Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.'s first Digital Kitchen restaurant will open later this month in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio featuring a Chipotlane and walk-up window for digital order pickup.

The store, at 994 Graham Road, has a smaller footprint than the brand's traditional stores and no dine-in access or even a front line, according to a press release.

The kitchen has a make line dedicated to digital orders placed through the Chipotle app and Chipotle.com, as well as marketplace partners. Guests and delivery drivers can collect their digital orders through the Chipotlane drive-thru or walk-up window. The restaurant will offer patio seating for guests.

"Chipotlanes are a key growth strategy for the brand," Tabassum Zalotrawala, chief development officer, Chipotle, said in the release. "Our portfolio of approximately 300 Chipotlanes perform with the highest margins across the board, so we continue to evolve our restaurant design with formats such as the Chipotlane Digital Kitchen to best suit our growing digital business."

Launched early 2018, the Chipotlane format continues to enhance access, ease and satisfaction for guests while demonstrating strong performance. New restaurants featuring a Chipotlane open with approximately 15% higher sales compared to non-Chipotlanes opened during the same period, according to the release.

To date, Chipotle has reconfigured 12 of its existing restaurants to feature the digital order pickup lane.

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