New Mexican restaurant set to open downtown in former Bistro building
LANCASTER − A new Mexican restaurant is set to open downtown.
El Parian Steaks & Tequila should open around the middle of next month in the former The Downtown Bistro building at 123 N. Broad St, Raul Reyes said.
Reyes is one of the restaurant's owners. There is also a location in Zanesville that has been open for 21 years. The restaurant is part of the Tlaquepaque group, which has several locations in Ohio, including Heath and Pataskala.
"Why are we coming to Lancaster?" Reyes said. "We have a lot of customers that come to our Zanesville location. Everybody's been like, 'Hey, you guys should go to Lancaster. Open a restaurant in Lancaster please.' So we try to listen to the people and we try to go where the people want us. We're really excited to go there and start a new adventure."
He said the building has been under renovation for about two months now.
"We just started the remodeling inside," Reyes said. "We're trying to make it more modern and trying to change it up. There are four or five other Mexican restaurants there (in Lancaster). But our concept of coming there is we're trying to do something different. It's going to be a more modern restaurant."
He said one of the features of the restaurant is special ovens from Spain that don't dry out steaks while cooking. Reyes also said the margaritas are hand-crafted and hand-shaken with fresh fruits.
Reyes said he doesn't consider other Mexican restaurants nearby competition.
"We have our own unique menu," he said. "What puts us apart is the way we grill our fajitas and steaks and all that. The plates we use to serve the food, the glassware that we use is different. When people come and celebrate their birthdays we have a different atmosphere. It's more modern. We're trying to bring a new concept, to be honest."
El Parian Steaks & Tequila will be open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sunday.
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This article originally appeared on Lancaster Eagle-Gazette: El Parian Steaks & Tequila coming to former Shaw's Restaurant building
