A Dallas-area couple hope to help revitalize a neighborhood in South Longview when they move here and open Mo’Phat Smoke Shack at 401 W. Sabine St. Don Smith and Natalie Rock hope to open the barbecue restaurant by July, Smith said, based on the necessary permits from the Town of …
Read More »Restaurants here say the staffing gaps are not unmanageable
TEXARKANA – Some local restaurants are struggling to find staff. For some, it is an ongoing challenge. For others, a sign of the times. Blame him on the pandemic or the ripple effects that flow from it. Either way, good help is hard to find. During the pandemic, of course, …
Read More »Dallas restaurant chain known for filet mignon sandwiches
Just five months after opening its first franchise location, the Pennsylvania-based company plans to open 11 new out-of-state franchises. DALLAS – Nick Filet, a Pennsylvania-based filet mignon sandwich chain, is gearing up for nationwide expansion in Texas and Florida. Nick Filet signed agreements to open 11 new franchise locations. The …
Read More »University makes headlines in hottest news this week in Fort Worth
Editor’s Note: A lot has happened this week, so here is your chance to get caught up. Read on for the most popular headlines of the week. 1. A University of Dallas-Fort Worth is rated as one of America’s best colleges for value. For one thing, the University of Texas …
Read More »Former Mafia Boss’s Pizzeria Is A Hit In This Week’s Most Read Dallas Stories
Editor’s Note: A lot has happened this week, so here is your chance to get caught up. Read on for the most popular headlines of the week. 1. Opening of a pizzeria with square slices of a former Mafia boss in Dallas. A new pizzeria with a serious New York …
Read More »New Knox Street HR Furniture Gallery and CEO Gary Friedman have a strong relationship with Dallas
The last time investors and retailers spent millions of dollars on Knox Street, Gary Friedman was there. Friedman was the head of Pottery Barn in 1995, and the chain’s expansion to Texas began on Knox Street that year. Crate & Barrel, the Apple Store and others came later. Friedman was …
Read More »State Farm Hires 1,500 Employees, Fat Shack Comes to Plano, More Dallas-Fort Worth News
State Farm Insurance operates a regional center in the CityLine area of ââRichardson. (Courtesy State Farm) Read the most popular Dallas-Fort Worth stories from the past week. Richardson State Farm Hires 1,500 New Employees, Including Richardson Regional Center State Farm Insurance announced on May 11 its intention to hire more …
Read More »Refreshing drinks and spring menus liven up this foodie news in Dallas
Everything about this Dallas restaurant news roundup looks fresh. There are spring menus, new brunches, and loads of refreshing new drinks on the market. Here’s what’s going on in the Dallas restaurant news: Salad and go, a chain that makes salad-and-drive-thru, opened its first Texas location in Plano on May …
Read More »Walmart, other Fort Worth stores relax COVID mask rules
FORT WORTH The masks come off, but not all at once. Many restaurants, retailers and other businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth area are already relaxing their COVID mask requirements, a day after the CDC released new guidelines showing it is no longer essential for those with been vaccinated to wear …
Read More »Sweet Abuela Makes Authentic Mexican Homemade Food At The Ex-Whataburger
A family-friendly Mexican spot that was previously tucked away in a Dallas flea market has passed into the big time with its own stand-alone location. Called Abby Restaurant, this is a very personal and slightly intimate restaurant serving authentic Mexican food at 2955 Walnut Hill Ln., just east of Harry …
Read More »Victoria Revenko is the queen of Borscht in Dallas
Victoria Revenko remembers when she moved to North Texas with her Ukrainian husband and found a dearth of the Eastern European specialties she dreamed of. Yes there was Russian Banya in Carrolton, a sauna with a restaurant, Volga, which served a scatter (like a Soviet compilation) of Georgian, Ukrainian and …
Read More »Bakla-Cake from Sweet City Boulevard
Sweet City Boulevard owner David Nayfa loved candy from the start. His college ice cream adventure, What’s The Scoop, has produced and sold premium gourmet ice cream, cappuccino pies, spumoni, ice cream and sorbet to Dallas‘ best restaurants and hotels, as well as to lucky customers of his retail store. …
Read More »North Texas Restaurants Seeking Workers – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
Finding service industry workers remains a struggle for thousands of North Texas restaurant and bar owners, with some offering incentives to get people to the door and on board that seem almost too good to be true. Some restaurants offer cash bonuses with all the perks on the spot, but …
Read More »Forget gasoline. Chick-fil-A is experiencing a dip shortage
It’s not just gasoline that some Americans have to do without. Chick-fil-A is warning its customers that it is facing a shortage of certain items, especially its popular dipping sauces. A spokesperson for the Atlanta-based chain said “some” restaurants are experiencing “a shortage of selected items” and are working to …
Read More »RH Dallas, a 70,000-square-foot store with a rooftop restaurant, is now open on Knox
Just a few years ago, Knox Street was teeming with high-end home retailers. There are a handful of mainstays left – like Pottery Barn and Crate + Barrel – but several other notable storefronts have closed recently, including Z Gallerie, Parachute, and For Home Forty Five Ten. Restoration Hardware also …
Read More »California’s Pizza Factory tempts fate with premier Texas location
Suburban California Pizza Chain Comes to Texas: Called Pizza factory, it will open its first Texas location in the town of Fate, east of Rockwall, at 131 E. Fate Main Pl. According to a statement, it will open at the end of the summer. Pizza Factory was founded over 30 …
Read More »Construction begins on McKinney’s first Class A multi-tenant office building
Kaizen Development Partners is building an eight-story office tower in District 121 in McKinney. (Courtesy of Integrate Agency) A groundbreaking ceremony was held on May 10 at one of Collin County’s largest office projects: McKinney’s first Class A multi-tenant office building. The eight-story, 200,000-square-foot office building will feature a structured …
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