El Tiempo Cantina in Webster has only been\u00a0closed for 10 days, but it’s already scheduled to return.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Tex-Mex restaurant chain announced on Friday<\/a> in an Instagram post that its location at 20237 Gulf Freeway\u00a0will return under\u00a0Laurenzo family ownership, bringing the restaurant back under control of the family that founded the El Tiempo brand.<\/p>\n \u201cWebster, we\u2019re coming back,\u201d the restaurant wrote in its social media post. \u201cEl\u00a0Tiempo Cantina Webster is reopening soon, now proudly under Laurenzo family ownership.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n An official reopening date has not yet been disclosed.\u00a0<\/p>\n Management of the formerly franchised location described the closure as “heartbreaking” in a message shared<\/a> on the Bay Area Food Lovers Facebook page.\u00a0<\/p>\n “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.”\u00a0<\/p>\n The owners of the restaurant did not publicly give a reason for what led to the closure.\u00a0<\/p>\n El Tiempo has deep roots in Houston’s Tex-Mex scene. Roland Laurenzo\u00a0and his son Domenic\u00a0opened the first El Tiempo Cantina<\/a> on Richmond Avenue in 1998. Roland Laurenzo is the son of Ninfa Laurenzo, who founded her eponymous restaurant chain known for its\u00a0fajitas in 1973.<\/p>\n The announcement of the Webster reopening said more details, including an official opening date, will be released soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n