{"id":99573,"date":"2025-07-28T14:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/99573\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T14:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:29:11","slug":"oak-cliffs-taco-y-vino-to-expand-into-vibrant-square-in-dallas-suburb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/99573\/","title":{"rendered":"Oak Cliff\u2019s Taco y Vino to expand into vibrant square in Dallas suburb"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cozy Oak Cliff restaurant Taco y Vino is taking its affordably priced food and wine<\/a> and expanding to downtown Garland.<\/p>\n

The second location for Taco y Vino is expected to open in August 2025, according to co-owner Jimmy Contreras. Construction crews have exposed the brick on the inside and outside of a 1920s-era building that will carry the same small, comfortable charm as the Oak Cliff original. They\u2019re almost identical in size, too: 1,300 square feet there, 1,400 square feet here.<\/p>\n

Contreras has considered expanding his 7-year-old restaurant since 2020, but the COVID-19 pandemic squashed his original plan to take Taco y Vino to Carrollton. He set his sights more recently on downtown Garland, following the Dallas restaurateurs behind Goodfriend Beer Garden & Burger House<\/a>, who opened pizza shop Fortunate Son nearby.<\/p>\n

Garland city leaders and local restaurateurs \u201cwant to build this great community,\u201d Contreras said of the revival of the downtown area. A $24 million revitalization project<\/a> added a city park, event lawn, pavilion and improvements to the streets and sidewalks in the 14-block neighborhood.<\/p>\n

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Contreras compares his first restaurant to the new one in Garland: \u201cIt\u2019s like walking around Bishop Arts, but with better sidewalks.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"ChilaquilesChilaquiles Pibil are a brunch item at Taco y Vino in Dallas.(Smiley N. Pool \/ Staff Photographer)<\/p>\n

Contreras spent much of his career as a restaurant consultant for sizable chains like Pappas, the Texas company that operates Pappadeaux and Pappasito\u2019s. When he struck out on his own, opening Taco y Vino with co-owner Brian White, Contreras said he wanted to be visible in his own restaurant.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a big fan of going to places where you see the owners,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

Taco y Vino\u2019s menu and wine list will remain relatively the same at the new Garland location. The date night package \u2014 six tacos and a bottle of wine for $50 \u2014 is one of its specialties. The Bishop Arts District restaurant is also known for brunch, and its signature chilaquiles and brisket con huevo will be available in Garland, too.<\/p>\n

The restaurant replaces two former businesses, a barber shop and a tarot card den. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s perfect,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Taco y Vino is expected to open at 706 Main St., Garland, in August 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cozy Oak Cliff restaurant Taco y Vino is taking its affordably priced food and wine and expanding to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":99574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,13399,9065,9733,9063,988,9207,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,65127],"class_list":{"0":"post-99573","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-garland","11":"tag-mexican-food","12":"tag-restaurant-news","13":"tag-restaurant-openings","14":"tag-restaurants","15":"tag-small-business","16":"tag-texas","17":"tag-tx","18":"tag-united-states","19":"tag-united-states-of-america","20":"tag-unitedstates","21":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","22":"tag-us","23":"tag-usa","24":"tag-wine-spirits"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114931339360711067","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=99573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}