Taziki's

Taziki's Mediterranean Café (formerly Taziki's Greek Fare) is a "quick casual" restaurant chain featuring Greek-inspired salads and sandwiches. The original location, opened by Keith Richards in 1998, is at the Shops of Colonnade on Colonnade Parkway. In 2008, Richards opened his 4th Birmingham-area location, followed by two more before the end of 2010. By 2014 the chain had 32 company-owned locations. That year, the chain began courting franchisees to commit to opening at least three restaurants in various markets.

Taziki's was a runner-up in the Birmingham News's 2005 and 2006 Reader's Choice Awards for the category "Best Take-Out".

Birmingham-area locations

• Shops of Colonnade, 3439 Colonnade Parkway, opened 1998
• Mountain Brook Plaza, 2737 U. S. Highway 280, Mountain Brook, opened 2003
• Village at Lee Branch, 601 Doug Baker Boulevard, opened 2004
• Liberty Park Plaza, 4520 Overton Road, Vestavia Hills, opened 2008
• 301 18th Street South in Southside, opened circa 2008
• Chace Landing, 4745 Chase Circle, opened 2010
• 1820 Gadsden Highway, Trussville, opened April 30, 2013

Other locations

• Auburn, Alabama, opened 2014
• Huntsville, Alabama
• Madison, Alabama, opened 2014
• Montgomery, Alabama
• Tuscaloosa, Alabama opened 2011
• Bentonville, Arkansas
• Fayetteville, Arkansas
• Little Rock, Arkansas (2 locations)
• Alpharetta, Georgia, opened 2014
• Sandy Springs, Georgia
• Denver, Colorado
• Cary, North Carolina
• Charleston, South Carolina
• Columbia, South Carolina
• Chattanooga, Tennessee (2 locations)
• Cool Springs, Tennessee
• Hermitage, Tennessee, opened 2014
• Memphis, Tennessee
• Mt Juliet, Tennessee
• Nashville, Tennessee (2 locations)
• Dallas, Texas, opened 2014
• Richmond, Virginia
• University Avenue, Morgantown, West Virginia

References

• Fullman, Lynn Grisard (August 22, 2008) "Food detective." The Birmingham News
• Wolfson, Hannah (August 28, 2008) "Taziki's opening in downtown Birmingham." The Birmingham News
• Cooper, Lauren B. (November 22, 2010) "Taziki's expanding to Tuscaloosa." Birmingham Business Journal
• Poe, Ryan (August 12, 2013) "Taziki's expanding, making odyssey to franchise." Birmingham Business Journal
• Azok, Dawn Kent (February 18, 2014) "What's next for Taziki's? New restaurants, menu changes and the man behind the Birmingham-based chain." The Birmingham News

External links

• Taziki's website
• Review of Taziki's at bhamdining.com