Tex-Mex mecca Herrera's serves final food at landmark location

by TANYA EISERER

WFAA

Posted on August 18, 2014 at 5:20 PM

Updated today at 7:55 PM

DALLAS Monday marked the ending of an era as Herreras Cafe, a Maple Avenue mainstay, shuts its doors.

The owners of Herreras, which has operated a restaurant on Maple since 1971, said they were pushed out by high real estate prices in the area.

It's a landmark, I know," said Nora Ontiveros, a member of the small family-owned chain. "But we can't make it, so we're just going to move on. Were just a mom-and-pop restaurant."

She said they couldnt come to an agreement on a lease at their present location. The family had originally hoped to move into a new restaurant building thats under construction across the street, but they couldnt come to an agreement for that location, either.

Her husband is the son of the founders, the late Maria and Lucio Ontiveros. They opened the popular Tex-Mex restaurant in 1971. Back then, the restaurant only had nine tables, and customers lined up with coolers of beer as they waited to get inside.

The original Maple Avenue location was featured in a 1984 edition of National Geographic. A huge painting of that iconic National Geographic photo adorns the restaurant entrance.

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