BIZ Brief: New occupant at old Doc’s location
A La Tequila banner appeared on the facade of the old Doc’s Fish Camp & Grill building in Marble Falls in mid-April. Staff photos by Dakota Morrissiey
A family-owned restaurant group, La Tequila, is expanding its footprint in the Highland Lakes area, with plans to open a new location at the former site of Doc’s Fish Camp & Grill, near the southwest corner of the U.S. 281-RR 1431 intersection in Marble Falls.
A La Tequila banner appeared on the facade of the old Doc’s building in mid-April, announcing the new occupant’s impending arrival. Doc’s, an old Marble Falls staple, officially closed in January after serving the community for decades.
The restaurant group already has a location in Kingsland, at 14124 RR 1431. The other sites are all in Texas cities, including Fredericksburg, San Antonio, Beeville, Rockport, and Corpus Christi.
The Kingsland location will remain open and the new Marble Falls location will offer its own unique menu – including breakfast, lunch, and dinner– according to co-owner Fernando Melendez, who explained that he runs La Tequila alongside his family.
“It’s not really a chain, it’s just a few of us brothers,” Melendez told DailyTrib.
He added that they have extensive renovations to make in the old Doc’s building and that the new La Tequila location could be opened by August if everything goes according to plan.