In late 2016, Slater sold all six Slater’s 50/50 restaurants to Elite Restaurant Group with hopes of a future national expansion. In late 2019, Slater opened two fast-casual concepts side-by-side in the University City area of La Jolla - burrito-focused Spitfire Tacos and build your own salad & bowls eatery Head Lettuce. Slater also opened the central cocktail bar called Understory in partnership with Le Parfait Paris at Del Mar's new restaurant collective The Sky Deck. He is also in the process of opening a 24-hour, multi-concept restaurant hall dubbed Mission + Garnet at the former Denny's location in San Diego's Pacific Beach.
Slater's Spitfire Tacos concept will soon install in the long dormant space that last housed Enclave Adventurous Superfood inside the Juneshine Ranch tasting room & brewery in San Diego's Scripp Ranch. Sited within the 24,000 square-foot warehouse that long housed Ballast Point Brewing Old Grove facility, the new Spitfire Tacos will serve a non-traditional menu of tacos, burritos, bowls, and loaded totchos. The eatery is also anticipated to sell a variety of salads from sister-concept Head Lettuce.
The new Spitfire Tacos is anticipated to open at some point this February at 10051 Old Grove Road in San Diego's Scripps Ranch. For more information, visit spitfiretacos.com.
