
The News Journal will track the progress of the two confirmed Chipotles as the winter rolls on. From your neighborhood sushi spot to the burger and fries you crave, choose from over 300,000 local and national favorites across the U.S., Canada and Australia. Chipotle is a Nahuatl word that means dried and smoked jalapeno chili pepper. Its first restaurant sold more than 1,000 burritos each day. A Facebook group page of the chain restaurant, aptly named " Bring a Chipotle to Pensacola," was created in 2011 and has remained very active since.įor the better part of a decade, members have shared insider info, rumors and stories in which they have personally messaged the company in hopes of getting the good news they've craved for so long. Discover local, on-demand delivery or Pickup from restaurants, nearby grocery and convenience stores, and more. About Chipotle Mexican Grill Chipotle Mexican Grill is a fast-casual restaurant that was founded in 1993 by Steve Ells in Denver, Colorado. To say Pensacola has desperately desired a Chipotle for quite some time would be understating it. "Just confirmed with the real estate team that there are no plans for a Gulf Breeze location and they're not in communication with the developer," a Chipotle’s PR rep added around the same time."They're looking into the signage as we speak." "Someone must have taped that logo on there," said Beck Partners VP Stacy Taylor to the News Journal in July of 2018. Nine Mile gets another Jersey Mike's: Jersey Mike's Subs opens fourth Pensacola location on East Nine Mile Road


Northwest Florida Chipotle fanatics were pump-faked in July of 2018 when a billboard in front of Gulf Breeze's Tiger Point Publix complex displayed a Chipotle logo, implying the chain's highly anticipated area arrival.īut both Chipotle and the vice president of the commercial real estate agency that developed Tiger Point stomped on our dreams when they set the record straight.ĭevelopment plans revealed in Navarre: New restaurant or retail business planned for Helen Back building in Navarre, developer says The company was unable to provide any further details. We don't know where they are going just yet, but a Chipotle external communications representative confirmed to the News Journal Tuesday that the revered fast casual Tex Mex chain plans to open two Pensacola locations this fall. This is not a drill - Chipotle is finally coming to Pensacola.
