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Beloved Dallas pizza chain Cane Rosso to open location in Lake Highlands

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One of Dallas' most acclaimed pizzerias is opening a new location: Cane Rosso, the chain that debuted in Deep Ellum in 2011, will open a location in Lake Highlands, at the Lake Highlands Town Center at the intersection of Skillman and Walnut Hill, in a former Taco Diner space, at street address 7150 Skillman St. #190.

This will be the first Cane Rosso opening since the North Dallas Cane Rosso location opened in 2022 - a relatively long timespan for the burgeoning chain. According to a release, founder Jay Jerrier hopes to have it open in April.

UPDATE 6-17-2024: The restaurant will open on June 19. It'll debut a few new menu items from Chef Christian Petroni including the return of Cacio e Pepe (after a long hiatus), an updated spicy Penne All'Amatriciana pasta, a revamped Cheesy Garlic Bread — to reflect the garlic bread Petroni currently sells at Yankee Stadium — and a new Chicken Milanese sandwich on wood-fired bread.
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Cane Rosso does Neapolitan-style pizzas, wood-fired in traditional ovens, plus salads, pastas, desserts, and cocktails. They do a monthly pizza such as their current Misti featuring mozzarella, salami, red onion, arugula, and balsamic reduction.

They've appeared on The Food Network’s Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives with Guy Fieri, and have received many media accolades. They've also been a game-changer in terms of spreading the word of Neapolitan-style pizza and improving pizza standards across DFW. The chain currently has seven locations throughout Texas in Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, and Frisco.

Simultaneous to the new locations, they've appointed a new head of culinary: Christian Petroni, a Brooklyn-born chef who's been on TV, has his own line of products, and has a cookbook due out in 2024 called Parm to Table.

Petroni, who spent summers of his youth cooking with his family on the island of Ponza off the coast of Naples, Italy, is eager to bring his Italian roots to refresh Cane Rosso’s menu offerings, as well as work on the menus at sibling concepts Zoli's and Thunderbird Pies.

In a statement, he says he has been “very careful in getting back into this game in the right way. I’ve known Jay for many years now, and I saw such great potential in coming down to Dallas, Texas to bring what I do, from my New York food upbringing, to my time in Ponza or to my mother cooking for me at home, to this incredible community that my friend Jay has built. It was honestly a no-brainer to join.”

"Working with Christian has been a dream of mine for 10 years, and I'm pumped that I was finally able to get him down to Texas," Jerrier says. "His passion for authentic Italian cuisine falls in line with our commitment to delivering a fun and unique dining experience at our restaurants…AND he has committed to bringing REAL NEW YORK WATER with him when he comes down.”

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Lower Greenville shakeup

Dallas restaurant Rye to close on Lower Greenville as sister bar moves in

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The popular farm-to-table restaurant Rye is set to close its doors on Lower Greenville later this spring, and its sister spot, self-described “avant garde” cocktail bar Apothecary, will take over its space.

Rye owner Tanner Agar announced the restaurant’s impending closure in a release, sharing that Rye’s last day of service is set for March 7. Following its shutter, the space will undergo a brief makeover to make way for a “moodier” aesthetic for Apothecary, complete with new lounge-style seating options and refreshed design elements.

“To allow Apothecary and Rye to grow individually into the concepts we know they can become, our teams and spaces need to become more separated, with knowledge and resources dedicated to each concept individually,” Agar says in the release. “Apothecary is taking over the full space because we feel that Lower Greenville is the appropriate home for it.”

Rye first opened on Lower Greenville in 2021, joining the restaurant’s original location in downtown McKinney, which debuted in 2015. The McKinney location closed in 2022 after its building was extensively damaged in a fire.

In 2024, Rye earned recognition from the Michelin Guide, which praised its “genuine hospitality” and “unrestrained” cuisine.

Now, Agar insists that Rye “isn’t gone forever,” but has not yet shared where or when the restaurant might reopen. Agar says that he is currently on the look-out for a new location that will “better support the team’s mission and overall vision.”

Apothecary, on the other hand, will reopen on March 13, taking over the dining room formerly occupied by Rye. The bar will be split into two sections, essentially, with Rye’s former dining room transformed into the bar’s main space, which will serve a “more approachable” menu of libations, including classic cocktails, beer, and wine.

The bar’s current space will be transformed into a dedicated space for cocktail experimentation, with an “exclusive” back-room feel. The space will allow the bar’s “cocktail masters” to serve more adventurous drinks, and a brand-new omakase-style cocktail service that drinkers will have to make a reservation for.

Before it closes, Rye plans to go out in style with a final tasting menu, set to begin on Tuesday, January 27, that pays homage to dishes from the restaurant’s first year in business. Also following its closure, Agar is planning a series of Rye pop-ups that will take place every couple of months to keep Rye in Dallas’s dining conversation.

The all-new Apothecary will open on March 13, one week after Rye’s final day of service on March 7. In the meantime, diners can score their final reservations at Rye via Tock.

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