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Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies (Narrative) (Details)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
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property
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region
Dec. 31, 2017
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Dec. 31, 2016
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Dec. 31, 2015
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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      
Gift cards revenue recognition period 8 months      
Unredeemed gift card sales percentage 4.00%      
Allowance for doubtful accounts, Accounts receivable $ 0 $ 0    
Acquisition, development and construction of restaurant capitalized costs 6,285,000 7,507,000    
Goodwill impairment charges 0 0 $ 0  
Advertising and marketing costs $ 111,695,000 106,345,000 102,969,000  
Maximum reasonably assured lease term 20 years      
Compensation expense related to employees eligible to retire and retain full rights to the awards, recognition period 6 months      
Operating lease liabilities $ 10,740,000 1,416,000    
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash $ 280,152,000 214,170,000 [1] 116,370,000 [1] $ 270,577,000
Accounting Standards Update 2016-02 [Member]        
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Number of restaurants | property 2,500      
Operating lease liabilities $ 2,700,000,000      
Right-of-use assets $ 2,400,000,000      
Accounting Standards Update 2016-09 [Member]        
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash   214,170,000 116,370,000  
Increase in net cash provided by operating activities   1,111,000 5,918,000  
Accounting Standards Update 2016-09 [Member] | Restricted Cash Into Cash, Cash Equivalents, And Restricted Cash [Member]        
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Reclassification   $ 29,601,000 $ 28,490,000  
Minimum [Member]        
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Reward program expiration period 1 month      
Maximum [Member]        
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Reward program expiration period 6 months      
United States [Member]        
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Number of restaurants | item 2,452      
International [Member]        
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Number of restaurants | item 37      
Non Chipotle Restaurants [Member]        
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Number of restaurants | item 2      
Performance Shares [Member]        
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Vesting period 3 years      
SOSARS [Member]        
Description Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies [Line Items]        
Expiration period of SOSARs 7 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      
[1] Balances were adjusted due to the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-18, "Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash" as discussed in further detail in Note 1. "Description of Business and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Recent Accounting Standards"