jump to navigation search this article has multiple issues . please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article relies largely or entirely upon a single source . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . july 2015 this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . july 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message on the border mexican grill & cantina type private industry restaurant founded 1982 owner argonne capital group website on the border mexican grill & cantina homepage on the border mexican grill & cantina also known as on the border mexican caf is a chain of tex mex food casual dining restaurants located in the united states puerto rico canada and recently opened in egypt the united arab emirates saudi arabia and south korea . the chain and brand name is owned by otb acquisition llc . contents 1 history 2 restaurants 3 products 4 references history edit the first on the border location opened on october 29 1982 in dallas texas . 1 on march 3 2009 the chain lost its wholly owned subsidiary designation when it was merged into brinker international as a company brand . in 2010 brinker international sold on the border to golden gate capital . otb acquisition llc an affiliate of golden gate capital announced that it had completed its acquisition of on the border mexican grill & cantina from brinker international inc. nyse eat . on april 24 2014 the chain was once again sold to another private equity firm by the name of argonna capital group . 2 restaurants edit the chain opertes over 160 restaurants within the united states two locations in puerto rico one location in egypt one in the united arab emirates one in saudi arabia and nine locations in south korea . products edit the restaurant is known for its selection of fajitas and wide selection of margaritas . it is also known for guacamole live the preparation of fresh guacamole tableside . 3 references edit beyer tom 23 october 2015 . on the border founded in 82 set to celebrate birthday with great margarita deal . restaurantnews.com . retrieved 20 september 2016 . argonne to acquire on the border . nation s restaurant news . 24 april 2014 . retrieved 6 july 2016 . appetizers . on the border mexican grill & cantina . 2015 . retrieved 11 july 2016 . v t e brinker international inc. holdings chili s grill & bar maggiano s little italy divested big bowl asian kitchen corner bakery cafe cozymel s mexican grill eatzi s on the border mexican grill & cantina rockfish seafood grill romano s macaroni grill taco cabana defunct flyer s island express grady s american grill this us based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title on the border mexican grill % 26 cantina & oldid 743419459 categories restaurant chains in the united statesrestaurants in dallasmexican restaurantscompanies based in dallasrestaurants established in 19821982 establishments in texasunited states restaurant stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from july 2015all articles needing additional referencesarticles lacking reliable references from july 2015all articles lacking reliable referencesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 15 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view