First on my plate: the quesadilla. Although not much of a secret, it's not on Chipotle's official menu, which makes it a secret item.
Salty, with generous cheese and a lightly toasted tortilla, Chipotle makes a pretty solid quesadilla. However, it absolutely must be consumed fresh, unless you'd like to bite into a sad block of cold, hard cheese and soggy tortilla. Cheese, especially Chipotle's cheese, is a lot less appetizing when cold.
The double decker taco applies the Big Mac principle of adding more cheese and carbs to an already perfectly adequate dish. I chose to fill my taco with barbacoa and all the free fillings.
The double decker isn't an improvement upon a normal taco, which is already the perfect balance of grain, meat, cheese, and veg. The extra cheese and tortilla only make the taco carbier, and thus, blander. Perhaps if the cheese was melted, this would be worth it.
The burritodilla was the most intimidating item out of the wrapper. A quesadilla with half burrito fillings, it practically gushed hot cheese. However, this was the one item that no one at my Chipotle had heard of, so I'm not sure it's as legit as the others.
This burritodilla is just meat and cheese, meat and cheese. It's too salty for me, but maybe it's my fault for not putting veg in it. There was some confusion while I was ordering. It would taste better with the addition of lighter components to offset all the meat and grease.
For my nachos, I asked for a chicken burrito bowl with all the free toppings and nachos as the base. I was offered chips on the side instead of on the bottom of the bowl, but I chose to put my toppings where they belong — on top. I also added guac, because guac.
Chipotle's nachos are really, really good. They're also what you'd expect from Chipotle nachos — completely customizable and made with fresh ingredients. The burrito bowl toppings go perfectly with the tortilla chips, and the guac is the creamy, mushy, green cherry on top.
Of all the items on the secret menu, I was most excited to try the quesarrito. I was also relieved when ordering that the Chipotle employees knew what a quesarrito was and how to make it. McDonald's DIY secret menu: never again.
The quesarrito is a burrito with a quesadilla as its wrapper. My burrito artist folded a tortilla over cheese, grilled it, then peeled it apart before filling the tortilla with my burrito toppings.
It's a burrito with a layer of melted cheese. What's not to like? The cheese is pretty salty, but the veggies provide enough freshness for contrast. You definitely need two hands to hold this sprawling giant together.
Mine fell apart as soon as I took this photo.
