California Tortilla

California Tortilla Group, Inc.
	A California Tortilla in Montgomery County, Maryland.
Trade name	California Tortilla
Company type	Private
Industry	Restaurant Franchising
Genre	Fast casual
Founded	August 4, 1995; 30 years ago; Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
Founders	Pam Felix; Alan Cohen
Headquarters	Potomac, Maryland, U.S.
Number of locations	39 in U.S. as of Jan 2020; franchised since 2003
Area served	Washington metropolitan area; Delaware Valley (NJ & PA); North Jersey; South Carolina; South Hampton Roads (VA);
Key people	Jennifer Rorie (CEO); Aaron Goldberg (Director); Sara Mahaffey (Director of marketing)
Products	Mexican-style food such as Burritos, salads, etc.
Services	Catering
Revenue	US$99.627 million (2021)
Number of employees	654 (2021)
Website	californiatortilla.com

California Tortilla, also known as Cal Tort, is an American chain of franchised fast casual Mexican-style restaurants, the first of which was opened in August 1995 in Bethesda, Maryland by business partners Pam Felix and Alan Cohen.^[1] The chain's menu is comparable to that of its competitors, such as Baja Fresh and Chipotle Mexican Grill.^[2] A typical restaurant has 2,500 square feet (230 m²) with seating for 75 people.^[1] California Tortilla was voted by readers of Washingtonian magazine as having the best burritos in both 2009^[3] and 2010,^[4] and "best Mexican" in 2014^[5] and 2015.^[6] In 2019, it was awarded Best Fast Casual by Washington City Paper readers.