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    Grocery News

    Berkley's Market brings its handy grocery-cafe hybrid to Dallas' Oak Cliff

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jun 28, 2022 | 10:40 am

    A new mini-supermarket-cafe has opened in Oak Cliff: Berkley's Market, the neighborhood grocery concept founded by entrepreneur Zac Porter, has opened its location in the Bishop Arts District at 634 W Davis St., in the long-vacant Bolsa Mercado space.

    The market features supermarket staples, ranging from basic to gourmet, from toilet paper to artisan crackers, plus prepared foods and a wine department & bar. It also contains a coffee shop with espresso drinks, featuring La Colombe beans.

    It "softly" opened on June 27 with limited hours from 8 am-4 pm, to slowly get into gear.

    Porter first got into supermarkets in 2015 when he, his wife Emily Ray-Porter, and their friend Cullen Potts opened a location of Austin-based Royal Blue Grocery in Highland Park Village. With its street-side patio seating facing Preston Road, it quickly became a favorite destination for Park Cities meet-ups and people watching. Its market-and-coffee-shop combination as well as Porter's attentive daily presence were a smash, helping to spawn a major sidewalk scene at the shopping center.

    They subsequently opened two locations in downtown Dallas at The Mercantile building, and in the Arts District at Trammell Crow Center, aiming to add density, vitality, street amenities, and convenience for workers and residents downtown.

    In 2021, Porter parted ways with Royal Blue and relaunched as Berkley's Market, affording more freedom to fine-tune their neighborhood focus. He's also opening a Berkley's in the Knox Street neighborhood later in 2022.

    Each location is slightly different from the next, tailored for the neighborhood it serves and the people who frequent it every day, but at their other locations, they've become known for their coffee bar & breakfast tacos, along with essential & gourmet groceries, awesome wine selection, lunch counter, and wine bar which Porter says they'll be stocking with more all-day menu options.

    The building at 634 W. Davis was originally a body shop, with the original 2,500-square-foot 1920s building in front and a 1,500-square-foot metal shed in back. The building in the rear was converted into a big catering kitchen, making Berkley's, with its hybrid personality of market plus coffee and wine bar, a good fit for what is otherwise an unusual space.

    Porter says they're excited to be in Oak Cliff, which they've been working on for nearly three years.

    "We love Oak Cliff and Bishop Arts!" he says. "My business partner's parents and my mom grew up in the neighborhood and graduated from Sunset High School, so it feels really good to return with a store where our families have roots."

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    Greek News

    Savvy chef team to open Elia Greek Tavern in Dallas' Bishop Arts

    Raven Jordan
    Jun 23, 2025 | 7:27 pm
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    A new restaurant is coming to a revered Oak Cliff location: Called Elia Greek Tavern, it will open this summer in Bishop Arts at 205 N. Bishop Ave., better known as the former home of Nora Restaurant and Bar.

    Elia is from highly prolific chef Habip Kargin and his partner Hayko Sherenian, who also own Selda Mediterranean, the growing Turkish restaurant concept which now has four locations in Dallas — including The Mayor's House by Selda, also in Bishop Arts — as well as a location in San Antonio.

    When Nora closed in May, they saw an opportunity to offer something new to the neighborhood.

    "We wanted to bring an authentic Mediterranean/Greek seafood restaurant to Bishop Arts and also bring another attraction to the area," Sherenian says.

    Elia will be a fusion, combining Turkish and Greek cuisine, especially seafood such as baked Greek branzino, dorado, swordfish, and snapper, as well as Greek classics like chicken and lamb.

    They'll also do classic Greek dishes like tzatziki and caviar dips, calamari, and saganaki — a pan-fried Greek cheese. Prices will be reasonable for a nice place, from $20-$40 per person.

    As is their habit, they're bringing in chefs with expertise: Abdullah "Apo" Acik and Yusuf Alasulu, two chefs from Cyprus, an island south of Greece, to head the culinary team.

    The restaurant will be open late nights until 2 am and feature a full bar with wine, beer, and cocktails, as well as a weekday happy hour from 3-6 pm.

    The inside of the restaurant is also being renovated with a classic Greek vibe incorporating lots of the color blue.

    "It will be upscale but cozy and relaxed at the same time," Sherenian says. "We want the customer to feel as if they just had a meal at a small family restaurant in Greece."

    Kargin opened his first restaurant in Mersin, Turkey, before moving to the U.S. He founded Pera, a Mediterranean concept, in 2012 and later opened the original Selda on Belt Line Road in 2020. Sherenian became a partner when they expanded with a location in Frisco, which opened in May.

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