Chuy’s breaks ground on first restaurant in Abilene

As of mid-January, foundation and groundwork has begun where the restaurant will be located outside the Mall of Abilene on the 4100 block of S. Clack Street.

It will cost an estimated $3 million to construct a full-service, 7,195 sq. ft commercial restaurant at the location, according to a permit filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

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The project should be complete by September 2025.

Chuy’s opened its first restaurant in Austin, Texas, in 1982. Read their origin story below:

Chuy’s opened on April 16, 1982 in an old, aban­doned Texas Barbeque joint on iconic Barton Springs Road in Austin, TX. There was seating for about sixty, a women’s restroom the size of a broom closet and a men’s restroom that was, well, outside. Founders Mike Young and John Zapp had a vision of a fun and funky Tex-Mex restau­rant that served authen­tic and fresh food in an atmos­phere that appealed to everyone. From these humble begin­nings Chuy’s was born.