TAMPA, Florida – Central Florida-based Tijuana Flats filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and has closed 11 restaurants this week.
“The decision to close restaurants, though difficult, was a result of a unit-by-unit analysis of financial performance, occupancy costs, and market conditions,” the Tex-Mex restaurant company stated in a release.
“Tijuana Flats will continue to provide full support to its franchisees and its remaining locations will continue to operate as usual.
Tijuana Flats was 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.