Taco Mac has closed its location in the MARTA-adjacent Lindbergh City Center, citing "safety challenges in the parking garage" and the "recent uptick of crime in Buckhead" among other reasons for the closure. The Atlanta-based chain had operated the location at 573 Main Street since the project debuted in 2006 and was the longest-running, continuously operating restaurant tenant in the development.
Taco Mac was in early 2018 sold by Dallas-based private equity firm CIC Partners to a team of independent investors and experienced restaurateurs led by Atlanta resident and longtime Taco Mac guest Harold Martin, Jr. The Lindbergh closure marks the second Atlanta area Taco Mac to be closed under the current ownership following the April 2018 closure of the Taco Mac at CNN Center in Downtown Atlanta after ten years in business. The company also closed restaurants in Cary and Charlotte, North Carolina in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
This past August, Taco Mac opened a new location on Lawrenceville-Suwanee Road in Lawrenceville, marking the chain's first new restaurant since 2017. This past April, the company opened a new location in Hiram.
The closure announcement did offer some good news: "We are gearing up to venture into many new Georgia communities... with the projected opening of 5 new restaurants in 2022."
Taco Mac currently operates 27 locations in Georgia as well as a single unit in Chattanooga.
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