Hot Head Burritos

Hot Head Burritos
Private
Founded Dayton, Ohio, United States (March 2007 (2007-03))
Founder
  • Cynthia Wiley
  • Raymond Wiley
Headquarters Dayton, Ohio, United States
Number of locations
 55 restaurants (2014)
Area served
 United States
Website HotHeadBurritos.com

Hot Head Burritos is a restaurant chain based in Dayton, Ohio. The restaurant specializes in Mexican-style burritos and other Mexican-style foods. Hot Head Burritos was ranked by AOL.com in 2009 as one of America's next big chains.[1] In 2011, Hot Head Burritos was named 41st on FastCasual's list of 2011's Top 100 Movers and Shakers.[2]

History

The company's main competition are other similar chains such as Denver-based Chipotle Mexican Grill, which has nearly 800 U.S. locations and nine Dayton area stores. The company hopes to exceed the number of Chipotle restaurants by 2014.[1] The company plans to continue to add more restaurants in the Dayton region.[3][4][5] They have also announced plans to expand into Kentucky and Cincinnati.[6] In 2011, Hot Head announced plans to move into the Columbus, Ohio market. The company in planning for up to 50 restaurants in the Columbus area.[7] On September 21, 2011, Hot Head Burritos opened their first store in the Columbus area located in the Columbus suburb of Hilliard. In November 2011, the restaurant signed a deal for more than 30 additional Ohio locations.[8] As of November 2011, the restaurant had 21 locations on Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. Hot Head Burritos operates as a franchise with their headquarters located in Kettering, Ohio, a suburb of Dayton. In March 2012, Hot Head Burritos opened a location in Eaton, Ohio.

Menu

The restaurant offers a customizable menu of burritos, nachos, bowls, and quesadillas with a variety of vegetables, proteins, and many different sauces. The proteins include chicken, steak, pork, taco meat, and barbacoa. Vegetarian options are also available. The house-made "Hot Head Sauce" is the most popular and in the middle of the spectrum of spiciness.[9] In all they offer over a dozen sauces from which customers can choose.[10]

Kids Meals

There are 5 options for kids meals and all come with a small drink and a cookie. The options include Li'l burrito, Li'l bowl, Li'l nachos, tacos(2), and cheese quesadilla.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 Demeropolis, Tom (2009-02-13). "Hothead burning up competition - Dayton Business Journal:". Bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  2. ↑ "Top 100 ranking" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  3. ↑ "Hothead Burritos to open in Troy - Dayton Business Journal:". Dayton.bizjournals.com. 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  4. ↑ Maurer, Katie (2007-12-21). "New recipe for success - Dayton Business Journal:". Dayton.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  5. ↑ "Restaurant chain opens near UD, will open 3 more". Cox Ohio Publishing. 2009-03-25. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
  6. ↑ Demeropolis, Tom (19 April 2010). "Dayton burrito shop rolls into Cincinnati market". Business Courier. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "Hothead Burritos rolling into Columbus area - Dayton Business Journal:". Dayton.bizjournals.com. 2011-08-16. Retrieved 2011-08-17.
  8. ↑ "Hot Head Burritos inks deal for 30 Ohio locations - Dayton Business Journal:". Dayton.bizjournals.com. 2011-11-15. Retrieved 2011-11-17.
  9. ↑ "Hot Head Burritos website". Hot Head Burritos. Retrieved Nov 2, 2011.
  10. ↑ http://hotheadburritos.com/HotHeadFax1.pdf
  11. ↑ http://www.hotheadburritos.com/menu

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