Tijuana Flats files for bankruptcy, plans to close 11 restaurants

The Tijuana Flats in the College Park neighborhood in Orlando. (Copyright 2024 by WKMG ClickOrlando - All rights reserved.)

Tijuana Flats will be closing 11 restaurants across the state of Florida and will file for bankruptcy, according to a news release.

The Central Florida based restaurant chain is under new ownership with Flatheads LLC.

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According to a news release, the sale and filing are the culmination of a strategic review that started in Nov. 2023 when the company began exploring various options which had included a potential sale.

The change marks a new chapter for the organization which was founded nearly 30 years ago.

Tijuana Flats is a fast-casual Tex-Mex restaurant founded in 1995 in Winter Park, Florida.

It currently has 65 company-owned locations throughout Florida, along with 26 franchised restaurants located in Florida, Alabama, North Carolina, and Tennessee.


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