Rio Grande heads south, plans Texas restaurant
The Fort Collins-based Rio Grande restaurant, which has spawned innumerable bar bets as to what goes into its famous margaritas, plans to open restaurant out of state for the first time.
Chief Operating Officer Henry Mouton said the Rio Grande, which started in a closet-sized space on North College Ave in 1986, will open its seventh restaurant in Austin, Texas, early next year.
The Rio, as its known locally, has expanded gradually in Colorado, and now operates restaurants in Fort Collins, Greeley, Boulder, Lone Tree, Denver and Steamboat Springs.
“We’re heading back to the home front,´ said Mouton, referring to the fact…
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