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Flightless Bird

Chipotle

Flightless Bird

David Farrier

Society & Culture, Documentary, Comedy

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s Flightless Bird, Rob takes David to his first ever Chipotle Mexican Grill experience, before teaching him about what makes this American food chain so iconic, important and delicious. Founded on July 13, 1993, we learn about its history with McDonalds to its attempt at being sustainable, they try to answer the eternal question: Is Chipotle better than fast food or slightly better than fast food? Flightless Bird merch: https://www.flightlessbirdpod.com/ Email Rob and David: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, Dennis.

0:06.0

Hi, Rosabel. How are you doing?

0:09.0

I'm doing good, how are you doing?

0:10.0

I'm good, I've got it's hot, I've got my air conditioning turned up to its maximum power and it's still hot.

0:16.0

It's always, it's summer time for you, isn't it?

0:20.0

Mm-hmm. Do you know what Chipotle is?

0:23.6

As in the pepper or as in the restaurant?

0:26.6

The restaurant in this instance?

0:29.6

I'm familiar with it.

0:31.6

I'm not sure if I've ever been to it.

0:33.6

Tell me some things that you, that are in your head about Chipotle.

0:36.6

Oh, they a Mexican fast food

0:40.6

thing? Correct. Thank you. That's about it. That's all I know. I feel like one thing New Zealand

0:48.0

doesn't do very well or I'll have to be careful because I'm sure there's a place that does it

0:51.8

wonderfully but New Zealand isn't particularly well known for its wonderful Mexican food, is it? No, it's actually, it's quite

0:58.6

embarrassing to take anyone to Mexican here. Although there's a new Mexican restaurant that just

1:04.4

opened in St. Kevin's Arcade, which apparently is very good, so. Oh, what's it called? Maybe they

1:08.9

could be a sponsor of flightless bird. I actually can't remember it. I should look at it. I should look it up. I feel like I'm always wanting to shout out people, but I don't know their details. Well, look, if that really good Mexican restaurant in New Zealand in St. Kevin's Arcade wants to get in touch. Flightlessbird chat at gmail.com.

1:28.5

I'm David Farrier, and New Zealand are accidentally marooned in America, and I want to

1:32.7

figure out what makes this country tick. Now, as you just heard, New Zealand has many, many great

1:38.3

things, but one thing we do not have is good Mexican food, except for that one place Rosabel

1:43.8

can't remember the name of.

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