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Plano food hall taqueria steps up taco game with new location in Dallas

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A food concept that started out as a stand at a food hall is graduating to the big leagues. One year after opening at Legacy Food Hall in Plano, Tacos Patron will open a new location near the Galleria Dallas mall.

Tacos Patron is the Mexico City-inspired taqueria from Francisco Javier Madero, recognized for his work at La Fusion, the acclaimed Latin American restaurant in San Francisco.

At the new location, he'll expand the existing menu of tacos with globally-inspired tacos, wine, and specialty cocktails. Influences will also include pan-Latin comfort cuisine made popular by Madero's other Legacy Hall concepts, Bravazo Rotisserie and Flautas and Quesadillas.

Madero plans to take Tacos Patron to the next level, culinarily speaking.

"We're using the latest in culinary technology, like sous-vide cooking, to create incredibly flavorful, fast, and affordable dishes," he says in a release. "The expanded menu will also showcase our interpretation of Latin cuisine’s most popular dishes, an outstanding international wine list, and cocktails made from traditional spirits like mezcal and pisco."

In addition to Tacos Patron classics such as brisket, carnitas, pastor, and cochinita pibil, the new menu will add new taco options such as smoked salmon, previously impossible due to the anti-competitive constraints of the food hall.

Favorites from Bravazo Rotisserie menu of pan-Latin comfort foods will also star, along with all-new items like ceviches.

The new restaurant will be able to seat over 200 people at capacity, an enormous increase from the counter service concept operating in Legacy Hall. At its Galleria location, Tacos Patron will feature a centerpiece bar, wine cellar, and open kitchen to allow diners to enjoy all the drama of their meals’ preparation.

The project is now raising working capital for its new location through a campaign on Texas-based investment portal NextSeed. To get in on this hot taco investor action, click here.

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Gourmet market Ari's Pantry to open in Dallas' Trinity Groves

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A new gourmet grocery is coming to Trinity Groves: Ari's Pantry, the market launched in Oak Cliff by husband-and-wife Ari and Amy Lowenstein, will open a second location in West Dallas’ Trinity Groves, with a grand opening celebration on Saturday, November 30.

Located at 3011 Gulden Ln. #119 in the space that was once home to Potato Flats who remembers them, the Trinity Groves store will offer: pasta, olive oil, vinegars, preserves, candy, bread, crackers, cheese, meats, pizza dough, fresh pasta, housewares, cocktail ingredients, novelty kitchen gadgets, spices, prepared foods, fresh pesto and Ari’s own tomato sauce.

“We are excited to open our newest location at Trinity Groves joining the great businesses already there and the wave of new ventures opening in the development,” Ari Lowenstein says in a release. “With this location we will reach a new audience in West Dallas and be closer to our customers coming from downtown and the north.”

The couple opened their first location in Winnetka Heights at 1307 ½ W. Davis St. in December 2023 to fulfill Ari's passion for all things Italy. The idea was a small Italian food store with recipe-ready staples, with a hyper-local vibe. It has since blossomed into a general-purpose gourmet stop.

In addition to the food staples for sale found at their Bishop Arts location, Ari’s Trinity Groves location will also include a commercial catering kitchen that will enable them to provide full-service catering, prepared meal pick-up, pasta classes, and private dinners.

“Amy and Ari bring something new and special to this development as our first partner to offer consumer packaged goods made by people and companies outside of Trinity Groves,” said Sam Romano, Partner at West Dallas Investments, parent company of Trinity Groves. “They are part of the vision we have for the future of Trinity Groves that will combine innovative, up and coming chefs and restauranteurs with lifestyle and entertainment options like pickleball, bocce ball, popup events, arcade game play and additional retail partners.”

The Ari's empire doesn't stop here: Their goal is to open multiple locations "in all corners of DFW and beyond," and that includes a location in the Cyprus Waters community in Coppell, slated to open in spring 2025.

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