Southlake’s long-empty former Buca di Beppo is finally getting new life, and it is coming with tortillas. Houston-born Tex-Mex chain Lupe Tortilla is set to move into the space at 2701 E. State Highway 114, with plans for a full interior overhaul ahead of a summer opening.
Renovation work is slated to kick off on April 15 and wrap by July 1, with the project budgeted at roughly $1 million, according to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation project record cited by Fort Worth Star-Telegram. If everything stays on schedule, Southlake residents should be sitting down to fajitas sometime this summer.
Project filings show the restaurant will cover about 8,439 square feet, enough room for a sizable dining room and plenty of those sizzling tableside fajitas the chain is known for, What Now Dallas reports. The leaseable space opened up after the previous tenant closed its Southlake location in late 2024.
Lupe’s Texas Footprint
Lupe Tortilla launched in suburban Houston in 1983 and gradually grew into a multi-location Texas brand. The company began pushing into the Dallas-Fort Worth market in 2019, starting with an opening in Irving and lining up locations in Addison, Allen and the Alliance area of Fort Worth, as reported by Eater Dallas.
What Will Be on the Menu
Southlake guests can expect the greatest hits lineup that has built Lupe’s following: sizzling fajitas, house margaritas and a broad Tex-Mex menu. The current offerings already include puffy tacos, lobster tacos, grilled mahi-mahi, steak asada and the higher-end Lupe fillet. The chain’s full range of entrees and cocktails is laid out on the Lupe’s site and menu pages.
What to Expect Next
With construction penciled in for spring and an early-summer completion date on the TDLR paperwork, Southlake diners should see exterior activity and interior demolition crews show up in April. Local officials and the property manager have not released a public grand-opening date yet, and more specific timing is expected once permits are active and the build-out moves along, according to reporting from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
