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[chipotle]

A whole 250 words written sitting in a Starbucks after lunch. I'm annoyed that I not only really like this Starbucks coffee (Ethiopia Sidamo), but am comfortable with the earth-toned, track-lit motif and even like the soundtrack. A barista wandered over to point out that there was an outlet by my table so I could plug in the laptop. I'd like to be smugly liberal and be over in the apparently independent coffee shop that's nearby, but not only are they less comfortable to camp out in, they're more expensive.

It's good to get even a little bit accomplished. But I hate being so perfectly in this demographic.

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[nerfcoyote.livejournal.com]

Too bad there isn't a Chipotle (http://www.chipotle.com/) near you. They just opened up a gourmet burrito eatery in the Cherry Orchard plaza in Sunnyvale. Kind of sad they took a cherry orchard, plopped a Borders, Starbucks, Pasta Pomodoro, PF Changs (which you can't get in without reservations or an hour wait -- on a Thursday!).. But the burritos are tasty.

[chipotle.livejournal.com]

Indeed, I'd like to try a Chipotle sometime. There are a few taquiera-type places out here now, at least, though--although the only one that's really close to where I work is in a mall food court.

There's a PF Chang's in Winter Park and it has tremendous waits, too. That appears to be endemic to the chain. They are pretty good, though. (I recently learned that the Chang of the restaurant is the son of the woman who founded the Mandarin in San Francisco.)