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Chef Stephan Pyles' restaurant closure leads this week's 5 top Dallas 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. Fun downtown Dallas restaurant from chef Stephan Pyles closes down. It's the end of the line for Frito pie, with the closure of a signature restaurant from chef Stephan Pyles. After six years, Stampede 66 in downtown Dallas, Pyles' nostalgic ode to Texas, closed on October 13.

2. Plano gives thumbs up to deck park across Dallas North Tollway. Taking its cues from Dallas' Klyde Warren Park, Plano is hatching a new deck park that would cross over Dallas North Tollway, in order to connect two major mixed-use developments.

3. El Fenix owner opens Dallas restaurant dedicated to ritzy vacay spot. Inspired by their favorite vacation spot, Dallas restaurateur Mike Karns and his wife are opening a restaurant called Tulum, in the former Madrina spot at 4216 Oak Lawn Ave.

4. This ZIP code in Dallas ranks as Texas’ top spot for millennials. The Dallas Arts District is a bona fide magnet for millennials. A new study from apartment search website RentCafé ranks the Arts District as the top ZIP code in Texas for the share of millennial residents.

5. Dallas Zoo quietly ships out two elephants it 'rescued' from Swaziland. Two of the elephants that the Dallas Zoo ostensibly "rescued" from Swaziland in 2016 have been quietly relocated to California, to the Chaffee Zoo in Fresno.

Young Dallasites love the Arts District.

Photo by Carter Rose

Young Dallasites love the Arts District.

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New car inspection law revs up this week's 5 hottest Dallas headlines

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1. How the new Texas car inspection law affects end-of-year stickers. Beginning January 1, 2025, Texas vehicle owners will no longer be required to obtain a safety inspection prior to vehicle registration. House Bill 3297, passed during the 88th Legislature in 2023, abolishes the vehicle safety inspection program for regular cars and trucks. Here's what it means for stickers expiring at the end of this year.

2. Dallas' SMU anointed No. 1 Christian college in new national ranking. Amen and Pony up! Dallas' Southern Methodist University has been named the best Christian college in the U.S. in a new national ranking of universities. Niche, an education review and ranking website, has rated SMU No. 1 among Best Christian Colleges in America for 2025, two places ahead of cross-town rival TCU.

3. East Texas man gets 6 years in penitentiary for cruelty to animals. A Wills Point man who pleaded guilty to animal cruelty is headed for the penitentiary: James Henry Eubanks, who was arrested in January after leaving dogs out in the cold to die, was sentenced to six years in a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison on September 6 after pleading guilty to Cruelty to Non-Livestock Animals, a 3rd degree felony.

4. 9 mega-restaurants from out of town coming to Dallas in fall 2024. Dallas has always been an appealing place to open a restaurant, both to locals and out-of-towners alike. But with so many forecasts about Dallas' growing population and economic prosperity, the out-of-town interest has escalated, with many high-profile and high-roller openings now on the books.

5. State Fair of Texas adds 13 buzzy new food concessions to 2024 lineup. The State Fair of Texas will introduce a lucky 13 new food concessions for the 2024 event: According to a release, the 13 will include six new food vendors and seven new food stands.