Uptown Food Hall

Chef Tiffany Derry ushers in raw fish trend to Uptown Dallas food hall

The trendy Uptown Urban Market has a trendy new offering.

Photo courtesy of Yama Sushi

In one of the largest collisions of super hot foodie trends, Uptown Urban Market food hall has added a new offering to its lineup: the Hawaiian raw-fish dish known as poke.

Recognizing that the foodie gods have decreed 2017 as the Year of Poke, chef Tiffany Derry, who oversees the food hall's to-go operations, recruited a top sushi spot in Dallas, Yama Sushi, to contribute the dish.

Yama is the concept from Shigekazu Tateno, a 15-year veteran sushi chef, who has two branches: the original at 8989 Forest Ln., and a second branch in Plano at Preston Road and SH 121.

Uptown Urban Market is the stab at the food hall concept located on the ground level of the Gables Villa Rosa at 2650 Cedar Springs Rd., with 7,000 square feet dedicated to food stalls manned by high-end local independents such as La Duni Baking Studio, Buda Juice, and Fireside Pies. The hall opened in November.

It includes Derry's grab ‘n go market, called The Cupboard, which does soups, salads, sandwiches, and prepared meals. Menu items include Mediterranean salad, quinoa salad, tomato basil soup, turkey baguette, and roast beef wrap. Daily specials include smoked salmon cake and a clever dish called "beet tips" with mashed potato.

To complement The Cupboard, Derry partnered with Yama to incorporate sushi and poke options including ahi poke and Yama's signature "five treasure roll" with tuna, salmon, yellowtail, shrimp, and crab mix, wrapped in thinly sliced cucumber and served with ponzu sauce.

Derry says that she and her partner Tom Foley want to offer fresh, locally sourced food.

"When we started thinking about our first entry into the Dallas market, we recognized the opportunity to elevate the simple offerings, such as soups and salads," she says. "Its exciting to launch this concept and continually challenge our team to introduce new offerings to our Cupboard."

In addition to The Cupboard, Derry is developing a full-service restaurant as well as a concept for the Legacy Food Hall.

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Sweet shop

Dallas chef Tiffany Derry debuts sweet dessert shop in Grand Prairie

Photo courtesy of Syrup + Sno

Syrup + Sno snow cone.

Dallas' most prolific celebrity chef, Tiffany Derry, is making things sweeter in Grand Prairie. Her latest concept, called Syrup + Sno, is a whimsical dessert shop at EpicCentral in Grand Prairie.

Syrup + Sno is located at 2951 S. State Hwy. 161, Grand Prairie, near other restaurants from Derry's TD2 concepts, The Landing (which is next door) and Radici. It debuted on Memorial Day and is open weekends only, Thursday-Sunday.

The shop offers snow cones that promise to be as tasty as they are colorful, a release says.

Flavors include:

Banana Fosters with caramelized banana, cinnamon, brown sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla sno
Mangonada with fresh mango, Tajín, and chamoy candy
Halo Halo layered with ube, coconut, strawberries, red bean, mochi, and soft serve
Customizable sno with flavors ranging from hibiscus and tamarind to matcha green tea and tiger’s blood

In addition to shaved ice, Syrup + Sno serves macaron ice cream sandwiches, warm cookies, and soft serve topped with everything from pop rocks and mochi to Texas pecans and sweet red bean.

Syrup + Sno features a freezer case stocked with vibrant macaron ice cream sandwiches.Photo by Gabrielle McBay

Derry says she wants it to be an elevated, global-inspired take on an American classic.

“Growing up, some of my favorite memories were the simple treats that brought people together like sno cones, soft serve, cookies," she says in a statement. "With Syrup + Sno, I wanted to create a place that feels fun and nostalgic, while also reflecting the global influences that inspire so much of my cooking. "From classics with a twist to flavors inspired by cultures and ingredients from around the world, I wanted every item to feel both familiar and unexpected."

The shop is built with families in mind, she says, and sits in a dynamic development with family-oriented attractions such as TopGolf, a karting run and arcade, and an indoor waterpark.

"It’s a spot where families can hang out after a game, friends can grab something sweet by the water, and everyone can feel like a kid again," she says.

Derry, a Beaumont-native, rose to fame after appearing on Season 7 of Bravo’sTop Chef and has since gone on to become a Food Network staple. In addition to Radici (both the Grand Prairie location as well as the original spot in Farmers Branch) and The Landing, and now Syrup + Sno, Derry owns Roots Southern Table in Farmers Branch and Roots Southern Shak in Addison. She was nominated for a 2026 CultureMap Tastemaker Award for Chef of the Year.

Syrup + Sno is open 3-8 pm Thursday-Sunday.

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