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    Downtown News

    Acclaimed Italian restaurant from Dallas' Design District moves downtown

    Teresa Gubbins
    Apr 4, 2022 | 2:25 pm
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    Pastas will be house-made.
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    In fantastic news for downtown Dallas and Italian food fans everywhere, it's the much anticipated (and relocated) comeback of Sassetta, opening at the Joule hotel at 1530 Main St. in downtown Dallas. According to a release, it'll open on April 8, dinner only at first, with the addition of lunch to follow.

     

    This is a second life for Sassetta, the restaurant founded by Tim Headington, CEO of Headington Companies, which first opened in the Dallas Design District in 2017. It closed during the pandemic and will now be located at the Joule, in the space previously occupied by Americano, another Italian restaurant, great in its own right, which also closed during the pandemic.

     

    Sassetta will be the sister restaurant at the Joule to CBD Provisions, which is still open. (And meanwhile, Sassetta's Design District space has been taken over by another Italian restaurant, Carbone.)

     

     Food
    Sassetta will do creative interpretations of modern and regional Italian cuisine, including:

     
       
    • shareable small plates such as tomato-braised meatballs, tuna carpaccio, and stuffed castelvetrano olives (an homage to an item on Americano's menu)
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    • house-made semolina pastas, rolled or extruded in various shapes then perfectly dressed, including ricotta agnolotti, black spaghetti, tagliatelle bolognese, and black pepper bucatini
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    •  thin crust pizzas, starting with three-day fermented dough cooked at ultra-high temperatures to achieve a puffy, blistered crust, with toppings such as littleneck clams, hen o’ the woods, black pepper and burnt honey (an original Sassetta pizza)
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    Overseeing menu creation and execution is executive chef Jason Zygmont, who has worked at culinary bright lights such as Per Se, Noma, and Blue Hill at Stone Barns. He joined Sassetta in December 2021, relocating from Nashville, where his restaurant Setsun was awarded Eater's 2019 Dish of the Year with his signature agnolotti.

     

    "The culinary scene in Dallas is exploding and I'm excited to be joining this thriving food culture," Zygmont says in a statement. "It's clear that Sassetta initially struck such a chord here because of the quality of food and the beautifully designed space – no doubt this iteration is going to impress in a similar, yet new way."

     

    Although its main thrust is seasonal, modern Italian fare, the new menu also features influences from the Mediterranean region including Southern France, Northern Africa, and Spain. Wine list is a robust collection from various regions in Italy, as well as California and France, along with amari and Italian cocktails. The signature cocktail, Carmenta’s Spell, is named after a Roman goddess and contains Prosecco, Pisco, pomegranate liquor, and lemon juice and served in Il Buco Vita’s hand-blown “Goddess” glass.

     

     Decor
    Inspiration from Tuscany is woven into Sassetta's reimagined aesthetic with a new color palette by Swoon the Studio, design, dining experience, and the restaurant’s serving pieces. That includes hand blown glassware, colored tumblers, and custom glazed dishes by Il Buco Vita, a group of skilled Italian artisans. They're going for a modern, neighborhood trattoria where locals gather for aperitivos with friends or an elegant dinner.

     

    Jean Liu, principal of interior design firm Jean Liu Design, says in a statement that they sought to emphasize the connection to Italy's history through design elements such as terrazzo bathroom flooring, vibrant colors, and artwork and dining pieces by skilled artisans.

     

    That includes Galloti & Radice Jolie light pendants in the dining room; "Renata" floor and wall tiles from Ann Sacks' terrazzo collection; and an abstract mural by British interiors firm de Gournay representing Tuscany's rolling hills.

     

    Somewhere in the middle of all this, according to the release, is a subtle nod to Harry's Bar in Venice. They've also opened the dining room to embrace a large porch area for more al fresco seating.

     

    "We couldn’t be more excited to reintroduce Sassetta to Dallas as well as reintegrate itself into the vibrant fabric of Main Street," Headington says. "Witnessing Sassetta's meticulous evolution under Jean's artistic vision has been incredibly inspiring to me and The Joule team. And what Chef Zygmont has created – refining our favorites, as well as presenting new dishes – reflects our commitment to quality and creating more reasons to visit downtown."

     
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    Chicken & Waffles News

    Celeb-owned Johnny's Chicken & Waffles opens second DFW location

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jul 15, 2025 | 4:07 pm
    Johnny's Chicken & Waffles
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    Johnny's Chicken & Waffles

    A restaurant dedicated to chicken & waffles with celebrity ties has doubled down on Dallas-Fort Worth: Johnny's Chicken & Waffles, founded by reality TV star Crystal Smith; her ex-husband singer Ne-Yo; and Karlie Redd (VH1’s Love n’ Hip Hop), has opened a location in Fort Worth, at 2707 Race St. #117.

    The restaurant opened softly on July 11, with an official opening coming on July 22.

    This marks the second location for the brunch favorite: AFter debuting the concept in 2020 in the Atlanta area, they opened a location in Dallas at 1326 Botham Jean Blvd. in 2024.

    Chicken & waffles, their signature dish, takes its cue from the famous Roscoe's House of Chicken & Waffles in southern California (although the dish originated in Harlem at a place called Wells Famous Home of Chicken and Waffles).

    Johnny's menu lets diners mix-and-match: You choose how you want your chicken and then a flavor of waffle, so you can customize your chicken-and-waffle situation to order.

    • Chicken comes in choice of whole wings, tenders, Buffalo wings, or a combo
    • Waffles comes in choice of buttermilk, pecan, red velvet, or strawberry

    Their other big signatures include mac & cheese which you can order with chicken tenders, fried shrimp, or fried lobster tail, for $29.95; and cocktails served in mason jars, such as bloody Marys, margaritas, espresso martini, and a strawberry lemonade with cognac.

    They also have entrees like Cajun penne pasta, brioche French toast stuffed with cream cheese, fried shrimp basket, catfish & grits, and salads like a kale Caesar. Most items are priced between $22 and $30.

    Operations manager Randy Lamp says that the Dallas restaurant has been such a smash — always busy, and especially on weekends, when brunch draws big lines — that expanding was a no-brainer.

    "We thought, we have this wildly successful restaurant here, it makes sense to open something in the area — but not right in Dallas," Lamp says.

    They scouted about 20 locations, but it didn't take them long to narrow it down to Fort Worth, where they opened at at 2707 Race St. #117.

    "Race Street fit a lot of same criteria as our Dallas location," Lamp says. "It's centrally located but it's not in a saturated retail area, and that is to our benefit. We are careful in how we choose our neighborhoods and spaces."

    Lamp says that the Dallas location "showed us some things about ourselves that we liked learning."

    "One lesson we learned from Dallas is that you don't need foot traffic for brunch," he says. "People don't mind driving somewhere to get brunch. So a standalone spot with good parking becomes a positive. The Race Street location has a great parking lot right behind it, and there's no one nearby that's going to get mad if we have people waiting in line."

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