Editor's note: Dallas can't get enough of Guy Fieri in this week's most popular headlines. The top Dallas news of the week includes a fine-dining restaurant appearing on the celebrity chef's hit show, plus Fieri's fried chicken chain's Dallas debut. Read our top stories of the week below, then find the best things to do in Dallas this weekend in this guide.
1. Dallas fine-dining restaurant to appear on Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives. One of Dallas' most acclaimed new-ish restaurants is getting the Guy Fieri treatment: Rye, the seasonal American small-plates restaurant and cocktail bar at 1920 Greenville Ave., will appear on Food Network in March in an episode of Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives.
2. Guy Fieri chicken restaurant to open first Texas location in Dallas. Chicken a la Guy Fieri has come to Dallas: Chicken Guy!, the fast-casual restaurant chain from celebrity chef and Emmy Award-winning TV host Guy Fieri, opened its first-ever Texas location in Preston Hollow Village this week.
Fried chicken from Chicken Guy!Photo courtesy of Chicken Guy!
3. Get these limited-edition dishes quick in this Dallas restaurant news. Life is shorter than you think, but nothing goes by more quickly than a limited-edition menu item. And there are plenty of those in this latest roundup of Dallas restaurant news — from a winter pop-up to a special-edition collaboration between Oreo cookies and rock star Post Malone.
4. Ambitious fried chicken restaurant from Denver lands in McKinney. Another fast-casual chicken restaurant chain is flying into town. Birdcall, a Denver-based chain that specializes in fried chicken sandwiches and salads, will open in McKinney at 4702 W. University Dr., in a new center west of US-75.
5. This Dallas-area city is attracting the most new wealthy residents. Where are the wealthy settling down in North Texas? The Dallas neighbor of Lewisville has added more high-income households recently than any other local city, and it ranks among the top 25 U.S. places with the biggest growth of high earners.
