El Chubby's

I love this place!  Every time that I visit Colorado I make sure that I eat here.  I love the smothered burrito.  Only eat  mild sauce though.  If you like hot, then HOT is what you want.  I can't handle it.

The margaritas were not good. The food was disappointing. They were fast, though.

We were here on vacation. While dropping something off at UPS we noticed the sign for Chubby's, that it had a drive-thru. That coaxed us over. But one look at the sign at the drive thru was daunting, so we drove around and parked, and went inside.  I'm glad we did.

We eat a lot of Ameri-Mex food in L.A., across the price spectrum. Chubby's struck as a place that hasn't quite figured out what it wants to be. It has a drive thru, but it's anything but fast food. There is no wait staff, and the food arrives on plastic trays...but uses colorful (and heavy) ceramic fiestaware. Our order came up in courses. And the food was priced more like a midrange restaurant (think Super Mex in California).

The food was okay. My wife got the steak chimichanga; I had the three steak taco plate. Portions were generous. The rice was decent but unadorned (no cheese), and the beans were...meh. The included avocado wedge and salsa went well with the tacos, but the corn tortillas fell apart when they got soggy.

I imagine the drive-thru would work for breakfast items like an egg burrito, and the desserts looked okay (but again, priced more like a restaurant than a fast food).

I wasn't actively disappointed or pleasantly surprised, so call it three stars.