A new Chipotle with a unique feature & menu item opens soon in the Triangle
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- Chipotle opens a new restaurant with a Chipotlane in the Triangle on June 4.
- This is the first Chipotlane-equipped Chipotle in Garner.
- A new menu item, chipotle honey chicken, will be available at the restaurant.
One of the country’s most popular burrito places is about to open a new location in the Triangle.
Chipotle Mexican Grill, the fast-casual restaurant known for Mexican-inspired cuisine such as burritos, burrito bowls and tacos, is opening a new store in Johnston County, at 5596 Veterans Parkway.
The restaurant, which is hiring, is expected to open Wednesday, June 4. Its operating hours will be 10:45 a.m.-10 p.m. daily.
New Chipotle in Johnston County
This location will have a drive-thru lane called a Chipotlane, which allows customers who have ordered ahead to stay in their cars to pick up digital orders.
Other Chipotle restaurants, such as the location on Kildaire Farm Road in Cary, have a Chipotlane. However, the Veterans Parkway restaurant, which Chipotle says is in Garner — one of the fastest-growing places in the country — will be the first Chipotle in the town with a Chipotlane.
The Chipotle at 12023 US-70 Business West in Clayton has a Chipotlane, but the location at 68 Eagle Wing Way in Garner does not.
New Chipotle chicken
Customers can also try the limited-time menu item, chipotle honey chicken, at the Veterans Parkway location.
Chipotle had about 3,800 restaurants nationwide as of March 2025.
