Columbia County Could Be Home To The Next Chipotle In Augusta
Seems like it’s about time for another Chipotle to make its way to Augusta.
Chipotle wants to expand and it looks like the Augusta area could be included in that expansion. With 3,200 restaurants in North America alone, they are hoping to open 800 more locations around the nation. There are about 100 locations currently in Georgia.
Augusta is currently home to one Chipotle. There was one built at the Augusta Exchange in 2018. Now one could be coming to Columbia County.
The new Chipotle is headed for Evans, GA. Evans has been growing a lot of the past few years gaining many new businesses.
According to construction plans filed with CBI General Contractors located in Cumming, Georgia Chipotle will be located in front of Mullins Colony shopping center. Mullins Colony is a popular shopping center in Evans that is already home to Tropical Smoothie Café, Diablo’s, and McAlister’s, and other big-name businesses. Chipotle is also corporate-owned and none of its locations are franchises.
The CSRA is also home to another Chipotle in North Augusta, South Carolina. Another one was also built in Aiken in 2016, but it closed down in 2018.
Want to know more about the Tex-Mex chain restaurant?
It was founded by Steve Ells in 1993 in Denver, Colorado – Ells never intended for Chipotle to be as big as it is. The plans for Chipotle were to sell at least 107 burritos per day to be profitable, and then after some time use those funds to open a fine dining restaurant leaving Chipotle behind.
However, after just a month of being open in Denver, they were selling 1,000 burritos per day, and that’s where he then saw the potential for further success.
Fun Facts about Chipotle:
- Two Chipotle locations serve breakfast – both of those locations are located in a airport.
- Chipotle uses around 100,000 avocados a day.
- There is a such thing as free Chipotle for life cards.
