If you are looking for information on the Barrio Burrito Bar franchise business opportunity, Barrio Burrito Bar franchises or Barrio Burrito Bar franchising, then you have come to the right place.
Barrio Burrito Bar is a fast-casual Mexican restaurant offering fresh, made-to-order Tex-Mex cuisine with more protein, topping, and sauce options than competitors - all within a compact, low-overhead, and labor-efficient franchise model.
About Us
In 2005, Alex Shtein opened the first barBURRITO Fresh Mexican Grill in Toronto, Canada featuring high quality, fresh, made to order burritos, bowls, tacos, quesadillas, sides and drinks. Based on its success and the market demand, we started franchising in 2009.
Since its inception, barBURRITO has grown to over 360 locations in Canada from coast to coast, earning the status as the market leader and Canada's largest and fastest growing Mexican food franchise.
Based on our overwhelming success in Canada, in 2020, we expanded into the USA and opened our first unit in Michigan under the name BURRITObar. In 2024, we rebranded to Barrio Burrito Bar.
In the United States, we are expanding though Master Franchise Agreements & Multi-Unit Franchise Agreements and we are currently seeking high caliber franchise candidates who are like minded and aligned with our core values to become franchise partners and grow with us.
Presently, we have well over 1,000 contractually committed franchised units throughout the United States.
Collectively, barBURRITO and Barrio Burrito Bar are two of North America's largest and fastest growing Mexican food franchises and Barrio Burrito Bar is ideally positioned for explosive growth in the limited fast-casual Mexican food segment throughout the United States!
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