Awards Since 1995
Tijuana Flats . . . Established 1995
1998 Grand Champion Reno, Nevada Hot Sauce Show
1999 Triple Hot Scovie Award Winner National Fiery Foods Show
1999 3rd Place - XX Hot Category International Fiery Foods Challenge
1999 Zagat Survey Reviewed - University location Zagat
2001 Zagat Survey Reviewed - University, Lake Mary & Hunt Club locations Zagat
2002 1st Place Winner & 2nd Place People's Choice Award Winner Chillie Pepper Magazine
2002 Fiery Foods Challenge: 3rd Place - XX Hot; 2nd Place, Super Hot Division Chillie Pepper Magazine
2003 1st Place Winner Zesty Food Show, Ft. Worth, Texas
2005 #1 Best Mexican Restaurant Florida: a magazine of the Orlando Sentinel
2006 "Best Mexican Restaurant" Orlando Weekly's "Best of Orlando"
2006 "#2 Best Mexican Restaurant" & "Best of Seminole Food Awards" Seminole Magazine
2006 Winner of 4 Eat & Ear Awards for Creative Excellence in Advertising Nation's Restaurant News
2006 People's Voice Award Winner The Webby Awards
2006 Gold ADDY - Creative Excellence National ADDY Awards
2006 Gold ADDY - Spec Ad Winner National ADDY Awards
2006 Gold ADDY - Gift Cards Winner National ADDY Awards
2006 City's Best - Orlando Area AOL City Guide
2006 Best Website Pixel Awards
2007 The Future 50 - Ranked 4th Restaurant ~ Business Magazine
2007 Best Mexican in Orlando ~ WESH-2 & CW A-List
2007 Best Taco or Burrito ~ The Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards
2007 City's Best Cheap Eat ~ Orlando Area AOL City Guide
2007 City's Best Mexican - Orlando Area AOL City Guide
2007 Most Outrageous Label "Smack My Sweet Ass & Call Me Sally!" ~ Fiery Foods Magazine
2007 Brian Wheeler - Top Business Visionary Orlando Industry Magazine
2008 Restaurant Neighbor Award National Restaurant Association
2008 Best Mexican in Orlando ~ WESH-2 & CW A-List
2008 Best Lunch ~ The Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards
2008 Best Taco or Burrito - The Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards
2008 City's Best Cheap Eats - Orlando Area ALL City Guide
2008 City's Best Mexican - Orlando Area AOL City Guide
2008 City's Best Mexican ~ 3rd Place ~ Tampa Area AOL City Guide
2009 First Place, Critics Choice: Best Tex-Mex Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards
2009 Runner Up: Best Mexican Orlando Sentinel Foodie Awards
2009 Best Mexican/Tex-Mex ~ Orlando Magazine
AND in JULY 2008 the MAYOR of ORLANDO ISSUED a PROCLAMATION DECLARING JULY 28th TIJUANA FLATS DAY in the CITY of ORLANDO