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A San Francisco-based wine bar-restaurant is bringing its Bay Area panache to Texas: Called District, it'll open its first Lone Star State location at Village on the Parkway, at 5100 Belt Line Rd. in the former Mercy Wine Bar space.

According to a release, it'll open in the fall with globally inspired shareable plates, wine and whiskey.

District was founded in San Francisco in 2007, and currently has three locations in California; Addison will be the fourth. Helping usher it into Dallas is Johnny Carros, who last opened Sugarbacon Proper Kitchen, now closed, and previously worked at Chamberlain's Steak and Chop House and Jasper's, among others.

Jon D'Angelica and his partner Ryan Vance built the first District as a wine bar concept with shareable plates; as the concept evolved, they added whiskeys to the mix. The menu was created by executive chef Bob Cina and changes often based upon the seasons and availability of product.

Core menu items include:

Fontina and Spinach Arancini with smoked tomato sauce
Lamb Meatballs made with house ground lamb & pork, chermoula tomato sauce and manchego cheese
Tempura Avocado with jalapeño-lime aioli and sweet ‘n spicy sea salt
Calabrian Sausage Pizza with Calabrian chili sauce, arugula, cippolini onion, pecorino
Zucchini Blossom Flatbread with baby squashes and herbs, truffled ricotta, Texas sweets
Diver Scallops with Cali caviar, leak & salsify soubise, tempura mushroom, citrus sea foam
Smoked Lamb Chops with pistachio-parmesan polenta frita, Castelvetrano lamb jus, minted salsa verde

Wines will be both new and old-world, and the whiskeys will focus on high quality and small-batch production. Beers will be from local brewers including Tupps Brewery and Peticolas Brewing Company.

The cocktail menu will feature classic recipes with a modern twist, using fresh herbs, fresh squeezed juices, and house-made syrups. Standouts include the Sazerac Barrel Aged Old Fashion and Lavender Tom Collins made with gin, house made lavender syrup, lemon juice and topped with soda.

An Addison shopping center has attracted eyewear retailer Warby Parker and socially conscious café La La Land to its recently redeveloped mix of retail and restaurants.

Prestonwood Place, a 133,000-square-foot center at the southeast corner of Belt Line Road and Montfort Drive, has updated its mix with a new generation of restaurants and services as it tries to be a go-to errand stop for the workers in the surrounding office market.

Attracting Warby Parker, one of the first digital retailers to open brick-and-mortar stores, to the small shopping center is notable because so far the New York-based retailer has gone into high-profile shopping districts such as Austin’s South Congress, Legacy West and Southlake Town Square. One of its first stores in the U.S. is still open on hip Henderson Avenue in East Dallas.

Dallas-based Northwood Retail owns the shopping center just east of the Dallas North Tollway and spent the last year updating the property, which dates back to when Belt Line Road first became a trendy place to go eat and drink in Far North Dallas.

Earlier this year, Catapult Health leased a two-story building on the 16-acre property located next to Village on the Parkway and Prestonwood Town Center.

Warby Parker, a company that disrupted the prescription eyewear business 20 years ago, opens in the center in June.

Another Dallas-based restaurant, The Biscuit Bar, which started out in Plano and has five locations, will open in the center later this winter. Massage Heights, which provides massage and facial services and is based in San Antonio, is opening in June...

...The shopping center company, which also owns the Shops at Park Lane across from NorthPark Center and Hillside Village at Mockingbird Lane and Abrams Road in Dallas, said more new tenants are planned for Prestonwood Place this fall and winter...

Addison wrote:Came across this recently. According to the brochure, it should be 11 stories with office space anywhere between 250,000 and 350,000 sq. ft

With the working name of 15555 North Dallas Parkway, this would go up on the currently empty parcel just north of the Millennium Tower at DNT and Arapaho.

https://images1.loopnet.com/d2/j-bP7vmr ... ochure.pdf

undefinedprocess wrote:Hey Addison, thanks for the updates on Addison Station in Addison.

flyswatter wrote:Loro BBQ is looking to bulldoze and build a new building at the former Flying Saucer location. They have a location in East Dallas already. I live around the corner and was hoping another beer place would move in

https://agendas.addisontx.gov/docs/2021 ... ressed.pdf

https://www.loroeats.com/

flyswatter wrote:Loro BBQ is looking to bulldoze and build a new building at the former Flying Saucer location. They have a location in East Dallas already. I live around the corner and was hoping another beer place would move in

https://agendas.addisontx.gov/docs/2021 ... ressed.pdf

https://www.loroeats.com/

Addison wrote:

flyswatter wrote:Loro BBQ is looking to bulldoze and build a new building at the former Flying Saucer location. They have a location in East Dallas already. I live around the corner and was hoping another beer place would move in

https://agendas.addisontx.gov/docs/2021 ... ressed.pdf

https://www.loroeats.com/

Not exactly Addison proper (it's adjacent in Farmers Branch), but a separate new BBQ place is also opening on Midway and Alpha, in the old Wayback Burgers space.

I forget the name of it though. Will have to drive by again to find out.

Kelley USA wrote:

Addison wrote:

flyswatter wrote:Loro BBQ is looking to bulldoze and build a new building at the former Flying Saucer location. They have a location in East Dallas already. I live around the corner and was hoping another beer place would move in

https://agendas.addisontx.gov/docs/2021 ... ressed.pdf

https://www.loroeats.com/

Not exactly Addison proper (it's adjacent in Farmers Branch), but a separate new BBQ place is also opening on Midway and Alpha, in the old Wayback Burgers space.

I forget the name of it though. Will have to drive by again to find out.

You're thinking of Bundu Khan BBQ. It's Pakistani BBQ. BUT, there actually is a new BBQ place going in near this general area. It's called Crossbuck BBQ - 4400 Spring Valley Rd (technically where Dallas, Farmers Branch & Addison all sort of collide).

Kelley USA wrote:

Addison wrote:

flyswatter wrote:Loro BBQ is looking to bulldoze and build a new building at the former Flying Saucer location. They have a location in East Dallas already. I live around the corner and was hoping another beer place would move in

https://agendas.addisontx.gov/docs/2021 ... ressed.pdf

https://www.loroeats.com/

Not exactly Addison proper (it's adjacent in Farmers Branch), but a separate new BBQ place is also opening on Midway and Alpha, in the old Wayback Burgers space.

I forget the name of it though. Will have to drive by again to find out.

You're thinking of Bundu Khan BBQ. It's Pakistani BBQ. BUT, there actually is a new BBQ place going in near this general area. It's called Crossbuck BBQ - 4400 Spring Valley Rd (technically where Dallas, Farmers Branch & Addison all sort of collide).

A new 12-story office tower is taking shape on the Dallas North Tollway in Addison — and developers say it will be built with a coming hybrid workforce in mind.

VanTrust Real Estate has teamed up with Colliers to start pre-leasing on Addison Station, set to open in 2023 near the Addison Transit Station along the new DART Silver Line. The 250K to 350K SF facility at 15555 North Dallas Parkway near the intersection of the Dallas North Tollway and Arapaho Road will offer easy access to transit and roadways, flexible space and amenities geared toward new ways of working.

“The planned DART advancements and continual infrastructure updates in Addison and its adjoining cities position Addison Station as a part of a growing Dallas corridor built to accommodate the corporate residents and the changes to typical work schedules we see continuing in the future,” VanTrust Executive Vice President Bill Baumgardner, who heads the company’s Texas office, said in a release.

VanTrust is also developing the 242-acre mixed-use Frisco Station, which will eventually offer 1.5M SF of mid-rise office space with an additional 2M SF of campus-style product.

The Class-A Addison Station will feature on-site facilities such as an 8K SF rooftop amenity deck, an indoor and outdoor tenant lounge and attached terrace, a fitness center with locker rooms and a conference center.

“We are anticipating a significant amount of interest from corporate users looking to establish a presence in DFW and utilize an environment made with the hybrid work schedule in mind,” Colliers Executive Vice President Sara Terry said of the project, which is set to break ground next month.

“The built-to-suit customization of Addison Station and its access to the broadest cross-section of labor in the region allows companies in need a space that adapts to their unique culture while effortlessly attracting others to its flexible work environment.”...

IcedCowboyCoffee wrote:I love that central area that directly bridges the station to circle park, the walking experience looks to be fantastic.
It's refreshing seeing TOD happening so quickly for a station.

IcedCowboyCoffee wrote:It looks like the park-side platform will have direct access to the development. No roadway disconnecting it from all the retail pointing to the park so that's nice. The other side will still have the roadway for the bus transit center, but that 'welcome to addison' building on the parking lot will really condense the feel of the space. Should turn out great if it all gets built.

Edit: I see what you mean actually. I can't imagine they would run a fence all the way down to the street without someway of getting down the station platform on the north side... I can only hope
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Puttshack, the world’s first and only upscale, tech-infused mini golf experience with global food and drink, announced today the signing of a new lease at the Village on the Parkway, an open-air shopping destination within the Dallas metropolitan area. Located at 5100 Belt Line Road in Addison, this new location joins Puttshack’s growing list of upcoming destinations and will be the second in Texas, opening in Summer 2023. Puttshack will be a major entertainment destination for Dallas area residents and visitors alike. With 28,000 square-feet expanding across a two-story space, Puttshack Dallas will offer a never-before-seen game component within Puttshack’s mini golf experience. It will feature four custom-made, tech-driven, highly competitive mini golf courses, powered by the brand’s leading patented Trackaball technology that keeps score for you as you play. The game play is matched by an innovative, globally inspired dining menu, signature cocktails and full-service bar, as well as world-class hospitality and a high-energy, upscale nightclub vibe. The new location will hold multiple private event spaces for exclusive parties, including a mezzanine area. The main bar itself will extend across two floors...

Addison wrote:Puttshack Inks Agreement to Open in Dallas

https://www.fsrmagazine.com/content/put ... pen-dallas

Puttshack, the world’s first and only upscale, tech-infused mini golf experience with global food and drink, announced today the signing of a new lease at the Village on the Parkway, an open-air shopping destination within the Dallas metropolitan area. Located at 5100 Belt Line Road in Addison, this new location joins Puttshack’s growing list of upcoming destinations and will be the second in Texas, opening in Summer 2023. Puttshack will be a major entertainment destination for Dallas area residents and visitors alike. With 28,000 square-feet expanding across a two-story space, Puttshack Dallas will offer a never-before-seen game component within Puttshack’s mini golf experience. It will feature four custom-made, tech-driven, highly competitive mini golf courses, powered by the brand’s leading patented Trackaball technology that keeps score for you as you play. The game play is matched by an innovative, globally inspired dining menu, signature cocktails and full-service bar, as well as world-class hospitality and a high-energy, upscale nightclub vibe. The new location will hold multiple private event spaces for exclusive parties, including a mezzanine area. The main bar itself will extend across two floors...

https://www.puttshack.com/the-experience

Kelley USA wrote:Addison is sort of a funny restaurant market. Everybody thinks they need to open a location in Addison, but I see so many concepts open & close. Even a number of successful concepts seem like they're just getting by. I love Meso Maya, but it was never really that crowded for some reason. Now some concepts absolutely thrive here (i.e. Hudson House, Chuy's, Ida Claire, Kenny's).

Kelley USA wrote:Addison is sort of a funny restaurant market. Everybody thinks they need to open a location in Addison, but I see so many concepts open & close. Even a number of successful concepts seem like they're just getting by. I love Meso Maya, but it was never really that crowded for some reason. Now some concepts absolutely thrive here (i.e. Hudson House, Chuy's, Ida Claire, Kenny's).

city of Addison was giving them the flux with approvals to renovate/upgrade their building

Addison wrote:

Kelley USA wrote:Addison is sort of a funny restaurant market. Everybody thinks they need to open a location in Addison, but I see so many concepts open & close. Even a number of successful concepts seem like they're just getting by. I love Meso Maya, but it was never really that crowded for some reason. Now some concepts absolutely thrive here (i.e. Hudson House, Chuy's, Ida Claire, Kenny's).

Very true.

I'm surprised Addison was left mostly unscathed by the COVID restaurant closures. Remington's, Kobe Japanese Steakhouse, Chamberlain's Fish Market and Flying Saucer were the only big casualities. But the kicker is the spaces for all of these (except Remington's) have already been spoken for with new restaurants under developmemt (Benihana, Biscuit Bar and some Asian BBQ concept).

I suspect part of the issue is staffing. There are so many restaurants in close proximity that these franchise and corporate operations struggled to compete for high quality workers. I've noticed a lot of the chains with Addison locations tend to have poorer reviews than others.

But I personally like the fact that a lot of the establishment are generally not as busy.

Nando’s is an international chain of peri peri chicken restaurants with more than a thousand locations worldwide. Peri peri chicken, if you don’t know it yet, is a preparation of marinated and grilled chicken with loads of citrus, vinegar, and hot bird’s eye chile peppers. It’s the product of a cultural exchange between Brazil (which supplied the peppers), southern Africa (which supplied the grilling and now grows the peppers), and Portugal (which brought the food to the rest of the world).

The new Nando’s will be at that giant development in Addison where Belt Line Road meets Dallas North Tollway, the one with the Whole Foods, Gorji, and new Loro. I’m not sure which space it is, specifically, but it will have a shaded patio seating 90 in addition to an interior designed by a London-based architecture firm. The estimated opening time is late spring 2023.

Los Angeles-based veterinary upstart Modern Animal today revealed plans to bring their fully-integrated veterinary experience to the pet owners and care providers of Austin and Dallas, Texas next summer.

Modern Animal is a next-generation veterinary company that passionately believes in the need to reimagine veterinary care on human terms. Modern Animal focuses on drastically improving the relationship between pet owners and care providers by offering an innovative membership model that lowers the barriers to care for pet owners, building technology that enables greater ease and flexibility, and creating thoughtful clinic spaces that make care more comfortable. It currently operates 6 general practice veterinary clinics in Los Angeles and San Francisco, serving tens of thousands of pet owners.

The new Nando’s will be at that giant development in Addison where Belt Line Road meets Dallas North Tollway, the one with the Whole Foods, Gorji, and new Loro. I’m not sure which space it is, specifically, but it will have a shaded patio seating 90 in addition to an interior designed by a London-based architecture firm. The estimated opening time is late spring 2023.

GunnerDallas wrote:

The new Nando’s will be at that giant development in Addison where Belt Line Road meets Dallas North Tollway, the one with the Whole Foods, Gorji, and new Loro. I’m not sure which space it is, specifically, but it will have a shaded patio seating 90 in addition to an interior designed by a London-based architecture firm. The estimated opening time is late spring 2023.

I wonder if that's what is going in where the Flying Saucer used to be.