Scottsdale lost one of its warmest rooms this month. Old Town Tortilla Factory served its final dinner on August 1. The restaurant shared the news with guests in a short farewell message. Moreover, the timing caught nearly everyone off guard.
The restaurant had gone dark for a routine summer break on June 30. Regulars expected the patio to reopen August 3. However, word of the closure arrived three days early, and it was permanent. Thirty years ended in a single social post.
A Landmark Hiding in Plain Sight
Old Town Tortilla Factory opened in 1996 at 6910 East Main Street. The building was already old, an adobe home dating to the 1930s. Chad Flaum bought the restaurant roughly five years later. In recent years, his son James helped run the place…