{{Short description|Chain of sports bars based in Atlanta, Georgia}} {{Infobox restaurant | embed = | name = Taco Mac | title = <!-- If embedding use this for secondary small font title --> | logo = Taco Mac Logo.png | logo_width = | logo_alt = | image = Taco Mac, McDonough, Georgia.jpg | image_width = | image_alt = Taco Mac in McDonough, Georgia | image_caption = Taco Mac in McDonough, Georgia | pushpin_map = <!-- Requires {{para|coordinates}}. --> | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | slogan = | established = {{start date|1979}} | closed = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | current_owner = Harold Martin Jr. | previous_owner = | head_chef = | chef = | pastry_chef = | food_type = | dress_code = | rating = | street_address = | city = Atlanta | county = | state = Georgia | country = | coordinates = <!-- {{coord}} --> | seating_capacity = | reservations = | other_label = <!-- replaces "Other information" label --> | other_information = | website = {{URL|https://tacomac.com/}} }}
'''Taco Mac''' is a chain of sports bars based in Atlanta, Georgia. It was founded in 1979 by Greg Wakeham, Lou Chambers, and one other with the chain's original location being in Atlanta's Virginia Highlands neighborhood (Originally founded by Carl D. Jackson, also under the name Taco Mac); this location is now closed as of May 2025. In 2000, Bob Campbell, Joe Ardagna, and Greg Wakeham established Tappan Street Restaurant Group, who expanded the chain to 25 locations in 3 states.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taco Mac Virginia Highlands |url=https://tacomac.com/locations/1006-n-highland-ave-ne-atlanta-ga-30306/ |access-date=2020-06-24 |website=Taco Mac |language=en-US}}</ref> In late 2014, Tappan Street was sold to the Dallas, Texas-based private equity firm CIC Partners. In March 2018, CIC Partners sold Taco Mac to the investor group Fresh Hospitality, whose CEO, Harold Martin Jr., then became the chain's CEO.<ref name="eater">{{Cite web |last=McKibben |first=Beth |date=2018-03-02 |title=Taco Mac Has Been Bought by Local Atlanta Investors |url=https://atlanta.eater.com/2018/3/2/17072604/taco-mac-bought-by-atlanta-investors |access-date=2020-06-24 |website=Eater Atlanta |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Staff |first=M. D. J. |date=2018-03-05 |title=Taco Mac announces new ownership team |language=en |work=Marietta Daily Journal |url=https://www.mdjonline.com/cobb_business_journal/taco-mac-announces-new-ownership-team/article_023d2a72-20b0-11e8-9b33-d7e64ce08936.html |access-date=2020-06-24}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official website|https://tacomac.com/}}
{{Restaurants in Atlanta}}
Category:Restaurants established in 1979 Category:Restaurant chains in the United States Category:1979 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state) Category:Restaurants in Atlanta
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