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Dallas celebrity wedding rings into this week's 5 most popular stories

Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines.

1. Kimbal Musk and Wyly heiress celebrate wedding at Dallas restaurant. Diners trying to grab a bite at Dallas restaurant Cedars Social on April 7 were out of luck, as the newly reimagined Mexican restaurant in the Southside neighborhood was shut down all day for a reception celebrating a high-profile wedding. The bride: Christiana Wyly, daughter of Texas billionaire Sam Wyly. The groom was Kimbal Musk, brother of Tesla founder Elon Musk.

2. These 4 popular Dallas neighborhoods rank among America's best. Where are the best places to live in Dallas? Real estate review site Niche has revealed the Best Neighborhoods to Live in America, and four popular Dallas 'hoods appear in the top 50, including one in the top 10.

3. Downtown Dallas bar-eatery spins off spiffy twin on Henderson Avenue. If you are obsessive about hitting the very newest bars in Dallas first, you're in luck: Smithy is a new restaurant-bar on Henderson Avenue that opened for dinner service on April 10, from the team behind downtown Dallas bar-restaurant The Woolworth.

4. Everything’s coming up roses for this budding Dallas young professionals gala. In 2016, two devoted children vowed to honor their mother’s legacy by resurrecting the powerhouse gala she founded to help raise money for multiple sclerosis research. Today, Fallon Wynne Way and her brother, Todd Wynne, are making momma Dee Wynne proud with a new Yellow Rose Gala that not only continues the fight to find a cure for MS, but also inspires the next generation of Dallas philanthropists.

5. Where to shop in Dallas right now: 9 must-hit stores for April. We have a well rounded (or shall we say well heeled) group of stores in which to shop this month. Whether you are are in the market for a new pair of shoes, a quick and easy way to spruce up your home for spring, or inspiration for living a healthier lifestyle, this roundup is for you.

Join Keeks Designer Handbags for its grand opening party at the new Plano location on April 14 from 1-3 pm.

Keeks Designer Handbags

Join Keeks Designer Handbags for its grand opening party at the new Plano location on April 14 from 1-3 pm.

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This Week's Hot Headlines

Round of restaurant closures leads Dallas' most-read stories this week

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Editor's note: Recent and impending restaurant closures, along with department stores downsizing, lead the top Dallas news of the week. But there is also an exciting update for fans of supermarket chain H-E-B, which finally has plans for a store in Dallas proper. Read our most popular stories of the week below, then find our guide to Martin Luther King Jr. Day events around DFW here.

1. Some surprising names in this list of Dallas restaurant closures. The end of one year and beginning of another often provokes soul-searching and some closing of doors. That's definitely the case in the Dallas restaurant world, with a rash of closings that have taken place in recent weeks. These six restaurants have either just closed or are about to.

2. Macy's and Kohl's to shutter these Dallas-Fort Worth stores in 2025. A major department store name is contracting its presence in Dallas-Fort Worth: Macy's is planning on closing five of its locations throughout DFW by the end of April in 2025. Macy's is not alone: Clothing retailer Kohl's will also be shuttering 27 underperforming stores by April 2025, including its North Dallas location.

Macy's Macy's and Kohl's are shuttering stores in early 2025. Courtesy photo

3. Dallas Fire Rescue deploys firefighting posse to Los Angeles. On January 11, Dallas sent a firefighting posse to Los Angeles, where multiple ongoing fires have burned tens of thousands of acres near the border of Los Angeles and Ventura counties since January 7.

4. Supermarket chain H-E-B acquires site for its first store in Dallas. Dallas is finally in line to get an H-E-B. According to a release, the Texas supermarket chain has purchased property in Dallas: a 10-acre site at the southeast corner of Hillcrest Road and LBJ Freeway.

5. New Dallas coffee shop opens with good coffee — and great hair. A new coffee shop with some serious styling has opened near downtown Dallas: Called Common Good, it's located at 1619 N. Hall St., right off Ross Avenue, in what was previously a retail outlet for Rakkasan Tea Company, who left the space in mid-2024.