A Mexican restaurant chain has closed all of its remaining locations, ending operations after 22 years in business.

The shutdown marks a complete exit from the market. The chain, which had operated for more than two decades, confirmed the closures of every restaurant still open under its banner, leaving no units trading.

The decision caps a long period of contraction. The brand had already shed locations over recent years before the final wave of closures took the remaining sites offline. For a chain that once sustained a multi-unit footprint, the exit closes a 22-year operating history.

The closures reflect the sustained margin pressure that has squeezed full-service and fast-casual Mexican concepts since the pandemic. Operators across the segment have faced rising cost of goods — beef, avocados, dairy and cooking oils among the most volatile inputs — alongside labor costs that climbed as wage floors rose in major markets. Chains without the scale to spread those costs across a large franchise base have struggled to hold menu prices at levels diners accept.

Full closures of established chains remain relatively rare. Most distressed operators instead shrink through staggered shutdowns, franchise buybacks or Chapter 11 reorganizations that let them keep core locations running. A total exit after two decades signals that the ownership group saw no viable path to returning the remaining units to profitability.

The move also removes another independent-minded regional player from a Mexican category increasingly dominated by large, well-capitalized national chains. Those bigger competitors have used scale advantages in sourcing and supply contracts to hold prices down, leaving smaller operators to absorb commodity inflation they cannot pass through.

For the real estate underlying the closed locations, the exit adds vacant restaurant sites to a market where landlords already face heavy supply of second-generation restaurant space. Whether the sites re-lease to other food operators or convert to non-restaurant use will depend on their condition, footprint and traffic profile.

No reopening plan or sale of the brand has been announced. The closures are permanent for the locations involved, and the chain's operating history ends at 22 years.