{"id":288966,"date":"2026-05-12T03:22:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/288966\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T03:22:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T03:22:34","slug":"anchor-sushi-bar-at-preston-royal-closing-new-tex-mex-concept-to-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/288966\/","title":{"rendered":"Anchor Sushi Bar at Preston Royal Closing; New Tex-Mex Concept to Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFajitas are king at El Molino\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Samantha Marie Photography<\/p>\n

An email from a reader over the weekend bemoaned that their favorite happy spot, the Anchor Sushi Bar<\/a> at Preston and Royal, was closing. <\/p>\n

The bartender told her it would reopen as a Tex-Mex spot. [Orange-mad-face emoji.]<\/p>\n

\u201cJust what we need, another Tex-Mex restaurant & fearful it will be another El Molino,\u201d bad news, Nancy. It is, in fact, going to be El Molino<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Anchor Sushi and El Molino are both owned by Vandelay Hospitality. Their big portfolio includes the very popular Hudson House<\/a>, Drake\u2019s, Jack & Harry\u2019s and DL Mack\u2019s. They have several of these concepts at Snider Plaza, near SMU and Park Cities families who like to dine in style. <\/p>\n

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You’re all set.<\/p>\n

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The first Anchor Sushi Bar opened in Knox-Henderson, and then the second at Preston Royal in 2023. More than just a nautical theme, the cozy upscale spot feels like a private yacht, sea legs and all. So we gather from watching Below Deck, anyway. <\/p>\n

The Anchor Sushi Bar in Knox-Henderson will continue straight ahead on its current path. But the Preston Royal location is giving way to El Molino, a newer restaurant from Vandalay with its flagship location in Snider Plaza. <\/p>\n

Fajitas and Red Leather<\/p>\n

El Molino channels old-Hollywood vibes \u2014\u00a0deep red booths \u2014\u00a0with a side of sizzling fajitas. The menu is organized in very manageable four squares: Para la Mesa, Wood-Fired Fajitas, Classicos and Especiales. It\u2019s everything you\u2019d imagine as a seasoned Tex-Mex connoisseur, with some steaks and fish to add variety. Of course, there\u2019s brisket and crab enchiladas, too. <\/p>\n

Oh and margs<\/a>. They\u2019re very proud of the margarita program here. But aren\u2019t we all? <\/p>\n

Anchor Sushi will close on May 31, and they hope to reopen as El Molino \u201cat some point in July,\u201d according to Vandelay\u2019s PR team. Hopefully, the happy hour will keep the locals entertained. We\u2019ll keep you posted. <\/p>\n

And you keep us posted, too! We love reader tips, or just notes about how things are going: Lauren.Daniels@DallasObserver.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fajitas are king at El Molino Samantha Marie Photography An email from a reader over the weekend bemoaned…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,1961],"class_list":["post-288966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-openings-closings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288966","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=288966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}