The Mexican food chain Chipotle plans to open a new restaurant on Huntington Drive and construction is expected to commence early next year, according to the city's development blog.
The Monrovia Planning Commission has approved plans and a conditional use permit for the new restaurant, which will occupy the old Acapulco location in the Huntington Oaks Shopping Center.
"They’re actually going to replace the Acapulco building, tear it down and rebuild it," city spokesman Dan Bell said.
The parent company of the Acapulco chain filed for bankruptcy and closed its restaurants last year. The new building will be about 10,000 square feet and will be built to accommodate three additional restaurants, Bell said.
Chipotle has more than 900 restaurants nationwide, according to the company's website. Chipotle spokesman Chris Arnold said in an email to Patch that his company can't comment on the proposed restaurant.
"As a rule, we don't discuss plans for individual restaurants until we have space under lease and construction scheduled," Arnold wrote. "At this point, we haven't cleared those hurdles yet."
Monrovia has, family owned Los Gueros, Baja Fresh, Rubios, Taco Bell, Chili's has Mex. in their menu, and a stone's throw away is Qdoba. Why does the city think we need more Mexican food? Why does the city think we need more competition for the restaurants that are already here, esp. the ones on Myrtle who are struggling to survive?
There are so many wonderful places on Myrtle, you would think the city would want to protect them, a little. Have you ever tried Devon? Or Cafe Opera?
Hey Delilah, If you want to treat yourself, split the coffee rubbed rib eye at Opera. It's fantastic!
Capitalism /competition is what our country is founded on....the consumer chooses and that drives where a corporation spends $$
As for Marg's comments about the Rite Aid Complex, there is no more Redevelopment Agency, so it's up to the land barons who own the property to decide if they're going to renovate. Unless they fail to meet some sort of code, I don't think the City can do much of anything on that, and the business that claims to have brought us all the business (but got paid for what it did) is suing us, so that's out. I just want to know why all the handicapped spots are being moved further away from the door in lieu of curb pickup. You can still have curbside pick up, but when every step hurts, it seems that the rolls should be switched. BJ's is a classic example of this.
The only problem with Rudy's is the lack of parking in primetime.