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    Closing News

    Pricier restaurant does not survive in Dallas' Lakewood neighborhood

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jul 20, 2017 | 8:52 am
    Pork chop at Sugarbacon restaurant in Dallas
    These pork chops are off the menu in Lakewood.
    Photo courtesy of Sugarbacon

    A restaurant in the center of Lakewood shut down after less than a year in business. Sugarbacon Proper Kitchen, which opened in October 2016 in the space long occupied previously by home cooking classic Dixie House, closed on July 17. The restaurant posted a sign claiming that it was "temporarily closed for renovations," and a manager told the Lakewood Advocate that it would be closed for three to four months.

    However, its Open Table page has a statement that says, "Unfortunately, this restaurant is permanently closed," and a former staffer confirmed that it was closed for good.

    The restaurant was the second branch of a concept that first opened in McKinney in 2015. It was fronted by hospitality veteran Johnny Carros (Jasper's, Chamberlain's, Del Frisco's) and chef Jon Thompson (Stampede 66, Samar). Thompson was already gone by the time the Dallas branch opened, and Carros left in late 2016. The owning entity is a group called Corner Station LLC.

    The menu included tater tots, spinach-artichoke dip, red pepper hummus, a grilled cheese sandwich, shrimp and grits, brisket cheddar enchiladas, Scottish salmon, mushroom Bolognese, and fish tacos. There are five salads, including wedge, Cobb, and chicken Caesar.

    Dixie House closed after more than 35 years in the heart of Lakewood. Sugarbacon represented a more foodie-centric menu — but also a bigger check, which Lakewood residents do not like. In a release, Robert Dozier, a representative of then-landlord Lincoln Property, explained why Sugarbacon was selected.

    "The owners of Lakewood Shopping Center are always looking for tenants to bring to the East Dallas area that are focused in building 'community' and becoming part of the fabric of the neighborhood while also being an exceptional partner with the property," he said. "We have been impressed with the Sugarbacon team and are thrilled to welcome them into the fold."

    Lincoln Properties has since sold the entire center, including the Lakewood Theater, to Stockdale Investment Group.

    The original Sugarbacon in McKinney remains open, and its Facebook page posted a reminder on July 19 that it will participate in all three weeks of Restaurant Week, from August 4-26.

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    Ice Cream News

    One of Dallas' top gelato shops opens new location in Plano

    Teresa Gubbins
    May 15, 2025 | 3:14 pm
    Botolino Gelato
    Botolino Gelato
    Botolino Gelato

    There's an authentic new gelato shop now open in Plano: Botolino Gelato, the artisan gelateria founded in Dallas in 2017, has opened a location in the Preston Park Shopping Center, at the northwest corner of Preston Road and Park Boulevard, in a former Starbucks where it opened on May 12.

    This is the fourth location for the chain, following the original on 2116 Greenville Ave., Preston & Royal in North Dallas, and Bishop Arts. The company also has Botolino Gelato Lab, a facility near Fair Park where many of their offerings are made.

    In a release, owner Carlo Gattini says that fans have been asking for a location in Collin County; his wife is also from Plano and has ties to the community.

    Gattini, who trained at Carpigiano Gelato University in Bologna, has roots in both Dallas and Italy. He was born in Milan and raised on a farm in Tuscany. His grandmother had her own gelato shop, and she and her sisters famously resurrected the epicurean magazine La Cucina Italiana. Carlo's family moved to Dallas, and his father opened the beloved MoMo Italian Kitchen, where Carlo helped serve the restaurant's classic Italian cuisine for more than 30 years, until the family sold the business in 2016.

    Each Botolino shop offers 16 flavors of gelato and sorbetto, with eight classics and eight seasonal flavors in rotation. They use high-end authentic ingredients such as Valrhona chocolate and Tonde Gentile della Langhe hazelnuts from Nocciola d’Elite farm in Piedmont, Italy.

    Classic flavors include pistachio (made from Bronte pistachios from Marullo Pistachio in Sicily), white coffee with cold-infused coffee from whole-bean Noble Coyote Coffee Roasters coffee, mascarpone & figs, milk chocolate, coconut straciatella with dark Valrhona chocolate slivers, and vanilla with Sava Bourbon vanilla beans from Madagascar.

    Rotating flavors include tiramisu, Alpine almond bar with Sicilian almonds, Turkish coffee, and sorbets such as blueberry and lemon-rose.

    They also do espresso drinks and indulgent desserts including cakes, sundaes, decadent brownies, and sticky toffee pudding topped with ice cream.

    To mark the opening, customers who visit before May 21 can enter drawings for hands-on classes. The 2,000 square-foot shop, located a few doors north of Whole Foods Market, has a covered patio and ample parking.

    “I look forward to welcoming guests to the new Plano Botolino - a great place for family gatherings, a place for first dates, a place to make meaningful memories with friends,” Gattini says.

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