On August 7th the Dulles Airport Chipotle location opens. This is great news to all of the passengers who will be flying on one of the airport’s 1,200 daily flights. However, there is a much more interesting aspect of this particular Chipotle thanks to its airport real estate - it has to serve breakfast.

Other staple franchises have found ways to accommodate this… For instance Quizno’s makes sub length toasted breakfast sandwiches for morning travelers. Five Guys lets you top one of their delicious burgers with fluffy scrambled eggs. Even Auntie Anne’s makes Bacon, Egg, & Cheese Pretzel Pockets.

We might be able to predict what Chipotle will do based upon what another burrito business has done to address the hunger pains of morning flyers. California Tortilla, located in concourse C, offers a variety of breakfast burritos, pop tarts,  yogurt, and even beer in the morning. This is not quite as revolutionary considering the variety of CT’s ever-changing menu compared to the staple and very few offerings made by its competitor Chipotle, a restaurant that prides itself on having a menu that hasn’t changed substantially in its 15+ years. Even later this summer when Chipotle unveils its “new” menu, the only major change is the addition of soup offerings.

Now, Chipotle is free to simply offer its tasty menu all-day and label it “breakfast” before 10:30 AM but something tells me that they will take a chance on placing an asterisk on the Dulles location and try using the grill for more than just Chicken and Steak. I know how a breakfast version of the overstuffed Chipotle burrito tastes and it’s heaven. One morning a few years back I brought with me a bag of scrambled eggs to the Tyson’s Corner location and they happily spooned them on to my steak burrito. The combination, paired with maple syrup and original Tabasco sauce, lived up to the wet dream of how I had imagined it would taste.

I have actually booked a flight leaving Dulles on August 7th (no not just because of this, but buying a 200-mile roundtrip ticket to Harrisburg just to find out what the menu board will reveal doesn’t seem crazy to me) and so I’ll find out opening day if “Breakfast Bacon and Sausage Burrito, Blackbeans” will be fair game when ordering Chipotle at 8:00AM.