Everybody “romaine” calm — Chipotle Mexican Grill might be opening up a location near you.
The popular fast-casual Mexican chain is slated to open five new stores in Connecticut by the end of this year.
A Chipotle spokesperson told NBC Connecticut that the company expects to open restaurants at the following locations in the coming months:
- Sugar Hollow Road in Danbury
- Storrs Road in Mansfield
- Cedar Avenue in South Windsor
- Boston Post Road in Waterford
- Danbury Road in Wilton
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Each of the five new store locations will feature a “Chipotlane,” a drive-thru lane designed to streamline the mobile order pick-up process.
But the five new locations are just the beginning of Chipotle's planned expansion in the Nutmeg State.
The chain — which expects to have 39 Connecticut locations by the end of 2024 — already has approval to open a handful of others, though it's not yet clear when these stores will open.
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The Naugatuck Zoning Commission, for example, approved plans last April to open a location on Bridge Street.
Then, in August, the West Hartford Town Council OK’d plans to open a drive-thru Chipotle restaurant in Prospect Plaza. The building set to house the town’s third Chipotle is under construction.
Plans to open locations in both Colchester and Watertown were also approved earlier this year.
