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Tacos El Gavilan, Inc, [1] also known as Tacos Gavilan [1] or formerly Tacos El Gavilan, [1] is a Mexican fast food restaurant chain founded in Los Angeles, California, in 1992. [2] Its headquarters are in Vernon, California. [3] As of 2021, Tacos Gavilan has 14 restaurants [4] located in California, all of which are family-owned. [5]
Roberto's Taco Shop was founded in 1964, by Roberto Robledo (1928–1999) and his wife Dolores (1930–2020). [2] [3] They had immigrated from Mexico to California in the 1950s.
At one time, this chain had as many as 120 locations throughout the United States and was the second largest full-service Mexican restaurant chain within the United States during the late 1990s, second only to Chi-Chi's. [2] The chain had 34 restaurants in 14 states when it was acquired in 2014 by Food Management Partners. [3]
The first Pink Taco restaurant was opened in 1999 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Paradise, Nevada. [1] [2] A second location in Scottsdale, Arizona met with controversy and remained open for less than three years, between 2006 and 2009. A third location opened on June 28, 2007 in Century City, Los Angeles, California. [3]
The location had most recently been a Howard Johnson's coffee shop and reopened as a more casual version of the famous eatery with a large painted derby hat gracing the exterior walls. [37] In 1987 Scharfe told the Los Angeles Times that he had plans to open additional Brown Derby restaurants in Palm Springs, Honolulu, and Vancouver. [36]
Naugles was a Southern California fast-food Mexican restaurant chain that existed from 1970 to 1995. A revived Naugles chain was established in 2015 by entrepreneur Christian Ziebarth, after it was ruled that the trademarks had been abandoned by the original company's successor, Del Taco.
La Salsa is a chain of fast-casual Tex Mex restaurants founded in Los Angeles, California in 1979, headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona and is owned by Canadian franchisor MTY Food Group. [1] The chain emphasizes fresh ingredients, and each restaurant features a self-serve salsa bar.
By 1979, the chain had expanded throughout northern Mexico. On December 8, 1980, Ochoa opened his first U.S. restaurant in Los Angeles, California, at 503 Alvarado Street, near Sixth Street. [8] [9] The first American location was only 1,500 square feet (140 m 2) and it grossed more than $125,000 per month during its first year of operation. [10]