Today, the restaurant support and training center is located at the Tijuana Flats HQ in Maitland, FL In 2007, Tijuana Flats shifted from a franchise model to corporate-owned stores. In 2005, Tijuana Flats built its training center for restaurant managers in Winter Park. Tijuana Flats had six locations by 2001, which grew to 18 locations in 2004 and 65 by 2009. When the fourth location opened, the founder's dad, Chester Wheeler, was reimbursed for his $20,000 loan used to start the company and joined as the CFO. In 1999, Fitch invested in the company and was appointed its CEO to expand the company. I added a mildly hot salsa and devoured the entire bowl.After the third location was opened, a semi-retired restaurant executive, Camp Fitch, was invited to Tijuana Flats by his golf partner.

Ingredients include light salsa based rice, black beans, hand-made pico, fresh guacamole & green onions & served in a bowl. This is basically a large burrito without the tortilla. They have a nice salsa bar with a guides to how hot each one is – and hot is very hot! Our All White Chicken Breast, Carnitas and Steak are Hormone Free.You can view all their nutrition and allergen information here.

The restaurant promises fresh food with healthy options available. Service was very good once the servers bring you your meal they check on you periodically to see if you need anything else, like a drink refill. Given the type of restaurant this is, the atmosphere is really what you would expect.

The view in the Cary, NC location is of a parking lot and Trader Joe’s, but the nice weather compensated for the lack of atmosphere. You order at the cash register and someone brings your order to your table – at the location I went to I sat outside as it was pretty busy and noisy inside. Tijuana Flats is a fast casual chain restaurant with many locations including Florida, North Carolina, Indiana, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

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