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Joule adds downtown Dallas bakery-cafe with butcher and artisan breads

A new bakery-cafe is coming from the folks at the Joule Dallas hotel.

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At long last, Dallas Design District restaurant Sassetta is fulfilling its original mission of being an "all-day cafe" and going the full nine yards by opening for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

This means it's open all day, every day, from 8 am-10 pm Sundays-Thursdays, and 8 am-11 pm Fridays and Saturdays. All the hours!

This means you can now stop in for a café-style breakfast, working lunch, early-afternoon cocktail, or festive night out. All the meals!

Owned and operated by Joule Dallas hotel owner Headington Companies, Sassetta is a European-inspired Italian eatery with pasta, pizza, house-cured meats, seafood, Italian cocktails, and wine. It's part of a trio of restaurants at the corner of Oak Lawn and Hi Line Drive, along with siblings Wheelhouse restaurant and Go Go, a market opening soon.

In its new role as an all-day café, Sassetta will incorporate a coffee bar, topped each morning with pastries, and manned by baristas serving Counter Culture Coffee, the nationally-known specialty coffee roaster from Durham, North Carolina.

The breakfast menu includes house-made granola and yogurt alongside toasted brioche topped with ricotta, seasonal jam, and burnt honey; a chicken sausage egg sandwich on focaccia bread; and a roasted mushroom-, spinach-, and fontina-stuffed frittata.

The lunch menu features all the dinner favorites – freshly made semolina pasta and signature wood-fired pizzas – in addition to Italian sandwiches that range from chicken parmesan and caprese to tuna conserva topped with arugula, roasted bell pepper, and black olive aioli.

Artisanal bread, pastries, and specialty desserts are made daily by pastry chefs Sarah Green and Ruben Torano at Commissary, an off-site bakery and butcher shop for Headington Companies restaurants and new grab-and-go café concept opening to the public downtown this fall.

Yes, downtown Dallas is going to get a bakery-cafe.

Commissary will be a bakery in the heart of Dallas, located at 1217 Main St., aka the Synn building, producing artisan-style breads using high-quality heritage grains, that are all naturally leavened and by hand. They'll make breads and viennoiseries daily, meaning artisan hearth breads, sweet breads, and sandwich breads.

Commissary will serve as the production center for Headington restaurants and hotels, and house a full butcher shop and bakery as well as a cafe/coffee shop that serves a full menu from morning to night.

The facility will also prepare from-scratch charcuterie, ground meat, and extruded pastas. A spokesperson says there is no opening date, but that's what Headington spokespeople always say. It's definitely going to be open by the end of 2017, possibly by November.

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Closing News

Longtime Dallas restaurant Sevy's Grill to close after nearly 30 years

Photo courtesy of Sevy's Grill

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A longtime Dallas restaurant is closing in 2026: Sevy's Grill, which has been open at 8201 Preston Rd. near Preston Center for nearly 30 years, will close on June 27, 2026.

According to a release from the owners, they're closing due to what appears to be an increase in rent.

"After months of negotiations, we were not able to come to a mutually beneficial agreement for our fourth 10-year lease," the post said.

The restaurant is located in Preston Sherry Plaza, which was acquired in September 2025 by Austin-based Endeavor Real Estate. Somebody gotta foot the bill.

Sevy's says they are looking at other locations.

"Our focus now is to finish these next 6+ months taking care of our guests and staff at the same caring level we built our brand on: Warm, professional service, consistently good food and a comfortable ambiance where the guest is always first," the post says. "First on our list of priorities is taking care of our guests in December and all the wonderful celebrations of family, friends and business groups. We do still have some availability for reservations, including our last New Years Eve at Preston Sherry. Come celebrate with us as the exciting anticipation of a new year for all of us."

"Our second priority will be the search for a new location to continue doing what we love," they said. "We are already reviewing possible sites and will keep everyone updated regularly."

Owned by chef Jim "Sevy" Severson and his wife Amy Severson, the restaurant has long been a neighborhood favorite with a lively bar scene, and was nominated in CultureMap's 2018 Tastemaker Awards for Best Neighborhood Restaurant. They were a frequent choice for winemaker events and are also known for the longevity of their staff.

"Eight team members have been with us all 29+ years, with an average tenure in the kitchen of 15+ years and a Management team that you all know," their post said. "Come support our staff as we celebrate the next 6+ months.Thank you again for your support through all the normal challenges of running a restaurant as well as economic downturns, market bubbles, Y2K, and of course the COVID era. As I tell my family and friends to “enjoy the ride in life”, wow, what an amazing ride it has been for us! And as always, Sevy’s Grill is here for you."