Windmill News

Creative new brewpub and live music venue windmills into The Colony

The venue has both indoor and outdoor space.

Rendering courtesy of Windmills

There's a new brewpub concept coming to the Grandscape at The Colony with unique origins. Called Windmills Craftworks, it's a brewery, restaurant, and live-music venue founded in Bangalore, India in 2012.

Windmills is from two entrepreneurs, Kamal Sagar and Ajay Nagarajan, whose real estate company Total Environment has undertaken such creative projects as building million-dollar homes in Frisco with grass-covered roofs.

This will be the first Windmills in the U.S. According to a release, it'll open at 5755 Grandscape Blvd. in early 2021.

Menu items include:

cheese curds with mint-yogurt dipping sauce
seafood fritters
stone-seared beef
spicy potato patties with chutney and chickpea fritters
avocado fries
okra & cauliflower "poppers"
wings

They have Texas twinkies, IE smoked jalapenos stuffed with creamed cheese, gouda, and pulled pork; smoked ribs, green chile queso, and charcuterie.

They have an entire selection of filled breads, aka "kulcha": mushroom & onion, parmesan green chile, herbed lamb, and bacon-blue cheese.

They have kebabs including chicken, shrimp, salmon, lamb, beef, and broccoli, for a little veggie twist.

They'll have cocktails but also stouts, IPAs, and light ales exclusively made in-house.

The Colony location comprises 14,000 square feet with seating for 300, indoors and out. In addition to the food, drink, and craft beer, they promise "soul-stirring music."

"The Windmills ethos is about enjoying the finer things in life," says Nagarajan in a statement. "We wanted something that was highbrow, yet vibrant and accommodative; a place that people with sophisticated sensibilities would like to come back to. We want to offer customers intellectual stimulation, apart from pleasing their palate."

Nagarajan also says the name is inspired by the song "Windmills of Your Mind." Hey, they like Noel Harrison, that's cool. Maybe they've seen The Thomas Crowne Affair since the song became a hit after appearing on film's soundtrack.

The concept also has a mascot. Seriously, they have thought of everything. The mascot is a squirrel, representing the group's ability to play, be agile, explore, prepare, and focus on the future. What about their ability to gather acorns and bury them in your front yard?

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Churros News

Whimsical restaurant north of Dallas combines tacos and churros

Churro on Top

Milkshake and churro at Churro on Top

A quirky new 2-in-1 restaurant has debuted in the far north town of Fairview: Called Tick Tock Taco x Churro On Top, it's a dual-branded restaurant that just opened at 201 Town Pl. in Fairview Town Center where it's serving two great food groups in one.

On one side of the menu, you have tacos. The other features warm churros and over-the-top milkshakes.

The concept is part of a small local chain which started out as Churro on Top, a dcadent churro-and-milkshake bar that opened its first location in Arlington in 2023, and a second shop in Richardson that opened in 2024.

Churro on Top offers churros decorated in more than 50 varieties such as:

chocolate glaze with almonds
white chocolate glaze with cotton-candy sprinkles
Biscoff cookie butter and crushed Biscoff cookies
vanilla frosting glaze with lemon cake crumbs
matcha cream
white chocolate glaze with chopped pistachios and pistachio drizzle

They also offer more than 40 milkshakes, made with real ice cream, which are adorned with intricately decorated churros and other sweet toppings. For example, The Birthday Cake, featuring Birthday Cake Ice Cream topped with two Birthday Cake Churros, whipped cream, colored sprinkles, and a birthday cupcake. Or the Cotton Candy, featuring cotton candy ice cream, Yummy Gummy Churros, whipped cream, gummy bears, and chocolate drizzle.

Two churros are $7.38, and milkshake prices range from $10 to $17. (You can also get a regular ice cream cone or milkshake without churros, and they offer Dole Whip, well.)

The concept was founded by husband-and-wife Mo and Anum Khan, who both love churros and wanted to give it their own fresh twist. They designed it as a place that would be Instagrammable, featuring a whimsical decor with cute cartoons and a charming pink and white color scheme.

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For their third location in Fairview, they ramped it up even further by adding Tick Tock Tacos, a co-restaurant serving a full menu of tacos in two dozen varieties, made with organic ingredients and 100 percent Zabihah halal meat, along with guacamole, salsas, sides, quesadillas, and chips.

Taco options include:

beef bulgogi with steak and spicy kimchi
brisket with pickled jalapenos
beef birria
chicken fajita
jerk chicken with slaw and mango
buffalo chicken
tandoori chicken with cilantro rice

There are also fish tacos and veggie tacos such as the Taco Verde, with mushroom, onion, bell pepper, corn, and chimichurri. Plus quesadillas and sides such as black beans, elotes, corn, and rice. Tacos range from $3 to $4.

The idea is to come in and get tacos, then finish with dessert.

And if the tacos, and the churros, and the over-the-top milkshakes are not enough, the Fairview location also has a collection of "claw machines," a favorite of the couple's daughter. Claw machines are the arcade-style games where players use a mechanical claw to grab prizes like plush toys, candies, or capsules. (The opening party in early March was deemed to be "epic.")

It's a wild, colorful, family-friendly, and spacious two-story restaurant, and it isn't ending here: They have two more locations slated to open in 2026: in Fort Worth and Erie, Pennsylvania.

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