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Chipotle opens in Kennewick

Tri-City Herald

July 30, 2015 1:50 PM

Chipotle Eating Streak — Mark Rantal, of Colorado Springs, Colo., eats at a Chipotle restaurant, Wednesday, July 22 2015, in Colorado Springs. Rantal claims to have eaten at Chipotle over 100 days in a row. The Gazette

Popular national chain Chipotle Mexican Grill opened its first Tri-City location Thursday.

The restaurant, at the corner of Columbia Center Boulevard and Okanogan Place at the site of a former Quizno’s, was under construction for months. It is Chipotle’s second location in the state east of the Cascades, the only other being in Spokane.

Chipotle specializes in burritos and tacos and is the latest Mexican-inspired chain to arrive in the Tri-Cities. Qdoba opened recently in Richland while Baja Fresh is working on opening an outlet in Kennewick’s Southridge area.

This story was originally published July 30, 2015 at 1:50 PM with the headline "Chipotle opens in Kennewick."

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