Eats in the 'Burbs

Three new restaurants join buzzing CityLine in Richardson, including Dallas Mexican favorite

In its unceasing quest to feature every cuisine, the CityLine complex in Richardson has signed on three more restaurant concepts including a Dallas Mexican favorite, a Razzoo's spin-off and a new-to-Dallas concept from Atlanta.

The restaurants, all new to Richardson, include: Fernando’s Mexican Cuisine, Fresh To Order, and Tricky Fish.

CityLine is the 186-acre mixed-use project in Richardson being developed by KDC. According to KDC vice president Colin Fitzgibbons, phase one of the project is 90 percent leased.

"We want to provide the thousands of office tenants, residents and visitors with plenty of quality dining choices to fit their varying tastes and lifestyles," Fitzgibbons says in a release. "These new restaurants round out our roster of dining options as we move into phase two of our development."

Fernando’s Mexican Cuisine offers upscale Tex-Mex dining with the continental influence of Mexico City. This will be the third Fernando's; the first opened in Preston Hollow in 2005, and the second on Travis Walk in 2011. Menu items include fajitas, taco and enchilada plates, and regional dishes such as fish tacos and chicken mole poblano. The restaurant will offer weekday lunch specials, brunch and dinner, with a patio and happy hour.

The 5,115-square-foot Fernando’s will be located on the ground floor of a 532-unit apartment building at 1250 State St., and is scheduled to open in February 2016.

Tricky Fish is a Southern seafood restaurant owned and developed by Razzoo's which features a fast-casual dining room as well as a full-service bar. Menu items include fresh seafood, entrée salads and sandwiches, including po'boys and muffaletta. The signature dessert is a peach ice cream sundae with bread pudding croutons and rum sauce. The bar will offer 12 regional craft beers on tap, wines by the glass and happy hour specials. A patio with sliding doors will open onto a pedestrian area.

The 3,800-square-foot Tricky Fish will be on the ground floor of Three CityLine at 1251 State St. and will open in fall 2015.

Fresh To Order is an Atlanta-based chain that serves food fire-grilled in front of guests within 10 minutes for about $10. That sounds dangerous. Menu items include almond-crusted seared tuna, chicken with wild mushrooms, burgers made from bison, salmon and tuna, soups and paninis. Founder and CEO Pierre Panos plans to launch 10 to 15 more Fresh To Order restaurants in the Dallas area.

The 3,200-square foot Fresh to Order will be located in the ground floor the JLB apartment building, next to Fernando’s, on the southwest corner of State Street and Plano Road, and will open in spring 2016.

CityLine will also be home to Whole Foods, LOOK Cinemas, office buildings, an Aloft hotel and multiple restaurants.

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Where to Drink

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

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Whiskey Cake has cocktails, food, and the inevitable hand with a manicure.

Maybe because it's fall or maybe because we're just lucky, but it's an especially rich time right now for happy hour offerings, with five spots that have either just debuted new happy hours (or are about to debut). There's a chef take at a restaurant-bar on Greenville Avenue; a fun music bar in Bishop Arts; a chance to sneak into a upscale steakhouse in a Dallas high-rise; and a restaurant-bar overlooking a tranquil golf course in Frisco.

Here's five hot new happy hours for our latest installment of Where to Drink:

Quarter Acre
Greenville Avenue restaurant has a new “Garden Hour” happy hour program Tuesday-Friday from 5-6:30 pm on the patio or at the bar, featuring snacks, three for $11, such as the Watermelon Bite, Crispy Pork Belly with avocado whip and sour lime, Half Shell Oyster with kiwi bubbles and rosé mignonette, and Mushroom Croquette with goat cheese. Select cocktails are $8 including the Front Deck Spritz with Aperol, passionfruit, and bubbles; and Bumble Bee’s Knees with Ford’s Gin, honey, and lemon. Three bottles of wine are $40: Pierre Sparr “Brut” Cremant d’Alsace, Mahua Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough 2022, or Black Cottage Pinot Noir, Marlborough 2021.

Revelers Hall
New Orleans-style bar in Bishop Arts has a new summer happy hour Monday-Friday from 4-7 pm, with good deals: half-price food, $6 wines, $5 well drinks, and $4 beers. They also have live music daily, featuring a variety of genres including jazz, bebop, Cumbia, and Latin jazz. Plus indoor and outdoor seating, and now is the time of year for that.

Ryder Cup Grille
Restaurant-bar at the Omni PGA Frisco Resort — one of 13 restaurants and bars at the resort — has a new happy hour with postcard-worthy views overlooking the Fields Ranch golf courses. It's an early one, running Monday-Friday from 2-5 pm and includes some domestic beers for $6, house wines for $10, and Ranch Water for $13. Food specials include Parmesan fries ($7), a guacamole and salsa flight ($9), chicken tenders with Buffalo sauce, Deep Ellum blue cheese dressing, and ranch ($11), nachos with brisket and refried beans ($12), and Cobb salad ($12).

SER Steak & Spirits
Steakhouse on the 27th floor of the Hilton Anatole has a Social Hour Tuesday-Thursday from 5-6:30 pm with $10 cocktails, $10 wines by the glass. A new bar menu features oysters, beef tartare, and gochujang chicken, priced from $9 to $23. They also have two new cocktails: Fall Berry Bush with tequila, Chambord, lime, rosemary, and sage; and a boozy lemonade with vodka, lavender, dill, lemon juice, and soda water.

Whiskey Cake
A new $7 Social Hour begins September 26, and runs Monday-Friday 3-6 pm with cocktails like the Old Fashioned, Margarita, Daiquiri, and a CYOM (create your own martini) with vodka or gin, clean or dirty, wet or dry, shaken or stirred, with a twist of lemon or olives, all for $7. House wines are also $7 and beers are $5. A menu of bar bites includes Wagyu corn dogs, BBQ spiced pork rinds, and blue cheese kettle chips.

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