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Dual-Branded IHOP/Applebee's Opening in Selma This Summer

John B

09 Feb 2026 — 1 min read

Breakfast meets dinner in one restaurant—coming to Agora Parkway this summer.

What's Happening

A new dual-branded IHOP/Applebee's location is opening in Selma (just north of Schertz/Cibolo on the I-35 corridor).

📍 Location: 8107 Agora Parkway, Selma, TX
📅 Opening: Summer 2026
🍴 What It Means: One restaurant, two menus — IHOP breakfast all day, Applebee's lunch/dinner

The Dual-Brand Trend

This is part of a national strategy by Dine Brands (parent company of both IHOP and Applebee's) to maximize real estate by combining both concepts under one roof.

How it works:

Breakfast/brunch hours: Full IHOP menu (pancakes, omelets, etc.)
Lunch/dinner hours: Full Applebee's menu (burgers, ribs, 2-for-$20 deals, bar service)
Shared kitchen, shared staff, one building

The pitch: Why drive to two restaurants when you can get pancakes at 8 AM and a burger at 8 PM in the same spot?

The skepticism: Will the kitchen handle both menus well? Will Applebee's dinner service suffer if they're still flipping pancakes at 2 PM? Will IHOP breakfast quality drop if they're prepping riblets?

What It Means for You

Good news: More menu variety. If your family can't agree on breakfast vs. dinner, this solves that problem.

Bad news: Temporary closure means one fewer breakfast option during the transition.

Bigger picture: This signals Dine Brands is struggling to fill standalone Applebee's locations. Combining brands is cheaper than building new real estate. Translation: The casual dining recession is real, and brands are adapting or dying.

Other Dual-Brand Locations

This isn't the first—or even the first in the area. The first U.S. dual-branded location opened in Seguin (30 miles east of Selma) in early 2025 as a conversion of an existing IHOP. Dine Brands has been testing dual-branded locations internationally since 2020, with mixed results. Some locations report strong breakfast-to-dinner traffic. Others struggle with identity confusion (customers don't know what the restaurant "is").

If the Selma location works, expect more IHOPs in the region to follow suit.

Source: Community Impact Newspaper (Feb 2026)

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