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Chipotle now hiring, opens in Monkey Junction this week

A new drive-thru lane is added for digital order pickup. (Courtesy Chipotle)

WILMINGTON — A new Mexican fast-food chain is opening in Monkey Junction this week.

READ MORE: Chipotle planned for Monkey Junction area

Chipotle Mexican Grill will open at 5505 Carolina Beach Rd., located in front of The Home Depot and behind Wells Fargo. The restaurant is open from 10:45 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Wednesday, June 25.

The restaurant features the brand’s signature Chipotlane — a drive-thru pick-up for mobile and digital orders to be picked up.

The restaurant is also hiring employees currently for its new location and offers crew bonuses, debt-free college degree program, English as second language classes, access to mental healthcare and more. Learn more here.


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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