Elevated fast-casual brand leans into seafood seasonality, health-forward choices and fan favorites
Birmingham, AL (RestaurantNews.com) Taziki’s Mediterranean Café is reintroducing a guest-favorite grilled fish dish while expanding its core menu with several new additions, reinforcing the brand’s focus on fresh, modern Mediterranean food designed to help guests eat well and live the good life.
The Grilled Fish with Homemade Caper-Dill Sauce – available now through April 5 – is served as a sandwich or a feast, featuring perfectly grilled fish paired with a bright, dill-forward sauce and tangy capers. This light, refreshing dish taps into consumer demand for lean, nutritious protein, making it an ideal option for the Lenten season.
Seafood’s role in better-for-you eating continues to grow, with U.S. dietary guidelines encouraging adults to eat fish regularly for heart, brain and overall wellness benefits.
Beginning Jan. 26, Taziki’s will also roll out a refreshed menu of modern Mediterranean offerings, spotlighting fresh ingredients and globally inspired flavors that appeal to younger diners and support eating well. Highlights include:
Street Gyro – Traditional charbroiled shaved beef and lamb wrapped in a warm, griddled pita and topped with tomato, red onion and Taziki’s signature Taziki sauce.
Turkish Meatballs – Chargrilled lamb meatballs rooted in traditional Turkish preparation, served with feta and warm pita as a feast, or enjoyed gyro-style with Mediterranean garnishes.
Kýpelos Bowl – Taziki’s first-ever customizable bowl with your choice of basmati rice, pasta or protein-rich quinoa, topped with grilled vegetables, crumbled feta, harissa and Taziki sauce, finished with your choice of protein.
These additions align with broader consumer trends: younger diners, particularly Gen?Z and Millennials, are showing strong interest in bold, adventurous flavors and trying new foods and beverages (Food Business News). By expanding its menu with customizable bowls, globally inspired flavors and seafood, Taziki’s is responding to consumer demand for both innovation and health-forward choices, while staying true to its Mediterranean roots.
“We’re eager to welcome back a guest favorite – our Grilled Fish with Homemade Caper-Dill Sauce,” said Dan Simpson, CEO of Taziki’s Mediterranean Café. “Perfectly grilled and paired with a bright sauce and tangy capers, this light, refreshing dish offers a vibrant Mediterranean flavor that longtime fans love – and new guests will be glad to discover. Our refreshed menu includes the bold, craveable flavors of the ever-popular Street Gyro to the warm, spiced richness of our Turkish Meatballs and the customizable Kypelos. It brings together familiar favorites and a fresh variety we know our guests will enjoy.”
With health and flavor top of mind for the new year, seafood and Mediterranean-inspired menu innovations help Taziki’s stay aligned with today’s wellness and flavor trends.
To find a Taziki’s location near you, explore the full menu or stay up to date with the latest brand news and new offerings, visit Tazikis.com.
About Taziki’s Mediterranean Café
Founded by Keith and Amy Richards in 1998, after a trip to Greece where they fell in love with the food and culture, Taziki’s Mediterranean Café is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. Taziki’s is a fresh celebration of the Mediterranean diet with a colorful menu that offers handcrafted, elevated, affordable fare the entire family enjoys. For the ninth year in a row, the Mediterranean diet has been ranked best overall diet in the U.S. News & World Report annual rankings. Much of the original menu is still the same, with added efficiency in the process and technology to make the brand a systems-driven, scalable operation. This year the brand is celebrating 28 years of success and now serves its modern Mediterranean fare to customers at over 100 locations in 18 states. For more information, visit Tazikis.com and follow Taziki’s on Facebook, Instagram and X (formerly known as Twitter).
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