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    News You Can Eat

    Tastes of summer refresh this rendition of Dallas restaurant news

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jun 29, 2018 | 1:32 pm
    Del Frisco's Grille
    More brunch and cocktails at Del Frisco's Grille.
    Photo courtesy of Del Frisco's Grille

    This rendition of Dallas dining news is filled with the joys of summer: summer menus, refreshing cocktails, and boozy shakes.

    Here's what's happening in Dallas restaurant news this week:

    Rio Mambo, which is sort of Tarrant County's version of Mi Cocina, closed its only Dallas-area location in Addison. Located on the corner of Belt Line and Runyon, it opened in October 2015. The other Mambo locations are in southwest Fort Worth, north and south Arlington, Addison, Colleyville and Weatherford.

    Meccha Matcha, a tea shop "obsessed" with matcha green tea, has opened in Plano, at 2001 Coit Rd., with matcha-infused items that include lattes, shaved ice, soft serve ice cream, floats, lattes, and smoothies. They also do parfaits which you can layer with granola, whipped cream, matcha jelly, mochi balls, and matcha chocolate.

    Rush Bowls has signed three leases to bring its meals-in-a-bowl with fruit, vegetables, granola, proteins, and other ingredients. Opening in summer 2018 are Dallas at 5331 E. Mockingbird Ln., and Flower Mound at 2400 Lakeside Pkwy. A Keller location will open at 242 Rufe Snow Dr. in the fall.

    Creamistry, the California-based chain specializing in liquid nitrogen ice cream, will open in The Colony at 5733 SH 121 on July 2, with a grand opening celebration on July 7. Creamistry also has limited-edition flavors that include honeycomb toffee, lemon cookie, and oranges 'n' cream.

    Cedars Socíal has added a taqueria concept open Monday-Friday from 11 am-3 pm. Tacos feature ingredients such as pork belly, redfish, and lengua, along with elotes, chicharron nachos, quesadillas, and what owner Monica Greene calls very large tortas.

    Snooze an A.M. Eatery has a new summer menu with what a release calls "a peppy new pancake," a new benedict, and four cocktails. Starburst Pancake has a buttermilk lemon poppyseed pancake topped with lemon anglaise, blackberries, citrus mascarpone, and toasted almonds. Smashed avocado benny has an English muffin topped with avocado, green chili, parmesan cheese, tomatoes, poached eggs, and smoked cheddar hollandaise. Cocktails include a sparkling strawberry mimosa, and a strawberry margarita with jalapeño-infused tequila and strawberry-jalapeño puree.

    Pinstack, the dining-entertainment destination, has new monthly specials for July including watermelon-BBQ chicken wings, tomato and white bean soup, the Impossible plant-based burger, and a surf-and-turf with flat iron steak, shrimp, goat cheese-mashed potatoes, and asparagus.

    Tommy Bahama Restaurant & Bar has new menu items including shrimp and grits, mojo chicken with charred sour oranges and andouille sausage, miso-glazed salmon with shiitake mushrooms, mahi mahi with a crispy furikake rice cake, and ceviche with snapper or halibut.

    Omni Dallas Hotel is focusing on mango for the summer in cocktails and dishes. A spicy mango margarita has a spicy mango infused syrup. Mango Paloma combines tequila with mango and grapefruit juice. Mango hummus has smoked jalapeño dressing, smoked paprika, and charred mango cubes.

    Bowen House has a summer menu with loads of elaborate drinks and new dishes that include the avocado elote toast with grilled corn; a cold grain salad bowl with grains, carrots, radish, and peas; ginger-pork empanadas; and Mom's Russian salad with English peas and pickles. A new summer wine menu includes some great selections such as La Luca Prosecco, Moet Imperial Brut, Whitehaven Sauvignon Blanc, AIX Rose, and Meiomi Pinot Noir.

    Yogurtland has three new flavors including their first ever light ice cream, for a limited time: Butter Pecan light ice cream, blue raspberry sorbet flavored with Jolly Rancher, and Cookies and Crème Smores frozen yogurt.

    Da Mario in Frisco is now offering an "espresso lunch" for those short on time. It's a three-course menu for $25 with choice of salad, entree, and dessert including kale salad, Caesar, pizza, pasta, chicken, gelato, and sorbet.

    Thirsty Lion Gastropub & Grill at Toyota Music Factory has new items on its brunch menu including berry waffle, spicy fried chicken and waffles, Greek yogurt chia bowl, salmon cake benedict, and avocado toast.

    Ocean Prime Dallas is offering a pre-theatre menu Monday-Friday from 4-6 pm for $55. You get soup or salad, a surf option (shrimp scampi, crab cake, or sea scallops) with an 8-ounce filet, and a savory side dish, plus a bag of truffle popcorn to go. Options include French onion soup, house or Caesar salad, and sides such as broccoli, corn, creamed spinach, jalapeño au gratin, whipped potatoes, and truffle mac and cheese.

    Cow Tipping Creamery has launched a "boozy shake" collaboration with Cane Rosso, which combines Cow Tipping Creamery's soft serve and toppings with Cane Rosso's cocktails. Piña cow-lada has blue curacao, pineapple juice, rum, whipped cream, and gold sprinkles; cookie shake has rum, Kahlua, Bailey's Irish Cream, whipped cream, and cookie butter drizzle. They're $12.

    Starbucks has a new mango-dragonfruit refresher drink, with pieces of real red-fleshed dragon fruit. You can get it in a creamier version with coconut milk instead of water.

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    Where to Drink

    Where to drink in Dallas right now: 5 new happy hours for February

    Teresa Gubbins
    Feb 6, 2026 | 4:22 pm
    Frozen John D at Even Coast.
    Even Coast
    The Frozen John D at Even Coast.

    The February edition of Where to Drink, CultureMap's monthly column on restaurants and bars you can get a drink at, travels far and wide to find the best and most exotic happy hours around: From sushi deals in downtown Dallas to $5 margaritas in Collin County to Indian bar bites in Irving.

    (If you're in a more date-night frame of mind, be sure to consult our list of places where you can share a sweet Valentine's Day meal.)

    Here are five happy hours to try in February:

    Cafe Gecko
    Laid-back perennial favorite in Richardson has just unveiled a brand new happy hour menu featuring their delectable versions of classic bar food treats including pizza fries, pretzel bites, chicharrones, onion rings, and fried pickles, priced from $5-$7, plus $1 off everything in the bar. It's served Monday all day, and Tuesday-Friday from 3-7 pm.

    Dozo Omakase
    Omakase sushi restaurant which opened a year ago at Trinity Groves with a compact menu that includes the trendy multi-course omakase style of dining, available in small or large versions. They do a cool approach to happy hour by introducing a new menu nearly every month. For February, it includes items from the sushi bar and the kitchen including half-price nigiri, sushi hand rolls for $8, gyoza for $6, crispy rice tuna for $10, and miso soup for a bargain $2.50. Cocktails include sake for $9 and a Kyoto highball cocktail for $11.

    Even Coast
    Neighborhood restaurant from chef Omar Flores opened on the Addison-Dallas line in 2024 with seafood, pastas, and steaks — and now happy hour. It's a good one, served from 2-6 pm every day with its own menu of $3 oysters, $10 cheeseburgers, and salmon dip. House cocktails are $9, including a rotating flavor frozen drink; a pint of beer is $6, and wine by the glass is $9. The only restriction is where: On Friday-Saturday, it's available only at the bar; Sunday-Thursday, it's also available in the dining room and on the patio.

    Neon Cactus
    Congenial Mexican restaurant in Fairview has a happy hour with deals that surely seem worth driving for: They run Monday-Friday from 3-6 pm and include margaritas for $5, domestic beers for $4, wine by the glass for $5, and well drinks for $4. They also have daily food specials that run all day, such as queso blanco and chicken tinga flautas, $10 each on Thursdays, and taco plates with rice and beans, $10 to $12 on Tuesdays.

    Nirvana
    Sultry Indian lounge at Toyota Music Factory with DJ, dance floor, and rooftop patio has what may be the worst website in the world — but buried beneath the PTSD flash graphics and music is a worthy happy hour, served from 4-7 pm featuring $2 off all cocktails, including the Hunan Heatwave with tequila and tandoori pineapple, and the Beijing Berry mocktail with mixed berries and ginger ale. Plus Indian-themed bar snacks such as "drums of heaven" AKA chicken lollipops; street-style chow mein, and crispy chili corn.

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