THE FUTURE OF FOOD

Buzzy delivery app Wonder to launch in Dallas with food from celeb chefs

Wonder offers pies from New York's famous Di Fara Pizza.

Fast-growing food platform Wonder is launching a Texas takeover. The upstart app, which describes itself as a “new kind of food hall,” is set to launch in Dallas in early 2027, as part of its Texas expansion.

Unlike traditional food halls or food delivery apps, the platform operates multiple “restaurants” out of one space. Diners can order fare from buzzy eateries, like Tejas Barbecue and Di Fara Pizza, as well as celebrity chef-driven concepts from Bobby Flay, José Andrés, and Marcus Samuelsson. Everything is precooked in a commissary space and finished in one central kitchen, prepared to order by one operations team.

The centralized approach "makes it possible for everyone at the table to get what they want," Wonder says. Its "Multi-Restaurant Ordering" feature lets customers mix and match dishes from a host of "restaurants," all on one order.

Wonder also operates storefronts, which offer pick-up service and limited dine-in space.

In 2024, Wonder also purchased struggling delivery service Grubhub, making it possible to order from other local restaurants from the same app. Faster than you can say “vertical integration,” the start-up also gobbled up food media company Tastemade in 2025, blending commerce and content. The food-focused company also owns meal kit pioneer Blue Apron, AI-powered restaurant rewards program Claim, and robot-powered restaurant Spyce, known for preparing food in “three minutes or less."

The corporation says Texas’ “suburban areas, characterized by densely populated communities and car-dependent infrastructure,” make it one of the nation’s most attractive markets. Wonder’s expansion will include storefront construction, kitchen buildouts, and technology infrastructure.

“We're excited to enter Texas and introduce more people to what makes Wonder unique — chef-crafted menus, unmatched variety, and seamless convenience," says Tony Hoggett, CEO of Wonder North America, in a release. "Texas' dynamic food culture, population growth, and suburban footprint align closely with our delivery-first model.”

While Wonder has not shared exactly when it will flip the switch on Texas service, it will first debut in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, followed by expansion in Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. It plans to have more than 100 locations in Texas by the end of 2027.

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Pizza News

Yonx Pizza seduces north Dallas suburbs with New York-style pies

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Yonx Pizza, by the slice.

A pizzeria with a dedicated following has debuted in Melissa: Yonx Pizza Bar & Co., an indie spot that does New York-style pizzas as well as pizza by the slice, has opened a location at 1521 McKinney St. #700 — an address that had pizza history as it was home for nearly a decade to a Palio's Pizza, which closed in 2025.

Yonx is from Robert Hede, a restaurant veteran who was previously involved with the Village Burger Bar chain, where he was a partner. He switched from burgers to pizza in 2022 when he connected with NY Pizza and Pints, a small local pizzeria chain, opening a location in Wylie at 1125 FM 544 #800. After two years, he broke off from the chain to found Yonx at the same address.

Yonx does the kind of New York-style thin-crust pizza that Dallas-Fort Worth loves, in a standard 14-inch, as well as a massive 24-inch "Kong" size. They also do slices, which can be ordered as a lunch with a Caesar salad for $9.99.

Varieties include familiar favorites like pepperoni, as well as slightly gourmet options with New York-inspired names such as:

Balsamic on Bleeker St., with garlic sauce, mushrooms, shaved ribeye, mozzarella cheese, arugula, and balsamic drizzle
Bronx Bomb, with Sicilian marinara, mozzarella, meatballs, mushrooms, and ricotta cheese
Brooklyn, basically a meat-lovers with Sicilian marinara, mozzarella, sliced ham, chopped meatball, beef, & pepperoni
Greenwich Garden, a vegetarian with Sicilian marinara, mozzarella, red & green bell peppers, white onions, mushrooms, spinach, & black olives

Prices range from $16 for a 14-inch cheese pizza to $46 for a NY Giant Supreme Soho with Sicilian marinara, mozzarella, pepperoni, sausage, beef, red & green bell peppers, white onions, sliced mushrooms, & black olives.

Yonx Pizza soup in a bread bowl.Photo courtesy of Yonx

There are also sandwiches on house-made toasted focaccia such as the Italian tower with melted provolone cheese, sliced ham, salami, lettuce, red onion, pepperoncinis, & sundried tomato aioli.

Appetizers include comforting soups served in a bread bowl including tomato basil and jalapeno cream soup with charred jalapenos. Plus wings, garlic knots, and "Brooklyn Ballers" — their signature meatballs in marinara, made in-house. topped with whipped ricotta and Parmesan, served with pesto and focaccia ends.

A full bar features frozen margaritas and frozen mojitos made with agave gold tequila. The best day to order those is "Frozen Fridays" from 11 am-10:30 pm when the blueberry mojitos are $6 and the margaritas are $5.

The Melissa location opened in January, with the same menu as the Wylie original, and has been met with an unprecedented wave of positive reviews on Facebook: one comment after another raving over how great the pizza is, and what a godsend it is — positive reviews that began to stack up even before the place had officially opened, the likes of which have been rarely seen.

This location boasts almost double the size of the original in Wylie, with a covered patio where they'll host live music on the weekends outside.

Hede, who has been hands-on at the Melissa location since it opened, says he's all-in on these northernmost suburbs of Dallas.

"I like this area — I feel like all the growth is heading out in this direction, there's just a lot of activity up here," he says.

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