Opening Alert

Dallas Tex-Mex favorite Manny's cooks up new concept at CityLine Richardson

Manny's Mexican Kitchen is open at CityLine.

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Manny’s Tex-Mex, the popular Dallas-born chain known for its classic Mexican dishes, is dishing up something new in Richardson.

Manny's Mexican Kitchen, a "new elevated concept from the family behind Manny’s Tex Mex," has arrived at 1250 State St., across the street from the CityLine Plaza development, according to a press release.

It joins a growing lineup of eateries at CityLine, which includes the newly opened Show Mini Hot-Pot and spots like Good Union Urban BBQ, Edoko Sushi, and Oni Ramen.

Manny’s Tex-Mex first debuted in Uptown Dallas in 2005, and currently has four Dallas-area locations. At the new Richardson spinoff, diners can look forward to a refreshed menu from the team, which a release describes as “More Mex, Less Tex.”

Focusing on "authentic Mexican cuisine," the menu at Manny's Mexican Kitchen includes regional Mexican dishes like chamorro en adobo, or slow-braised pork in a chile-spiked sauce, and Michoacan-style carnitas. The restaurant will also make its own birria, which will be griddled with lots of cheese into quesabirria tacos. Manny's fan favorites, such as chorizo-topped queso and classic combo platters, are also available.

The cocktail menu takes significant influence from regional Mexican libations, with drinks like the Chapultepec, a mezcal drink inspired by Oaxaca, and the Jalisco Punch, a paloma served in a traditional earthenware vessel called a cazuela, on offer.

Manny's Mexican Kitchen at CityLine.Photo courtesy of CityLine

The new restaurant takes over a sprawling 5,115 square foot space with a “lively, colorful setting designed for gatherings and celebrations,” according to the release. The space was designed in partnership with Coeval Studio, the Dallas design firm responsible for the look at restaurants like Pizza Leila, Hendy’s on Henderson, and chic Highland Park champagne bar Coupes, among other establishments.

“We’re thrilled to welcome Manny’s Mexican Kitchen to CityLine and introduce a new dining experience that’s full of flavor, culture and personality,” said CityLine marketing director Marissa Gonzalez. “Located just steps from our Plaza and signature events, we’re excited to continue growing a dining lineup that brings people together and gives our guests something new to discover every time they visit.”

Manny’s Mexican Kitchen held its grand opening festivities on Wednesday, February 25, and is now open for lunch and dinner seven days a week.

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Doughnut News

Buzzy Parlor Doughnuts to open new shop on Dallas' Henderson Avenue

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A gourmet doughnut shop is opening on one of Dallas' busiest streets: Parlor Doughnuts, a chain known for doing a flaky, cronut style of doughnuts, is opening a location on booming Henderson Avenue, at 2802 N. Henderson Ave. in a small standalone building that was most recently Esther Penn, a clothing store.

Construction is just underway and the shop will open in late spring, according to franchisee Ben Burkett.

Parlor was founded in Indiana in 2019 as a coffee shop before they added gourmet cronut-style doughnuts, and subsequently began franchising across the U.S. They now have more than 100 locations and will also ship their doughnuts nationwide.

They opened their first Texas location in 2021 in Fort Worth, and currently have 12 shops in Texas including Lake Worth, McKinney, and Southlake. (There was also a location in Flower Mound, from a different franchisee, which just recently closed.)

Henderson Avenue will be their first in Dallas proper.

Parlor makes their doughnuts using the same kind of laminated dough used for croissants, which gives them a layered texture — like the cronut that became an internet sensation way back in 2013. (Parlor does not call them cronuts because cronuts is a trademarked term.) Thus, no traditional doughnuts here — no yeast raised, no cake doughnuts.

They do coffee and espresso drinks such as cappuccinos and lattes, plus hot chocolate, chai, and matcha drinks, plus doughnuts with decadent toppings and fillings, in more than 20 flavors including their bestselling maple pecan, along with bourbon caramel, turtle cheesecake, and raspberry pistachio.

Iced doughnut from Parlor DoughnutsPhoto courtesy of Parlor

But their menu goes beyond doughnuts with breakfast and lunch items such as avocado toast, acai bowl, breakfast tacos, and two breakfast sandwiches: sausage-biscuit and spinach pesto on a ciabatta bun.

There's also a whole line of decadent milkshakes in matching flavors such as churro and maple pecan.

Burkett became enchanted with Parlor Doughnuts after visiting them in Florida.

"I'd been working in corporate finance but wanted to do my own thing," he says. "I feel like Henderson Avenue is the perfect spot. You have all these great restaurants and nightlife but no place for people in the neighborhood to bring their kids and grab a doughnut and coffee or a light lunch. It fills a gap."

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