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    Plan a Pool Day

    Dallas Design District hotel bar-restaurant dips into poolside cabanas

    Teresa Gubbins
    Aug 10, 2015 | 12:40 pm
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    Grab yourself a cabana and a drink.
    Photo courtesy of Anchor

    A new pool-bar-restaurant called Anchor Design District Pool & Bar is setting out to make a DoubleTree hotel seem cool. Is that a mission impossible? This new hotel restaurant-bar has fruity cocktails, mid-priced "bites" and four pool-side cabanas for lounging.

    "We created Anchor Pool & Bar to be the perfect setting for whatever guests are looking for, whether it is happy hour with friends or drinks and small bites by the pool on a Saturday afternoon,” says general manager Ron Disbrow in a release.

    Guests can order "tropic-inspired drinks" like melon mojitos or grapefruit margaritas. Tastes created by Executive Chef Mark Yamada include tacos with pulled pork, "housemade" chicken tenders, crab cake with watermelon salad, barbacoa empanadas, grilled chicken wings in pineapple buffalo sauce, and chicken quesadillas.

    There's a section identified only as "hand-crafted," leaving you to wonder how the rest of the menu is composed. "Hand-crafted" includes a flatbread, "tropical" lettuce wraps with jerk-spiced chicken and mango, and sliders on Hawaiian rolls.

    Prices range from $12 to $15.

    Anchor Pool & Bar guests will be served by the hotel bar and renovations are in place currently that will open the bar to the pool for better access. Bar renovations will be finalized early this fall.

    This is a big move for DoubleTree by Hilton Dallas Market Center, which is now pitching its location "in the heart of the Dallas Design District."

    Anchor Pool & Bar is open Monday–Friday from 4–9 pm, Saturday from 10:30 am–9 pm and Sunday from 10:30 am–4 pm.

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    Mexican Restaurant News

    Dallas Mexican restaurant Vidorra to open in DFW tourist destination

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jun 19, 2025 | 9:49 am
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    Vidorra
    Vidorra

    A Dallas-based Mexican restaurant and bar is coming to the tourist-friendly town of Grapevine: Vidorra, a modern Mexican restaurant chain founded in Deep Ellum in 2018, has leased a 7,878-square-foot freestanding restaurant building located at 700 W. SH-114.

    According to a release, it will open in December 2025.

    The location was most recently home to Hoffbrau Steak & Grill House, which closed surprisingly in February 2024, just a little over a year after it opened in November 2022 in a former Brick House Tavern & Tap, which closed during the pandemic. Way back in the day, it was a Romano's Macaroni Grill.

    The location lies in of a string of restaurants running along 114 that includes Grimaldi's, La Madeleine, PF Chang's, and Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen. There are also already at least two other Mexican restaurants close by including Uncle Julio's and Mi Dia From Scratch.

    But Vidorra — which means “the good life” — is known not just for its food and cocktails, but also its "energized" environment. That means creative margaritas and Vidorra's signature Queso Blanco served in a 400-degree molcajete bowl – a fan-favorite experience.

    Other entrees include street tacos, birria tacos, and fajitas.

    Cocktails include a top-shelf margarita flight and fruit-infused cocktails. Tequila is big, and there are large-format drinks for sharing for a convivial social experience.

    There are currently Vidorra locations in Deep Ellum, Grand Prairie, Addison, and Rockwall, which opened in 2024; wit plans to open locations in Mesquite and Nashville soon.

    It's part of Milkshake Concepts whose portfolio of restaurants includes Stirr, The Finch, Saaya, Serious Pizza, and Serious Eats.

    Emilie G. Paulson with Weitzman handled negotiations for the property. Michael Walters with Falcon Realty Advisors represented the restaurant.

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