Rockville California Tortilla for sale

The California Tortilla on "Regal Row" in Rockville town center is for sale. $329,000 is the asking price for the business, a franchisee of the burrito chain that got its start in Bethesda in the 1990s.

This CalTort's owner has been candid about the financial pressures he has been under, from the rent costs to the disastrous town center parking situation that has driven customers away from small businesses there. "You don't understand how much we're suffering. We're basically slaves now," he told the Mayor and Council during a discussion of how to fix the parking problem this past summer.

That lease runs to 2025, with a 5-year extension option, according to the sale listing.