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Map tiles via MapBox. The original location in Isla Vista , California is owned by the original founder. On July 25, , the restaurant chain in Texas was sold to Orlando Florida-based Tavistock Restaurants, which owns eight other restaurant chains. Tavistock plans to open additional Freebirds in Texas and across the U. He was replaced by the Chief Executive of Tavistock Restaurants, Bryan Lockwood, who maintains full oversight of the concept from California.

That same year he sold the concept and rights to Pierre Dube, a college friend, but still operates the original Freebirds of significantly different style and quality than its newer counterparts.

As of , the Texas or Dube-style Freebirds had expanded to fifteen locations in Texas. Prior to the Tavistock acquisition Freebirds was famous for its "no chump change" policy, in which all prices included tax and were rounded to the nearest quarter, making purchases simple, fast, and convenient, and saving labor since workers didn't have to slow down to make odd change.

But after Tavistock acquired Freebirds it quickly raised prices, stopped including tax, and no longer rounds the prices. Both Chipotle and Qdoba have grown more quickly than Freebirds originally limited only to the College Station area. The atmosphere is relaxed with each restaurant featuring a different signature piece including a mockup of the Statue of Liberty riding a full-sized custom-built motorcycle hanging from the ceiling or a mini roller coaster with Willie Nelson , Racer X and Barbara Bush as passengers.

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