FORT WORTH, Texas — The longtime Fort Worth Tex-Mex restaurant Los Vaqueros is finally closing up shop at its Stockyards location.
And then re-opening a few days later down the street.
Los Vaqueros' big move has been in the works over the last year, with the restaurant at one point shutting down its 30-year location at 2629 N. Main St. The brief shutdown over the summer happened as Los Vaqueros was getting ready to move to a new location at 2507 Rodeo Plaza, down the street in the Stockyards.
But the Rodeo Plaza location wasn't quite ready, so Los Vaqueros re-opened in August at its longtime spot on North Main.
Now, the switchover is finally happening.
Los Vaqueros will open its new location at Rodeo Plaza on Dec. 26, according to an announcement on Facebook earlier this month. On Tuesday, the Fort Worth Report shared a press release from Los Vaqueros, saying the restaurant will remain open at its North Main location until 3 p.m. on Dec. 22.
So after being closed Dec. 23-25, Los Vaqueros will debut its new spot the day after Christmas.
Los Vaqueros has been in business for 41 years in the Stockyards but is most known for its decades-long run at the historic D. Hart & Sons building. But back in May, the restaurant announced that it reached an agreement to sell the building and planned to move down the street to the Stockyards Event Center at 2507 Rodeo Plaza.
Los Vaqueros closed up shop at the D. Hart & Sons building back in June, with plans to open the new location by the end of summer. However, the process of getting the new location open took longer than expected.
In an interview with WFAA earlier this year, Los Vaqueros President Vicki Cisneros said the new location will occupy an 8,000-square-foot space, compared with its current 34,000-square-foot building. While the current location has a garden courtyard, the new location will have a patio that can accommodate 85 people.
“We’re going back to where we started right there by Billy Bob’s, right in the heart of the Stockyards,” Cisneros said. “The staff is the essence of what we've built here for 28 years. If we’re able to carry that essence with us there, I think we’ll be fine.”
