Willow Park
Popeye's Willow Park: what the state filing shows: a 2,350-square-foot conversion of a Taco Bueno restaurant into a Popeye's on the I-20 Frontage Road, $80,000, completion filed for Sept. 28, 2026
The project was registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on March 5, 2026, with a construction start of April 27, 2026 and a completion date of Sept. 28, 2026 as filed; the filing's status is Project Registered.
Published Tuesday, October 13, 2026, by The Aledo Ledger. Publisher: Christopher Weaver.
The state record. Project TABS2026014235, Popeye's Willow Park, facility name Popeye's, was registered with TDLR's Architectural Barriers program on 3/5/2026. The filing lists the location as I-20 Frontage Road, Willow Park, TX 76008, in Parker County; renovation/alteration; 2,350 square feet; an estimated cost of $80,000; a start date of 4/27/2026 and a completion date of 9/28/2026; and a current status of Project Registered. The scope of work is a conversion from a Taco Bueno restaurant into a Popeye's restaurant using the existing structure. The owner of record is Taco Realty LLC, 4515 Lyndon B Johnson Fwy, Farmers Branch, Texas 75244; the design firm is RTMDesign LLC, PO Box 13734, Arlington, Texas 76094; the registered accessibility specialist is CLINTON P,RYAN, RAS #1333, of Dallas, Texas; the tenant is listed as Not Assigned. The filing says the project is privately funded, on private land for private use, and that the private funds are not provided by the tenant.
What the record does not show. The Comptroller's active sales-tax permit list the Ledger read Oct. 13 shows no permit for a Popeye's in Willow Park and no permit at an I-20 Frontage Road address in Willow Park; the filing gives no street number. A TDLR registration is the accessibility review required for construction of public buildings; it is not a building permit, and the filed dates are the registrant's estimates. The completion date as filed, 9/28/2026, has passed; the filing's status remains Project Registered, the stage before plan review is complete, and the Ledger has not confirmed whether the restaurant has opened. The Ledger will report an opening date when the company or the city posts one.
Sources: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, Architectural Barriers project TABS2026014235, Popeye's Willow Park (registered March 5, 2026), read Oct. 13, 2026; Texas Comptroller, Active Sales Tax Permit Holders (data.texas.gov dataset jrea-zgmq), read Oct. 13 (pipeline/fetch_new_businesses.py); Popeyes, company website (link only; not reviewed for this brief)
How this was sourced: Primary document: the TDLR project record, read Oct. 13, 2026. The Ledger did not review Popeyes' own announcements, Willow Park's plat, site-plan or building-permit records, or the property's lease; the Comptroller permit list was checked by name and address only. No quotations; every date is as filed by the registrant.