The concept and characters were initially introduced in two episodes of the CBS series JAG (season eight episodes 20 and 21: Ice Queen and Meltdown). The show, a spin-off from JAG, premiered on September 23, 2003, on CBS.
Source: Chipotle Mexican Grill. Where Taco Bell does beat Chipotle is in terms of price. Prices for Taco Bell's Quesarito range from $1.99 for seasoned beef to $2.99 for steak. Chipotle's Quesarito prices have run from $6.65 to $11. However, Taco Bell has not been able to get Chipotle customers to trade down.
In 1993, Ells took what he learned in San Francisco and opened the first Chipotle Mexican Grill in Denver, Colorado, in a former Dolly Madison Ice Cream store at 1644 East Evans Avenue, near the University of Denver campus, using an $85,000 loan from his father.