{"id":355556,"date":"2026-06-30T10:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/355556\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T10:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:02:12","slug":"la-playa-maya-stockyards-restaurant-closing-in-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/355556\/","title":{"rendered":"La Playa Maya Stockyards restaurant closing in Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT WORTH<\/p>\n

The La Playa Maya<\/a> Stockyards restaurant on North Main Street, the first prominent Fort Worth restaurant to feature coastal seafood from Mexico, will close Sunday, according to workers.<\/p>\n

Three other La Playa Maya locations remain open in south and west Fort Worth and in suburban Hudson Oaks.<\/p>\n

The North Main location is located in a majestic old north side landmark<\/a>, a two-story red-orange brick building built in 1913 as a Fort Worth police substation.<\/p>\n

The building later also housed the Texas Department of Public Safety regional headquarters, other agencies and, after 1940, the North Side Lions Club.<\/p>\n

The restaurants are owned by the family of late founder Lupe Ayala,<\/a> a native of Pesqueria near Monterrey, Mexico.<\/p>\n

The first La Playa opened in 1988 as a tiny beach-style Mexican seafood restaurant nearby on West Central Avenue. It was one of the first Fort Worth restaurants to serve ceviche, shrimp coctel and fish tacos.<\/p>\n

In 1994, the family opened La Playa Maya on Hemphill Street.<\/p>\n

The northside restaurant moved from Central to the current North Main Street building in 1998.<\/p>\n

\"A A cheese chile relleno dinner at La Playa Maya, as seen June 29, 2026. Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegram.com <\/p>\n

The move to North Main Street brought more Stockyards visitors and cowboys headed to Billy Bob\u2019s Texas or the coliseum rodeos.<\/p>\n

Instead of seafood, they ordered beef fajitas, brisket tacos and fajita enchiladas, and those became La Playa Maya favorites.<\/p>\n

The restaurants are also rated highly for their traditional chile relleno and for the distinctive fish or shrimp tacos with chipotle sauce and mango pico de gallo.<\/p>\n

The restaurant is the second within a month to close near the busy 1500 block of North Main Street. Restaurante Cabrito Nuevo Le\u00f3n closed a block away on Ellis Avenue when the founding Gonzalez family retired.<\/p>\n

\"Pollo Pollo con champi\u00f1ones (chicken with sauteed mushrooms and poblanos) at La Playa Maya in Ridglea. Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegram.com \"Chicken Chicken nachos at La Playa Maya in Ridglea. Bud Kennedy bud@star-telegram.com \"Carne Carne asada with shrimp, shrimp cocktail and ceviche at La Playa Maya in Ridglea. Jessica Kourkounis Star-Telegram archives
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