Tortilla Mexican Grill secures planning approval for Belfast restaurant
The Californian-style Mexican restaurant chain will no press in with plans for a venue doing 50 covers on the ground floor, creating around 20 jobs.
Belfast City Council signed off on the proposal by the London-based FTSE-listed firm to redevelop the Arthur Square restaurant.
The listed Mayfair Building, located between Victoria Square shopping complex and Cornmarket was recently used by Google and shoe retailer Hotter but has been vacant since October 2020.
Founded in October 2007 by San Francisco natives Brandon and Jen Stephens, Tortilla is the UK’s largest fast-casual Mexican restaurant brand, offering a high-quality, affordable and freshly prepared California-style Mexican menu. in, self-serve, take away, meal kit, click and collect and delivery options.
They now boast more than 50 Tortilla restaurants across the UK, 10 sites in Dubai and Saudi Arabia, cloud kitchen estate and exclusive delivery partnership with Deliveroo.
While the brand has expanded to more than 700 employees globally, Tortilla’s 2007 mission of providing a fun, high-quality and affordable grab-and go lunch or late-night meal remains the same.
The company went public in September 2021 and now has a market capitalisation of around £35 million.
Earlier this month, Tortilla Mexican Grill told investors it is facing a full-year hit of more than £2 million from soaring protein and energy costs.
