Steve Ells Quotes

There's a place called Chipotle in the U.S. It's Mexican food where everything is made to order; you can get some rice, black beans, and meat. That's what I eat three times a day.

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

I started Chipotle with the idea to create an experience that's fast - and not fast food.

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

I'm the voice of a Chipotle Burrito. The world has changed.

I love eating Chipotle.

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. Neither turned out to be true.

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

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

If someone said, 'You've got to eat your next two meals at American fast-food restaurants,' I would do one meal at Chipotle and one meal at Popeyes fried chicken.

American cheese is the perfect soft taco.

I don't eat fast food often, but I love tacos. I could write prophetically about how perfect the taco is.

I can eat Chipotle all day long for years.

Chipotle never lets me down. I feel like, in the middle of nowhere, Chipotle is still there, and my burrito bowl is still going to sustain me. So Chipotle, for convenience and reliability.

I joined the board of Chipotle because no company has ever been able to scale fresh, properly sourced food in the history of America.

I like a nice chicken taco. And of course fajitas.

My favorite thing from Taco Bell is the Doritos Locos Tacos Supreme.

Herdez Salsas have always been a favorite of mine because I love the authentic taste.

I always said whoever brings Mexican food to New York would make a million dollars. Then Chipotle happened, which is fine.

My go-to is always Chipotle when I can't find anything, but if I have the time in the evening or something like that after a show, I'll go find a local spot for a nice craft beer and a good burger or something like that.

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 to be more successful than I ever imagined.

Nothing grounds you like a real authentic Mexican taco.

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 quality food available and affordable so everyone can eat better.

My life revolves around chipotles.

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