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Time For Dining News

Tacos and crazy drinks hit the spot in this Dallas restaurant news

Raven Jordan
Feb 14, 2025 | 12:19 pm
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Shrimp and rice from Cracker Barrel

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In this edition of dining news around Dallas, local restaurants are getting revamped, adding spiring menus, introducing new dishes, and serving up sweet drinks with one crazy collaboration. Hint: Think Peeps.

Here's what's happening in Dallas restaurant news:

Urbano Cafe, the east Dallas restaurant that was acquired just about one year ago by Pasha and Sina Heidari (Mike’s Gemini Twin in the Cedars, Bowen House, Las Palmas Tex-Mex), has debuted an all-new food menu— part of a collaboration with Dallas chef William Salisbury — who won CultureMap's Tastemaker Awards Rising Star Chef in 2024, and who is consulting with the Urbano team including chef Oseas Rivera. The menu offers new takes on Urbano's Italian-American approach with dishes like Lobster Raviolo Fra Diavolo, Baked Mezzi Rigatoni, and Salmon Pesto & Asparagus. A renovation of the space includes new stemware, cutlery, dinnerware, linens, updated patio, refreshed interior decor, and remodeled bathrooms.

Chipotle opened a location at 1831 Military Pkwy. in Mesquite on February 3. The new location has the first "Chipotlane" in Mesquite, a drive thru pick-up lane that allows customers to pick up digital orders without leaving their cars.

Bbbop Seoul Kitchen in Oak Cliff has launched a boba tea program featuring both fruit tea and milk tea. Flavors include mango, strawberry, peach, an Arnold Palmer, brown sugar milk tea, and taro milk tea. Topping options include lychee coconut jelly, popping mango, and popping strawberry. A 24-ounce beverage is $6.50.

Rusty Taco launched a new menu featuring cracked tostada shrimp ceviche, rolled tacos, all-day breakfast burritos, and a 12-taco package for $49. The menu will be available at three locations in Dallas ahead of a national rollout, including the Greenville Avenue flagship, Hurst, and Denton.

Cerulean Blue, the Flower Mound coffee house, has introduced two cookies of the month: gooey butter cake and stuffed red velvet cookie. The Red Velvet Cookie is their first-ever stuffed cookie - a soft and chewy cookie dotted with white chocolate chips and with a velvety cream cheese frosting center. The Gooey Butter Cake Cookie has a butter cookie flavor with a chewy center. Cookies are $4 each. Available until the end of February.

Broken Yolk Cafe, the brunch restaurant in McKinney, is offering two seasonal items: plant-based power wrap with vegan chorizo and vegan egg for $15, and yuzu lemonade cooler with Monin Yuzu puree for $6.

Tacodeli has brought back the quesa birria taco featuring a griddled corn tortilla filled with Nolan Ryan Beef roast and Monterey Jack cheese, topped with crema Mexicana, paired with consommé. It's $5.50 and available through February 28.

Komodo has teamed up with La La Land, the Dallas based coffee shop, for a new matcha martini cocktail featuring Tito’s Vodka, La La Land matcha, and Irish cream — delivering an energizing sip with a little kick. The drink is $20, but can be upgraded to 818 Reposado Tequila for an extra $4. It's available at all three Komodo locations—Dallas, Miami, and Las Vegas.

Moxies just launched a new brunch menu with items such as the $18 big breakfast with eggs, jalapeño pork sausage, bacon, home fries, tomato, and multi-grain toast; $35 steak & eggs with an 8-ounce prime sirloin, eggs, also with tomato, home fries, and multi-grain toast; and $20 farmers hash, with pancetta, jalapeño pork sausage, roasted vegetables, pickled onions, poached eggs, home fries, and hollandaise. A new build-your-own mimosa option features choice of bubbles paired with orange, pineapple orange, or grapefruit juice.

HTeaO, the iced tea chain, has a new partnership with Poppi prebiotic soda, blending poppi’s sodas with HTeaO’s iced tea in flavors including trop poppi, peachy poppi, and dirty cherry poppi. The drinks are $5.49 for the 24-ounce and $7 for the 32-ounce.

Cracker Barrel has a spring brunch menu with four new items: Oreo stuffed cheesecake pancakes, strawberry stuffed cheesecake pancakes, Louisiana style shrimp skillet, and shrimp & grits. There are also two new drinks — pancake latte and strawberry peach lemonade — and a new strawberry icebox pie dessert. Available at Allen, Arlington, DeSoto, Grapevine, Mesquite, and Rockwall locations.

Dakota's Steakhouse, the subterranean restaurant in downtown Dallas, is opening on Sundays for the first time in 40 years. They’ll open on Sunday evenings from 5-9 pm, and in addition to their regular menu, are adding Prime Rib, which they're calling "Prime Rib Sundays," exclusive to Sunday nights only, in 12-ounce and 16-ounce sizes.

Torchy’s has three new "Torched" bowls: the big tipsy with bourbon bacon marmalade, fajita chicken, and onions; the bonfire bowl with jerk chicken or blackened salmon with pistachios, mango, and avocado sauce; and the moontower with shrimp, cotija, black bean & corn relish, and champagne vinaigrette. Bowls start at $10.50. These are but the first; a new bowl will drop each month through April 16.

Promised Land Dairy has partnered with marshmallow candy brand Peeps to offer a limited-time Peeps Sweet Marshmallow Milk, with a sweet marshmallow flavor. Available at Dallas grocery stores through April 20.

Sheraton Dallas has appointed a new executive chef: Miguel Neira, who will oversee all aspects of the hotel’s food operations, including the banquet facilities and four distinctive food and beverage outlets including: Open Palette, Draft Sports Bar & Lounge, Open Mkt. Grab ‘n Go, and The Parlor. Born and raised in a small coastal town in Ecuador, Neira began his culinary career with Marriott in 2007 as Restaurant Chef at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort in St. Petersburg, Florida. He held leadership roles in Cleveland, Chicago and Tampa, and since 2021, has served as Executive Sous Chef at Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center.

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East Dock development

'Chopped' champion opens Pan-Latin restaurant at Oak Cliff's East Dock

Luciana Gomez
Oct 20, 2026 | 3:53 pm
Barro y Fuego
Photo courtesy of Barro y Fuego
Barro y Fuego specializes in parrilladas, or grilled meats.

A Latin American, chef-driven restaurant is one of the newest additions to Oak Cliff's vibrant dining scene: Barro y Fuego is now open in suite 100 of the refurbished historic East Dock, at 900 E. Clarendon Dr., joining Bite Sushi, Elevate Coffee, Kuluntu Bakery, and other neighbors.

The restaurant comes from longtime friends and business partners Robert Ramirez and Eric Spigner.

Spigner formerly was chef at Nova Oak Cliff, which won Restaurant of the Year in the 2018 CultureMap Tastemaker Awards; he was a Tastemakers Rising Star nominee in 2019. He's best known as champion of the Food Network competition show Chopped in 2021.

Ramirez is a 25-year veteran of the restaurant design business who also envisioned, designed, and developed East Dock, the mixed-use development that houses Barro y Fuego and an assortment of dining, retail, gym, and office spaces. The development is near the new five-acre Halperin Park, a bridge park spanning Interstate 35.

The partners named the restaurant Barro y Fuego — translating to “clay and fire”— to reflect their vision for the restaurant. The grill is always afire for parrilladas, or grilled meats, while decorative clay pots by artists from Peru and Mexico line the interior and are available for purchase.

Beyond a market area, the restaurant incorporates elements of a rustic cantina, with natural wood and earthy tones creating a cozy atmosphere. The indoor dining area accommodates up to 80 guests, with a communal table, booths, traditional tables, and bar seating along the open kitchen. An adjacent outdoor grill and patio overlooking a creek is open year-round and seats another 80.

“The open kitchen was important to us,” Ramirez says. “You can sit at the bar and watch the cooking; it's a natural gathering point. We focused on a design that is raw, minimal, and for everybody: dates, families, friends — come casual or come dressed up.”

The Pan-Latin menu draws on Ramirez’s upbringing and travels throughout the region, along with Spigner’s professional experience with Caribbean, Spanish, and Latin American flavors.

“Latin America is vast; my vision is to take it all in and present a concise statement of a broader culture — where you might not pinpoint a specific country, but rather a fusion of many in a single dish,” Spigner says.

This vision yields a unique menu spanning Latin America with subtle Spanish influences. The menu features shareable plates ranging from $20 to $40 and includes:

  • Gambas al Ajo Negro: Sautéed shrimp in a black garlic emulsion with charred okra and blistered tomatoes.
  • Costillas de Res Estofadas: Boneless beef ribs served with chimichurri crème fraîche, plantains, and charred zucchini.
  • Arroz con Pollo: Chicken confit over red rice, served with coconut milk collard greens and sauce africaine.
  • Panceta de Cerdo Estofada: Braised pork belly accompanied by chipotle-agave sweet potato puree and collard green chimichurri.

On weekdays, the restaurant offers a menu with items under $20, including sandwiches and smaller portions of main dishes. It’s designed for nearby business tenants, residents, and visitors to the Dallas Zoo and surrounding parks.

Brunch with live Latin jazz music takes places on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 am-3 pm. The brunch menu includes clam, chorizo, and avocado tostadas; ropa vieja; torrijas, which are similar to French toast; and a pork belly and pisto manchego Benedict.

The full bar serves specialty cocktails such as a Negroni verde, caipirinha, and espresso martinis using ingredients from neighbor Elevate Coffee. The beer selection celebrates all of Latin America rather than focusing solely on Mexico, the proprietors say. They feature representative brands from nearly every country for $7. They also pour Mexican Lager from nearby, newly opened Smittox Brewery.

Looking ahead, the team says they plan to host ticketed community events, including paella nights, pig roasts, and live music showcasing local cumbia, rock en español bands, and DJs.

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