Chipotle vs. Taco Bell - Which Treats Your System Worse?

over the years I always thought Taco Bell was the leader in food I loved eating but that tore me up from the inside. but lately eating there has only made me feel excessively full, but not necessary 'ill' or torn my stomach up. hell even an order of BK's chicken fries did worse.

chipotle on the other hand? i mean i love their burritos, especially with shredded pork....but i pretty much gotta make no plans for after that meal. it's just rough on the body, which is a downer when you want to eat the food but know what it does to you.

ugh...so torn.

I switched to crispy tacos at Chipotle, with lots of lettuce for roughage.

I don't think I've ever tried Taco Bell. That shit is gross.

Taco Bell is delicious, schwantz. But by no means should you think of it as being Mexican food, because then you'll just be disappointed.

mmhmm

i miss Taco Bell

Chipotle because of the beans. Urrgghh

i never had chipotle

Chipotle costs too much for what you actually get. You'd be better off finding a taco trailer somewhere downtown and getting the real deal.

progressive burritos are expensive.

Of course I'd rather eat real Mexican food, but the Chipotle in Cupertino is walking-distance from my work.

I love eating mexicans

I honestly don't understand this question. I'm really not a huge Chipotle fan or anything, but it's just relatively (for fast food) fresh beans, rice, cilantro, etc, whereas Taco Bell is straight up grade Q meat and e. coli in a tortilla.

If TB's gentler on your stomach, you're obviously one of the new race who has adapted to industrial foods and I congratulate you in in advance for your genes' eventual dominance and eradication of mine.

On the other hand, if you go to Chipotle wanting real Mexican food, you will also be disappointed. The thing I don't like about that place (besides it being expensive for a burrito), is that they make it look like you have all these choices, but you really don't have very many. I don't know if it's possible to just get a regular burrito.

chipotle is pretty good and no worse on my stomach than any other mexican

that's sort of what I was getting at. Chipotle to me should be like...easier on my stomach than the shit served by Taco Bell and it isn't. so I was wondering if anybody else had that experience and that I didn't have some robo-colon or something that was becoming self-aware or something

No, I've had equally dissatisfying gastric results from both places.

Taco Bell is the only one, however, that has given me food poisoning-esque symptoms. Their Mexican Pizza. which is a shame cuz I LOOOOOOOOVE that shit

Oh, then answer is yes, your lower GI tract will soon be asking you what it is to die.

On the other hand, if you go to Chipotle wanting real Mexican food, you will also be disappointed. The thing I don't like about that place (besides it being expensive for a burrito), is that they make it look like you have all these choices, but you really don't have very many. I don't know if it's possible to just get a regular burrito.

― free jazz and mumia (sarahel), Sunday, August 2, 2009 1:26 PM (7 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

fyi company policy is that they'll make anything they can from the ingredients they have, incl stuff not on the menu like quesadillas &c

skynet has my bowels...:((((((

xp max: so I could get them to make me a burrito with pinto beans that aren't in whatever stomach-challenging sauce they normally cook them in?

that's interesting to know. i guess i thought since their concept was to have few menu items and just do them really well, i didn't think they'd actually let you veer outside the menu.

quesadillas made with barbacoa? mmm....

I can actually handle Taco Bell better than Chipotle, gastrointestinally speaking, because Taco Bell ingredients are all processed to an inert, nearly pre-digested paste whereas Chipotle ingredients are all raw and fresh and require more effort on the part of my digestive system than it is generally willing or able to offer.

Back when I used to eat this shit, Chipotle destroyed my gut whereas Taco Bell was just fine. I used to always get the Barbacoa beef burrito at Chipotle - with the corn salsa. TB's food is all pretty much the same - I avoided anything with that gross nacho cheese, but otherwise TB is TB. So I guess it's less about Chipotle vs TB and more about Barbacoa beef burrito versus high school cafeteria style "Mexican" food... really bland with no spices.

Everything TB makes is dehydrated except for the cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.

you ma ybe onto something. i've never had anything but the barbacoa in my burritos

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great that means miles dyson will be inside my ass soon

Taco Bell and Chipotle don't have tortas.
Taco Bell and Chipotle don't have chilaquiles.
Taco Bell and Chipotle have terrible salsas.

Fuck this shit, I feel sorry for anyone for whom Taco Bell and Chipotle are the only options for Mexican food.

I feel sorry for anyone for whom Taco Bell and Chipotle are the only options for Mexican food

So, so true. I don't know what I would do if I couldn't get good Mexican food.

Taco Bell and Chipotle have terrible salsas.

so true.

well i live in mexico central so there are 30000 mex restaurants here but i refuse to pay good money for food that will make me poop badly

The Pico de Gallo from Chipotle is serviceable, and the lime-ish chips are yummy. I like that they use natural meat (which is more than I can say for any of my local favorite taquerias). My big problem with them is that everything sort-of tastes the same, like it all got sprinkled with the same seasoned salt.

what do you mean by natural meat?

the chickens are allowed to run around, i saw it on nightline.

They use antibiotic-free, natural meat from suppliers like Meyer (I think that's the name). It's not organic, or grass-fed, but at least it's not the scary-ass cheap meat that it takes to get to $1.25/taco.

I have to admit: while I'm not above using the whole commonplace for a lame joke, I have never understood this whole thing about Mexican food supposedly being hard on the digestive system. (Taco Bell, yes, but not because it's Mexican.) I think I might be more worried about my guts after eating some kind of cream-heavy French thing, you know? Otherwise mostly with n.i.c.k. up there -- Taco Bell gets pretty processed and nasty, whereas Chipotle is in that whole "fairly real as far as fast food goes" category, so ... I mean, I dunno, Chipotle is barely even "Mexican" in any digestively significant way, so far as I can tell, just grilled meat and vegetables/beans/rice/etc. I can even say that I was once at a festival where there was free Chipotle, and I ate basically nothing but three servings of it daily for two and a half days, and experienced no trauma. (In fact, when I got home, they had just put a Chipotle in on my corner, and I somehow ate it again during the next week.)

I hear the "hurts my stomach" thing. Maybe it's the raw onions? I can't figure it out, but it's definitely real (though nothing compared to a lunch at the Indian buffet). Doesn't stop me from eating it, though.

I ain't no faker. look in my toilet.

i think chipotle's extreme fattiness bothers people's stomachs. i never eat meat there but even the tortillas seem really fattey to me

yeah look! http://cityrag.blogs.com/main/2005/08/2_big_macs_have.html
i have eaten there probably 10 times in my life only because it was across the street from school but i always feel like i don't need to eat until tomorrow and it turns out i was right

Lord! If it's gonna be a fat-bomb anyway you might as well use a really good lard tortilla.

Chipotle burritos are too big. They're significantly bigger than the average taqueria burrito in SF, which with meat, is pretty much a meal in itself. I think they put something in their pinto beans that doesn't sit well with me, and I don't like black beans very much.

i love black, refried, and charos beans.

I haven't been to Chipotle, but where does Baja Fresh fit in here? Last time I went to Taco Bell (had to get something between school and work) I got pretty tore up.

Baja Fresh is awful. Baja Fresh is probably equivalent to mexican food in Boston.
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hope you at least made it to the baffroom first

not to get tmi but yes.

i dunno a friend of mine told me a story about one of his friends that desecrated a mcdonald's wall whilst en route so i wanted to be sure

chipotle also makes me X( because i like pintos better than black beans but their pinto beans have pork in them and i hate the taste of pork

i think chipotle's extreme fattiness bothers people's stomachs. i never eat meat there but even the tortillas seem really fattey to me

― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, August 2, 2009 9:30 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah look! http://cityrag.blogs.com/main/2005/08/2_big_macs_have.html
i have eaten there probably 10 times in my life only because it was across the street from school but i always feel like i don't need to eat until tomorrow and it turns out i was right

― blobfish russian (harbl), Sunday, August 2, 2009 9:33 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is fishy--in nyc chipotle franchises have to put their calorie counts up 1168 is like twice as many as they claim! are they getting like extra cheese and sour cream and guac or what??

oh who am i kidding

just stop eating rat-infested fast-food, and everything will be fine.

the mere memory/fear of how i'll feel after i eat taco bell has kept me away for a long long time, though i ate it pretty consistently in the years 1993 to 1998.

chipotle is BLAND AS FUCK -- kinda similar to subway, really, when you mistakenly ask for lettuce and then remember they put on a half-pound to make your sandwich look huge and filling -- and even if all that fat/calorie shit upthread is wrong, chiptole burritos still way too high in cal/fat when i can get a much tastier burrito down the block.

qdoba is, admittedly, the work of the devil.

why are you getting lettuce on your burritos?!

i am a goat

black beans, barbacoa, and a tin can, please, sir.

we have something called baja sol which features a salsa bar with several kinds of salsa which you can take yourself. its a delightful feature.

I've gone to that new Mexican place, Tracer - our waitress was so appalling I don't know if I'll ever go back. It was deeply embarrassing because my dining companion was greeted warmly by his friend, the owner, and we were comped drinks that the waitress took 30 minutes to bring (and had to be reminded). After that, we had to give her a second reminder about 'where is the salsa and chips?', and 30 minutes after that we had to remind her to bring my friend's entree (mine somehow came out minus fixings, with the salsa and chips), and when I asked 'where the guac at?' was told that they'd run out.

Sticking to Wahaca, Donkey Daddy and the nest of burrito wagons/cafés around Goodge Street.

CAD would you believe that I've never been to Anna's?

wow! when i lived in coolidge corner i was a boca grande hardliner but since i moved i've gradually come over to the anna's side. but yeah i always read about awesome places up in your area and tell myself i need to try them someday.

Yeah there are def some hidden gems around here.

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Here is my SECRET Burrito Bol weightloss formula.

Breakfast: cup of coffee and an egg (scrambled or hardboiled).

Lunch: Fajita Bol (peppers, onions, steak, tomato salsa, green tomatillo salsa, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, romaine lettuce)

Dinner: Fajita Bol (peppers, onions, steak, tomato salsa, green tomatillo salsa, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, romaine lettuce)

Yes. I eat two of these burrito bols each day. This totals about 1480 calories and 29 impact carbohydrates daily.

Do not be fooled. This diet is not solely based on calories. It has a slightly low-carb effect. So, stick with my Chipotle Diet formula. The only substitution you should make is the meat. You can choose any meat, however, the chicken may be best for weightloss. I usually get the steak and it hasn't hurt me yet. Check My Progress.

Oh and don't forget to order guacamole, cheese and sour cream. Yes, you can have all of these! I do.

lol @ "chipotloser"

but look at what it did to his kids face :(

ime chipotle is as good as most "mexican" places in nyc

wut

you heard me

you should eat in queens more often!

i didnt say there were no good mexican places in nyc

maybe he's talking about those mexican places that are actually run entirely by chinese people

"mexican"

it's so easy to make a tightly wrapped burrito that doesn't end up like someone vomited on you halfway through the meal -- you just have to steam the tortilla for longer/at a hotter temp than the chipotle people do

also, their employees have this weird messianic complex ime?

mexicanic complex

also, their employees have this weird messianic complex ime?

okay this needs explaining

like alright for instance, in my college town here in missouri, we're not exactly authentic taco truck, usa & all the joints around campus are chains, and admittedly chipotle is the best one, but their employees act as if chipotle is some gift to the community. maybe it's different in other places? idk

they get really put off if you ask them to re-roll your burrito because if it's too big they just fold the flap over and look up and smile at you

ime = in your college town experience

do you unwrap the foil too jordan?

i feel like it's a company wide problem, amon

no i don't get burritos there anymore, but imo you should be able to unwrap the foil without the thing opening up into your lap like a sewage pipe

the one near me, 90% of the employees are hispanic and seem to have a fast food worker complex

i think the chipotle ppl were miswrapping ur burrito or something

el rancho, dude!

i feel like it's a company wide problem, amon

company-wide in places that don't have mexican food mebbe

when I think chipotle employees (I've only had it in CA) I just think bored-looking hispanic dudes. maybe the messiah will be a bored hispanic dude tho.

xpost alternatively am0n otm

sounds like chipotle fucked jordans girl

puts this post in a new context:

no i don't get burritos there anymore, but imo you should be able to unwrap the foil without the thing opening up into your lap like a sewage pipe

― J0rdan S., Friday, February 5, 2010

i just meant that a chipotle in a lollege town will probably have lollege students employed there. and lollege students sometimes tend to impart an air of importance to anything they do, even if its making fast food burritos

posting on the internet for example

;)

i don't even know if this has come up her but fair warning to everyone itt, if i see you asking a chipotle employee to mix up the components of your burrito with a fork i will kill you irl

thanks for the warning

it is a completely understandable impulse which for whatever reason just comes out completely monstrous.

anyway chipotle is a pretty good calorie bomb when slathered in guacamole

steamed tortillas and lettuce on burritos are both crimes against humanity.

also, their employees have this weird messianic complex ime?

― J0rdan S., Friday, February 5, 2010 11:43 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

this might be new franchise disease? when they opened a chipotle near my office i went there a couple times and all the employees were new and clueless yet really enthused about explaining to ppl what barbacoa was or whatever.

lol @ u

el rancho, dude!

― Mr. Que, Friday, February 5, 2010 10:54 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark

yeah i go there pretty often cuz i live right by stevens, but if i'm near campus & want something to eat, chipotle is like, right there

que if you're coming down for true/false this year i would like to kiw you

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― ENERGY FOOD (en i see kay), Sunday, August 2, 2009 1:52 PM bookmarkflaglink

omg I get the worst diarrhea from both of these food stores!

seeing this revive makes me wonder... whatever happened to Elvin Wayburn Phillips?

He became a middle-aged asshole