our story
In a remodeled house on 68th St. in OKC, with a fondness for freshness and a made-from-scratch mentality, Ted’s was born. We’ve been bringing better Mexican to the masses since 1991, and nothing about that has changed (well, we don’t use pagers anymore).
Sure, we’ve added a few more locations to the family. But we still believe in hospitality and good vibes. Handmade meals and happy guests. And that good isn’t good enough. Better Mexican is.
October 3, 1991
Ted’s is born
Ted Curtis opens first Ted’s Cafe Escondido location in a remodeled house on 68th St. in Oklahoma City.
Six months later
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A sea of lawn chairs begins to flood the restaurant lawn each evening as Ted’s becomes an OKC go-to and the waitlist grows.
Y’all like those tortillas
A lot. So we open the Annex at the 68th St. location to keep up with the demand, and cut down on the need for lawn chairs.
90s
Beep us
Our servers get tech savvy – and oh so hip. We introduce pagers to make service faster and more convenient, without sacrificing that Ted’s quality. Time is tortillas, people.
June 2003
Rockin the suburbs
What to do about wait times? Give the people more Ted’s. Our Edmond location opens .
March 2006
Better Mexican in Broken Arrow
Growth! Our fourth location opens with a 100-name wait on day one.
November 2007
College town bound
We move into Sooner territory and open the Norman location.
Spring 2013
More seats, more Setup
Tulsa Hills opens with the most seating to date. That’s 158 people and some serious tortilla math.
April 7, 2014
Full-service, at your service
Del City location opens and we introduce our first ever full-service, sit-down bar.
November 2, 2014
Heading Southwest
New market. Same Ted’s. Our eighth restaurant opens in Lawton.
December 14, 2015
Council Road
Christmas comes early off Council Road with another new location.
March 18, 2017
Double Digits
We officially hit the big 1-0 with the opening of our N. Penn location.
April 9, 2018
Tacos 4 Teachers
10,000, to be exact. We partner with Operation Freedom and the Oklahoma Education Association to provide meals and solidarity for demonstrators at the teacher strike.
September 2018
Ted’s on wheels
Our Taco Truck hits the road for the first time, offering catering on the move.
