A trio of restaurants in Dallas' Design District, including a gourmet Mexican restaurant that's been open a decade, have all closed.

The Mexican restaurant is El Bolero, opened by restaurateur Richard Ellman in 2015.

Also closed:

• Pakpao, an Asian restaurant also from Ellman
• Shodo, a Japanese sushi restaurant that Ellman opened in 2023

Ellman did not respond to inquiries.

But a spokesperson for the landlord said that all three locations had been shuttered, and that they were already being shown to potential tenants.

Notices were posted stating that the premises had been secured as a result of a default on the lease.

"We don't know what [Ellman]'s plans are but these locations are definitely closed, and we've already received a number of interested calls," the spokesperson said.

All three restaurants were part of Route 62 Hospitality, a group Ellman founded in 2022, on the ashes of Apheleia Restaurant Group, which he originally founded with his ex-wife in 2000.

Ellman has had many concepts over the years, including Oak, at 1628 Oak Lawn Ave., a high-end restaurant that was the toast of the town for a spell. In 2021 Ellman replaced it with Wits, a steakhouse, then Shodo.

They opened the first El Bolero in the Design District, and also opened a location on Fitzhugh Ave.

They opened Pakpao featuring regional Thai cuisine, next door to Oak in 2013.

At one point, Ellman seemed heavily into expansion, opening an El Bolero on Fitzhugh Avenue as well as a Pakpao in Preston Hollow Village. He also tried a steakhouse in downtown Dallas called Hawthorn, but it was short-lived.