Chipotle Is Launching Drive-Thru Stores & Our Burrito Prayers Have Been Answered

For when you need your burrito fix and you need it STAT.

By Erica Loop February 14, 2019

You need your burrito fix and you need it STAT, right? Get ready for drive-thru Chipotle stores to make your life even easier.

Dubbed “Chipotlanes,” these new drive-thru lanes will roll out across the United States in 2019. Unlike traditional fast food drive-thru lanes, the Chipotlane isn’t an order on-the-spot type of situation—because who wants to wait in line for an uber-complicated burrito order?

photo: Courtesy of Chipotle

Instead of waiting until you get to the drive-thru to customize your order, diners must complete their order either online or via the Chipotle app. When you arrive at the restaurant, pull up into a Chipotlane and pick-up your meal. According to a press release, “The drive-up pickup lanes are currently in the test phase, which will be expanded to a few dozens of Chipotle’s 2019 restaurant openings across several markets.”

Later this year, Chipotle also has plans to launch mobile order pickup in-store, similar to what you can already do at Panera: order online or via the app and come on inside to grab your order from a To-Go shelf.

Anyway you slice it, all this means is burritos even faster in our bellies, which is always a good thing!

—Erica Loop

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