You are reading

Chipotle to Open Steinway Street Location

(Photo: William Hereford, Courtesy of Chipotle)

Aug. 8, 2018 By Tara Law

Chipotle Mexican Grill will open a location on Steinway Street early next year, a spokesperson for the company confirmed Wednesday.

The fast-casual restaurant chain, which specializes in burritos and tacos, will open its first Astoria restaurant at 31-73 Steinway St. 

The location is currently occupied by a Payless shoe store.

Chipotle also operates several other locations in Queens, including at 26-16 Jackson Ave. in Long Island City and 87-10 Northern Blvd. in Jackson Heights.

The company operates about 2,250 locations in the United States, according to Reuters.

Despite Chipotle’s popularity, the restaurant has been beleaguered in recent years by outbreaks of food-borne illnesses, including salmonella and E. coli. 

This July, more than 600 people who had eaten at a Chipotle restaurant in Powell, Ohio self-reported gastrointestinal symptoms, according to the Delaware General Health District.

email the author: news@queenspost.com

Featured Events

Post an Event

View All Events…

13 Comments

Click for Comments 
Mike

Qdoba is a clone of Chipotle but with more menu items to offer… Open more Qdobas… I saw on the Chipotle website that there will also be a Chipotle in the Ditmars area… Can anybody confirm?…

3
5
Reply
blah

please stop making astoria cooker cutter. this is what happens when yuppies and hipsters move in. can we please have the locally owned restaurants back?

43
37
Reply
Anonymous

Add Shakeshack, Trader Joes and Olive Garden and watch Steinway Street be awesome!

45
3
Reply
Aniqa

Def with you on trader joes but id prefer a chick fil a. Honestly, can we just have wendys back? LOL.

5
31
Reply
Native New Yorker

Here’s hoping they do better than the Moe’s Southwestern Grill that went out of business on Steinway St.

It’s a little ironic to open a Chipotle next door to the McDonald’s on the block since McDonald’s sold off their shares in Chipotle, years ago.

3
7
Reply

Leave a Comment
Reply to this Comment

All comments are subject to moderation before being posted.

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Recent News
Brooklyn man indicted on manslaughter, DWI charges in deadly Astoria crash that killed the mother of his child: DA

A Brooklyn man was indicted by a Queens grand jury on charges of manslaughter, drunk driving and other crimes for a fatal collision in Astoria that killed his long-time girlfriend and mother of their young child in February.

Ray Perez, 27, of Caton Avenue in Flatbush, was arraigned Thursday in Queens Supreme Court on a 13-count indictment charging him with vehicular manslaughter for allegedly speeding through a stop sign in Astoria, colliding with another vehicle and slamming into two parked cars, and then driving nearly four miles away to a street in Maspeth before seeking help for his 29-year-old girlfriend Bridget Enriquez, who later succumbed to her injuries.

Read More
0
Load More Articles