Fuzzy’s Taco Shop: 14 Franchise Patios in Four States
Fuzzy’s is a franchise system, so every store belongs to a different owner and every patio was a separate decision. Since 2014 fourteen of those owners, in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado and Missouri, have made the same one. The patios range from a red manual enclosure on a Waco porch to black motorized curtains on a Colorado prairie to the 2023 Oklahoma City store, where yellow motorized curtains sit inside a turquoise breeze-block wall and look like part of the architecture.
What we built
- Customer: Fuzzy’s Taco Shop franchisees, store by store.
- 14 locations: Irving, Lake Worth, Boerne, North Richland Hills, Hewitt, Temple, Waco and Dallas Love Field in Texas; Oklahoma City; Parker, Castle Rock and Fort Collins in Colorado; Columbia, Missouri.
- About 120 panels and 12 doors: motorized curtains with clear windows at Oklahoma City, Columbia, Parker, Castle Rock, Lake Worth and Irving; manual roll-up clear with red or black borders at the rest.
- About 16,000 square feet of enclosure.
- Repeat stores: Irving enclosed in 2014 as a hand-crank high-wind system and rebuilt motorized in 2021.
Location by location
| Location | Installed | What |
|---|---|---|
| Irving | 2014, rebuilt 2021 | 11 hand-crank, then 10 motorized, 2 doors |
| North Richland Hills | November 2016 | 10 manual, 1 door |
| Boerne | 2017 | 11 manual |
| Love Field, Dallas | 2018 | 9 manual |
| Columbia, MO | June 2018 | 7 motorized, 2 double doors |
| Castle Rock, CO | November 2018 | 6 motorized, 2 doors |
| Lake Worth | February 2019 | 6 motorized, 2 steel doors |
| Hewitt | April 2019 | 13 manual, red |
| Waco | April 2019 | 3 manual, red |
| Parker, CO | October 2019 | 10 motorized, 2 doors |
| Fort Collins, CO | October 2019 | 22 manual |
| Oklahoma City | November 2023 | 5 motorized, yellow |
| Temple | January 2024 | 8 manual, black |
Fourteen owners, one process
A franchise patio has no corporate design file to follow, so each owner gets the design consultation, a layout matched to the store’s colors, and a quote they can take to the franchisor. The owners talk to each other. The Colorado stores came in a row in 2018 and 2019, and the Texas owners have kept us on their lists for a decade.
What made this one different
Range. The same company that put red hand-rolled panels on a Waco porch for one owner built the Oklahoma City store’s yellow motorized curtains for another, and Fort Collins got 22 manual panels for a patio that sees Colorado wind. Every one of them is a Fuzzy’s and none of them look alike, which is how a franchise patio should go.
Specs
| System | Motorized curtains with clear windows and manual roll-up panels, framed doors |
| Fabric | Solid vinyl in the store’s color with clear windows, flame-rated to NFPA 701 |
| Largest unit | 22 feet wide (Lake Worth); 15 by 14 feet (Parker) |
| Wind rating | Motorized 65 mph deployed; manual 45 mph tied down |
| Warranty | 5 years on motors, 3 years on workmanship |
| Lead time | About 6 weeks manual, 8 weeks motorized, from deposit |
| Installation | Our own crew in all four states. Outlet locations only; we do not do the electrical. |
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