Rio Bravo Cantina was a Tex-Mex style Mexican restaurant serving the southern United States and Michigan from its opening in 1985 until its closure in 2004.

In 1994, Applebee's purchased Innovative Restaurant Concepts for $66 million in stock and debt.

At the time of the purchase, Innovative had 11 Rio Bravo Cantinas and 4 other restaurants.

[3] After Chevy's purchase the menus between both chains were merged for supply and marketing purposes.

On November 6, 2014, Ray Schoenbaum confirmed that the Rio Bravo concept was set to return to the Atlanta metropolitan area in 2015.