Hacienda Tulum, a roughly 200 seat Mexican steakhouse from restaurateurs Nicolas Geeraerts and Tommy Mitsios, opened October 15, 2026, at 180 Boardwalk in Long Beach, New York, built around a tequila and mezcal forward bar program.
The opening is the second phase of a two part project on the same Long Beach block, following the July 2026 debut of Tulum Taco Stand, a counter service spot the same ownership group built as a casual walk up ahead of the full restaurant.
What opened at 180 Boardwalk
Hacienda Tulum sits on a site that had been vacant for decades before B2K Development built a mixed use oceanfront property there, with Tulum Tacos & Tequila signing on as the largest tenant in the project according to RIPCO Real Estate, the brokerage involved in the lease. The restaurant is designed to run year round rather than close with the summer season, with indoor and outdoor seating, direct beach access and a private dining room for events. The menu, built by Culinary Director Eduardo Salgado, a Culinary Institute of America graduate and chef of the restaurant Emat in Mexico's Valle de Guadalupe, runs through whole fish, ceviches, aguachiles, oysters and moles alongside steaks. Long Island Press reported the beef program draws on premium cuts, and Long Island Press's own prior coverage of new Long Island restaurants specified the steaks come from Pat LaFrieda's Prime 850 Club, including filet mignon, rib eye and cowboy and cowgirl cuts.
The bar program, and the agave room still to open
Coverage of the opening describes Hacienda Tulum's drink list as centered on tequila and mezcal, with wine and cocktails alongside it, according to FSR Magazine. A second, smaller room called Cemelle, a 24 seat agave bar built inside the steakhouse with a speakeasy style setup, has been announced as part of the project but had not opened as of the reporting reviewed for this story. No outlet covering the opening has published a list of the specific tequila or mezcal labels on the menu, so what the bar actually pours, by brand, bottling or proof, is not yet documented in public reporting.
From taco stand to steakhouse: the company's Long Island run
Geeraerts and Mitsios built the Tulum Tacos & Tequila brand starting in Mineola, New York, in 2022, then expanded it to Baldwin before Long Beach became the third address, a timeline confirmed across Greater Long Island and Long Island Press. Geeraerts told Greater Long Island that the steakhouse concept was a response to the seasonality of the taco format, saying that in the winter people do not think about tacos and tequila, and that operating on the beach pushed the partners toward something guests could use all year. He also told Long Island Press he arrived in the United States 22 years ago and fell in love with Long Beach on a visit, a detail both outlets used to frame the opening as a homecoming project rather than a straightforward brand extension. Hacienda Tulum has since announced a first Thanksgiving prix fixe menu for November 26, 2026, according to a company release carried by Yahoo Lifestyle, timing that places the steakhouse's debut firmly in the run up to the holiday season rather than mid summer, when the group's original taco concept does its heaviest business.
What this means
This is a hospitality and real estate story, not a producer story: nothing in the reporting names a tequila or mezcal brand, a NOM number or a bottling, so there is nothing here to weigh against any house in Tequila Watch's database. Whether that changes once Cemelle opens, and whether the agave bar publishes its own list, is the detail worth watching next.