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Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details)
 3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
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Dec. 31, 2021
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Dec. 31, 2019
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Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Number of regions | region   8    
Number of reportable segments | segment   1    
Acquisition, development and construction of restaurant capitalized costs   $ 10,870,000 $ 9,268,000 $ 6,735,000
Option to extend, additional periods   5 years    
Renewal period 20 years 20 years    
Long-term debt $ 0 $ 0    
Goodwill impairment charges   $ 0 0 0
Earned points expiration period for inactivity   6 months    
Advertising, marketing and promotional costs   $ 222,091,000 222,820,000 168,881,000
Compensation expense related to employees eligible to retire and retain full rights to the awards, recognition period   12 months    
Minimum [Member]        
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Remaining lease term 1 year 1 year    
Tax benefit percentage for realization with a taxing authority   50.00%    
Earned rewards expiration period   1 month    
Maximum [Member]        
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Remaining lease term 20 years 20 years    
Earned rewards expiration period   2 months    
Chipotle [Member]        
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Number of restaurants | item 2,962 2,962    
Chipotle [Member] | United States [Member]        
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Number of restaurants | item 2,918 2,918    
Chipotle [Member] | International [Member]        
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Number of restaurants | item 44 44    
Pizzeria Locale [Member]        
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Number of restaurants | item 4 4    
Chipotle Rewards [Member]        
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Revenue recognized $ 10,831,000 $ 103,524,000 $ 75,506,000 $ 34,082,000
SOSARS [Member]        
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Expiration period of SOSARs   7 years    
Performance Shares [Member]        
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Vesting period   3 years    
Vesting Period 1 [Member] | SOSARS [Member]        
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Vesting period   2 years    
Vesting Period 2 [Member] | SOSARS [Member]        
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Vesting period   3 years