Boozy Spinoff

Beer-happy Three Sheets finds second home on McKinney Avenue in Uptown

Pozo Mercado will soon become Three Sheets Uptown.
Photo courtesy of Pozo Mercado
The new Three Sheets won't be identical, but it'll still have burgers and beer.
Photo courtesy of Resident Taqueria

The Pozo Mercado space on McKinney Avenue, which closed in December, has a new tenant: Three Sheets Uptown. It's a spin-off of Three Sheets, the game-happy beer bar on Ross Avenue, and it's set to open in late January.

The Uptown branch will offer the same pizza and burgers and stiff drinks served at the Ross Avenue original. The space will have 15 TVs and a 90-inch LED TV on the patio. There also will be a draft beer wall focused on seasonal and local beer.

The Uptown location won't be identical to the original on Ross. "It'll be a little funkier," says manager Eddie Black.

Three Sheets manager Eddie Black says that he goes way back with the owners of Pozo Mercado.

"[Three Sheets owner] Patrick Tetrick and I have known Brandon Hays and his partner, James Hamous, since they were bartenders back in the '90s. We've been friends for years," Black says. "When they said they had a space available, we brainstormed to see if Three Sheets would work in Uptown. The foot traffic there is incredible."

The Uptown location won't be identical, Black says. "It's a smaller space, so we won't have a lot of the gaming we do on Ross, like the outdoor pool tables and old-school arcade games," he says. "It'll be a little funkier. The décor is eclectic. We've been working for weeks, painting and adding new furniture. And we're installing a draft house."

Black, a former DJ who used to have a regular slot on KDGE-FM, and Tetrick go back to the days when Tetrick had the club Lotus – which is now Standard Pour, owned by Hays and Hamous.

"It's all a community," Black says. "We all know each other."

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New all-day French bistro in downtown Rockwall is all from scratch

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Belle View Bistro Rockwall

An all-day French bistro has made its debut in Rockwall: Called Belle Vie Bistro, it’s a new mom-and-pop in the charming historic downtown district, at 112 E. Rusk St., the former home of The Fatted Calf restaurant, where it opened its doors on November 12.

Belle Vie is from Luis and Iliana Marquez, a hard-working couple who also own Los Marquez, a popular taco--themed food-truck-turned-restaurant in Rockwall they first debuted in 2019. In May, the couple took over the former Fat Chicken space to open a brick and mortar location of Los Marquez, where they serve well-made Mexican food like tacos, burritos, and quesadillas, but also burgers & fries. They open for breakfast with breakfast tacos, and run a daily lunch special, often creative, always popular, such as birria ramen with choice of beef or lamb for $11.

But the couple had a bigger vision of creating a place where chef Luis could stretch and showcase his skills.

"Luis has a lot of culinary experience, and it’s something that he’s been putting aside,” Iliana says. “We were just waiting on the perfect time to bring this to life.”

"This is something exciting and new for us, it’s something that we always wanted to make,” Luis says.

Like Los Marquez, Belle Vie is open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, serving classics like French onion soup, moules frites, escargot, and duck confit. There are also comforting and American dishes like spinach-artichoke dip, crab cakes, and fish & chips.

Lunch features Cobb salad, a French dip, and chicken & Brie panini, while an extended breakfast -- which runs from 7 am to 4 pm — includes pancakes, waffles, eggs benedict, beignets French toast, and crepes, plus pastries and breads made from scratch.

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The bakery counter is a delight, with eclairs, croissants, scones, fruit tarts, and cake slices in flavors like carrot cake and white chocolate raspberry. There's also a serious coffee program with espresso drinks such as lattes.

"We pride ourselves on making everything from scratch," the duo says. "Our bread—whether for sandwiches, paninis, hamburgers or anything listed on our menu is made fresh just for us by our incredibly talented pastry chef and baker. The same care goes into our pastries and desserts ensuring every bite is special and crafted with love."

The dining room is warm and cozy with dark wood chairs and plush booths and a full-wall mural depicting a street in Paris. They also have a full bar, with cocktails and beer on tap. Prices are reasonable, ranging from $9 for a Belgian waffle during breakfast to $45 for prime ribeye at dinner.

For now, they're not taking reservations — it's first come, first serve.

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