Ocho Kitchen and Cocktails opens today at 8411 Preston. Chef Eric DiStefano brings his experience cooking French-Asian food in the Southwest to Ocho’s Tex-Mex menu, which will feature Thai flavors and New Mexican hatch chilies.

The restaurant advertises its versatility: while the ground floor will be family-friendly dining, upstairs is a tequila bar and cocktail lounge.

The restaurant is open daily 11 a.m.–10 p.m. and the bar is open daily from 3 p.m. until “late.”