About the Chipotle Guacamole
Chipotle opened on 13 July 1993, in a former ice cream shop near the University of Denver, funded with an $85,000 loan from Steve Ells's father. The guacamole has been a paid extra for most of that history, and "is guac extra?" became the chain's best-known running joke.
- In September 2024 Chipotle announced the Autocado, a machine built with Vebu that peels and cuts an avocado in under 30 seconds.