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Dallas pizzeria Eno's Pizza Tavern heads north for newest location

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The little Bishop Arts pizzeria that could has a new bun in the oven. Eno's Pizza Tavern will open its third location in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, this one at The Sound at Cypress Waters in Coppell, in early 2019.

The new location is at 3111 Olympus Blvd. — officially in Dallas, but contiguous to Coppell and Irving.

Co-owner Shane Spillers says in a release that The Sound at Cypress Waters is "a great location" with "the neighborhood feel we seek."

Since its 2008 debut, Eno's has developed a following for its thin-crust pizzas and pioneering selection of craft beer. Signature pies include the Pig Smiley with Benton's ham, Eno's sausage, honey, and pepperoni; and The Original with tomatoes, garlic mushrooms, Genoa salami, and sport peppers.

The restaurant was one of the first businesses to open in the Bishop Arts District, and of course we all know what happened there after that. Development boom.

They opened a second location in downtown Forney in 2017.

Lucy Billingsley, developer for Cypress Waters, says in a statement that she is thrilled to have Eno's join The Sound, where it will occupy a lakefront spot with an 1,800-square-foot rooftop patio deck overlooking the water. This extension of the restaurant will feature a full bar, food menu, and elevated views of North Lake and The Sound Stage.

The menu will include pizzas, pastas, sandwiches, and salads.

The new location will also house an Eno's Side Dough, the to-go concept founded at the Bishop Arts original which offers the full menu with beer and wine available for pickup and delivery.

Eno’s will be located near residences, shopping, offices and an outdoor music venue at Cypress Waters.The architectural character of the exterior will resemble a historical building and the interior will have an eclectic, comfortable atmosphere similar to the settings of Eno’s first two locations.

The Sound is set on 300-acre North Lake in North Dallas, and is designed to bring together a multi-faceted neighborhood, including multifamily, commercial, and retail.

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Texas to lead nation in culinary job growth by 2032, report predicts

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With all the booming restaurant scenes in major cities like Dallas, Texas' overall culinary industry will grow faster than the rest of the country within the next six years, Escoffier found.

A new analysis of the states that will have the most culinary industry job growth has revealed that Texas is expected to lead the nation with the fastest growth in the country by 2032.

The nationally recognized Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts' study, published December 30, 2025, compared all 50 states to determine their job prospects for chefs and head cooks, restaurant cooks, and food service managers based on three key metrics: projected growth rates from 2022-2032; "absolute job creation" (the total number of projected new positions) during the same 10-year span, and actual job growth rates from 2022-2024.

Texas' culinary industry is expected to grow by 24.88 percent by 2032, the report found, which is the highest projected growth rate nationwide. That translates to more than 52,000 culinary jobs created within the next six years.

Escoffier also broke down individual projections across all three metrics:

45,150 new restaurant cook jobs, a 39.72 percent increase
3,580 new chef and head cook jobs, a 19.76 percent increase
3,340 new food service manager jobs, a 15.17 percent increase

"The top three states alone — Texas, California, and Florida — will add nearly 130,000 culinary jobs, almost 45 percent of all jobs created in this industry (despite those states making up about 28 percent of the nation’s population)," the report said. "This demonstrates an extraordinary scale of opportunity for job seekers willing to relocate to states with booming restaurant scenes."

Major Texas cities, including Dallas, are bursting with highly esteemed award-winning chefs that are defining the local restaurant scenes. And there are just as many up-and-coming chefs rising through the culinary pipeline.

As Escoffier notes, projections are just one factor among many that determine the strength of the national culinary industry. Texas' combined actual culinary job growth from 2022-2024 is down 0.28 percent when compared to expectations.

"This simply means that, over the past few years, the state appears to have underperformed growth projections; the industry still grew in that state, but perhaps not as much as anticipated," the report's author clarifies. "Given the short timeframe (2022-2024), this category plays a small role in our rankings relative to the ten-year projections."

Washington led the U.S. with the most new culinary jobs added from 2022-2024, with 5,800 positions created during that time. Escoffier said Washington handily beat expectations that only 1,300 jobs would be added, representing a 348 percent "overperformance."

The top 10 states with the fastest-growing culinary industry are:

No. 1 – Texas
No. 2 – California
No. 3 – Georgia
No. 4 – Florida
No. 5 – Washington
No. 6 – North Carolina
No. 7 – Utah
No. 8 – Arizona
No. 9 – Nevada
No. 10 – Alabama

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