FARGO - Chipotle Mexican Grill will open a second restaurant next year in Fargo, close to the North Dakota State University campus.

The fast-casual restaurant is planned for 1204 19th Ave. N., just east of North University Drive and the Fargodome, Chipotle spokeswoman Robin Zimmerman confirmed.

Zimmerman said a firm opening date hasn’t been set, but that the restaurant will likely open sometime in mid-2019.

No additional details were available.

Chipotle already has a restaurant near West Acres at 1680 45th St. S. It is the company’s only location in North Dakota.

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A tip-off to Chipotle’s plans came inadvertently, as a recent zip code search for a Fargo location on a Chipotle online ordering site provided the new address. However, a later search found the new address was removed from the app.

Chipotle Mexican Grill stock has traded in a range of $247 to $530 in the last year, according to Yahoo! Finance.

The Denver-based firm’s 2017 annual report said it had 2,408 outlets at the end of the year, 2,400 of which were under the Chipotle brand. The firm said at that time it planned to open 130 to 150 restaurants in 2018, which was “significantly fewer than in prior years.”

The average size of those restaurants are 2,500 square feet, seating about 56 people.

The company had nearly 69,000 employees at the end of 2017.



