Moe’s Southwest Grill
5620 Glenridge Dr NE, Atlanta, GA 30342-1334
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Approximately 95-100% of the Moe’s Southwest Grill restaurant locations are linked in the Atlas Research Platform.
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Moe’s Southwest Grill began in 2000 and is headquartered at 5620 Glenridge Drive NE in Atlanta, Georgia. The company operates a single fast casual restaurant concept. GoTo Foods is the parent company, and Roark Capital Group is its ultimate parent. Its cuisine is Mexican/Latin. Menus include made-to-order burritos, bowls, quesadillas, nachos and other Southwestern food. Locations serve lunch and dinner, and many also provide catering. Almost all restaurants are operated by independent franchisees. A typical Moe’s has about 90 seats and occupies approximately 2,500 square feet. Traditional restaurants generally include dining areas, while inline, campus and other nontraditional formats can use smaller footprints, shared seating or a greater emphasis on pickup and digital ordering.
Moe’s Southwest Grill Growth History
Restaurant Vector™
Moe’s Southwest Grill Vector Profile
Restaurant Vector™ follows selected historical U.S. new-opening signals to show when activity concentrates across multiple states. Moe’s early multi-state buildout in 2004–2005 is followed by renewed reach in 2013–2014 and continuing evidence into 2026.
For investors and sales teams, Vector puts clusters of restaurant-opening evidence alongside widening multi-state reach to help time diligence or outreach.
Historical activity view · Current restaurant footprint appears in the Enterprise Snapshot above.
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Vector readout: The 2004–2005 window brings 50+ dated opening signals across 10+ states. Renewed multi-state activity in 2013–2014 is followed by another concentrated signal period in 2016–2017, showing continued buildout across the established footprint.
RestaurantData source trail: Archived weekly development reports draw on sources from each period, including legal and license filings, DBA and LLC registrations, alcohol-license records, building permits and local publications. The dashed line continues those records and adds researched opening years from Atlas by RestaurantData™.
Restaurant location examples along the expansion arc
- 2002Moe’s Southwest Grill
3670 Lorna Rd
Hoover, AL 35226
Jefferson County - 2005Moe’s Southwest Grill
6739 W Jefferson Blvd
Fort Wayne, IN 46804
Allen County - 2010Moe’s Southwest Grill
225 Palm Bay Rd NE
West Melbourne, FL 32904
Brevard County - 2014Moe’s Southwest Grill
359 Blackwell St
Durham, NC 27701
Durham County - 2020Moe’s Southwest Grill
894 Thornton Rd
Lithia Springs, GA 30122
Douglas County - 2026Moe’s Southwest Grill
4206 Merle Hay Rd
Urbandale, IA 50310
Polk County
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RestaurantData U.S. location research. Rounded-down bands summarize selected historical new-opening signals and states with signals, not a complete count of openings or operating units. Year labels reflect development record years or researched opening years. The arc is illustrative and has no operating-unit scale. Documentation varied by jurisdiction during the pandemic and its aftermath, particularly in 2020–2024. The 2026 segment is year to date through September; the six examples are recently verified-open restaurants.
The six displayed restaurant examples were cross-checked against Google Maps on November 3, 2026 and showed operating listings. Their year labels identify historical research periods or researched opening years, separate from this status check.
Historical reference: Moe’s Southwest Grill in the 2009 Fast Casual Landscape report on RestaurantChains.net.
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