Los Dos Potrillos Will Expand to Two New Cities
The restaurant chain will increase its Colorado footprint by opening locations in Loveland and Colorado Springs.
Updated on Oct. 2, 2026 in Openings & Closings
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Ramirez Hospitality Group will grow its restaurant portfolio by adding two new locations in Colorado. The expansion into Loveland and Colorado Springs will increase the chain's footprint from its current six existing locations.
Why it matters
Operators in the hospitality sector can monitor this expansion as the brand scales its footprint beyond its current reach in Castle Rock, Centennial, Denver, Highlands Ranch, Littleton, and Parker.
Ramirez Hospitality Group is growing its presence from six existing locations to eight. The company, founded by Jose and Martha Ramirez in 2002, currently operates in six Colorado communities.
The players
Ramirez Hospitality Group
An operator of restaurant chains that is expanding its presence across Colorado.
Jose and Martha Ramirez
The founders of the Los Dos Potrillos restaurant chain who launched the company in 2002.
The details
The expansion will place new Los Dos Potrillos restaurants at 5832 Barnes Road in Colorado Springs and 6015 Sky Pond Drive within the Promenade Shops at Centerra in Loveland. These additions will establish a wider geographic presence for the brand across the state. The group continues to operate from its current base while scaling its model into these two new markets.
Timeline
Los Dos Potrillos was founded in 2002.
The Colorado Springs restaurant is scheduled to open early next year.
The Loveland restaurant is scheduled to open next spring.
Market Landscape
This move follows the documented trend of regional restaurant chains scaling into high-traffic suburban markets to capture new customer segments. The strategy reflects a push to extend brand density beyond the central hub of existing locations in the Denver metro area.
Operators looking at local growth should monitor how the chain handles site selection in competitive retail developments like the Promenade Shops at Centerra. Managers should track regional expansion signals to gauge how supply chain and staffing needs change as the brand footprint widens.
The takeaway
Successful regional expansion often relies on securing high-visibility locations within established mixed-use retail hubs. Owners should evaluate their own site-selection criteria against the brand's pivot toward these high-traffic regional nodes.
Further reading
For more on industry shifts, see Openings & Closings.
Source note: This article includes information reported by BizWest.
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