JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A nationwide chain of fast-casual Tex-Mex eating places abruptly closed 4 of its former places in Jacksonville.
Recognized for its model slogan “Tex-Mex for everybody,” Tijuana Flats closed eating places at 5635 San Jose Blvd. in Lakewood, 11700 San José Blvd. Unit 24 in Mandarin, 13820 Outdated St. Augustine Street in Bartram Park and 5907 Roosevelt Blvd. within the city of Ortega.
The Maitland-based restaurant chain is understood for its made-to-order menu of burritos, tacos, chimichangas, quesadillas, nachos and scorching sauce bar.
A home made signal saying the closure was taped to the entrance door of the Lakewood restaurant on Sunday. Telephone calls to all 4 places had been answered with a recorded message saying that “sadly” the restaurant is now closed and referring callers to different Tijuana Flats eating places.
Restaurant listings have been faraway from the Tijuana Flats web site. Moreover, their Fb pages say the places are “completely closed.”
All 4 had been corporate-owned eating places, state restaurant and company licensing data present.
Tijuana Flats officers couldn’t instantly be reached for remark.
The Bartram Park restaurant opened in 2011, Mandarin in 2017 and Ortega Village and Lakewood in 2018, in response to media experiences and social media posts by the eating places.
The 4 closures symbolize practically a 3rd of Tijuana Flats' 11 places within the Jacksonville space.
In Jacksonville, the Tijuana Flats eating places stay open at 651 Nautica Drive Suite 2 in River Metropolis Market, 2025 Riverside Ave. No. four in 5 Factors, 9942 Outdated Baymeadows Street in Baymeadows and 13529 Seaside Blvd. Suite 201-B in Hodges Station, as proven on the corporate's web site.
Eating places are additionally open at 1647 Nation Street 220 Suite 103 in Fleming Island, 41 Settlement Drive Suite 501 in Ponte Vedra Seaside and 833 S. Ponce de Leon Blvd. Unit three in St. Augustine, in response to the web site.
Earlier this month, one other Tex-Mex favourite, Burrito Gallery, closed its unique restaurant at 21 E. Adams St. in downtown Jacksonville after 18 years. The closing of the Adams Road restaurant took place three months after Burrito Gallery closed its Jacksonville Seaside restaurant at 300 Seaside Blvd., No. 1.
The closure of Tijuana Flats space company eating places follows the closure of three Bojangles eating places final June: 4463 Deerwood Lake Parkway and 13559 Seaside Blvd. in Jacksonville and 492 Blanding Blvd. in Parque Naranja; and two Burger King eating places in October: 210 E. State St. and 1981 Kings Street.
Tijuana Flats, based in 1995 in Winter Park, lists 130 places in six states on its web site.
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