Coming, Eventually, to Ellicott City: Chipotle Mexican Grill

A year after we last reported the chain was setting up shop locally, there's still no firm date for an opening.

Is Chipotle Mexican Grill coming to Ellicott City? Yes, according to a spokesman from the company. When? Maybe later this year, maybe this summer. “I’ve got two reports here,” Chris Arnold said, both with different dates. But, he said, the project is on. One report puts the opening of the restaurant, at the intersection of Baltimore National Pike and St. John’s Lane, at the end of the year. The other, in the summer. Last year, the project manager told Patch the chain would be opening at the end of 2012.  Since then the corner lot in St. John’s Plaza, just across the street from Qdoba, has remained nearly untouched.  At around that time, the company had met with the county’s Design Advisory Panel. According to Planning Supervisor Brad …

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