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title: "NRN: High Bluff acquires Taco Del Mar"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/e98170a0-a206-4d46-b334-51d559749363
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/nrn-high-bluff-acquires-taco-del-mar-2707085
category: "Mexican"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Mexican"
topics: ["Finance & M&A"]
published: 2018-07-09T21:16:57.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:35:55.276Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/4da7471531fc232bebe0ddd0eb179f7a462.jpg
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# NRN: High Bluff acquires Taco Del Mar

**TL;DR:** High Bluff Capital Partners has acquired Taco Del Mar from Franchise Brands LLC, expanding its platform in the mid-market restaurant franchise segment. The acquisition follows High Bluff's completion of its acquisition of Quiznos' parent company QCE LLC in June.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2018-07-09. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/nrn-high-bluff-acquires-taco-del-mar-2707085).*

## Story

Today *Nation's Restaurant News* announced High Bluff Capital Partners has acquired the Taco Del Mar from Franchise Brands LLC. The acquisition came after High Bluff completes its acquisition of Quiznos' parent company QCE LLC in June.

“We see tremendous opportunity to continue to build out our platform in the mid-market restaurant franchise segment, which has many regionally strong concepts with significant growth potential,” said Gerry Lopez, High Bluff operating partner, in a statement.

Taco Del Mar opened its first restaurant in 1992 in Seattle and currently has more than 100 franchise locations in North America.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- private equity (topic)
- acquisition (topic)
- restaurant franchise (topic)
- Quiznos (company)
- High Bluff Capital Partners (investor)
- High Bluff Capital Partners acquisition of Quiznos (deal)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/nrn-high-bluff-acquires-taco-del-mar-2707085). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/e98170a0-a206-4d46-b334-51d559749363).