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Supermarket chain H-E-B breaks ground on new location in Rockwall

H-E-B supermarket against a Texas sky.

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The ground has been broken on the newest H-E-B coming to Dallas-Fort Worth: According to a release, H-E-B officially started construction on its H-E-B store in Rockwall, located at the southwest corner of I-30 and South John King Boulevard in Rockwall County.

The store is anticipated to open in late 2025.

At 131,000 square feet, the Rockwall store will be similar to other mega-stores that have opened in the DFW area.

It will include a full-service H-E-B Pharmacy with a drive-thru, True Texas BBQ restaurant, and H-E-B Curbside and Home Delivery, which will allow customers to place orders online for pickup at the store or delivery to the home.

At a groundbreaking ceremony on June 27, H-E-B gifted $10,000 each to Rockwall ISD Education Foundation, Children’s Advocacy Center for Rockwall County, Rockwall County Helping Hands, Friends of the Rockwall County Library, and Rainbow Room of Rockwall County.

Rockwall will join H-E-B stores that have opened in Plano, Frisco, Allen, McKinney, Fort Worth/Alliance, and Mansfield; in fact, H-E-B Mansfield just opened on June 26. Ground has already been broken on new locations in Melissa, slated to open in early 2025, and Prosper, slated to open in fall 2025.

Prosper will be 132,000 square feet, the largest so far, just barely beating Rockwall's 131,000 square feet.

Will they ever open an H-E-B in Dallas? If and when that ever happens, that will be huge news. Not that this store in Rockwall is not big news. And what of the Central Market that was supposed to open in the former Albertsons store at 3524 McKinney Ave. in Uptown? These are the nagging questions for H-E-B, a company in an industry that is notoriously circumspect.

H-E-B also recently opened Joe V’s Smart Shop Wheatland, its sibling concept with a smaller selection of goods, at 4101 W. Wheatland Rd. in Dallas. And work has started on a second Joe V’s Smart Shop at 5204 S. Buckner Blvd. in Dallas, expected to open in spring 2025.

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Beloved Italian restaurant Adelmo's to reopen in North Dallas

Photo courtesy of Adelmo's

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A longtime Dallas Italian restaurant has found a new home: Adelmo's Ristorante will reopen in the Preston Valley Shopping Center, at the southwest corner of Preston Road and IH-635, according to a release.

Adelmo's closed its location in Inwood Village on December 31 after a decade in the space. The eponymous restaurant was founded in 1989 by Adelmo Banchetti in the Knox Street district, where it prevailed until 2015, when it was displaced by the area's dramatic upheaval. Banchetti relocated to Inwood Village, taking over the former Bijoux space.

The new 3,750-square-foot location, formerly home to Fuji Steakhouse & Sushi Bar, will be in the same North Dallas development as popular restaurants India Palace, Maple Leaf Diner, and Le Reve Gelato & Patisserie.

Negotiations were handled by Bernard Shaw, senior vice president of asset management with Weitzman, and the Weitzman brokerage team of Ben Terry and Amber Baco. Herb Weitzman, executive chairman of Weitzman, says the new location for Adelmo’s means a lot to him personally.

“Adelmo’s is one of the truly great Dallas dining institutions, and Preston Valley was one of the very first retail centers Weitzman leased," Weitzman says in the release. "The center opened in 1965, and our company still leases it and manages it by creating a landmark with great retailers like Terry Costa and destination dining concepts."

Adelmo's is known for its Italian food "with accents" of French and Mediterranean, including delicate pastas; risotto; and light entrees such as salmon with tomato, capers, and olives. Prices are moderate and the setting with racks of wine bottles is cozy and romantic.

The restaurant is still owned and operated by Adelmo Banchetti and his wife, Eliza. Adelmo Banchetti was born and raised in Florence, Italy and worked for acclaimed Dallas restaurants The Mansion and the Pyramid Room before opening his namesake restaurant in 1989.

The new location's finish-out is expected to take a few months, but a target date for opening has not yet been set, a spokesperson says.

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Teresa Gubbins contributed to this story.

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