Since 2020, every zoning change at Richardson Restaurant Park has pushed in the same direction: more patio, more drinking, and more reasons to stay after dinner. For a long time, none of that showed up on the ground. Old 75 Beer Garden closed in early 2024, and two of the counter-service restaurants nearby closed before a new tenant took over its space. Truck Yard Richardson opened on Sept. 1 at 740 S. Central Expressway. It is the first tenant to operate the way the city's approvals have been pointing, and the rest of the park is now rearranging itself around it.
Richardson Today, the city's news site, describes the strip as running along Central Expressway between Floyd Road and James Drive. It says Truck Yard "transforms a longtime property" and that "reinvestment continues in the area." The useful question for anyone who drives this frontage road is where that reinvestment is going.
How the Zoning Got Here
Restaurant Park opened in 2017, based on a vision the city approved in 2014. Hermansen Land Development, owned by Kirk Hermansen, owns the property. Here are the public decisions since then, in order:
- Dec. 7, 2020. City Council unanimously approved a zoning change that allowed two more restaurants and larger outdoor dining areas, according to Community Impact.
- 2023. Old 75 Beer Garden was promoting a dining and entertainment plaza on the site, Community Impact reported.
- Early 2024. Old 75 Beer Garden closed.
- June 3, 2024. Council approved changes to the planned development district that allow a microbrewery or brewpub and a Ferris wheel up to 45 feet tall.
- Fall 2025. Texadelphia closed its cheesesteak restaurant at 746 Central Expressway, Ste. 100.
- March 2026. The Halal Guys closed at 746 S. Central Expressway, Ste. 120.
- Sept. 1, 2026. Truck Yard opened in the former Old 75 space.
Put in order, the timeline shows the pattern. More than two years passed between Old 75's closure and Truck Yard's opening, and two counters nearby closed during that stretch. Meanwhile, the entitlements on the beer garden site only grew.
What the 2024 Plan Described
The June 2024 approval came with a specific plan. Community Impact reported that Jason Boso, founder and owner of both Truck Yard and Second Rodeo Brewing, planned to put Truck Yard in the Old 75 building and build a new building next door for Second Rodeo Brewing. The site would be the first time a Truck Yard sat beside its sister brewery.
The size of each piece mattered. Boso told the outlet that Truck Yard would have about 80 to 90 indoor seats and Second Rodeo about 200. That means the half that has opened is the smaller one. Most of the indoor seating in the 2024 plan belongs to the brewery, which has no announced Richardson opening date.
The same 2024 article reported that live music was planned seven nights a week, with cutoffs of 9 p.m. on weeknights and 11 p.m. on weekends. It also noted that neighbors on nearby James Drive had raised concerns about noise. Those cutoffs were the plan as reported in 2024. Current details are on the venue's own pages.
As of this month, Second Rodeo Brewing's website lists only its Fort Worth Stockyards location.
Truck Yard, Seven Weeks In
Truck Yard's Richardson page describes rotating food trucks, an on-site kitchen, drinks, and daily live music. It says the venue welcomes families and dogs and becomes 21+ after 9 p.m. These are the posted hours:
| Day | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday to Wednesday | 4 p.m. to midnight |
| Thursday | 11 a.m. to midnight |
| Friday and Saturday | 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. |
| Sunday | 11 a.m. to midnight |
The 2024 zoning allows a Ferris wheel, but the Richardson page doesn't list one among its features. The page links to separate live music and food truck schedules, so the lineup changes from week to week rather than staying fixed.
The hours tell you the most about where the park is headed. A weekday 4 p.m. opening and a 2 a.m. close on weekends make this the one address in Restaurant Park built around the evening rather than a quick lunch.
The Counters, Suite by Suite
The rest of the park is in a different position. This is where the named tenants stand going into late October:
- Dog Haus, 744 S. Central Expressway, Ste. 210. Open. Its location page lists daily hours and online ordering.
- 746 S. Central Expressway, Ste. 100. Texadelphia's former space. Nashmi, a Jordanian restaurant specializing in shawarma and kebabs with fresh-baked bread and fries, has been announced for this suite. Community Impact reports it will be the chain's first Texas location, with the opening date listed as "TBD."
- 746 S. Central Expressway, Ste. 120. Former home of The Halal Guys, which closed in March 2026.
Nashmi's own website currently lists a location in Palos Hills, Illinois. That makes Richardson its first move into Texas, the same kind of first-of-its-kind bet Truck Yard's owner described when he planned a brewery beside a beer garden here.
Ste. 100 lost a cheesesteak counter and is getting a chain's first Texas restaurant. The Old 75 building lost a beer garden and got a larger, later-hours operator, with a brewery planned next door.
The Corridor Around It
Restaurant Park sits on a stretch of South Central that picked up several openings at once this year. About a mile north at 100 S. Central Expressway, Richardson Heights Shopping Center added HomeGoods on Aug. 20 in Ste. 70. Premium Matcha Cafe Maiko soft-opened there on Aug. 11 in Ste. 15, serving drinks made with matcha imported from Kyoto, along with soft serve, parfaits, and shaved ice.
Just east of the highway, the CORE District holds its next public event on Saturday, Nov. 7. Culture in The CORE runs from noon to 4 p.m. at Interurban Common, the space that opened in April 2025 across Interurban Street from the event's previous Main Street Plaza location and across from Belt & Main. On that Saturday, you could go to a CORE District festival in the afternoon and Truck Yard's Restaurant Park lot in the evening without leaving the US 75 and Belt Line area.
What to Watch Next
Three things will show whether Restaurant Park finishes the turn its zoning describes. The first is a Nashmi opening date for Ste. 100. The second is news of the next tenant for Ste. 120. The third is a Richardson opening date for Second Rodeo Brewing, the piece of the 2024 plan that would add the most seats. Until then, Truck Yard's 2 a.m. weekend close keeps it open later than any other address in the park mentioned here.
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