Tilted Kilt Facts

• The original Tilted Kilt Concept was developed in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2003.
• Let's Eat, Inc., owners Mark DiMartino, John Reynaud, and Shannon Reilly, opened the first one in the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas.
• Ron Lynch of Tempe, Arizona, acquired the majority rights to the concept through a joint venture with the Let's Eat owners and developed the franchise concept.
• The franchise system is operated by the Tilted Kilt Franchise Operating LLC, Tempe, Arizona.
• The second store to open was the Tempe Tilted Kilt. It opened in the summer of 2005.
• The third Tilted Kilt opened in Round Rock, Texas, an Austin suburb in late 2005.
• A typical Tilted Kilt is about 6000 square feet in size.
• The pubs are decorated with authentic Scottish, Irish, English and early American artifacts and artwork.
• A full set of English armor stands in one corner of the Tempe Tilted Kilt.
• More than 100 potential franchisees were lined up to receive information when the franchise concept was released on the market in March 2006.
• The Tilted Kilt plaid or tartan is unique and is in the process of being registered with the World Tartan Registration office in Scotland.
• The Scottsdale Tilted Kilt opened in June of 2006.