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    Irving Restaurant Explosion

    Mega-slate of restaurants hits Irving's Music Factory — Sunday gospel brunch included

    Teresa Gubbins
    Mar 31, 2015 | 3:38 pm
    Rendering of Toyota Music Factory in Las Colinas
    More than a dozen restaurants have been announced for the Music Factory in Irving.
    Photo courtesy of Alamo Drafthouse DFW

    The Music Factory has revealed another slate of restaurant openings, and this one's big: The Irving entertainment complex has partnered with Seattle-based Restaurants Unlimited (RUI) to open and operate seven new restaurant and entertainment venues.

    "Our concepts will cater perfectly to the great people of Texas and their love of all-American fare, live entertainment and huge appetite for being with friends," said RUI president and CEO Chris Harter in a release.

    The RUI concepts run from Mediterranean to barbecue to "West Coast fare." Although all are fully conceived, some still do not have names, says spokesman Eric Kelly.

    "The Music Factory is still about 13 months away," Kelly says. "We've got the concept and cuisine established but are still in process with a few different names, going through trade name search and so on.

    "We can't yet commit to names for the concept. But they're great concepts, already fleshed out, right through the tasting process."

    Details are as follows:

    Restaurant No. 1: Texas kitchen
    Open 24 hours a day with comfort food, smoked meat and coffee bar. A 4,000-pound smoker will be located outside the restaurant for brisket, chicken, pork ribs and hot links. Other menu items include buttermilk fried chicken, meatloaf and mashed potatoes, chicken and dumplings, green-tomato inspired dishes, black-eyed peas, and squash casserole. The coffee bar also will offer breakfast pastries. Live country and western musicians will often perform in the evening.

    Restaurant No. 2: Barbecue, burgers and blues
    Charbroiled burgers, wings, hand-cut fries, Frito pie and fried pickles. The bar will offer bourbon and rye, along with 20 regional beers on tap. Live blues will be presented on the indoor performance stage.

    Restaurant No. 3: Latin cantina
    Menu items include red and green chile enchiladas, chicken with tortillas and salsa, margaritas, mojitos, regional beer, and tequila. Expect Latin-Flamenco and Western pop music.

    Restaurant No. 4: Seafood house
    Exhibition oyster bar with East and West Coast oysters, plus charbroiled Gulf oysters with garlic-butter and Parmesan cheese. Appetizers include crab cakes, fried oysters, stuffed artichokes, and shrimp and grits. Entrees include gumbo, jambalaya, etouffée and grilled fish. French Quarter bar will feature hurricanes, bourbon milk punch, Sazerac and Ramos gin fizz. Live music will be Zydeco and jazz.

    Restaurant No. 5: West Coast grill and lounge
    Inspired by our Portland City Grill, this concept features Kung Pao calamari, steak tartare, Brie-stuffed artichoke, salads, seafood and dry-aged steaks. Entertainment will include jazz and a live pianist.

    Restaurant No. 6: Martini lounge and tapas
    More than 30 specialty martinis, bottle service and cocktails with DJs, VIP booths and a fire feature on the outdoor patio.

    Restaurant No. 7: Mediterranean wine bar
    Wine by the glass or bottle with Mediterranean dishes such as chargrilled octopus salad, Catalonian flatbreads, salads, cured meat and cheese boards. Desserts include chocolate fondue, pain perdu with champagne grapes and chevre, chocolate pate with raspberries, and limoncello granita.

    Open seven days a week, all venues will have patios offering access to live entertainment outdoors on the plaza. On Sundays there will be a gospel brunch on the plaza with fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, smoked meats, salads (including macaroni and potato), peach cobbler, pecan pie, and red velvet cake.

    Launched in 1968, Restaurants Unlimited operates 21 restaurant brands in 47 locations in 11 states, including Portland City Grill, Palisade, Cutters Crabhouse and Skates on the Bay, Kincaid's, Palomino Restaurant & Bar, Portland Seafood Company and Stanford's.

    Located just north of O'Connor between U.S. Highway 114 and Las Colinas Boulevard, adjacent to the Irving Convention Center, the $165 million Music Factory complex will have an eight-screen Alamo Drafthouse, an 8,000-seat concert venue run by Live Nation, a 50,000-square-foot outdoor plaza for special events such as fashion shows and food festivals, and 100,000 square feet of office space. It can all be accessed by the DART Orange Line.

    Previously announced concepts for Music Factory include TCBY, Gloria's, sushi restaurant Kabuki and Thirsty Lion Gastropub.

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    In A Pickle

    Dallas-based Smoothie King chain debuts puckery new pickle smoothie

    Teresa Gubbins
    May 12, 2026 | 2:17 pm
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    Pickle flavored smoothie from Smoothie King.

    The ever upwardly trending pickle flavor is surfacing in the unlikeliest of places: Smoothie King, the Dallas-based smoothie chain, is releasing a new limited-edition Pickle Smoothie — for those who love pickles so much they could drink them.

    Smoothie King is partnering with Grillo's Pickles, a Boston-based pickle company, on a beverage that combines Grillo’s Pickles with bananas, kale, and coconut water for what they describe as a refreshingly tangy drink infused with electrolytes designed to support hydration.

    The drink is $5.99 for a 20-ounce serving, and will be available through the summer. They'll be giving out free 4-ounce samples on May 16, while supplies last. A Today writer who ran out and tried it found that the banana and pickles both had an equally strong presence, and that it was "not bad." That's some reporting.

    Grillo's Pickles was founded in 2008 by Travis Grillo, who launched the business as a small wooden pushcart in Boston Common, using his family's 100-year-old recipe. It has since grown into a nationwide brand, with their bottles topped with kelly-green lids sold in the refrigerator section of major grocery chains such as Walmart, Target, Whole Foods, Kroger, and Aldi.

    Smoothie King is based in Dallas and is owned by Wan Kim, who opened the first Smoothie King franchise in Korea before eventually acquiring the national chain. He's also a major presence in Dallas' restaurant scene, opening the acclaimed Asian-themed Nuri Steakhouse in Uptown Dallas in 2024, and more recently debuting a chicken tenders concept on Dallas' Greenville Avenue called Flock & Fresh on May 2.

    Pickles have emerged in recent years as one of the buzziest flavors, including Fort Worth's own craft beer brewer Martin House Brewing Co., a pickle pioneer that has released a number of pickle-flavored beers. H-E-B just joined the pickle party with a new Pickle Chamoy Sherbet, and national boutique grocery chain Trader Joe's is about to reprise its annual Pickle Season onslaught of pickle-flavored products such as Dill Pickle Mustard and Pickle-Flavored Potato Chips.

    Beyond their flavor, pickles are a fermented item which can offer nutritional/probiotic benefits, although Smoothie King VP of R&D and Product Marketing Lori Primavera focuses primarily on the hydration aspect.

    "At Smoothie King, every recipe starts with delicious nutrition in mind," Primavera says in a statement. "Pickles are not only delicious and having a cultural moment, they also offer real nutritional benefits, especially known for their enhanced hydration. That combination gave us an opportunity to explore them in a new format and push our innovation into new territory, reimagining how a beloved flavor can deliver both function and taste."

    Grillo's Pickles Chief Commercial Officer Mark Luker calls them "functional benefits."

    "We love to do unhinged collabs at Grillo's," Luker says. "With that, we don't always get to talk about the functional benefits of pickles. When we partnered with Smoothie King for a hydration smoothie, we knew this was a great opportunity to do both. Those who are willing to try will be pleasantly surprised (and hydrated)."

    And if pickles are not your thing, Smoothie King is also simultaneously unveiling five watermelon smoothies including fan-favorite Watermelon Hydration, Watermelon X-Treme, Gut Health, The Activator Recovery Watermelon, and Power Meal Slim Watermelon.

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