{"id":253252,"date":"2026-04-16T21:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/253252\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:55:09","slug":"desperados-opens-its-third-location-in-plano-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/253252\/","title":{"rendered":"Desperados opens Its third location, in Plano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The popular Mexican and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/tex-mex\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tex-Mex;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Tex-Mex&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Tex-Mex<\/a> restaurant Desperados Mexican Restaurant has opened a third North Texas location in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/topic\/plano\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Plano;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Plano&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Plano<\/a>, in a space formerly occupied by On the Border, at 5960 W. Parker Road, Suite 210, in Plano&#8217;s Willow Bend Market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Desperados celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2026. It has been a Dallas-area staple since 1976, when Jorge Levy opened the doors of his flagship location on Greenville Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2025, the Levy family retired, and the restaurant is now owned by Iron Table Hospitality, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/desperados-mexican-plano\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Culture Map;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Culture Map&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Culture Map<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This 3,000-square-foot space joined the restaurant\u2019s other two locations: on Greenville Avenue in Dallas, and Campbell Road in Garland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Its menu ranges from the traditional queso bandito and Acapulco quesadillas to the signature Desperados puffy tacos, featuring a crispy flour tortilla.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Desperados has been one of the most popular Tex-Mex restaurants in North Texas and at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/state-fair\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:State Fair;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;State Fair&quot;}\" class=\"link \">State Fair<\/a>, where it has had booths offering its dishes. In 2007, it won the Big Tex Choice Award for Most Creative with its Deep Fried Latte.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Desperados is located at 5960 W. Parker Road, Suite 210,\u00a0Plano. <a href=\"https:\/\/desperadosrestaurant.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:desperadosrestaurant.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;desperadosrestaurant.com&quot;}\" class=\"link \">desperadosrestaurant.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The popular Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurant Desperados Mexican Restaurant has opened a third North Texas location in\u00a0Plano, in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[2871,160,162,161],"class_list":["post-253252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-mexican-restaurant","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}