Closing News

Glossy gal bar and restaurant at Dallas' Trinity Groves has closed

Turnover at Trinity Groves

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A Dallas restaurant noted for its girly focus has closed: Lexy’s, which was in operation at the Trinity Groves restaurant complex for two years, closed at the end of May.

On June 5, Trinity Groves posted an announcement that did not quite acknowledge the closure, stating "thank you for an amazing 2 years of allowing Lexy’s to be a part of your girls nights, birthdays, anniversaries and so much more. We hold those memories close, it’s been a pleasure serving you."

But a recording on the restaurant's answering machine states that it closed permanently on May 20, and advises anyone with pending reservations/events to email hello@lexysdallas.com.

An email sent to hello@lexysdallas.com on June 14 went unanswered.

Lexy’s opened with great fanfare in 2022 in the former Casa Rubio/Souk Mediterranean space, a passion project from Alexa Rodarte, Trinity Groves' then-director of marketing and the restaurant's co-creator, along with her chef husband Julian Rodarte.

Julian had been appointed to take over the reins at Trinity Groves by founder Phil Romano, who'd had a series of bad-press incidents including racist language on the menu at his Trinity Groves Chinese restaurant Sum Dang Good Chinese Food.

Romano made Rodarte the CEO in charge of creating new restaurant concepts, stating that Rodarte had "the creativity to create exciting and unique concepts that better cater to today's generation."

For Lexy's, Alexa had a vision: "to create a space that was feminine, to attract women, [who] make up 90 percent of our clientele."

The restaurant had a worthy menu designed by chef Aubrey Murphy with dishes such as Wagyu hot rock and avocado toast, as well as a fun self-serve Champagne vending machine stocked with Moet & Chandon splits, set against a wall of flowers, totally on trend.

Alas, Alexa and Julian were dismissed in 2023.

A month later, Garrett Munck — who began as an intern at Trinity Groves and helped open the pizza concept Holy Crust — was promoted to Director of Operations. Holy Crust has since closed.

Trinity Groves is now under the guidance of Phil Romano's son Sam Romano, who is said to be reinventing it by focusing on fun: fewer restaurants, more pickleball. Nonetheless, they just signed La Rue Doughnuts, a new doughnut shop going into the old Cake Bar space from the owners of Carte Blanche restaurant; and in May, TG opened Oreste's, a pizzeria spinoff of Saint Rocco’s, Phil Romano's Italian restaurant, also at Trinity Groves.

Grocery News

Urban grocery market will join scene in historic downtown Carrollton

Street Corner Urban Market

A new grocery store brand is making its Texas debut in Carrollton: Called Street Corner Urban Market, it's a small chain from Kansas that will go into a former vintage store at 1105 South Broadway St., across from the historic downtown square, with an opening slated for spring 2026.

The Street Corner brand is headquartered in Topeka, and comprises several concepts, from express kiosks to gas station companions. The urban market concept has 47 locations across the United States as of early 2025, in cities such as Fresno, California and Rochester, New York.

Carrollton will be a 2,500 square-foot store — bigger than a convenience store but smaller than a large-scale grocery store.

Bringing the concept to Carrollton is franchisee Leon Smith, a longtime downtown Carrollton resident looking to fill a gap in the neighborhood's retail lineup.

“I've lived in the downtown Carrollton area probably for about seven, eight years,” Smith says. “I've always noticed the need for some type of grocery chain down here. There's just nothing down here for the residents — nowhere for them to go grab something quick.”

The historic downtown area nearly has it all: family housing, four luxury apartment complexes, a townhome development in the works, a DART station, dining, parks, entertainment, and locally-owned retail and beauty services.

The missing link: a place to grab groceries, beer & wine, flowers, produce, and ready-to-eat meals without hopping on a train or driving.

Smith, an HR professional at Baylor Scott & White venturing into franchising, says the Street Corner Market shopping experience is reminiscent of Trader Joe’s, including stocking many of the same vendors, but on a smaller scale.

Catering to the community is a priority, and they'll be open to product recommendations so that the store’s offerings reflect residents’ needs.

“It's not cookie cutter ‘this is the only way that it’s going to go,’” Smith says. “I'm here to try to make it welcoming for everybody that's around here. I'm a part of this community, so this is important to me, because I know the need for it.”

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