ROCHESTER — After being in the works for around nine months, the second Rochester Qdoba location is finally open. Minnesota franchisee CMP Foods introduced Qdoba to the Rochester market in 2019, when it opened a restaurant inside the Kahler Grand Hotel in the downtown core. CMP President and co-owner, Mike Cooper, opened his second location at 3660 Sarah Place NW on June 11, 2024.
“We opened the one downtown in 2019,” said Cooper. “We knew that the downtown location would be great for all the people working downtown or people visiting the clinic but pretty inconvenient for most other customers that weren't down there. But we thought this was a great opportunity with our location down there and it'd be a great way to get into the market.
” Qdoba is a popular Mexican chain that has rapidly been spreading. The feedback the first location received was that it was hard to find. Parking is hard downtown and a lot of people didn’t even know they were there.
“A little different scenario than when we opened downtown,” said Cooper. “I think there's still a lot of people who don't even know what we are. There's still a lot of education, which is exciting for us.
This shows that we have a lot of opportunity to grow, and I think this is going to be a great location for people to come out and try our food. It's pretty convenient and has good parking and is a beautiful store.” ADVERTISEMENT Opening day was a success for lunch.
They had people coming in all day and have be.