Yet another restaurant has sprung up on Main Street in downtown Dallas as part of Headington Cos.’ expansion through the central business district.

Queso Beso is a Tex-Mex restaurant located across the street from Headington Cos.’ hotel, The Joule, and next to The Eye sculpture. The restaurant has a casual, lived-in vibe despite its new digs. It joins a fleet of Headington restaurants and shops in downtown Dallas including Americano, CBD Provisions, Mirador, Midnight Rambler, Commissary and Weekend Coffee. The company also operates several restaurants in the Design District and The Porch on Henderson Avenue.

Some of the 'classicos' dishes at Queso Beso in downtown Dallas include grilled fish tacos (yellow plate) and chicken enchilada verdes (orange plate). The restaurant opens Dec. 13, 2019. (Courtesy of Headington Companies)

Queso Beso is one of the company’s more casual options, with its colorful diner chairs and piñatas. It’s been highly anticipated: We named it in a list of 2019′s most exciting restaurants opening in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Queso Beso opens Friday, Dec. 13, squeaking in just before the end of the year.

Start lunch or dinner with queso: The menu offers three options. For mains, the restaurant has chicken tinga tacos; fish tacos; cheese enchiladas and the like. Pricier dishes, marked at $16 to $22, are house specials like braised chicken with mole, shrimp diablo and fajitas.

The bar — which offers ample seating in its retro blue bar chairs — has several (required) tequila cocktails, including three margaritas. But it also offers a few smart additions, like a hibiscus-lime mezcal drink infused with CBD and a gimlet kicked up with ancho reyes verde, a spicy and smoky chile liquor. The bar sells sparkling, rosé, white and red wines by the glass or bottle and lists more than 30 tequilas and mezcals.

Queso Beso takes over the former Sol Irlandes restaurant space. The second floor can be booked for private parties.

Queso Beso is at 1525 Main St., Dallas. It opens Dec. 13, 2019.