qdoba is like crack
March 3, 2008 by Cash
It started with a mysterious text message. It was Fat Tuesday, and the familiar vibration of my phone in my pocket startled me awake during an afternoon staff meeting. It was from a girl I hadn’t heard from in ages, and went something like this:
SHOW THIS TEXT ON FAT TUESDAY AT ANY QDOBA RESTAURANT TO RECEIVE ONE FREE MEXICAN GUMBO
I had never eaten at Qdoba, and finding myself hungry arriving downtown around 8PM decided to give it a shot. Walking towards the restaurant, something immediately caught my eye. Huge signs outside proclaiming:
HAPPY HOUR 3-CLOSE: $1.50 Domestics, $2.50 Imports, $3.00 Well
Obviously, I was in for more than just a free food treat. I started off with the gratis gumbo and two $1.50 Killian’s. The food was delicious. A thick bowl of chicken, rice, tomato soup and gawd knows what else, dolloped with a scoop of sour cream and sprinkled with tortilla strips.
Delighted with my take, (under $4 for an entire meal with two beers? Hells yeah) I forwarded the text to several friends and headed home, not thinking twice about Qdoba.
Then it happened. Just a few days later, a Tuesday night found me within eyeshot of Qdoba’s neon sign and … WHAMO.. I found myself wandering in. This time, for a $6.59 burrito and three beers.. approx cost? $10.
This has continued once or twice a week since. Their crafty, drug dealer style ‘free sample’ has me hooked. Damn you Qdoba marketing department. Damn you and your cheap beers and addictive food straight to hell!
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hmm, now all they need to do is run a fat-camp/recovery program and they will feed on your soul every step of the way!
True dat Goat.
It’s now on my ’someday’ list! Sounds great.
Pssst! Definitely try it Caroline.. I won’t tell Goat if you won’t
yummy yummy.. true confession time: I ate there again last night. chicken Quesadillas + 2 Killian’s. Delish.
do you prefer sweatpants or a MuMu for your birthday present?
I think I better stick with the sweatpants; I’m picturing neon green with reflective tape up the back to warm oncoming semis they’d do well to steer clear..
man oh how i love qdoba…..in my opinion it’s better than chipotle, only because i can’t handle the spiciness of chipotle’s food.
Oh man! Don’t even get me going about Qdoba. There is one right next to were I work…lets just say that if I don’t go there at least twice a week for lunch then I go into withdrawals:p
Matt, Raquel, we need a support group. I vote for the meetings to be held @ Qdoba.
Oh fuck dude I’ve been on the Qdoba train solid for almost 2 years. I’ve been twice in the same day several times and multiple times a week quite frequently. I have a serious problem. My new “second home” has a Chipotle across the street and a Starbucks which is my “other” crack.
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