El Tiempo Cantina in Webster has only been closed for 10 days, but it’s already scheduled to return.
The Tex-Mex restaurant chain announced on Friday in an Instagram post that its location at 20237 Gulf Freeway will return under Laurenzo family ownership, bringing the restaurant back under control of the family that founded the El Tiempo brand.
“Webster, we’re coming back,” the restaurant wrote in its social media post. “El Tiempo Cantina Webster is reopening soon, now proudly under Laurenzo family ownership.”
An official reopening date has not yet been disclosed.
Management of the formerly franchised location described the closure as “heartbreaking” in a message shared on the Bay Area Food Lovers Facebook page.
“Operating this restaurant has been such a special part of our lives,” the message said. “We have had the honor of watching generations of families walk through our doors and have built relationships with so many wonderful people along the way.”
The owners of the restaurant did not publicly give a reason for what led to the closure.
El Tiempo has deep roots in Houston’s Tex-Mex scene. Roland Laurenzo and his son Domenic opened the first El Tiempo Cantina on Richmond Avenue in 1998. Roland Laurenzo is the son of Ninfa Laurenzo, who founded her eponymous restaurant chain known for its fajitas in 1973.
The announcement of the Webster reopening said more details, including an official opening date, will be released soon.