"Chipotle arrived like a lightning bolt in 1993, bringing its approximation of Mexican food and an industrial, minimalist aesthetic to a fast-food scene cluttered with bric-a-brac and cartoony maximalism. Now the generation raised on the chain's burrito bowls are buying, flipping, and hoarding the chairs where they first ate them. Versions have appeared at auction in Florida, on Chairish and 1stDibs (where they were listed as "Modernist Iron and Ply Dining Chairs"). A set of ten went for somewhere between $700 and $1,200 on Invaluable."
""We didn't know we were going to blow up in terms of popularity and demand," says John Perez, a co-owner of Chicago's Atomic Land Vintage, who sold six last year for around $100 each and is now handling a request to find more. A film-producer friend of Swartz's is asking around to find some of his own. And Hung Pham, a Bay Area dealer who sells out of a storage unit stocked with finds from the likes of Robert Josten and Paul McCobb,"
Production designer Leo Swartz furnished a Ridgewood one-bedroom with sourced vintage pieces, naming favorites by Milo Baughman, Rodney Kinsman, Ingmar Relling, and Bruce Sienkowski. Swartz's dining chairs are the utilitarian Chipotle restaurant chairs. Chipotle's 1993 arrival brought an industrial, minimalist aesthetic to fast food that now inspires collectors. The chain's chairs have reappeared on auction and resale platforms and commanded notable sums. Vintage dealers and buyers report rising demand and large acquisitions. Swartz cites the chairs' beautiful mix of raw, high-quality materials and the contrast between steel legs and angular plywood, and would have purchased them regardless of brand.
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