Portland now has its very own Chipotle. It opened last week at the old Century Tire lot that is now a strip mall of low-slung glass and steel trimmed buildings fronting Marginal Way. In earlier plans Dunkin Donuts was slated to be the other anchor tenant at Century Plaza, but there’s been no confirmation—or sign–that it’s happening. What a shame. A T-Mobile franchise is going in instead.
Chipotle Portland front and rear views
Almost anything could have been plopped down there: a 10 story apartment building, a mall of high-end retailers, a supermarket like Market Basket, a mid-priced hotel and so much more. But here we have it: a fast food chain of middling Mexican junk food, which anchors the hodgepodge of development along this meandering boulevard.
