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title: "Del Taco opens newest location in Tempe, Arizona"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/7b0da31d-c440-4e3f-a602-cef8d45f33a5
source: "Global Franchise"
original_url: https://www.global-franchise.com/news/del-taco-opens-newest-location-in-tempe-arizona
author: "Raghav Patel"
category: "Mexican"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Mexican"
topics: ["Development & multi-unit"]
published: 2022-04-25T08:41:53.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T22:32:56.655Z
image: https://cdn.global-franchise.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/shutterstock_1821556922-1-scaled.jpg
---

# Del Taco opens newest location in Tempe, Arizona

**TL;DR:** Del Taco has opened a new location in Tempe, Arizona, owned and managed by franchisee Dennis Ekstrom of Diamondback LLC. Del Taco Restaurants was acquired by Jack in the Box for $575m in December 2021.

*By Raghav Patel, originally published in Global Franchise on 2022-04-25. [Read the original](https://www.global-franchise.com/news/del-taco-opens-newest-location-in-tempe-arizona).*

## Story

The new restaurant is a short walk from Arizona State University’s campus

Del Taco Restaurants has announced the opening of its newest location in Tempe at 1331 N. Scottsdale Rd. The new location is owned and managed by long-time franchisee, Dennis Ekstrom of the Diamondback LLC franchise organization, and is the first to open a Del Taco location in Tempe.

“The Del Taco brand has been so well received in the Phoenix-metro area, so we are thrilled to open up in a new neighborhood, where Tempe residents and our beloved Sun Devils can get all their Del Taco favorites in an even more convenient spot,” said Ekstrom, CEO of Diamondback LLC, who also owns two additional Arizona locations as well as several in New Mexico.

The new Tempe location will offer the same classics the brand is known for from its chicken to its signature sauce, with each dish freshly prepared.

The Del Taco brand was founded in 1964 and serves three million guests every week across its 600 restaurants, dotted in and amongst 16 states. In December 2021, Del Taco Restaurants was acquired by Jack in the Box for $575m.

## Entities

- Restaurants (sector)
- location expansion (topic)
- Global Franchise (publication)
- franchise investment (topic)
- Raghav Patel (person)
- James Fell (person)
- qsr industry (topic)
- Del Taco (company)
- Jack in the Box (company)
- Tempe, Arizona (location)
- Jack in the Box acquisition of Del Taco (deal)

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Originally reported by Raghav Patel, Global Franchise (https://www.global-franchise.com/news/del-taco-opens-newest-location-in-tempe-arizona). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/7b0da31d-c440-4e3f-a602-cef8d45f33a5).