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Check out 5 new Dallas restaurants that all opened this week

Teresa Gubbins
May 23, 2024 | 3:28 pm
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Dallas is lucky in that it has restaurant openings all the time — but this week has an unprecedented number all at the same time: From an award-winning Mexican restaurant to a new pizzeria to a dessert place opening on Greenville Avenue.

If it's your mission to eat at all the new places, then this is your list, and it's a good thing Memorial Day weekend is coming up, it'll give you time to cover them all.

Here's six restaurants that all happen to be opening on practically the very same day (including a bonus out-of-town spot if you're up for a road trip):

Chido Taco Lounge Opening May 24
Upscale taqueria that made its Dallas-area debut in 2021 will open a second location at Preston Hollow Village Shopping Center, in the former Cinco Taco Bar space at 7949 Walnut Hill Ln. #130. Like the Frisco original, it'll serve street tacos with chicken tinga, barbacoa, jerk chicken, and Korean barbecue; plus soups, salads, burritos, a burger, and birria ramen. The Dallas location is putting a special focus on agave spirits via an extensive selection of bottles and cocktails including coveted additive-free tequilas, mezcals, and other Mexican spirits, while also offering private lockers where members can store their favorite bottles.

Goodwin's Open May 21
Greenville Avenue restaurant from Austin Rodgers (Mayer's Garden) and chef Jeff Bekavac (Neighborhood Services, Zoli's) is now open in the former Blue Goose Cantina space with a menu of familiar-sounding Houston's-Neighborhood Services-style foodstuffs: oysters, crudo, shrimp cocktail, focaccia, chicken kofta meatballs, cheese beignets, whipped feta dip, Bibb, wedge, and Caesar salad, three steaks — filet, ribeye, and strip — pork chop, chicken, red snapper, rigatoni Genovase, mushroom & potato pierogi, steak frites, and a black Angus burger. Prices range from $18 for the burger to $62 for a ribeye steak. Plus $12 sides such as mac & cheese, mashed potatoes, Brussels sprouts, and fries.

Jars By Fabio Viviani Open May 22
Dessert concept from celebrity chef Fabio Viviani has opened on 3610 Greenville Ave., taking over the former Society Bakery, which relocated in December. Viviani, who was a Top Chef contestant in 2008, founded Jars in 2021 as a gourmet quick-serve dessert concept serving an assortment of classic desserts from around the world in a single-serve jar. Selections include German Chocolate Cake with chocolate custard, and Tiramisu with espresso & cream custard, lady fingers, and Nilla Wafer. They also have soft-serve ice cream, sundaes, and milkshakes. This is the second of a planned 10 franchised stores in the DFW area. The first opened in Fort Worth in January 2024.

Nation's Open May 17
Diner-style restaurant with hot dogs, giant burgers, and pie, has opened a location in Frisco, at 3311 Preston Rd. Nation’s is a family-owned restaurant chain that started as a hot dog stand in 1952 but has become famous for its oversized burgers. They have breakfast all day, and 16 types of pies baked fresh daily. They don't complicate the menu too much. Burgers include a cheeseburger, veggie burger, and a chili burger. Sandwiches include a BLT, grilled cheese, chili hot dog, and a salmon sandwich on a wheat bun. Sides include fries, chili fries, and onion rings. They've also relocated their headquarters from California to Garland, so we can call them "local" now.

Oreste's Open May 22
New pizzeria at Trinity Groves is now open at 3011 Gulden Ln. #102, in a space that has been home to Temakeria, Sugar Skull Cafe, and vegan restaurant V-Eats. Oreste's is a spinoff of Saint Rocco’s, the Italian restaurant at Trinity Groves from Trinity Groves owner Phil Romano, designed as a quick-lunch version of Saint Rocco’s, serving pizza, piadinas, Italian street food, chicken Parmesan, and lasagna. They're focused on breakfast and lunch service, but are open dinner hours, too. They've installed Bocce ball courts, a small pizza oven on the outer patio, and a full service bar, with coffee, tea, and espresso drinks as well. They have pizza by the slice, but the slices are $8. Don't think there is not anticipation: Dallasites101 say they are "so excited!!"

Bonus in Waco:

The Butcher’s Cellar Open May 17
It being Memorial Day weekend, maybe there's time to check out this sophisticated dining destination which just opened in the Waco metroplex in Woodway, with cocktails, small plates, seafood, steaks, and nice décor. It stars Alejandro Najar and Alyssa Osinga, two alumni from Season 21 of Hell’s Kitchen whose menu includes milk buns, bone marrow, lobster tagliatelle, a lobster sushi taco, Wagyu hand roll, crudo, oysters, steaks including filet, ribeye, and strip (just like Goodwin's!), brick chicken, pork chop, and a Wagyu burger.

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Spring Arrival

Oak Cliff gets new Spanish-Peruvian restaurant with big-name Dallas chef

Luciana Gomez
Sep 18, 2026 | 4:27 pm
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Paella will be on the menu.

A new restaurant with a high-profile culinary director will bring Spanish and Peruvian flavors to Dallas' Oak Cliff: Called Ulloa’s, it is coming to 727 Fort Worth Ave. in West Dallas, with a projected opening in March 2027.

The concept is from philanthropists Susan and Woodrow Gandy, who were previously investors in the historic Belmont Hotel just around the corner. They've teamed up with Dallas celebrity chef Kent Rathbun as culinary director, along with Christopher Tunnell as general manager to lead the front of the house.

Rathbun is a name Dallas diners know well, with a resume that includes The Mansion on Turtle Creek, the Landmark Restaurant at the historic Melrose Hotel, Seventeen Seventeen at the Dallas Museum of Art, Abacus, Jasper's, Rathbun’s Blue Plate Kitchen, and more. He's won numerous awards and made multiple appearances on Food Network. He was most recently behind the launch of On The Rocks, an Italian bistro in Burleson.

Kent Rathbun Chef Kent Rathbun will be the culinary director of Ulloa's. Photo courtesy of Kent Rathbun

Tunnell’s background spans both culinary direction and front-of-house operations. He worked at Los Angeles hot spots Ketchup, Geisha House, and Les Deux, as well as the Mandalay Bay and The Mirage in Las Vegas, before moving to Dallas to open The Mexican, the upscale restaurant in the Design District.

“I am truly excited to partner with Chef Kent Rathbun, whose reputation is amazing — not only in the DFW Metroplex, but in the culinary world,” Tunnell says. “He has been with this project since the beginning, helping develop it; this will be a very chef-driven, culinary-forward restaurant.”

The team's vision for Ulloa’s is both culinary and urban, with hopes of anchoring the corridor and attracting other businesses to Fort Worth Avenue — a stretch connecting downtown Dallas with Oak Cliff that remains somewhat underdeveloped despite its panoramic skyline views.

The restaurant is named for Spanish explorer, astronomer, and scientist Antonio de Ulloa, who spent extensive time in the Mexican peninsula before becoming Louisiana’s first governor. During his travels, Ulloa documented a fogbow — a circular rainbow formed when sunlight meets mist that causes silhouettes standing between the sun and fog to appear ringed in light, a phenomenon known today as “Ulloa’s Rings.”

That vibrant phenomenon inspired both the restaurant's identity and logo. The concept promises "bold, worldly flavors in a welcoming neighborhood setting inspired by exploration and discovery,” the owners say.

Ulloa's Rendering of Ulloa's.Rendering courtesy of Ulloa's

While the menu remains in development, Tunnell describes the culinary direction as “Spanish soul with a Peruvian heart.” The kitchen will merge the coastal flavors of both traditions — ranging from paellas and ceviches to crafted cocktails and signature adaptations by Rathbun.

The 200-seat, two-story space will feature a downstairs dining room, a large bar, and an outdoor patio. Upstairs, plans call for a secondary bar, a private dining room, a patio, and an expansive balcony patio, offering views of the city's skyline and of the Margaret Hunt Hill and Margaret McDermott bridges.

While the upstairs space will be available for private events, the owners intend for it to operate primarily as an organic extension of the main restaurant. The buildout will include a guest elevator along with ample parking, including both self-parking and valet options.

The team says the restaurant will have have an aesthetic that's “warm, theatrical, generous, elegant but alive, with the energy of a great Spanish tapas bar and the soul of Peruvian hospitality.”

Ulloa’s plans to launch with dinner service first, followed by lunch and weekend brunch.

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