Highlights
- Old Town Tortilla Factory closed permanently on August 1, 2026, after 30 years in business.
- Owner Chad Flaum founded the restaurant in 1996 inside a 1930s adobe home at 6910 E Main St in Scottsdale's Old Town Arts District.
- The closure leaves one of Old Town's signature garden-patio dining rooms without an announced successor or new tenant.
- No reason for the closure has been disclosed in public records; the fate of the lease and liquor license has not been announced.
Old Town Tortilla Factory, the Southwestern restaurant that occupied a 1930s adobe home at 6910 E Main St in Scottsdale's Old Town Arts District, closed permanently on August 1, 2026, after 30 years in operation, as ABC15 and Phoenix New Times both reported.
Chad Flaum founded the restaurant in 1996 and operated it through the closure. The concept was built around handmade tortillas, margaritas, and a Southwestern and Mexican-inspired menu, anchored by an expansive, string-lit outdoor garden patio that made it a standing reservation for special occasions across three decades of Scottsdale's growth.
The 1930s adobe structure at 6910 E Main St is among the older commercial buildings still standing in the Arts District corridor, and the patio footprint it occupied has few equivalents in Old Town at that price tier. No successor tenant, lease transfer, or liquor license reassignment has been announced in public records as of publication.
Why did Old Town Tortilla Factory close?
No reason for the closure has been disclosed in public records or in the restaurant's own announcement. Flaum has not attributed the decision to a lease expiration, sale of the property, or operational factors in any statement available in public records as of August 3, 2026.
The address at 6910 E Main St and the status of the liquor license are worth watching for anyone tracking what replaces one of Old Town's most-booked garden rooms.
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- 12News retrieved 03/08/2026 18:59
- whatnow.com retrieved 03/08/2026 18:59
- oldtowntortillafactory.com retrieved 03/08/2026 18:59
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