let's say it was about 5 blocks north of CBGBs, to get a San Francisco Burrito. That was around 1990. Until that point you could not get a San Fran burrito in DC (Although what Burrito Brothers was like before 1995 is kind of lost to me). There was a place in college park that made San Diego-style burritos as early as 1993, they had a fresh chopped salsa with large chunks of tomatoes, but still more beans than anything and not the whole rice and sour cream action that we know. So I have to say that comparing Chipotle to Mexican food is like comparing, I dunno, Five Guys to Barbecue. It's similar, but it's not really related. Also, don’t people think that comparing Chipotle to Mexican or Latin food is just plain weird??? What is the connection between California Burritos and Mexican food? One is a Latinate fusion of California salad with a Latin twist and the other is the authentic cuisine of the southwest.

Burritos in the style of Chipotle are not Latin, they were created by and for white people. basically.

Chipotle Burritos are, as I have always believed them to be, California style. They are completely American from my way of thinking.

The idea that they came from Denver makes sense. They are definitely NOT Tex-Mex, New-Mex or even SoCal.

Burritos that I had that were purely Mexican were basically fajitas or Taquitos. Small, thin rolled up tortillas with beef inside.

I’m old. I remember Mexican food in the 1970s and spent all summer in the Southwest in 1976 and the idea of putting rice and lettuce in a burrito is as queer as a $3 bill. In New Mexico we could get green chile burritos with beef cubes and potatoes. Sometime in the late 1980s, so like literally 10 years since I’d been in the SW, I first heard about “San Francisco Burritos.” I once drove up to New York city almost exclusively to go to a Burrito restaurant in the Lower East Side, let’s say it was about 5 blocks north of CBGBs, to get a San Francisco Burrito. That was around 1990. Until that point you could not get a San Fran burrito in DC (Although what Burrito Brothers was like before 1995 is kind of lost to me).

There was a place in college park that made San Diego-style burritos as early as 1993, they had a fresh chopped salsa with large chunks of tomatoes, but still more beans than anything and not the whole rice and sour cream action that we know.

So I have to say that comparing Chipotle to Mexican food is like comparing, I dunno, Five Guys to Barbecue. It’s similar, but it’s not really related.

]]> By: John http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13229 John Tue, 07 Apr 2009 01:32:48 +0000 http://www.princeofpetworth.com/2009/04/get-ready-for-the-news-that-will-overjoy-half-the-readers-and-infuriate-the-other-half-chipotle-coming-to-columbia-heights/#comment-13229 Chris - What would be awesome is a news stand like the one in Baltimore's Harbor East that carries magazines and newspapers from around the world...I think it's called Daily News. I would also like more sit-down style restaurants serving local food. The Heights is always full on weekends. Chris – What would be awesome is a news stand like the one in Baltimore’s Harbor East that carries magazines and newspapers from around the world…I think it’s called Daily News. I would also like more sit-down style restaurants serving local food. The Heights is always full on weekends.

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