citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message ray s rio bravo type restaurant industry tex mex restaurant founded 1985 2002 headquarters atlanta georgia key people ray schoenbaum founder website official website rio bravo is a tex mex style mexican restaurant serving the metro the southern united states and michigan from its opening in 1985 until its closure in 2004 . the company relaunched in august 2015 . the rio bravo concept began in atlanta georgia united states the first restaurant opening in the buckhead section of atlanta in may 1985 . the concept was created by ray schoenbaum in conjunction with innovative restaurant concepts inc or irc . on february 11 1999 applebee s sold the rio bravo concept to chevys fresh mex 1 . after chevy s purchase the menus between both chains were merged for supply and marketing purposes . rio bravo was famous for their cheese dip and salsa . both of these were changed after the purchase . the drastic across the board changes in the menu contributed to the decline of the chain . on november 6 2014 ray schoenbaum confirmed that the rio bravo concept is set to return to the atlanta metropolitan area in 2015 . 1 contents 1 cinco de mayo vs. music midtown 2000 and 2001 2 locations 3 references 4 external links cinco de mayo vs. music midtown 2000 and 2001 edit music midtown an atlanta music festival that ran until 2005 was traditionally held on the first weekend in may . this conflicted with rio bravo s annual cinco de mayo parties in 2000 and 2001 . in 2000 cinco de mayo was on a friday and 2001 it was on a saturday . in december 2002 chevy s converted or closed all rio bravo restaurants . locations edit besides suburban atlanta the chain also operated in metro detroit including locations in ann arbor michigan lansing michigan and taylor michigan and orlando florida tallahassee florida asheville north carolina and nashville tennessee . references edit fuhrmeister chris . rio bravo is making its triumphant return . atlanta.eater.com . retrieved 6 november 2014 . external links edit applebee s buys rio bravo october 1994 dead link 2 dead link applebee s sells rio bravo to chevy s 13 april 1999 3 4 catina becoming rio bravo reboot retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rio bravo cantina & oldid 738298013 categories restaurant chains in the united statesmexican restaurantsrestaurants established in 1985defunct restaurant chains in the united stateshidden categories articles needing additional references from october 2010all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parametersall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from may 2014 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 add links this page was last modified on 8 september 2016 at 02 53 . 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