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Revenue Recognition (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025
Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract] |
Schedule of Liability Included in Unearned Revenue | The gift card liability included in unearned revenue on the condensed consolidated balance sheets was as follows:
| March 31, 2025 |  | December 31, 2024
Gift card liability | $ | 145,355 |  |  | $ | 181,771 |
Schedule of Revenue Recognized from Liability Balances | Revenue recognized from the redemption of gift cards that was included in unearned revenue at the beginning of the year was as follows:
| Three months ended March 31, |  |
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  |  |  |
Revenue recognized from gift card liability balance at the beginning of the year | $ | 52,969 |  |  | $ | 44,812 |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Changes in Liability Balance | Changes in our Chipotle Rewards liability included in unearned revenue on the condensed consolidated balance sheets were as follows:
| Three months ended March 31, |  |
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  |  |  |
Chipotle Rewards liability, beginning balance | $ | 56,806 |  |  | $ | 44,750 |  |  |  |  |
Revenue deferred | 41,568 |  |  | 39,005 |  |  |  |  |
Revenue recognized | (39,985) |  |  | (36,431) |  |  |  |  |
Chipotle Rewards liability, ending balance | $ | 58,389 |  |  | $ | 47,324 |  |  |  |  |

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