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Plano's Legacy West adds novel bookstore eatery and 12 new shops

Legacy West will be home to a rare concept called Barnes & Noble Kitchen.

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Plano shopping and dining mega-center Legacy West has signed on more than a dozen new stores and restaurants, set to open in the fall. They will join Legacy West's burgeoning lineup of tenants including the recently opened flagship Frontgate store; Warby Parker; and the first Tommy Bahama Store and Restaurant in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Among the openings are the largest food hall in North Texas and new concepts from Barnes & Noble and Starbucks. Here's the list:

Barnes & Noble Kitchen
The new Barnes & Noble concept store opening at Legacy West will be the first in the Southwest to offer not just the latest novels, but a restaurant with an expanded menu including beer and wine. The Legacy West new concept store will have 9,000 square feet, and will be a place to relax, discover new books, listen to an author speak, and have a glass of wine. Especially the part about the glass of wine. Barnes & Noble is the nation's largest retail bookseller, with 633 stores across 50 states, but currently only three locations of this hybrid concept.

Fashion Optical
Fashion Optical is not your typical optical chain. It has eye wear from around the world, from the fashion capitals of Paris, Milan, London, Geneva, and Berlin among many others, and all at affordable prices. It also boasts fashion music pumped throughout the store, and emphasizes friendliness and professionalism on its staff. True to its perfectionist profile, lenses are made and manufactured on site, in most cases.

Filson
Established in Seattle in 1897 to outfit prospectors headed for the Yukon, Filson has a 120-year legacy, built on its reputation for quality and durability. Its long-lasting clothing, luggage, and accessories are the choice of explorers, adventurers, ranchers, hunters, anglers, engineers, and anyone with a passion for the outdoors. A location opened in Highland Park Village in spring 2016 but closed in December.

Haywire
Haywire is another restaurant concept from Frontburner (Whiskey Cake, Mexican Sugar, The Ranch at Las Colinas), this one with a "true Texas" theme. The menu features heritage recipes made modern with locally sourced Texas ingredients for tastes both unexpected and comforting. No idea what that actually means, but it sounds yum. There's a bar with local spirits, craft beers, handcrafted cocktails, and an unparalleled craftily crafted wine list.

J.Crew
Who remembers back to 1983 when J.Crew debuted with the mailing of its first catalog? Today, the business includes retail and outlet stores nationwide and a growing online business. J.Crew partners with the finest global fabric mills and craftsmen, as well as iconic brands such as Thomas Mason, Timex, New Balance, and Red Wing. J.Crew has several line extensions, including crewcuts (for kids sizes 2-14), J.Crew Ready-to-party, and J.Crew Sport.

Legacy Hall
Chef-inspired food hall will feature Dallas purveyors doing lobster rolls, barbecue, tacos, burgers, popsicles, onsite brewery, and taproom. Also, a beer garden with live entertainment.

Levi's
The Levi’s brand epitomizes classic American style and effortless cool. A tailor shop will be located at the front of the store allowing customers to have their favorite denim pieces tailored by a team of specialized craftsmen. Exclusive to only a handful of Levi’s stores worldwide, the tailor shop offers custom embroidery, tailoring, hemming, and repairs.

M∙A∙C
Make-up Art Cosmetics is the leading brand of professional cosmetics, created in Toronto, Canada in 1984 and part of the Estée Lauder Companies, Inc.

Madewell
Introduced in 2006, Madewell is a modern women's denim brand with workwear roots. Merchandise includes jeans, T-shirts, ankle boots, and leather jackets.

Sephora
Sephora allows you to shop myriad brands and encourages you to try, test, and play with everything from lip glosses to blushes, skincare to fragrance.

Starbucks Reserve
Only the second location like it in Texas and among only a few across the country, Starbucks Reserve offers a craft coffee experience. The first Texas location opened in Uptown Dallas in the McKinney & Olive tower in June.

Sugarfina
High-end candy store known for champagne bears, sugar lips, and peach bellinis that are just as beautiful to look at as they are to taste. The first Sugarfina store opened November 2013 in Beverly Hills, and now includes 24 boutiques and 15 Nordstrom shop-in-shops in major North American cities. The first branch in the Dallas area opened in February at NorthPark Center.

Taverna
Italian restaurant from Dallas restaurateur Alberto Lombardi.

Toulouse Café and Bar
French restaurant from Dallas restaurateur Alberto Lombardi.

These new tenants join the community of restaurants and retailers already open including: Bonobos, Coach, Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steak House, Earls Kitchen+Bar, Fabletics, Fidelity, Frontgate, Johnny Was, Mesero, North Italia, Peter Millar, Pockets, Renaissance Dallas At Plano Legacy West Hotel, Shake Shack, Sprinkles, Suitsupply, Tesla, Tommy Bahama Store & Restaurant, True Food Kitchen, Tumi, Venetian Nail Spa, Warby Parker, and West Elm.

Legacy West is a $3.2-billion, 255-acre development that's home to the North American headquarters of Toyota and FedEx Office as well as the regional headquarters for JP Morgan Chase and Liberty Mutual. It'll include the 304-room Renaissance Dallas at Plano Legacy West hotel, and two high-rise luxury living towers with more than 1,200 luxury apartments and 127 urban villas.

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With the holidays on the horizon, shopping is on the rise. This November edition of Where to Shop, CultureMap's monthly roundup of new shops, sales, and alternative shopping, has five unique new openings, ranging from fashion to skin care to sports apparel.

The roundup also includes two non-traditional entries, including a new benefits program at an area mall, and a place to get your passport — in case you're planning on shopping abroad.

Here's where to shop in Dallas for November:

Baseballism
Baseball camp that transformed into an off-field baseball clothing brand is now open at Allen Premium Outlets. The store offers baseball-themed clothing, hats, and accessories. Their collection features collaborations with several big league names, including MLB, Babe Ruth, Vin Scully and Field of Dreams. Caps and hoodies are especially popular items, such as the Junior's Silhouette for $36 or the short Sleeve Yankees hoodie for $79.

Firewheel Town Center
Garland shopping center is in the giving spirit with its latest Shop, Dine & Save program. Visitors can shop or dine at select stores, including Buckle, DSW, and Razzoo's, Ferah Tex-Med Kitchen, and receive a $25 Simon giftcard when they spend $150 or more. To get the giftcard, receipts have to be shown at the mall management office and include at least one shop and one restaurant from the same day. The special lasts through November 27.

Hill House
Originally a bedding company that launched in 2016, Hill House has extended their collection to offer home, accessories, baby & kids, bridal, and apparel. They opened a location in NorthPark Center at the end of October — their first in Texas and only their fifth store. Hill House is best known for the "Nap Dress," a flowing dress made for day or night wear. There's also a short version of the dress, such as the Scarlett Long Sleeve Mini, a plaid dress for $188. Just in time for season, they've launched holiday pajamas, featuring pajama sets, robes, and children's sets.

Glossier
Skincare, beauty, and fragrance concept just opened a 1,000 square-foot store at NorthPark Center, featuring its trademark whimsical displays that one might mistake for an art supply or paint store. They sell fragrances, scented skin creams, balms, cleansers, moisturizers, makeup, eyelash curlers, and other beauty products, a little on the pricey side, but they make the shopping experience fun with an immersive shopping experience. That stuff doesn't come for free. This is their 12 location in the U.S., joining Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, DC, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, NYC, Philadelphia, and Seattle.

Rally House
Sports apparel chain opened a location at Rockwall Crossing Shopping Center in Rockwall, with merchandise — headwear, accessories, collectibles — dedicated to Dallas-area teams including Dallas Cowboys, Texas Rangers, Dallas Stars, and college teams like the Texas Longhorns, Texas Tech Red Raiders, and Texas A&M Aggies. They also offer locally-themed apparel and accessories that celebrate Dallas destinations and landmarks, such as an Uscape Pom Mens Knit Hat with a graphic of the Dallas skyline for $30 or a long sleeve Dallas sweatshirt for $42. This is the 22nd location in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Thrifted Threads
Houston-based vintage clothing reseller just made its debut in Deep Ellum at 2646 Main St. #620, next to Vidorra. Thrifted Threads was founded by Laith Awad, who began reselling clothes in 2017, initially as an online store until he opened a location in 2022 in Houston's Montrose District when he was only 18. He opened a second store in College Station in 2023. Deep Ellum is the third. They're known vintage apparel from jerseys to sweatshirts and hats, as well as collections of color-sorted clothes from the 70s to the 2000s. It's more than a store, with arcade games that don't require coins to play, a motorcycle display, and ice cream.

Collin County Passport Office
If you're "shopping" for a passport, a passport office just reopened in the Collin County Courthouse at 2100 Bloomdale Rd., McKinney. The new passport acceptance office will initially be appointment only, with bookings available through the District Clerk's website. Plans are underway to introduce same-day and walkup services in the near future.

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