Cyclone Hits Oak Lawn

Cyclone Anaya’s Mexican Kitchen–a much loved mini-chain from Houston– makes its Dallas debut in early February. The original restaurant opened in the 1960s by a professional wrestler named Cyclone Anaya, hence the odd name. It finally closed in 1994 until his son Ricardo and wife Carolina resurrected the concept in 2005. Alas, the first Dallas location is going in one of the area’s most cursed spots: 211 Oak Lawn, next door to Green Papaya. Good luck with that, Cyclone. Recent tenant Nuevo Leon didn’t have much luck. Even acclaimed restaurateur Monica Greene (Monica’s Aca y Alla, the dearly departed Ciudad) couldn’t make it with the delicious chuckwagon cuisine of Cayuse, home to Dallas’ best liver and onions once upon a time. Oh well. Lets see if Cyclone can break the cycle.