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    Opening News

    6 kindof-a-big-deal restaurants opening around Dallas this week

    Teresa Gubbins
    Nov 24, 2020 | 6:03 pm
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    Fetching pasta from Pie Tap.
    Photo courtesy of Pie Tap

    With COVID-19 still a major factor in our lives, these remain confusing times — and yet Dallas restaurateurs are a brave and optimistic bunch who keep pushing forward and looking ahead.

     

    And that is how we are here celebrating the simultaneous, near-miraculous opening and reopening of six significant restaurants around DFW. They include: an authentic upscale taqueria, a bar-turned-restaurant, an east Dallas coffee shop, a brewery-turned-restaurant, a steakhouse from a famous chef, and a pizzeria that makes some of the best pizza in town.

     

    Here are six big-deal restaurant openings happening this week:

     

     Chilangos Tacos
    Mexico City-style taco concept opened its second location at Legacy Hall, the Plano food hall at 7800 Windrose Ave. The menu features tacos and quesadillas with choice of protein from carne asada, pastor, pollo, barbacoa, or caramelized mushrooms. Tacos and quesadillas are prepared in the traditional Mexico City style with simple toppings of onions, cilantro, and choice of salsa. A signature item is the Las Costras Taco, prepared with griddled Monterey Jack cheese, melted directly on the grill until it forms a crust, then gets folded around a protein and inside a tortilla. They also do trendy birria tacos, with a recipe comes from one of the owners' grandfathers.

     

     El Porton Coffee
    Indie coffee shop from husband-and-wife Bruno Bianchi and Isabel Amaya has opened at Casa Linda Plaza in East Dallas, where they're carving out their own space for neighbors, conversations, and coffee. They have espresso-based drinks as well as drip coffee, snacks, and pastries. Their special twist: pairings featuring coffee and companion bites.

     

     Happiest Hour
    The Harwood District bar has re-opened as a food-forward restaurant vs bar. They've retained executive chef Molly Winkler (Sixty Vines) to create a new menu with 90 percent of the ingredients made in-house. It's open for dinner, drinks, and weekend brunch. They still have a beverage program, with all kinds of seating: indoor, outdoor patio, lawn, and rooftop. Winkler is one of a new generation of chefs assembled by Harwood Hospitality to create more food-forward menus at all of their concepts.

     

    The new menu has a robust salad program that includes chicken Caesar flatbread salad, avocado crab salad, and ginger kale salad; hearty sandwiches including a short rib and brisket burger with jalapeño and a grilled cheese with cheddar and gouda cheese and tomato soup; and a separate brunch menu with breakfast tacos, pecan pie pancakes, and benedicts such as crab cake and avocado bacon.

     

     Knife Steakhouse
    The Plano location of chef John Tesar’s renowned steakhouse has reopened at The District at Willow Bend, along with Knife Burger. In addition to dine-in, curbside takeout and delivery from both Knife Steakhouse and Knife Burger will also be available. Knife Steakhouse, which will be open for dinner, features a newly remodeled dining room and patio, with limited seating capacity inside for social distancing. Knife Burger will open for lunch and dinner with signature burgers such as The Ozersky and The Pimento, plus two new additions: 44 Farms Meatball Sub and 44 Farms Chicken Fried Steak Sandwich. The original Knife Dallas, located at the Highland Dallas hotel, closed following the lockdown but reopened in late summer.

     

     Lakewood Brewing
    Brewery reopened its taproom to the public partnered with two concepts to supply food for purchase: Oddbird Chicken Kitchen which serves wings, ribs, and fried chicken, and Meatball Kitchen which serves meatball subs. Since the Taproom is now considered a restaurant in the eyes of TABC, half of their sales need to come from a combination of food and merchandise, so owner Wim Bens is encouraging customers to come hungry. They'll be open Wednesday-Thursday from 3-9 pm, and weekends all day, with capacity at 50 percent.

     

     Pie Tap
    Award-winning pizzeria chain has a new location at The Village on the Parkway in Addison at 5100 Belt Line Rd., #796. That space was most recently Mexican restaurant La Comida, but has been a number of concepts over the years including, cosmically, a location of Tin Star, the upscale taqueria chain created by Rich Hicks, who has since founded Pie Tap as well as Taco Lingo. Pie Tap debuted in mid-2016 in Dallas' Design District, and has impeccable pizza, some of the best in town — in fact, they won CultureMap's Tastemaker Award in 2017 for Best New Restaurant — as well as pastas, rotisserie chicken, beer, and wine, available for dining-in or via delivery to your door. There are two other locations, at 2708 Henderson Ave. in Dallas, and in Plano at Park & Preston.

     

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    Relo News

    Oak Cliff Dallas address says bye Swank and hello Indian restaurant

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jul 16, 2025 | 3:01 pm
    Elephant Indian Bar and Grill
    Elephant Indian Bar and Grill
    Elephant Indian Bar and Grill

    A location in Oak Cliff Dallas that has seen some turnover in recent years is about to see some more: It starts with Swank, the ambitious restaurant from chef Luke Rogers, which is leaving its address at 1115 N. Beckley Ave. after a year and relocating to a new space still to be determined. The restaurant's final day at its current location will be Saturday, July 26.

    "We want to give guests one last chance to toast the place that started it all," Rogers says in a statement.

    But 1115 N. Beckley Ave. won't be empty for too long: The space will soon be home to Elephant Indian Bar and Grill, an Indian restaurant from chef Praveen Prasannan, an industry veteran with international experience working in the kitchens of hotels and on cruise ships.

    This will be a second location of Elephant Indian Bar and Grill following the original that opened in the original Buzzbrews location at 4154 N. Central Expwy. in 2024.

    Prasannan says he wants to expand his customer base by bringing Indian food to areas currently lacking in Indian options. He's also opening an Elephant to-go spinoff in the Park Cities, at 5601 W. Lovers Ln. #110.

    He also owns Shivas Bar and Grill, an elevated Indian concept, with his brother Prinu, which has locations in downtown Dallas and Allen.

    The menu at Elephant Indian features Indian classics such as chicken tikka masala, butter masala, tandoori, and a variety of biryani, the comforting rice dish.

    There are also Indo-Chinese fusion dishes, such as veggie fried rice, chilli paneer, and hakka noodles; plus wraps, hummus with naan bread, and thali, a selection of different dishes served in small bowls on a round tray, served with choices of steamed rice or naan.

    Prasannan is a forward-thinking chef who has also created a number of vegan items and meatless versions of their signature dishes, including a rare vegan version of butter chicken and Kadai vegetables, a mix of stir-fried vegetables. Prices are affordable, ranging from $6 for a soup or salad to $26 for lamb biryani.

    Prior to Swank, 1115 N. Beckley Ave. was home to some big-name restaurants over the years, most recently Beckley 1115, and before that VH, and before that Outpost, and before that, Campo featuring chef Matt McAllister, and before that an Argentinian place called La Carreta Argentina.

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