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    Where to Eat Now

    Where to eat in Dallas right now: 10 best restaurants for new brunch

    Teresa Gubbins
    Oct 23, 2018 | 5:15 pm
    Gung Ho brunch
    Feeling pretty gung ho about brunch.
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    Whether spring or fall, summer or winter, Dallas always wants its brunch. Seeing the writing on the wall, these 10 restaurants have answered the call for brunch — whether they're veterans introducing a new brunch, or newly-opened eateries adding that final, essential piece to their mealtime puzzle.

    For the October edition of Where to Eat, here are 10 brand new brunches to try:

    Cool River Cafe
    Southwestern restaurant in Las Colinas celebrates its 20th anniversary by launching a new brunch menu with 10 fab new items added on to the lunch menu. Blueberry pancakes come with Nueske's bacon and Chambord Mascarpone cream. Chicken & waffle has a fried chicken breast on a Belgian waffle with cinnamon brown sugar butter. Paleo hash has two eggs on a roasted sweet potato with spinach. Other options include B&E sandwich, crab quiche, eggs benedict, quiche Lorraine, and chicken-fried pork & gravy, with eggs & grit cake. Saturday-Sunday 11 am-3 pm.

    Gung Ho
    Lowest Greenville Avenue restaurant just launched brunch with a menu of American brunch staples with a Chinese twist, plus Chinese brunch favorites with an American twist. So many twists! Dishes include orange chicken & waffles, toasted coconut waffles with spiced pineapple, fried rice burrito, and a dish called "not biscuits & gravy," with crispy rice cake, mushroom gravy, sunny-side eggs, and fermented greens. There is also dim sum with matcha-orange sticky bun, coconut cream egg rolls, and lo bak go tots topped with sweet & sour pork belly. Drinks include the yuzu breakfast martini. Saturday-Sunday 10 am-3 pm.

    Jack's Kitchen
    Lakewood restaurant specializing in biscuits now offers brunch. There are biscuits with gravy, with fried chicken, with bacon & eggs, with brisket, and with blueberries. But there's also shrimp & grits tamales, a granola bowl with yogurt, and a "bubba benedict" on a jalapeño-cheddar cornbread waffle with shredded pork. Cinnamon & sugar "doscuits" are a special thing: deep-fried doughnut-cut biscuits rolled in cinnamon sugar. Mimosas are complimentary during brunch hours. Sunday 10:30 am-2 pm.

    Mirador
    The restaurant atop Forty Five Ten has launched a weekend brunch which in this case means Saturdays. Features include the everything brunch bagel (topped with sausage, bacon marmalade, eggs, and cheddar), buttermilk pancakes with candied pecans, and a yogurt bowl with honey and dried fruit. French omelet is served with mornay sauce, with the option to add caviar. For lunchier brunch items, there's smoked trout salad and cavatelli carbonara with poached egg. New cocktails for brunch include an "Eggs & Bacon" cocktail combining bourbon with lemon, maple syrup, egg whites, and bacon. Saturday 11 am-2:30 pm.

    Pinstack
    The entertainment-centric eatery just introduced brunch at all three locations in Allen, Plano, and Las Colinas. In addition to basics such as eggs benedict and stuffed French toast, there are novel creations such as wheat toast with avocado spread, hard-boiled eggs, and arugula; and a foot-tall pancake tower. Mimosas can be ordered by the carafe, or you can build your own Bloody Mary from a bar with mixes, toppings, and spicy sauce. Saturday-Sunday 11 am-2 pm.

    Perle on Maple
    Restaurant at the Stoneleigh Hotel has a new Sunday brunch event called Bubbles & Brioche, with a French-inspired "le brunch" menu featuring champagne and French Bistro classics with a Texas twist. Dishes include duck confit pancakes, eggs mimosa, brioche French toast, and the signature perle avocado toast. Order a la carte or in a two-course prix fixe menu with choice of one starter and one main dish for $30. Sunday 10 am-2 pm.

    Street's Fine Chicken
    The Forest Lane location of this local chicken chain has a new weekend brunch, featuring a variety of dishes, many with chicken. There's Texas toast stacked with boneless fried chicken breast, jalapeño gravy, sweet potato, pickled onion and a fried egg; a duo of biscuit sliders, one with fried chicken, the other with bacon, egg, and jalapeño cheddar. There's biscuits & gravy, chicken-fried bacon sandwich, brioche French toast with cream cheese, blackberry compote, and applewood smoked bacon, and a breakfast burrito with fried chicken, scrambled egg, and pimiento cheese fritters. Mimosas are $3. Saturday-Sunday 11 am-4 pm.

    Velvet Taco
    Dallas-based taqueria chain now has a brunch menu with a total of four items: Chicken & Waffle with chicken tenders, peppercorn gravy, green apple slaw, maple syrup, peppered bacon, red chili aioli, and chives atop a waffle tortilla. Bacon & Eggs comes with tater tots and smoked cheddar on a corn tortilla. Monte Cristo is a sweet and savory taco twist with strawberry jam, honey ham, gruyere, and strawberry jalapeño salsa on a French toast flour tortilla. Steak & Eggs features potatoes, hollandaise, and arugula in a flour tortilla. Available all day every day which contradicts the idea of brunch but hey, brunch.

    Vidorra
    Now that this new restaurant and rooftop bar in Deep Ellum has its bearings, it's introduced a weekend brunch. You gotta ease into brunch. Highlights include a Mexican egg casserole with chorizo, tortillas, black beans, corn, and fried avocado; and green chile eggs benedict with sweet potato hash, veggies, chorizo, poached eggs, and green chili hollandaise. Churro toast is like a cinnamon sugar-dusted French toast with golden agave syrup and fried banana slices. Cocktails include a mimosa with pineapple, cilantro, coconut, jalapeño, St. Germaine, Cantarino, and bubbles. Saturday-Sunday, 10 am-3 pm.

    Zoli's Pizza
    Ital-American restaurant in Addison recently introduced a new brunch menu of stick-to-your-ribs dishes. There is chicken and maple waffle, brisket and grits, and a calzone with sausage, ham, spinach, and scrambled eggs. Cinnaknots are rolled in cinnamon and sugar and glazed with cream cheese frosting. There are two brunch pizzas: one with bacon, eggs, ham, and potatoes; and another with scrambled egg, chorizo, and jalapeño ranch. A frittata has eggs, onions, spinach, feta, and pepper. Fortunately, they are still doing their trademark zeppole, aka doughnut holes, served with caramel. Saturday-Sunday 11 am-3 pm.

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    Burger News

    Family-owned Patty Lou's Smashburgers will open in old downtown Plano

    Teresa Gubbins
    Feb 10, 2026 | 3:44 pm
    Smashburger
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    Smashburger

    A new restaurant starring a buzzy burger is coming to old downtown Plano: Called Patty Lou's Smashburgers, it will feature the namesake smashburger, and will open at 1004 E. 14th St. #105, in a historic location that was most recently home to a Starbucks.

    Patty Lou's is a new concept from Urban Family Concepts, the hospitality company whose other restaurants include Urban Seafood Co., Urban Rio Cantina & Grill, and Italian restaurant Urban Crust, all located in the downtown Plano area.

    Patty Lou's is their burger entry, a quick-service spot serving smashburgers, the flattened version of a burger with crisp edges that's been a hot trend for the past year.

    According to Urban Family Concepts partner and spokesperson Dana Blaugrund, the restaurant will open in late spring.

    Patty Lou's is also a sweet homage to a family member — named for Patty Lou Peters, of "Patty Lou and her Texas Sweethearts" fame, an all-female country & Western / Western swing group founded in the '40s, when female groups were a rarity.

    Patty Lou was the mother of Bonnie Shea, who co-founded Urban Family Concepts with her husband Nathan Shea. Infusing the personal touch into everything they do is part of the company DNA, says Urban partner Michael Lee.

    "Urban is generally driven by what we like," Lee says. "Urban Rio, our Mexican concept, came about because Bonnie loved that cuisine, and Urban Seafood Company, Nate loves seafood. Burgers are a favorite of their son-in-laws."

    Their version of the smashburger will feature American cheese and onions that melt into the meat, Lee says. They'll be served on potato buns, and there'll be some toppings — but they won't go too crazy.

    "It'll have onions, lettuce, and pickle, but we're going to stay minimal, with additional toppings on the side," he says. "Going overboard with ingredients can get complicated. Our goal is, very simple burgers that taste very good, at a value price, so that everyone can enjoy coming back and getting a burger."

    The menu will also feature smashed chicken burgers, hand-cut French fries skin on, lightly battered onion rings, and milkshakes. They'll also serve alcohol, including bottled beers, wine by the glass, and a signature frozen cocktail. Eventually, they'll add specials like a burger of the month.

    The location was originally home to the Ice House, built in 1917, an institution that provided ice products to Plano residents and businesses, says Urban partner Payton Hickey.

    "You could pull up and get a block of ice from workers with tongs," Hickey says. "During remodeling, we could still see the raised floor where the freezer was, where they kept the ice."

    They operated a licensed location of Starbucks in that space until 2024, when Starbucks opened a store nearby with a drive-thru in the former longtime Jack in the Box at 15th Street and US-75.

    Decor at Patty Lou's will embrace a diner feel with counter seating, while incorporating elements from Patty Lou Peter's life, Blaugrund says. (It's a nice coincidence that her name syncs up with "hamburger patty.")

    "We'll have her original guitar and some memorabilia in the restaurant — a cool mixture of country music and burger restaurant," Blaugrund says.

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