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Dallas bags more biscuits with new restaurant at Plano's Granite Park

On the topic of biscuits, more is good.

The Boardwalk in Granite Park gets four more restaurants, two of which are known locally, and two of which are entirely new concepts. One of them does biscuits. All four will open in spring or summer 2018.

Known entities first:

Pearl Cup Coffee serving espresso drinks, coffee, snacks, pastries, plus wine and bites in the afternoons through the evening.

Edith's French Bistro. Second location of a restaurant that opened at Mockingbird Station in 2017. It will offer French baked goods like viennoiseries (light and fluffy pastries with a hint of sweetness) and patisseries as well as a full breakfast, lunch and dinner featuring French dishes including crepes, duck confit tartine, garden nicoise salad, roasted lamb, and short rib poutine.

Newbies:

B. Frank & Relish, a new concept to debut at The Boardwalk, has an eclectic menu in a rustic environment offering a wide range of bar food and salads, using quality ingredients, some locally sourced, featuring a wood fire grill for the whole family to enjoy. Menu offerings include grilled artichokes, gourmet salads, B. Famous Wings with chipotle sauce and seared hanger steak with soy ginger glaze. The food is paired with local and regional craft beer, cocktails and uniquely sourced wines tapped right off the barrel.

The Biscuit Bar, a new Southern home-style concept, will offer a fast-casual yet high-quality take on scratch biscuits with a wide range of toppings. Menu items include Biscuit & Egg, Buffalo Blue Chicken Biscuit, Charcuterie Biscuit and the Monte Cristo. The restaurant also serves salads with biscuit croutons, biscuit desserts, and a bar menu with cocktails.

Granite managing director Will Hendrickson says in a release that they're adding more restaurants than they'd originally planned.

"Initially we planned to offer six restaurants but we split two spaces to have more diversity and culinary creativity," he says. "From morning to night, people will be able to enjoy their breakfast, lunch and dinner or unwind for weekend brunch or happy hour at this cool and unique waterfront."

The Boardwalk is a 30,000 square foot waterfront escape located in Granite Park, a 90-acre, mixed-use campus with six Class A office buildings at the intersection of the Sam Rayburn Tollway (121) and the Dallas North Tollway. The Boardwalk offers a restaurant row, patios, lounge areas, a children’s play area, fire pits and a waterfront for Granite customers and visitors. The Boardwalk overlooks the amenity-rich 299-room Hilton Granite Park Hotel, a full-service convention hotel with a 30,000 square foot conference center, two ballrooms, an executive lounge, a 24-hour fitness center, a resort-style outdoor pool, and the restaurant Carso Mediterranean Grill – referred by D Magazine as “one of Plano’s most delicious restaurants.

The restaurants join the following eateries already calling The Boardwalk in Granite Park their home.

Chips Old Fashioned Hamburgers, the legendary Dallas favorite.
HookLine, offering Cajun and Southern Comfort inspired dishes the chef calls Gulf Coast Low Country.
Union Bear, formerly in Dallas’ West Village, is Plano’s first independent brewpub and restaurant.

Granite is in lease negotiations with one additional eatery for the remaining space to offer a collection of eight restaurants by the end of 2018.

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Not Pizza News

Dallas pizza purveyor Cane Rosso to open cocktail lounge in Frisco

Imperial Room

Food at Imperial Room, coming soon to Frisco

An ice cream shop in Frisco is closing, to be replaced by a new bar: Cow Tipping Creamery, a soft-serve shop located at 3685 The Star Blvd. at The Star in Frisco, has closed after a decade. Its final day was July 14.

In its place will be a cocktail lounge called The Imperial Room, which will open in early September, according to a release.

The new bar will open next door to the Frisco location of Cane Rosso, and is from PILF Restaurant Group (Cane Rosso, Zoli's Pizza, and Thunderbird Pies), which also owned Cow Tipping Creamery.

The transformation comes as PILF renewed its lease at The Star, at which time they proposed converting the ice cream shop into a bar — a concept that PILF owner Jay Jerrier envisioned for years, the release says.

"We've loved being part of The Star for the last ten years, and Cow Tipping Creamery created a lot of great memories for our guests," Jerrier says. "But ice cream is an incredibly seasonal business, and we've wanted to create a cocktail lounge for a long time. The Imperial Room gives us the opportunity to build something completely different — something that complements Cane Rosso, while also allowing our team to stretch creatively beyond pizza."

According to the release, Jerrier drew his inspiration from New York cocktail bars such as Juniper Bar in Manhattan, a multi-level restaurant and sports bar located near Penn Station and Madison Square Garden.

Decor
The bar will comprise an intimate 600-square-foot space seating 25 to 30 people, and will be available for private parties and special events. Decor will consist of olive and navy tones, cozy booths, warm lighting, with a "classic cocktail lounge atmosphere."

Beverage
PILF Restaurant Group has drafted acclaimed Dallas bartender Gabe Sanchez, whose work has helped shape cocktail programs at some of the city's most respected bars, including Black Swan Saloon and Midnight Rambler, to create an original menu.

Food
The menu by PILF executive chef Mat Urban will feature shareable plates such as focaccia, Caesar salad, and n’duja toast; larger entrées such as cacio e pepe, vodka agnolotti, and a roast beef sandwich; and lemon olive oil cake for dessert.

Construction is currently underway, with an anticipated opening in September 2026.

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