page_title: Del Taco
section_title: 2010s
hierarchical_section_title: Del Taco / History / 2010s
caption_attribution_description: English: Del Taco in Denton, TX
context_page_description: Del Taco Restaurants Inc. is an American fast food restaurant chain which specializes in American-style Mexican cuisine as well as American foods such as burgers, fries, and shakes. Del Taco is led by CEO John D. Cappasola, Jr., and is headquartered in Lake Forest, California.
context_section_description: Del Taco returned to Texas with a new location in Denton, Texas. W. R. Grace and Company had previously owned and operated locations in Texas with a licensing agreement in 1978, but sold the restaurants to Taco Bell in 1992.
  Guillermo Perales, one of the largest Hispanic restaurateurs in the nation, signed a franchisee agreement in 2011 to open additional locations in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas.
  In March 2012, a location opened in Houston with plans for further expansion in the Houston area (that location was defunct by May 2015), including both Harris County and Montgomery County.
  In December 2012, a Del Taco opened in Cedar Park, Texas.
  In 2013, another opened in Round Rock, Texas.
  In December 2013, Del Taco entered Oklahoma, opening its first store in Moore. In the summer of 2014 they opened a second store in Edmond.
  Del Taco was purchased by Levy Acquisition Corporation and became a public company on June 30, 2015.
caption: The Del Taco in Denton, Texas, which opened in 2010 and closed five years later.
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