Lower Greenville shakeup

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

Rye's last day of service on Lower Greenville will be March 7.

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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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Ice Cream News

Crispy Cones opens in Plano with cool twist on regular ice cream cone

Crispy Cones

An ice cream shop chain that appeared on Shark Tank has opened a location in Plano: Called Crispy Cones, it's an innovative concept that places as much attention on the cone as it does the ice cream, and has opened a shop in Plano, in a new center at 9613 Coit Rd. #108.

Crispy Cones features what is called a "chimney cone" — a hollow, sweet pastry with roots in Eastern European countries like Hungary and the Czech Republic. It's a little like a croissant, with a texture that's crisp on the outside but soft and fluffy inside — versus the sugar or waffle cone you get at a typical ice cream stand.

The process to make the cone involves wrapping the dough around a rod, then baking it over a heating element until it turns golden brown. It gets dusted with cinnamon and sugar, while the inside gets lined with a spread such as Nutella, peanut butter, cookie butter, and strawberry jam which forms a layer between cone and ice cream.

From there, you choose Crispy Cones' soft-serve ice cream in flavors such as vanilla, chocolate, swirl, or seasonal flavors like pistachio or cookie dough. You can also get toppings like chopped up Heath bars or Oreo cookies, and sauce including Nutella, caramel, cookie butter, or raspberry. A cone is $5.39.

In addition to cones on-site, they sell ice cream and cones to go, so you can make-your-own at home.

Crispy Cones was founded in 2018 by Jeremy Carlson, who encountered the chimney cake-style cones during a mission trip to the Czech Republic. Enamored, he began selling them from a road-side tent in Utah, before opening brick-and-mortar ice cream shops.

With an eye on going nationwide, he and his wife Kaitlyn pitched their concept on the TV show Shark Tank, where they received a stake from investor Barbara Corcoran. The company is growing quickly: There are currently 23 stores open in the U.S. including Utah, Idaho, Arizona, Florida, and Tennessee, with more on the way. The first DFW-area Crispy Cones debuted in North Richland Hills in 2025.

Ushering Crispy Cones into Plano are husband-and-wife Greg and Lisa Crow, who've had other businesses in the past but wanted to bring something to the community. Lisa says they've already received a warm welcome, and are planning to open two more locations, one in Celina and another in Frisco.

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