Chipotle building site in Houma

A construction worker removes concrete Wednesday to make way for the foundation of a new Chipotle restaurant at 1727 Martin Luther King Blvd. in Houma.

Chipotle Mexican Grill will open its first Houma restaurant later this year.

Construction is underway at 1727 Martin Luther King Blvd. The restaurant is expected to open by the end of 2014, a company spokesman confirmed.

Details about the specific opening date and available jobs will become available later this year.

Chipotle serves made-to-order burritos and fresh Mexican cuisine and specializes in the use of locally sourced and organic ingredients.

The menu features burritos, burrito bowls, tacos and salads. Customers can choose the meat braised carnitas, barbacoa, adobo-marinated grilled chicken, or steak and other ingredients in each order.

The Denver, Colorado-based company plans to open its Houma store as part of a 180- to 195-restaurant expansion this year. It operates over 1,600 locations around the world.

Chipotle has three locations in Louisiana, one in Baton Rouge, one in Harahan and one in Shreveport.

In the first three months of this year Chipotle opened 44 restaurants and saw revenues increase 24 percent to $902 million.

Chipotle is the fourth restaurant to enter the local scene in recent weeks.

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