{"id":242335,"date":"2026-04-09T18:07:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/242335\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:07:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:07:07","slug":"3-new-mexican-chains-to-make-san-antonio-debut-at-brooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/242335\/","title":{"rendered":"3 new Mexican chains to make San Antonio debut at Brooks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brooks is flexing its culinary muscles with a butcher shop and three new restaurants set to open this summer at La Picosa Town Center. The quartet of San Antonio concepts \u2014 Tacos Chulos, La Carniceria, Amores de Julia, and Mariscos el Riqui \u2014 will offer everything from birria tacos to stylish Sinaloan cuisine.<\/p>\n

In December 2025, we noticed the four businesses had filed state regulatory paperwork on the same day. Our guesses<\/a> about the eateries have since been confirmed by new \u201ccoming soon\u201d signage at the South Side shopping center.<\/p>\n

The splashiest debut is Los <\/a>Amores de Julia Mexican Bistro<\/a>, the first San Antonio location of a small chain with locations in California and Baja California. The restaurant comes from Sinaloan chef and serial entrepreneur Misael Guerrero<\/a>, who operated several concepts on the West Coast.<\/p>\n

The menu includes Mexican classics like crujientes de papa, aguachile verde, and lengua ranchera. The prices skew affordable with a few indulgences, like a Mar y Tierra combo with ribeye and a half lobster or a $120 prime tomahawk.<\/p>\n

\"Tacos Tacos Chulos sells burritos, tortas, and tacos, natch.Tacos Chulos\/ Facebook<\/p>\n

The other two eateries lean more casual. Tacos Chulos<\/a> comes from Grupo Buen Rollo, a Guatemalan franchise group that has been bringing Mexican flavors to Latin America since 1998. The fast-casual joint sells taqueria favorites like pastor, carnitas, and pollo asado alongside esquites, birria ramen, fruity palomas, and specialty micheladas with pepino or pineapple.<\/p>\n

Mariscos el Riqui<\/a> (otherwise known as El Rique Mariscos de Carreta) operates in San Diego and Tijuana. Seafood is, of course, the heart of the menu, but the spot also dishes out chilaquiles and unexpected brunch fare like chicken and waffles. The Cali restaurant has a Warhol-esque dining room, filled with Fabuloso, Zote laundry bars, and giant cans of Campbell\u2019s \u201cdespecho\u201d soup that will hopefully make it to San Antonio.<\/p>\n

Lastly, La Carniceria<\/a> is a new outlet of the upscale butcher already operating two outposts in Alamo City.<\/p>\n

Neither the concepts nor the management group Brooks Retail Partners returned requests for comment. We will update this article if there is a more solid timeline.<\/p>\n