Beloved Taco restaurant chain abruptly closes store doors for good as spots dwindle & owner admits r
A TACO chain restaurant known for its cult following has shut one of its location's doors.
Taco Tico has closed one of its Lexington, Kentucky, spots for good.
The restaurant on 212 Southland Drive closed on August 31, according to Lexgo EAT.
Taco Tico is a fast-food Tex-Mex restaurant that has two other locations in Lexington.
Taco Tico’s owner and developer, Lee Greer, said it made more sense to focus on Lexington’s other two locations.
Greer said: “The Southland Tico took significant business from our other two very successful locations at the time it opened, and since.”
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He did not explain why this particular spot shut but said it was not only due to competition.
Lexington has seen multiple Tex-Mex restaurants open in the past four years.
Greer said: “It certainly doesn’t help but we can’t say it’s due to that.”
Taco Tico stated that it would be handing out certificates for free tacos at its other locations, for the next week or so after the store's closure.
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Greer said: “We want to do something nice for them and hope they support the other two locations.”
This is not the first time Taco Tico has reduced its number of restaurants in Lexington.
Taco Tico had a large presence in the area but fell to one singular spot before it was bought out in 2019 by Greer Companies.
The Southland Drive location was opened by the new owners in 2020.
Taco Tico was founded over 60 years ago in 1962 by brothers Dan and Robin Foley in Wichita, Kansas.
Taco Tico is not the only small chain restaurant to close its doors this year.
The U.S. Sun previously reported that Chiefs at Fatz Cafe announced they had permanently closed all of their restaurants.
The popular chain closed over a dozen spots in several states.
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A manager at the Greenville, Tennessee location said that their management had filed for bankruptcy.
The U.S. Sun has reached out to Taco Tico for comment.
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