Beach Burrito Company closes stores in Bondi, Newtown and Canberra

A popular burrito company which had branches in some of Sydney’s busiest seaside suburbs has been forced to close some of its stores.

4 Eyes Pty Ltd, trading as Beach Burrito Company, went into liquidation on Monday.

As a result, Beach Burrito closed its stores in Newtown, Bondi and Canberra.

The Newcastle branch was recently sold to another company, while stores in Dee Why, Coogee, Adelaide and Jindabyne will remain open.

“The combination of Covid, higher interest rates and poor weather conditions were the main factors in the decision,” a company spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia.

The closures will come as a shock to many, with the business having first opened in Bondi in 2007.

It became a hit with locals and tourists alike for its mix of Mexican dishes and cocktails and quickly expanded to ten restaurants across Australia.

Beach Burrito also held daily happy hours and featured live music.

In 2017, the company closed its only Victorian store in Fitzroy, Melbourne.

The store had opened two years earlier and was famous for its own skating bowl.

Diners at Beach Burrito in Glenelg, Adelaide, were horrified in 2021 when a mouse was spotted running down a wall to the floor.

Angus Warren, chief operating officer of Beach Burrito Company, said at the time the restaurant was subject to regular inspections by Town of Holdfast Bay health inspectors, the Adelaide Advertiser reported.

“Over the past seven years we have always enjoyed at least four stars (five being the highest possible rating),” he said.

“I remind everyone that at Beach Burrito we take the health and safety of our customers as our top priority and maintain best food handling practices in our kitchen.”

He said the business was inspected three days after the mouse video.

Mr Warren said he had seen the footage but defended his restaurant, saying rodent infestations were part of running a business in such a populated area.