As reported by The Wichita Eagle, Puerto Vallarta Mexican Restaurant has a new home on Wichita's N. Tyler corridor, trading its longtime address for a bigger building just down the road. Owner Pedro Guevara moved the restaurant from 608 N. Tyler to 756 N. Tyler, less than half a mile away, and celebrated a grand reopening at the new spot on Thursday.
Guevara told The Wichita Eagle he made the move because he had outgrown his old space and had been dealing with persistent air-conditioning trouble in the original building. He had operated Puerto Vallarta at 608 N. Tyler for nearly eight years before deciding it was time for something larger.
Before opening Puerto Vallarta, Guevara worked as a chef at Wichita restaurants including YaYa’s Eurobistro and Jerseys Grill and Bar. His move therefore builds on years of kitchen experience in the city, as well as the customer base he developed at Puerto Vallarta’s original location. The larger space gives that established restaurant room to expand its service and menu rather than start over in a new market.
According to The Wichita Eagle, Guevara and Elizabeth Zaragoza held a ribbon cutting outside the new building. The restaurant now occupies both the bar side and the restaurant side of the 756 N. Tyler property, giving Guevara considerably more room to work with than he had at the old location.
A Building With a Revolving Door of Tenants
The address has seen plenty of turnover over the years. The building previously housed Red Mesa Grill, Augustino Brewing Company, The Angry Elephant, Lito's and Eclipse Bar & Grill, according to the same report. Puerto Vallarta now becomes the latest business to try its hand in the space, though it arrives with an established customer base already built up from nearly eight years at its old spot.
Puerto Vallarta’s move comes amid other changes in Wichita’s restaurant landscape, where closures and expansions can happen side by side. In September 2026, Promise Thai Cuisine closed after 20 years, and Chiang Mai planned to open a second location in the space, one example of a local restaurant taking over a departing business’s site. The comparison offers a different kind of transition from Puerto Vallarta’s: an established restaurant growing by moving nearby.
Inside, diners will still find the same Mexican specialties, along with some additions to the lineup. As reported by The Wichita Eagle, Guevara has also rolled out a second menu filled with American dishes, including pizza, sandwiches, chicken-fried chicken, chicken tenders and wings, giving the expanded restaurant a broader appeal beyond its original offerings.
New Hours, With Sunday Brunch on the Way
As noted by The Wichita Eagle, Puerto Vallarta is serving customers 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Saturday at the new location, and Guevara plans to add Sunday hours, along with Sunday brunch service, in about a month, giving the restaurant a seven-day schedule it didn't have before.
The move caps a long run for Guevara on N. Tyler, and the bigger building gives him room to grow the business without the air-conditioning headaches that plagued the old spot. For regulars who followed Puerto Vallarta through nearly eight years at its original address, the short drive to the new location comes with a larger dining room, an expanded menu and, soon, a reason to show up on Sundays too.
