--- description: Chipotle is offering specials on its alcoholic beverages in hopes of drumming up more business title: Chipotle Is Offering Discounted Booze to Bring Back Customers image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b51aa3c75c34996/6988a1f7fb4eac4ffc88eb55/chipotle-alcohol-deals.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Fast Food](/tag/fast-food/) ## Fast Food Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Chipotle Is Offering Discounted Booze to Bring Back Customers by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 11, 2016 12:23 AM CUT  Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. take-out food is arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Friday, April 22, 2016\. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is expected to release earnings figures on April 26. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. take-out food is arranged for a photograph in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Friday, April 22, 2016\. Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. is expected to release earnings figures on April 26.Bloomberg—Bloomberg via Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Aug 11, 2016 12:23 AM CUT Chipotle is now offering specials on its alcoholic beverages in select states. The [fast-food chain](http://motto.time.com/4443021/chipotle-pregnancy-discrimination-lawsuit/ "undefined"), which has had a fairly [bumpy year](http://time.com/4261065/chipotle-food-safety-norovirus/ "undefined") after several food-borne illness outbreaks, is providing half-price drinks and two-for-one drink specials in the city of Chicago and seven states, including Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, Wisconsin. The [drink deals](https://chipotle.com/happyhour "undefined") vary by location. For example, Nebraska citizens can get two margaritas or beers for the price of one each day from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. in August and September at participating Chipotle locations, while in Ohio, people can buy half off alcoholic beverages every Thursday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. during the same months. The specials on alcoholic drinks come amid several [free food promotions](http://time.com/4261720/chipotle-burritos-free/ "undefined") by the company to bring back customers after Chipotle battled an E. Coli outbreak last year. The fast food chain offered customers a chance to win a year’s worth of [free meals](http://time.com/4326375/chipotle-burritos-free-year/ "undefined") in May, and is currently offering a “Chiptopia Summer Rewards” program, in which winners can [earn free burritos](https://www.chipotle.com/chiptopia "undefined") and enter to win a grand prize of free burritos for a year. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4447697/chipotle-alcohol-booze-happy-hour/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4447697/chipotle-alcohol-booze-happy-hour/"},"headline":"Chipotle Is Offering Discounted Booze to Bring Back Customers","datePublished":"2016-08-11T00:23:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:54:30.817Z","description":"The alcoholic drink specials come after several free food promotions by the company","url":"https://time.com/4447697/chipotle-alcohol-booze-happy-hour/","keywords":["Fast Food"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b51aa3c75c34996/6988a1f7fb4eac4ffc88eb55/chipotle-alcohol-deals.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b51aa3c75c34996/6988a1f7fb4eac4ffc88eb55/chipotle-alcohol-deals.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. 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