Talk:Freebirds World Burrito

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Freebirds World Burritos now have outlets in London, England such as it's Exmouth Market outlet and perhaps this should be mentioned in the article.

--90.211.214.120 (talk) 12:34, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

We have a Freebirds burrito restaurant here in Isla Vista. Does anyone know if it is the same company? Revolver 02:00, 9 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I read something about the current owner purchasing franchise rights from someone in California, but I don't know anything about it (and can't find any verification). *shrug* RadicalBender 02:10, 9 Mar 2004 (UTC)
The logo "Freeb!rds" is the same. 169.231.3.17 07:50, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

I've only visted the one in College Station once, but I recall they don't use "chump change." They round to the nearest quarter or $0.50. Can someone clarify this and add it?

  • in the early 1990s, with the Cold War only recently subsided, the figure on the motocycle in the College Station restaurant was an East German refugee jumping the Berlin Wall with burrito in hand, and there used to be mock East German border guards reacting with shock at the "escape". This changed sometime in the mid-to-late 1990s, as the Cold War faded into memory (and fewer students having living memory of the USSR-USA world rivalry).

The first paragraph of this article is confusing and self-contradictory. Early on it says that Dube founded his first Freebirds resteraunt in College Station, Texas. A few sentences later it says that Dube founded the first Freebirds in Isla Vista, California. Could someone determine the correct answer and clean up the paragraph?--Raguleader 04:46, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

This article is in embarrassingly bad shape.

The one in Isla Vista was first according to the corporate website. And unless someone can demonstrate that Freeb!rd's was founded by "Mark Orfalea" (Paul Orfalea's brother?) I am removing that line.

Mark Orfalea is a cousin of Paul Orfalea, Kinko's founder. Mark is also a strong chess player, senior master strength.--71.132.197.121 (talk) 10:00, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Some sources

Here's a source for Mark Orfalea founding Freebirds: Here You have to scroll a little bit, but here's what your probably looking for: "...Freebirds is also open way late for students coming back to earth after prolonged cramming sessions. Founder/owner Mark Orfalea..."

And here's an interesting article related to the massive crowds.Here --Mattvolp 16:21, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Information on Freebirds being sold in 2007: [1] Scroll down to July 27, 2007.

Information on Freebirds expanding. (Prior to being sold in 2007.) Also, the Pierre Dube is quoted with saying that "Freebirds has served more than 5 million customers." (As of July 21, 2002.) [2] The article doesn't exist anymore on its own, but I found it via web archives. I'm not sure if you can still cite it, but I don't see why not. --mattvolp 01:44, 6 November 2007 (UTC)