Tortilla Factory - Re-opening?? Could It Be True!!!
Yes...it may be true...
There is a team of investors developing a business model to determine if it is viable to reopen under new management while keeping the traditional menu and other great traditions that were lost at the end.
The name has been secured and recipes come from one of the original owners -when things were really good!
Looking into the original space and will keep everyone posted.
We would love to start a mailing list of interested patrons.
The Tortilla Factory, Inc. - old skool
Roger Gaffey
10:46 am on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Oh please let it be true!!
Linda Downer
11:04 am on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
The Tortilla Factory the way it used to be? That would be wonderful! Go for it, and GOOD LUCK!
jan
12:46 pm on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Yeah, team of investors! Tomorrow would be grea!
Carol Bruce
3:56 pm on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
I will certainly be there if it reopens! Keeping my fingers crossed!!!!
karen lawson
4:43 pm on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Please, Oh Please let this be true! Bring back a Herndon Tradition!
Leslie Perales Loges
6:44 pm on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Absolutely keep me in the loop, Wally! You can email me directly at Leslie@Patch.com.
Patman Jones
7:15 pm on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
SuareZ. While you're at it, bring back the real Herndon Deli!
Laura Costello
9:03 pm on Tuesday, May 29, 2012
I am so excited!!! Please, Please, Please let this be true!!! I can taste the salsa now:)
Diana Zardeskas
12:28 am on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
We lived in Herndon for 17 years (moved to WA State 14 years ago) . Knowing the Tortilla Factory had closed, there seemed to be nothing to look forward to when we come back to visit. NOW we can look forward to great Tortilla Factory food!
Diana Zardeskas
Michael Heitfield
1:57 pm on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was devastated when I saw that it was closed. I love the Tortilla Factory. The people there always knew what I wanted. Please keep me posted. heitfieldmichael@yahoo.com
heitfieldmichaelkiba1@aol.com
Lisa Womack
8:30 pm on Wednesday, May 30, 2012
I have loved the Tortilla Factory for more than 30 years and considered it and Chuck a part of the family. Few, if any, bigger fans than me and there are no words for how sad I was when it closed. Bring it!!
Carol Conner
11:36 am on Thursday, May 31, 2012
Fantastic news - loved that place so much and now miss it so much. Yes, let it be true - my taste buds are tingling at the very thought.
Lise Donnelly
1:13 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012
I started going to "The Tort" more than 30 years ago, and after I moved away, visited every time I came to town, so I was really sad when it shut down. It re-opening would be the best news EVER!
Chris Burneko
2:42 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012
A nice makeover and attention to detail will make Tortilla Factory my go to joint again. I'd invest in that model.
Laurie Dodd
3:29 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012
Are there still employees from the old management of Tortilla Factory who were not paid for their work? Is there any chance they will be paid?
rufio
4:57 pm on Friday, June 1, 2012
Yes there are!
Douglas Manuel
5:00 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012
Oh my, dare I hope? Please let it be true!
Pat Frank
6:34 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012
Yes, please. How often we miss going to the good ole T-Factory!!
Tammy Shaffer
7:15 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012
i'm in. I'll invest..if i can!
sms
9:47 pm on Thursday, May 31, 2012
But please don't open it back up in that dump of a shopping center. That place is creepy. How about the North Point Center in the old Blockbusters? Or Luau Garden is available....
john chapman
12:59 pm on Sunday, June 3, 2012
No good Mexican food in Herndon since the Factory closed.
Reopen soon.
Mike Rieley
1:29 pm on Monday, June 4, 2012
Great news...we tried to get one last meal the last two weeks it was open, but couldn't get near the place because of popular demand. The Tortilla Factory was the best landmark in Herndon....Hope it is again.
Denise
9:27 am on Thursday, June 7, 2012
Yes, Yes Yes, Please, Please, Please. Even better, open one in Purcellville!!
Alex
4:19 pm on Thursday, June 7, 2012
I worked at Tortilla Factory for long time and I miss it. I would like to be part of the new crew again. I would like to go back to the TF. Please mr Wally let me know when the TF is open. thk
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4:06 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012
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Nancy Webster
7:51 am on Saturday, June 9, 2012
Please have my large, top-shelf marguerita on the rocks waiting - We'll be there!
Jennifer D
3:39 pm on Monday, June 11, 2012
I was so sad to see it was closing. We tried to go there the last weekend and could not get in. I have eaten there for many many years - I love it so much. I would love ot be on a mailing list. Where do I sign up?
Terresa Gayle Rothwell
10:06 pm on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Terri from the original staff wants to hug Steven!! Where are you?
Chris
10:12 pm on Monday, June 18, 2012
Over the last months I have received private e-mails from people asking me if I have the "Salsa Recipe." I do not. People please don`t send me anymore private e-mails asking me if I have the Tortilla Factory`s Salsa Recipe. If I ever do get the famous Salsa Recipe I will immediately post it on here for everyone. If you don`t see the Salsa Recipe posted on The Herndon Patch message board by me you can always safely assume that I don`t have it. Thank You in advance for your understanding and cooperation..
Leslie Perales Loges
11:03 pm on Monday, June 18, 2012
I've had to tell many people who've emailed and contacted me the same thing, Chris. I have not yet heard any information related to the salsa recipe being released, however, if I do I'll make sure to let everyone know both here on Herndon Patch and on the Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/herndonpatch)
cowboy john
8:49 pm on Wednesday, July 11, 2012
The recipes are secured until the Corporation is dissolved. There are no plans to dissolve the Corporation to date. At the moment, no one has the rights to access the recipes. As much as we all love the Tortilla Factory, we need to be patient thru this trauma.
Jackie Neham
8:11 pm on Thursday, July 12, 2012
Pretty pretty please!
Dan
3:27 pm on Friday, July 13, 2012
My favorite restaurant of all time. I travel a lot around the world, and the Tortilla Factory was always the last place I ate before I left and the first I went to when I came home. Please re-open and soon!
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11:50 am on Sunday, July 15, 2012
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M Killmon
2:59 pm on Sunday, July 15, 2012
I live in Fredericksburg, VA...Tortilla Factory was worth the drive up! Please re-open! No one ever got the salsa recipe and we MISS the good food!
Mike Berkemeier
8:15 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
I have the salsa recipe.
(just kidding)
Leslie Perales Loges
8:18 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Shhh! Haha. If you say that you might start getting as many emails and messages as I do asking if you have it or have heard anything.
Mike
9:09 pm on Friday, August 10, 2012
Went to Tio Pancho Mexican Grill tonight, pretty darned good!
erika potter
6:24 pm on Monday, August 13, 2012
The Tortilla Factory salsa recipe can be found here...
https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Nooo-The-Tortilla-Factory-is-closed/279432958794336
Be sure to "like" the page so you can be in the know when more recipes are found!
Kimberley Fox
6:27 pm on Thursday, August 30, 2012
The recipes are "intellectual property" & anyone releasing such property should be prosecuted. They are not available!
Elizabeth
8:38 am on Thursday, August 30, 2012
Oh, please let the Tortilla Factory reopen! I had been one of my favorite eateries!
Susan Taylor
7:41 pm on Thursday, August 30, 2012
If you reopen the TF, I will come! My favorite Mexican restaurant since the early 80's.
Tejmo
11:10 am on Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Been going to the TF since the mid 80's when there was pretty much nothing else around. LOVED the Black Bean Guacamole appetizer and or course the salsa. I am living in Europe and made it a habit to fly through Dulles on my way to wherever I was going and run to the TF during my layover! Much nostalgic value. Even after 15 years abroad the owner would take one look at me and give me the discount without even asking for a card I had long ago lost or tossed.
On the other hand, let us not kid ourselves, the food was generally not very Mexican like. In my opinion, Anita's just down the street offered significantly better food all around. I just enjoyed the aforementioned dip and salsa so much that I remained a regular just for that.
cowboy john
9:04 am on Thursday, October 4, 2012
The TF did have the best guac as well as it's salsas. I miss it's guac. Kimberley Fox is right in her earlier comment about the recipes. Further away than Anita's is la Cochita authentic Mexican Central and South American very good. But still not the TF's salsa and guac.
Monica Savasta
5:50 pm on Monday, October 15, 2012
I'll be there the minute it opens!
Miss everyone there!
Joey Jaron
4:21 pm on Tuesday, October 23, 2012
It was my favorite restaurant. I miss it!
Lisa Hale Borg
9:14 am on Friday, November 9, 2012
Are there any updates? I'd love to see it open up again!
Leslie Perales Loges
2:23 am on Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Haven't heard any more info since these updates. Keeping my ears open though! This week I really, really wanted one of their taco salads.
Thalweg
1:23 pm on Friday, November 23, 2012
Though we left the area in '88, I still keep their discount card in my wallet. We were very disappointed to learn that TTF had closed when we last visited.
Good luck!
Rhonda Melton
10:36 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
Same thing happened to us. When we went for our anniversary we discovered they were closed. It was so disappointing to have the thought of it in your head and almost being able to taste it then to drive up and your night got shattered because it was no longer there.
Rhonda Melton
10:34 pm on Friday, January 11, 2013
We live over 80 miles away PLEASE let it be true! There's no place that even comes close at all! :)
Leslie Perales Loges
1:32 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
Rhonda, unfortunately the folks who posted this back in May haven't shared any other information since, but if Tortilla factory does somehow come back we'll definitely be writing about it on Patch.
Janet Waggoner
9:04 pm on Thursday, February 28, 2013
My husband cooked something tonight that made my house smell like TF and now I SO desperately want some!! :( We moved away in July but will be back in a couple of years and I am stoked at the thought that TF might be back when we return. Please, please, please, please let it be!! :)
Dino Stone
2:40 am on Saturday, March 16, 2013
Have really missed it. Please come back. We really miss the their delicious tacos and taco salad. Good luck. I hope you come back soon. Dino