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Second Dish restaurant will rescue a lost location in Preston Hollow

A second branch of Dish restaurant, called Dish Preston Hollow, will resurrect a location that didn't turn out so well for its last tenant. The restaurant is going into the space at Hillcrest Avenue and Northwest Highway previously occupied by Soleo Mexican. It will open at the end of the year, says owner Tim McEneny.

McEneny opened the original Dish five years ago on the ground floor of the Ilume building on Cedar Springs Road. Chef Garreth Dickey joined in 2011 and has given the place a reputation for interesting and reliable food, from grilled salmon with vegetables to braised short ribs with barbecue sauce.

McEneny says the Preston Hollow location will be very similar, though not identical, to the one at Ilume.

"Will it have the same characteristics of the other one? Maybe a few," McEneny says. "Will the menu be the same? It'll be 90 percent the same. We believe that what we've put together at the other Dish, and guests are telling us, that it's 4-star food. We believe it's good enough that we can take it on the road. This will be the first test."

That location, although it has a spacious and easily accessible parking garage, has a limited number of drive-up spots. "I think it's a B-plus location," he says. "But we're offering free valet."

Meanwhile, he's ripped out the stone and other decorative items Soleo installed, saying that he's investing "a pretty strong chunk of change – I bet easily three quarters of a million dollars." He's not cowed by Soleo's failure to make a go of it.

"I think a big part of their problem is that they were right next to El Fenix," he says. "Who would open a Mexican restaurant next to El Fenix?

"I built Dish to be like a Houston's but with different food, and I think we've accomplished that," he says. "Garreth does a great job, and he will have first say over both kitchens, although we'll hire a chef for Preston Hollow. We plan to serve both lunch and dinner at that location, because the neighborhood supports it."

The new Dish Preston Hollow will serve many of the same dishes as the original on Cedar Springs Road.

Salmon and vegetables at Dish restaurant in Dallas

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The new Dish Preston Hollow will serve many of the same dishes as the original on Cedar Springs Road.

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Churros News

Whimsical restaurant north of Dallas combines tacos and churros

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Milkshake and churro at Churro on Top

A quirky new 2-in-1 restaurant has debuted in the far north town of Fairview: Called Tick Tock Taco x Churro On Top, it's a dual-branded restaurant that just opened at 201 Town Pl. in Fairview Town Center where it's serving two great food groups in one.

On one side of the menu, you have tacos. The other features warm churros and over-the-top milkshakes.

The concept is part of a small local chain which started out as Churro on Top, a dcadent churro-and-milkshake bar that opened its first location in Arlington in 2023, and a second shop in Richardson that opened in 2024.

Churro on Top offers churros decorated in more than 50 varieties such as:

chocolate glaze with almonds
white chocolate glaze with cotton-candy sprinkles
Biscoff cookie butter and crushed Biscoff cookies
vanilla frosting glaze with lemon cake crumbs
matcha cream
white chocolate glaze with chopped pistachios and pistachio drizzle

They also offer more than 40 milkshakes, made with real ice cream, which are adorned with intricately decorated churros and other sweet toppings. For example, The Birthday Cake, featuring Birthday Cake Ice Cream topped with two Birthday Cake Churros, whipped cream, colored sprinkles, and a birthday cupcake. Or the Cotton Candy, featuring cotton candy ice cream, Yummy Gummy Churros, whipped cream, gummy bears, and chocolate drizzle.

Two churros are $7.38, and milkshake prices range from $10 to $17. (You can also get a regular ice cream cone or milkshake without churros, and they offer Dole Whip, well.)

The concept was founded by husband-and-wife Mo and Anum Khan, who both love churros and wanted to give it their own fresh twist. They designed it as a place that would be Instagrammable, featuring a whimsical decor with cute cartoons and a charming pink and white color scheme.

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For their third location in Fairview, they ramped it up even further by adding Tick Tock Tacos, a co-restaurant serving a full menu of tacos in two dozen varieties, made with organic ingredients and 100 percent Zabihah halal meat, along with guacamole, salsas, sides, quesadillas, and chips.

Taco options include:

beef bulgogi with steak and spicy kimchi
brisket with pickled jalapenos
beef birria
chicken fajita
jerk chicken with slaw and mango
buffalo chicken
tandoori chicken with cilantro rice

There are also fish tacos and veggie tacos such as the Taco Verde, with mushroom, onion, bell pepper, corn, and chimichurri. Plus quesadillas and sides such as black beans, elotes, corn, and rice. Tacos range from $3 to $4.

The idea is to come in and get tacos, then finish with dessert.

And if the tacos, and the churros, and the over-the-top milkshakes are not enough, the Fairview location also has a collection of "claw machines," a favorite of the couple's daughter. Claw machines are the arcade-style games where players use a mechanical claw to grab prizes like plush toys, candies, or capsules. (The opening party in early March was deemed to be "epic.")

It's a wild, colorful, family-friendly, and spacious two-story restaurant, and it isn't ending here: They have two more locations slated to open in 2026: in Fort Worth and Erie, Pennsylvania.

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