Ten Bells Tavern is being displaced by new build, conservative caffeine slide Black Rifle Coffee Company meets Plano, Denton’s Sweetwater is closing, and more.
Welcome to The Spread, our weekly feature aiming to share all of the printable news from the restaurant, food and beverage industry. Except this is the internet, so space is not an issue. Also: Good thing because this is Dallas and this city always has the latest restaurant news coming down like whoa.
Halloween is just around the corner, but the horrors are already abundant in the food and drink scene in north Texas.
Scariest of them all? The fact that Bishop Arts are the favorites Ten bells tavern and The local oak will be evicted from their buildings later this year to make way for a $ 43 million apartment complex to be built soon in their place.
In conversation with the Dallas Observer about the fate of her beloved tavern, the owner of Ten Bells Meri Dahlke said the news came as no great surprise as she has known of the plans for years and was already planning to relocate operations to a new location that is just a “throw away” which is undoubtedly good news.
On the other hand, Local Oak is unfortunately taking the development plans as an excuse to say goodbye to the game. Citing the blows of the pandemic on his finances over the past year and a half – especially in connection with the road building problems before that – the owner Alycen Cuellar says her neighborhood restaurant is likely to ride into the sunset forever after one final Christmas party in late December.
Pooh.
In another Dallas entertainment district, you might feel like you stepped into a funhouse on Elm Street this week. Unfortunately, your eyes don’t play tricks on you, it’s just that there is a little do-si-do going on with some Corey Good-own bars in the neighborhood. This week after he moved Choose Start Arcade bar from Elm Street to Main Street on the site of what used to be a country music venue the blue light, the High & tight and Crowdus bar The owner is going to open a new bar called Pop Culture select Start in the old area. The new spot will be a rotating topic bar in which the topic changes “every few months” for each post on the company’s new Instagram page. It starts with an 80s horror pop-up when the doors open to business this Friday.
Spooky!
In other news that might send a chill down your spine Black Rifle Coffee Company has announced that it will set up a shop in a room previously inhabited by TGI Fridays, according to Plano Magazine. The coffee company is founded and owned by veterans and is known for hiring its veterans and providing resources. Also known for “serving up not just a simple cup of joe, but with an extra dash of patriotism”, the New York Times criticized it for trying to “Starbucks of [political] right. “Sounds like it’ll be at home in Collin County when it opens on the company’s website in December.
But while the Lord is giving, He is also taking. Up in Denton County, college town’s favorite bar Fresh water grill has officially closed its doors after 25 years in business. According to Denton Record Chronicle, owner Joey Hawkins cites the pandemic and the construction in the city as catalysts for the closure of the restaurant. It’s a big blow to Denton culture, so let’s hope the city doesn’t lose the semblance of the character it left in the future.
Of course, a little variety can be good. For example? AT&T stadium introduced several new vegan and vegetarian options. According to Eater, fans can now enjoy a selection of plant-based game day bites with products from Paul Quinn College‘S We about me Farm yard. Some of these snacks include an avocado ranch wrap and vegan “chicken” nachos. How nice of her Dallas Cowboys Offer plant-based snacks, as fans are already sacrificing arms and legs for parking at the stadium!
In more vegetable news, Kent Rathbun Second degree Lori Moore has launched a new vegan ghost kitchen. Via CultureMap, the new one VSpot Concept offers Moore’s interpretation of burgers and fries with vegetable substitutes such as Impossible foods Meat and Gardein chic’n. Guests can order items like the French Onion Patty Melt or the Jalapeño Popper Burger via. order home Uber eats and by Dash.
Also branching out and entering the ghost kitchen realm in Olivia Lopezwho contribute all over town for their work. is known Billy Can Can. Now she has a ghost tortilleria called. brought to life Olyō Mill. She has been taking orders for her blue, red, and yellow corn tortillas for a few weeks now and moves over 100 half a dozen packages every week, according to the Dallas Morning News. Fans can also expect Lopez to bring their tortillas Coppell Farmers Market in the course of the next Saturdays.
If you are already in the suburbs we urge you to give it a try too Boxochops Modern African cuisine. Located in Plano, Boxochops offers a variety of African snacks – including fish rolls, meat pies, and fried oreo for dessert, according to the Dallas Morning News.
Who needs the State Fair of Texas when you have it?
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