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| Industry | Restaurant |
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| Founded | 21 March 2007; 17 years ago (2007-03-21)[1] |
| Headquarters | Sydney ,Australia |
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Key people | Clovis Young |
| Products | Tacos,burritos, and other Mexican-related fast food |
| Website | madmex madmex |
Mad Mex Fresh Mexican Grill, referred to simply asMad Mex, is an Australian-based multinational chain offast-food restaurants based in Sydney, that purveysMexican cuisine,[2] while the Mad Group own the master franchise for the restaurant in New Zealand.[3]
Mad Mex Fresh Mexican isLucha libre-themed and was voted the best Mexican restaurant nationwide in the Lifestyle Food Awards.[4]
As of October 2022[update], 71 locations are in operation.[5]
Mad Mex opened its first restaurant inDarlinghurst on 21 March 2007.[1]
On 19 September 2019,4Fingers Crispy Chicken announced its acquisition of 50% stake in Mad Mex.[6] As part of the partnership, 4Fingers will initially establish Mad Mex's presence in Southeast Asia and expects to open a number of outlets in Singapore and Malaysia by the end of 2019.[citation needed]
In 2019, Mad Mex opened stores internationally in Singapore and Malaysia.[7]
In 2021, Mad Mex announced that they were once again 100 per cent Australian-owned after the company bought out its 50 per cent Singaporean joint venture partner.[8]
Clovis Young, the co-founder of Mad Mex, grew up in California and Massachusetts before becoming a graduate ofCarnegie Mellon University inPittsburgh.[9]
