Brunch News

New restaurant at Plano food hall serves brunch and breakfast all day and night

Hey hey you little beignet.

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Legacy Hall, the food hall in Plano, has a new concept that is all about brunch. Called Brunch Club, it's serving breakfast and brunch at all hours including all day and late at night.

This new concept opened a few weeks ago with a menu heavy on Southern comfort food. It's located on the third floor, next to High Bar, in a space that was previously Degenhardt's Brat Haus. Bye brats, hi brunch.

According to a release, Brunch Club is the brainchild of chef Brett Curtis, creator of The Dock food truck and founder of Dock Local, the seafood concept he opened at Legacy Hall in 2020, who was inspired to open this new offering because of his love for breakfast.

The release also says Curtis himself eats breakfast for dinner multiple times a week. It's true.

"Brunch Club is a place that offers something for everyone, whether you’re looking for a family-friendly day out, a work lunch, or a late-night out with live music and dancing," he says in a statement. "Brunch Club adds a unique offering to the food hall that we feel complements the programming and existing eateries."

The menu at Brunch Club features dishes such as

Crab Cake Benedict - crab cakes, poached eggs, creole hollandaise, spinach, gouda grits or country potatoes
Steak ‘N’ Eggs - flat iron steak, chimichurri sauce, eggs, gouda grits or country potatoes
Shrimp ‘N’ Grits - cheese grits, shrimp, smoked sausage, bacon, white wine Cajun butter sauce
Buttermilk Cakes - 3 buttermilk pancakes, syrup, sea salt, and whipped butter
Country Eggs - eggs, country potatoes, bacon or sausage, and toast

Other bites include Nashville hot fish sliders, fried green tomatoes, beignets, nachos, sticky ribs, and spinach queso.

They call it a menu that satisfies a craving for brunch any time of day.

This is a troubling trend beginning to foment. No one knows better than CultureMap that brunch is hugely popular — but a key element of that popularity is that brunch is not available all day every day. It's a special-occasion thing for weekends (more specifically, weekend day drinking), a respite from the other days. Having brunch available any time you want seems like the best way to destroy the mystique of brunch. Do not anger the brunch gods.

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Sandwich News

Pickleman's Gourmet Café rolls out 2 new sandwich shops around Dallas

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Chicken salad sandwich at Pickleman's Gourmet Cafe

A fast-casual sandwich chain from the Midwest is making moves on Texas: Pickleman's Gourmet Café, known for its menu of sandwiches and more, has opened a location in Plano, at 8448 Parkwood Blvd. #300, in the same center as Oishii and Halal Guys.

Pickleman's serves toasted sandwiches, but also salads, soups, and pizzas, for dine-in and takeout. The chain was founded in 2005 by founder & CEO Doug Stritzel, former COO of Jimmy John's, who opened the first location in Columbia, Missouri. They now have 35 locations across Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Indiana, Nebraska, and Texas.

They made their Texas debut in 2024 with their first DFW location in McKinney. A second store just opened in Celina in March 2026. There's also a location coming to The Colony, 5600 Nebraska Furniture Mart Dr.

Pickleman's is part of a big wave of sandwich chains that have proliferated in the past decade, many of whom — Cheba Hut, Snarf's, Capriotti's — have expanded into the Dallas area. Pickleman's is frequently compared to Potbelly, with a menu centered on sandwiches and toasted subs, served on choice of white or wheat bread.

Their selling points include produce prepped daily, 7-ingredient bread with no dough conditioners, and a "no-fryer" kitchen policy. Their sandwich options include turkey club, chicken salad, grilled cheese, and a Cuban sandwich, with notable creations as follows:

Buffalo chicken with provolone, bleu cheese, buffalo sauce, lettuce, and ranch
Italian beef with shaved beef dipped in au jus topped with giardiniera peppers
Italian club, with Genoa salami, capicola, smoked ham, pepperoni, provolone, lettuce, tomato, onion, mayo, vinegar & oil, and Italian seasoning

The lineup is meat-centric, with one veggie sandwich, containing cucumber, avocado, lettuce, tomatoes, and provolone.

But their menu expands beyond sandwiches with salads, soups, and bowls such as mac & cheese. A signature item is a combo featuring grilled cheese and tomato bisque soup.

They also do pizza — a thin-crust version featuring classic toppings such as pepperoni and Italian sausage, as well as pizza versions of some of their sandwiches, such as the Buffalo chicken and an asiago chicken pizza with bacon and Asiago Caesar dressing.

Sandwiches range from $8 to $11. Pizzas range from $12-$19.

The Plano café is from Integrity Franchise Group, and is part of Pickleman's goal to open a dozen or more locations across DFW.

"Expanding into Texas is a massive opportunity for us, and DFW is the perfect market for a concept that refuses to cut corners," Stritzel says in a release.

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