All-Day Cafes Rule Dallas Restaurant Openings in June

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Every month, a new crop of restaurants opens in the Metroplex. While everyone loves a good steakhouse, sushi spot, and burger joint, this round-up will give you the high-end spots and the low-end spots that are new to town — be they good, bad, or so bad that they're good/so good they're bad. Whether it's a locally owned restaurant or the latest addition of a chain, here's what's happening in the world of DFW restaurant openings for the month.
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5880 State Highway 121, Suite 103B in Plano
Rye restaurant owners Tanner Agar and Taylor Rause drew inspiration from Spain and Portugal for their new restaurant, Flamant. Diners can find dishes like the highly Instagrammable scallop crudo, served in a dressing that incorporates spirulina to give it a blue hue, and Faux Gras made from cashews, preserved lemons, brandy, and lacto-fermented blackberry jam tucked into a hinge-topped glass jar. For those who want to have three or four courses, there are soups and salads (the Caesar comes with sweet bacon, which is different), pastas, and large entrees, like ragu bianco. All of the protein-based entrees, which include chicken thighs with roasted vegetables, mussels and chorizo, ocean trout with farro and local greens, and a wagyu ribeye with a smoked sugar rub and beurre rouge, are cooked over the open fire grill.
7949 Walnut Hill Lane, #130 in Dallas
North Dallas gets a neighborhood bistro with Ella, which took over the space that Chido Taco Lounge formerly occupied. (Customs, the Latin-inspired speakeasy upstairs, remains.) Julian Shaffer, winner of Michelin's Exceptional Cocktails Award at Rye, is the beverage director and general manager. Executive chef Kyle Farr, formerly of Michelin-recognized Sachet and the now-closed Boulevardier, is in the kitchen. Farr serves up dishes including shrimp and masa dumplings, steak tartare, pork cheeks with orange jus, and short ribs slow-braised in red wine. The cocktails by Shaffer include sweet treats like the Chocolate Raspberries (brandy, raspberry, and cocoa butter) and spicy ones like the Salsa Verde Ranch Water (tequila and mezcal with tomatillo and citrus).
8420 Preston Center Plaza in Dallas
The latest spot from Travis Street Hospitality is the group's first foray outside of Knox-Henderson and into North Dallas. The classic French brasserie treds on familiar territory, but this space has a laid back vibe. Founders Stephan Courseau and Daniele Garcia, along with culinary director Bruno Davaillon, have imagined an Americanized take on French culture — reflective of themselves — with a menu serving crepes, rillettes, quiche, poulet rôti, tartare de boeuf, salade Parisienne, and pâtes au pistou. It's an all-day cafe, so there are coffee and pastries in the morning, along with a wine and cocktail list for the afternoon and evening.
6101 Hillcrest Avenue in Dallas
The man behind Michelin-recognized Nonna and Barsotti's, Julian Barsotti, opens a Tex-Mex grill in the Park Cities. It's right across the street from Southern Methodist University, in the Graduate Hotel. The menu offers tableside guacamole service, brisket quesadillas, cheese enchiladas, and an array of fajita platters. The restaurant is also open for brunch, serving migas, grits y posole, breakfast quesadillas, and more.
1949 North Stemmons Freeway, 9th Floor in Dallas
For whatever regrettable reason, One Monkey Bar wasn't enough for this town. Obviously, the bar's second location has opened on the rooftop of the Tru by Hilton Dallas Market Center, with an outdoor patio and indoor bar, serving Mombo Taxi frozen margaritas with a sangria swirl. It also has a few specialty margaritas worth asplurge: there's the #fortytwo, a $60 version made with Don Julio 1942, as well as the Con Clase, a $50 alternative with Clase Azul Plata. The rest of the drinks stay firmly in the $13 to $18 range.
2681 Howell Street in Dallas
Introducing the latest addition to the list of restaurants at the Quad: Two Hands, a cafe from an Australian hospitality group. It has cute, Instagram-worthy decor with a Marfa vibe, and a $49 prix fixe dinner menu, which is not a bad deal for three courses. The rest of the fare is exactly what anyone would expect — crispy Brussels sprouts, a salmon quinoa bowl, avocado toast, a smash burger, and steak au poivre.
2100 Alamo Road, Suite S in Richardson
A fully halal cafe serving Iranian food and coffee has opened in Richardson. It is open for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and late-night meals (Visit until midnight daily.) Look for chicken and beef shawarma, eggplant salad, Iraqi salad (a mix of beets, cucumber, chickpeas, and tomatoes), tabbouleh, and hummus. For breakfast, it's slinging a cheese platter, kebabs, and makhlama (a skillet of ground beef topped with softly fried eggs). The interior resembles your standard-issue restaurant in the 'burbs, but it's got a rad patio with a thatched roof and ceiling fans that looks like a wonderful spot to chow down on.
2918 West Pioneer Parkway in Arlington
The little Christmas-themed restaurant that could is open and serving Tex-Mex once again, under new ownership. Chef Moose Benhamacht and co-owner Liesl Best reworked the menu (and replaced some of those old decorations), and are offering chicken enchiladas, steak flambe, roast chicken, grilled salmon and pork ribs, fajitas,
tacos, and more. The restaurant has been around since the 1980s, thrilling families with its over-the-top holiday decor.
160 West Sandy Lake Road in Coppell
Coppell gets a new Indian spot for lunch and dinner, and brunch on weekends. Some of the most intriguing menu items include the tofu silk, made using a secret recipe, and Silk 99 Chicken Wings, centering on another secret sauce. Or, break out of your usual lunch rut with dishes of pineapple chicken or shrimp; Cream of Dallas soup with chicken, lamb, or seafood; and the Silk Road Royal dinner for two, a prix fixe menu set at $75. The vibe is typical of DFW Indian restaurants, save for the floor, which looks and feels like stepping over an ocean. Very cool. See More: Dallas Restaurant News
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