Yelena N.
Yelp
This was hands down the most dysfunctional Chipotle experience I've ever had. I should have known something was wrong when I walked through the door and noticed a guy eating his burrito bowl with... a spoon. Hm, I though, that sure is eccentric! The next thing I noticed was a huge gust of freezing wind blowing through the wide open door, which doesn't close by itself. If you don't close the door as you walk in or out, it will stay wide open.
Oblivious to the mayhem that lay ahead, I took my place in line. The next thing I noticed, after being in line for about 5 minutes, was that it had not moved a single inch. I looked up to see that there was a single flustered worker attempting to do every part of the burrito-making process by herself. Somehow I don't think this is what the creator of Chipotle had in mind when she first applied Ford's assembly line model to pseudo-Mexican food.
After miraculously making it through most of the line (at this point, a bewildered looking dude with braids decided to finally show up to his shift), I am informed that there is no guac. *Sigh* Okay, whatever. I finally pay and go to fill my soda and get my napkins and forks... OH WAIT. There are no forks. This explains that weirdo I saw earlier. Oh, and the soda machine doesn't work great, so you kinda gotta fill it by repeatedly pushing your cup against the nozzle for brief half second bursts.
I realize this location only opened up this month, but jeez, get it together!
-5 stars for lack of forks, guac, wait time, dirty tables, and being subjected to gusts of wind while trying to eat my salad with a spoon (not to mention the pile of trash on the floor behind the cashier). +1 star for sheer amusement as I watched indignant GW students also try to eat their food with spoons.