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    Closure News

    Fun downtown Dallas restaurant from chef Stephan Pyles closes down

    Teresa Gubbins
    Oct 14, 2018 | 12:47 pm
    Frito pie, Stampede 66 Freeto Pie
    Bye bye to the chef-driven Frito pie.
    Photo courtesy of Stampede 66

    It's the end of the line for Frito pie, with the closure of a signature restaurant from chef Stephan Pyles.

     

    After six years, Stampede 66 in downtown Dallas, Pyles' nostalgic ode to Texas, closed on October 13.

     

    Customers were told on Saturday that the kitchen was out of many entrees and that it was the restaurant's final night.

     

    "We felt so bad because everything we ordered they were out of, but it made sense when they told us it was their last night," says Eva Parks Cunningham, who dined there with her husband and friends. "Even though they were out of a lot of stuff, we enjoyed our meal and had a good time. The staff was super nice and apologetic."

     

    Similar shortages on prime weekend nights were noted as far back as August.

     

    Pyles, who was in Las Vegas with the James Beard Foundation's celebrity chef tour, was unavailable for comment.

     

    Stampede 66 chef John Thogerson discreetly telegraphed the closure with a Facebook post, saying, "With a bang!"

     

    Named for an iconic dance hall in Pyles' hometown Big Spring, Stampede 66 opened in October 2012 on the ground floor of the newly built 1717 McKinney Ave. building. Its combination of fun and kitschy menu including Frito pie, and luxuriously appointed Western-themed furnishings, made the restaurant a destination for locals and visitors alike.

     

    "It started as an inspiration from Star Canyon," Pyles said. "I believe what's missing in Dallas is an in-your-face Texas restaurant. I was thinking about something that really felt like Texas — the decor, the music, the ambience, the whole thing. That means tacos, Frito pie, and chili."

     

    But that Frito pie had house-made Fritos, and the fried chicken — the dish that became the restaurant's signature — was injected with honey and had a thick, crunchy crust.

     

    Pyles also incorporated trademarks from past restaurants such as Star Canyon's prickly pear margarita, which he updated by using liquid nitrogen to create the frozen drink table-side rather than mixing in an old-school blender. That liquid nitrogen came at a cost: The drink was a pricey $18.

     

    The restaurant's decor included conceptual art, visual puns, and sentimental homages to Pyles' formative years in West Texas, with longhorns over the bar, sculptures of wild mustangs, and a wall of branded wood squares listing names of small towns in Texas. A customer favorite was the row of flat-screen TVs showcased video footage of a ranch in Yoakum.

     

    While the downtown location is no more, Stampede 66 is being developed as a franchise concept, in partnership with Benchmark Hotels. A "Stampede 66 Express," which also served barbecue, opened at DFW Airport in 2016, and a Stampede 66 restaurant will be the signature eatery at the new Delta Marriott hotel at Watters Creek Convention Center in Allen, set to open in December 2018.

     

    But for now, as a downtown destination, its days are over.

     

    "Stampede 66 was my go to place to take out-of-towners," says Parks-Cunningham. "It never disappointed. Sad to see them close."

     

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    Bar News

    Dudley's Sports Grill to open on Dallas' hot-hot Henderson Avenue

    Alex Gonzalez
    Jul 9, 2025 | 5:20 pm
    Dudley's Sports Grill
    Dudley's Sports Grill
    Dudley's Sports Grill

    A new sports bar is joining the mix on Dallas' hot-hot Henderson Avenue: Called Dudley’s Sports Grill, it'll open at 2927 N. Henderson Ave., in the space previously occupied by Smithy, a gastropub that closed in June after seven years.

    According to a spokesperson, Dudley's will open at the end of the summer — "we're only making a few cosmetic changes," the spokesperson says.

    Dudley’s is the brainchild of three Dallas bar veterans — Gabriel Rhodes and Jordan Carson (Christie’s), and Patrick Gorman (Ill Minster Pub). The trio debuted the concept in 2024, when they opened the first location in Rockwall.

    The bar is named after Carson’s grandfather, Floyd Dudley Hitt, who owned land in Rockwall and Royse City. Carson and Rhodes graduated from Rockwall High School in 2006 before coming to Dallas for other restaurant ventures — including working at Christies while it was still in Uptown. (It closed in 2020, then Carson partnered with Ashton Christie to reopen it on Greenville Avenue.)

    Their menu — devised by Dallas chef Eric Freidline, winner of CultureMap's 2019 Tastemaker Awards for Rising Star Chef — is elevated with a barbecue twist, with dishes like queso made with aged white cheddar, thick-cut bacon with fig glaze, brisket flatbread, and brisket grilled cheese.

    Cocktails include the mule served in a boot-shaped glass, and an old fashioned garnished with cinnamon and cloves. Dudley’s also boasts a variety of beers on tap, as well as an assortment of margaritas, all of which are served in ice-cold schooners.

    Dudley’s prides itself in maintaining an unpretentious ambiance, a place where regulars and newcomers alike feel comfortable and welcome — something they thought would work on Henderson Avenue.

     Dudley's Dudley'sAlex Gonzalez

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