{"id":253056,"date":"2026-06-03T01:17:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T01:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/253056\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T01:17:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T01:17:31","slug":"nyc-tex-mex-restaurant-yellow-rose-is-expanding-into-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/253056\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Tex-Mex Restaurant Yellow Rose Is Expanding Into Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"

When one door with patty melts and spritzes closes, another door serving tacos and margaritas opens. Southern restaurant Rose Marie<\/a> is shuttering<\/a> in Williamsburg, but the co-owners are holding onto the address to expand their first restaurant, the East Village\u2019s Tex-Mex dining destination Yellow Rose<\/a>, into Brooklyn this month.<\/p>\n

Rose Marie<\/a> is closing on Saturday, June 13, and Yellow Rose Brooklyn will open on Saturday, June 20, at 524 Lorimer Street, at Ainslie Street in Williamsburg.<\/p>\n

Partners Krystiana Rizo and Dave Rizo, along with director of operations Tracy Spetka, opened Rose Marie just under a year ago, but they knew it was time to make a change.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s no secret that it\u2019s rough out there right now for small businesses and restaurants, and it got us,\u201d Krystiana Rizo tells Eater. \u201cWe tried our hardest, and we\u2019re really proud of what we did here over the past year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Spetka notes that people bemoaned how they couldn\u2019t get breakfast tacos and doughnuts at Yellow Rose on weekdays. On Cinco de Mayo, the team held a Yellow Rose pop-up at Rose Marie<\/a>. \u201cWe were a packed house from start to finish,\u201d she said, \u201cjust selling out of most of the menu, slinging more margaritas than Rose Marie has ever seen. It really went wild.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The dining room at Rose Marie. | Heami Lee<\/p>\n

That reception encouraged them to rethink Rose Marie. \u201cNot only are we responding to the neighborhood, but we have this moment to be like, \u2018Okay, well, what do we want to do? What do we need in our lives?\u201d Rizo says. \u201cWe\u2019re lucky enough to be able to take a step back and be like we can shape it around that as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yellow Rose Brooklyn will be a counter-service, no-reservations, all-day cafe and restaurant \u2013 as opposed to Manhattan\u2019s sit-down location focused on dinner and drinks. Despite the contrasts, it\u2019s still \u201cTex-Mex meets New York,\u201d per Spetka. During the day, they\u2019ll have breakfast tacos and pastries like kolaches, and at night, it\u2019ll work more as a bar with tacos and queso. And for Rose Marie regulars, the kitchen will whip up a Yellow Rose edition of its patty melt. Krystiana Rizo mentions bringing back their orange trays, too, dating back to Yellow Rose\u2019s window counter days when it opened<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n

The team will make some physical changes, converting Rose Marie into Yellow Rose, but nothing drastic. They\u2019ll add decor that\u2019s more befitting of Yellow Rose, plus benches outside for alfresco margaritas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really love Rose Marie,\u201d Rizo says. \u201cWe really put our heart, soul, blood, sweat, and tears into this place, and we are really grateful for all the people who worked with us and all of the people who came here. I do think it\u2019s a very special place, and I just think, maybe in another time and another space, that possibly, you know, someday\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Until then, at least Brooklyn is getting its own Yellow Rose. The Williamsburg hours are from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and then 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n