Stout Workout

6 Dallas workouts where you can burn your way to brunch and drinks

Reward your burn with a mimosa after The Joule's Bike and Brunch at Vital Fitness Studio.

Photo courtesy of Vital Fitness Studio

Yogis can love a good brew. Cardio junkies can enjoy a mimosa or two. And everyone can agree that exercise is best when it precedes a tasty meal or drink. Grab a yoga mat or tennis shoes and try out one of these local restaurants and brew houses that host workout specials. Consider it a reward for a tough workout because balance is the name of the game, right?

Yoga on the HG Rooftop
Kurt Johnson teaches a yoga class for all levels at 9 am on April 1 on the rooftop of HG Sply Co. After the workout, let a brunch buffet and mimosas refuel you. Lowest Greenville Collective is hosting its Experience Lowest Greenville festival the same day, making this an event within an event. Tickets, which usually sell out, are $35.

Bike + Brunch at Vital Fitness Studio
The Joule’s fitness studio Vital offers a 45-minute spin class and prix-fixe brunch every third Saturday of the month at 11:15 am. After the performance ride, indulge in Nutella doughnuts, a mimosa, and other goodies at the delicious American-Italian eatery Americano. This $40 class is not exclusive to Vital members.

Yoga or Burn & Brews at Community Beer Co.
As one of the first breweries in North Texas to capitalize on those who love a sweaty workout and a cold pint, Community Beer offers about two sweat sessions per month, usually announced on Facebook. On April 22, CubeFit Yoga teaches a one-hour yoga class followed by a brewery tour and pint. Catch Burn & Brews, a 45-minute HIIT (high intensity interval training) session, followed by a tour and beer, on a to-be-announced Saturday in April. Both classes start at 10:30 am and cost $15.

Brawl & Brews at Texas Ale Project
The Design District brewery partnered with Barre Code Plano and Barre Code Dallas Design District to offer a 50-minute kickboxing class called Brawl, followed by a brew on April 1. Brawl ends just in time for a free tour of the brewery. Though Barre Codes are hosting the event, there’s no need to be a member at the fitness studios to join. Members pay $15 and non-members pay $20.

Yoga & Craft Beer at Tupps Brewery
North Dallas yogis can sign up for a stout workout at Tupps Brewery in McKinney on April 22 at 9 am. BYOM (bring your own mat, that is) to this free hour-long class. After getting into a warrior state of mind, sip on a Cotton Mill Gold, Black Ale, or another brew (or kombucha). Plus, Tupps’ event is the perfect excuse to explore this charming town.

Yoga Brunch Dallas
The name of this business founded by two sisters explains itself. Choose one of five yoga-and-brunch options or customize your own for an in-home yoga-and-brunch experience. Grab four or more friends and pick from options such as Detox, which includes a 75-minute detox session and a smorgasbord of juices, fresh salmon, and bagels, or Party Yogis, an energizing take on a cocktail party with hors d'oeuvre.

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Sushi News

Dallas sushi restaurant Oishii opens in ex-Pei Wei at Preston Forest

Plano gets what everyone wants.

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Sushi is now being served at Preston-Forest in Dallas, thanks to chef Thanh Nguyen, who has opened a new location of his vastly popular Oishii restaurant at this buzzy intersection.

Located at 11700 Preston Rd. #650 — also known as the former Pei Wei space — Oishii Preston Forest has opened on September 20, ready to serve sushi and Pan-Asian cuisine to the North Dallas and Preston Hollow areas.

The restaurant is beloved for its imaginative rolls, hospitality, and broad menu with not just sushi but also Vietnamese and Chinese dishes, including classics like orange chicken. They serve as a convenient lunch spot with reasonable prices on favorites like the spicy salmon cabbage salad and sushi lunch platter. At dinner, it's specials like Peking duck, coconut sea bass, crab & Chinese asparagus soup, and the Royce sushi roll drizzled with truffle oil.

Scoring the Pei Wei space was a coup; it closed at the end of February after 20 years. Oishii was courted by the landlord, who wanted a traditional full-service restaurant in the space.

Nguyen previously worked at restaurants such as Nakamoto in Plano and Steel, before taking over a former Vietnamese buffet on Wycliff Avenue to open the first Oishii in 2003. The concept has maintained a devout following even through an expansion of new locations at SMU, in Plano, and Grapevine.

The menu at Preston Forest will feature many of the same innovative dishes served at the four existing Oishii locations such as the 42 Roll, Tribeca Roll, Royce Roll, Himalayan Roll, On the Border Roll, and Thanh Scallop Roll.

Oishii also has popular off the menu dishes including the Dallas Roll, Mustang Roll, Main Street Roll, and Salmon Tomato Sushi. They have a full bar, and their most popular cocktail is their Lychee Martini.

According to a representative from the restaurant, chef Thanh is debuting a new Preston Roll in honor of the newest location.

All locations are introducing a new wine menu with a Reserve List of special occasion wines; as well as a new Specialty Cocktail Menu, with Asian-inspired cocktails including Asian ingredients such as Japanese whisky, sake, shochu (rice liquor), yuzu marmalade, and sesame. The Nigiri Negroni for example contains sushi rice and soy sauce.

The chain also has a popular half-price bottle wine program, offered at different locations on different nights:

Mondays: Oishii SMU Boulevard (Dallas)
Tuesdays: Oishii Preston Forest (Dallas), Oishii Parkwood Boulevard (Plano), and Oishii Highway 114 (Grapevine)
Wednesdays: at Oishii Wycliff Avenue (Dallas)

Happy hour is available at the Plano and Grapevine locations only, Monday-Thursday from 5-6:30 pm at the bar and sushi bar with $3 to $9 small plates, $9 glasses of select wines, and $10 specialty cocktail drinks.

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