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    News You Can Eat

    Pumpkin, Mexican Sugar and Ginger Man make Dallas restaurant news extra sweet

    Teresa Gubbins
    Oct 14, 2013 | 4:26 pm

    In the restaurant world, two things happen every October. One: A ton of new restaurants open, to compensate for the annual summer restaurant drought. Two: pumpkin-flavored products. Pumpkin anything used to be a trickle; now it's an avalanche. Even McDonald's is advertising a pumpkin latte. Wonder where they got that idea?

     

    There are too many pumpkin items to catalog; besides, most are awful. (See McDonald's pumpkin latte.) But one food group that benefits from pumpkin-izing is pumpkin pancakes. They're available now through the holidays at Original Pancake House, Cafe Brazil, Benedict's and intermittently as a special at Bread Winners Cafe.

     

    Onward to the other October action: openings.

     

     Genaro's opens on Mockingbird Lane October 18. Chef Genaro Silva had a number of Mexican restaurants in the '80s and '90s (Genaro's Tropical, Moctezuma's, Garmo's), and now he's back. He'll offer Tex-Mex combo plates plus fancy food like saffron linguini with seafood in a tequila cream sauce, grilled swordfish kebabs, seafood relleno, beef tenderloin, spinach and seafood enchiladas, and coconut ice cream with Kahlua. Lunch will range from $10-$16 per person and dinner from $14-$25.

     

     WineHaus, a wine store/bar dedicated to boutique wines opened October 12 in Fort Worth at 1628 Park Place Ave. It has a few unique features, including tapas supplied by neighbor Chadra Mezza and Grill. It also offers kegged wines, with eight wines on tap. These are not only eco-friendly, but you can get it poured into a growler to go. Speaking of growlers, WineHaus also offers craft beer. Wines range in price from $7-$75. All bottles can be taken to-go or consumed onsite.

     

    The Lone Star Attitude Burger Co. opens this fall in Denton with burgers, live music and the first rooftop bar to besmirch the historic downtown square. According to a release, the restaurant will incorporate art and memories to Texas musical legends — sort of like a local Hard Rock Cafe.

     

    The "fun" menu of burgers comes from chef Jason Hoffman, who worked for Houston's and Consilient. Founders John "Sparky" Pearson and singer-songwriter Jon Christopher Davis are the creative crusaders behind Lone Star Attitude, a multidimensional brand that celebrates the Texas spirit through music and retail outlets. Since 2008, their think tank company has cranked out Texas concepts under the Lone Star Attitude name, including one of the largest retail spaces at DFW Airport.

     

    The recently opened Rory Meyers Children's Adventure Garden at the Dallas Arboretum is getting a cafe. The Children's Garden Cafe is open for lunch every day with typical kids' menu items such as chicken tenders crusted in potato chips, crustless peanut butter and jelly, yogurt and granola parfait, fruit, and desserts. The food is supplied by Two Sisters Catering, who've had a longtime catering relationship with the arboretum. The cafe is still under construction and will be completed in late October.

     

     Mexican Sugar, a "Latin-inspired" restaurant from the creators of Twin Peaks, Whiskey Cake and Velvet Taco, opens in late October. A release describes the menu as Central and South American with a basis in Mexican, which will appeal to everyone, both young and old. Can you say "cheese enchiladas"? A tequila library will contain 100-plus tequilas; don't expect to get much reading done. Managing partner Eric Justice is quoted as saying that "Mexican Sugar is a concept unique to Dallas, and I think that locals will really take to it." The locals, does that mean us?

     

    After a fire on August 20, Lonesome Dove Western Bistro will reopen on Thursday, October 24. Chef-owner Tim Love has been rebuilding for the past two months. The kitchen was not only restored, but also upgraded with improvements to equipment, allowing for greater culinary ability with expanded menu offerings. A new lighting design and refurbished ceiling was also introduced.

     

    As rumored, a Ginger Man Pub is definitely going into the space in the center of Lakewood vacated by Angelo's, which was shut down by its landlord in August; opening is slated for early 2014.

     

     FT33 has launched a new tasting menu that's available Tuesdays through Thursdays from 6 to 9 pm. It's a seven-course menu, $95 per person, broken into three categories: Snacks, Savory and Sweet. Snacks on the inaugural menu include roasted carrot with brown butter and hazelnuts, and sunchoke with oyster, kale and nasturtium. Savory dishes include pickled salted grouper with cauliflower and lemon, and rib-eye with marrow vinaigrette. Sweets include lemon sorbet with coriander and celery or milk chocolate brownie from Oh* Brownie for the road.

     

     Origin Natural Food is changing its mission, from "grab and go" coffee shop to restaurant. The place will close on October 18 and reopen as Origin Kitchen + Bar, a full-service restaurant and bar. The redesigned Origin will offer breakfast, lunch and dinner with a full-service bar. The reopening is scheduled for early December.

     

    Lone Star Attitude Burger Co. will bring a neon sensibility to Denton's downtown square.

    Lone Star Attitude Co. sign
      
    Photo courtesy of Lone Star Attitude Co.
    Lone Star Attitude Burger Co. will bring a neon sensibility to Denton's downtown square.
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    Taco News

    Family taqueria nabs Thunderbird Station space in Dallas' Deep Ellum

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jul 14, 2025 | 4:09 pm
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    A Dallas family-owned taqueria chain has opened a location at a historic Deep Ellum address: Taquería El Arquito, known for its trompo tacos and customer-friendly hours, has opened an outlet at 3400 Commerce St., in the space previously occupied by Thunderbird Station, which closed in 2023.

    Taqueria El Arquito opened in late June. It's a family venture from siblings Analí, Nancy, Martha, and Victor Hugo Reza, working with chefs Juan Diego Gutierrez and José Angel Avila, to recreate family recipes — particularly for their tacos de trompo, with a goal to spotlight their Mexican heritage by serving a strictly authentic rendition.

    They keep long hours, opening early at 6 am Monday-Saturday and 7 am on Sunday, spotlighting the key meal: breakfast, with classics like a breakfast taco with eggs and mozzarella cheese on a flour tortilla, with choice of bacon, beans, house-made chorizo, ham, potatoes, or sausage, for $2.89. They also do a breakfast sandwich and breakfast burrito, plus generous $10.39 plates such as migas, huevos rancheros, and chilaquiles.

    They're open for lunch and dinner with their bestselling trompo tacos, plus hefty torta sandwiches, in four "global" varieties that include Milanesa (beef with mozzarella cheese), Cubana (beef, trompo meat, salchicha, ham, American cheese, and mozzarella cheese), and Hawaiian, a clever twist on pastor with trompo meat, ham, and pineapple. Torta prices range from $12 to $14.

    They also have tamales and menudo on weekends, plus horchata, aguas frescas, and churros and elote for dessert.

    “We love to prepare the food with love — we call it magic flavors," Analí says. "We’re known for our tacos but we also have burritos, tortas, burgers, chilaquiles, breakfast, and refreshing agua fresca. Don’t even think about skipping the horchata here."

    They founded the concept — named for the many arcs in their hometown Taxco, Mexico — during the pandemic, opening their first location in a convenience store at 1909 S. Cesar Chavez Blvd. in 2020. They've expanded quickly, opening eight other locations, primarily in gas stations across DFW from Royse City to Dallas to Haltom City to Fort Worth.

    They put themselves on the map after opening a location at The Corner in Preston Center in 2024 — one of the few not located in a gas station.

     El Arquito Former Gulf station at 3400 Commerce St. Courtesy photo 

    The Deep Ellum location is special for a couple of reasons. Like Preston Center, it is not a gas station offshoot but is on its own, and it will be the first in the chain to serve alcohol. They've applied for a license which is pending.

    "We'll have some alcohol two frozen margaritas with a wine base, plus Michelada, Pulque, and three to four beers," Anali says.

    But there's also the synchronicity of the building itself. While it is not a restaurant-in-a-gas-station like most of their other locations, the building itself is a former gas station, and one with a venerable history: the former Gulf station at the corner of Canton Street that was built in 1957, and operated for decades as Riegel's Gulf Service. In a neighborhood being mowed down by developers, it's an exemplary example of preserving the heritage via re-use. The space boasts indoor seating and comes with an expansive outdoor patio.

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