A new restaurant is planned at Lexington’s former Fatz location. What we know
It appears a new restaurant is headed to a busy corridor near the heart of Lexington at the site of a well-known former eatery.
Señor Bird’s Tacos + Tequila Bar is planned for 942 E. Main St. in Lexington, in the building that formerly was home to Fatz Cafe. A large sign for Señor Bird’s has gone up along Main Street this week, and there is a recently placed Señor Bird’s sign at the front door, as well.
There are Señor Bird’s Mexican restaurants in several locations, according to social media, including on Broad Street in Augusta and on Washington Street in Athens, Georgia.
An opening date and finer details about the Lexington location have not been publicly announced.
The building at 942 E. Main St. in Lexington was formerly the longtime home to a Fatz Cafe location. The Lexington Fatz, and all the other locations in the Fatz franchise, shuttered abruptly in 2023.
The spot where Señor Bird’s is planned is just outside the heart of downtown Lexington, in a busy traffic thoroughfare with a number of nearby businesses. The main branch of the Lexington County Library also is just to the east. Nearly 29,000 cars per day travel down that stretch of East Main Street, per SC Department of Transportation data.
