Omakase News
Reservations are open for new omakase restaurant at Statler Dallas
Sauvage
Reservations are open for one of the buzziest new restaurants in Dallas: Called Sauvage, reservations are open beginning August 20 at the Statler Dallas hotel downtown, at 1914 Commerce St. #100. UPDATE 8-20-2025: The opening has been pushed back until late August.
Sauvage is the new concept from chefs Casey and Amy La Rue, who own La Rue Doughnuts, the artisan doughnut shop at Trinity Groves, and who previously owned Carte Blanche, the award-winning restaurant on Greenville Avenue which closed in 2024.
Sauvage marks their return to fine dining and will follow a similar tasting menu approach that they maintained at Carte Blanche, but with a smaller footprint: just 12 seats, with two seatings per night, and the restaurant will be open only four nights a week, from Wednesday-Saturday. Reservations can be made on tock.
They're calling it a "woodfire omakase." Every course will be done on the wood grill or smoker, with no gas and no fryer.
"The menu will be centered on a wood-fire tasting menu, with 16 to 18 courses cooked on a wood fire and served right to you," Casey says.
The menu is not yet online but they'll continue the focus on wild game they had at Carte Blanche — antelope, elk, venison — plus seafood, vegetable courses, and dessert.
Each course will celebrate wood-fired flavors, whether it's Moroccan antelope sausage with pistachio and fermented harissa, or wild boar burnt ends with sorghum glaze.
The convivial environment will put the diner in the center of the magic, watching as the sizzling meat and game are cut and cooked on the flame and plated — omakase-style.
Amy will do desserts and breads which will occupy 25 percent of the menu. They'll also offer a beverage pairing, although it won't be restricted to wine.
Pricing will be in line with what tasting and omakase places are charging: $245 for dinner, plus $125 for beverage pairing. The restaurant is located two doors to the left of the Statler hotel's front lobby. There is no access from inside the hotel.
Carte Blanche was the first stand-alone restaurant to achieve Forbes Five-Star in Texas for two years in a row, in 2022 and again in 2023. It was also the only Dallas restaurant to earn the prestigious 5-diamond award from AAA.
