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An artist’s concept of the soon-to-be-built Chipotle Mexican Grill. (COURTESY RENDERING)

CONWAY — Chipotle Mexican Grill is opening a 2,548-square-foot restaurant in North Conway, featuring a mobile order pickup drive-thru, 45-seat dining room and outdoor patio dining area.

The restaurant will be located in a 5,875-square foot commercial site being developed by OVP Management Inc., owners of Settlers Green, on Route 16 in North Conway.

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Redd
Redd

Wow, so now North Conway is going to have FOUR Mexican restaurants, Jalisco, Luchador, Taco Bell and now Chipoltle. Five if you count Cafe Noche in Conway. And all of them right in the same area. I wonder who thought of this brilliant idea? Just another hideous building built by money worshipping morons that will be empty in a couple years after the new car smell wears off. It's bad enough that we now have a hideous monstrosity of a hotel as you come into town, and a ridiculously large fire station being built right in the village that looms over the park blocking out the sun. OVP keeps building these hideous buildings with empty storefronts ruining our town. North Conway looks nothing like it did when I moved here in 1999. It now looks as ugly as Nashua. Nice going, OVP. Whoever approved this should be fired. I hope this place at least puts Luchador out of business. But it will be a joke compared to Jalisco, they are REAL Mexican food, not a cheap imatation like Chipoltle.

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Sharon N
Sharon N

Who needs Chipotle? Luchador and Fiesta Jalisco are locally owned and superior.

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RetVet
RetVet

And they will all be in eyesight of each other.

So the real question(s) has to be; Was this necessary? Why was this approved by the Planners?

Do we really need another chain, fast-food restaurant competing for the same business dollars?

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RetVet
RetVet

Every time I see a fast-food chain eatery open up in the Village, I feel like we are losing that much more of what makes this place special.

Do we not have enough local options that are already struggling to stay viable? Plus, don't these chain restaurants drive down wages?

Eventually, the Conways will look like every other small town, with all the same problems associated with corporate/commercial development. Low wages, suppressed markets, overcrowding, traffic congestion, pollution/litter, and yes, rising crime.

And when it finally loses its allure and charm, what will be left?

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