Closings Include Il Sole, Four Star Coffee Bar, Carrabba’s

IN THE NEWS: PegasusNews.com’s Teresa Gubbins reports the closing of Il Sole, the Travis Walk Italian restaurant owned by Mi Piaci owners Brian and Sonia Black, while Kevin Buchanan reports the closing of Fort Worth’s Four Star Coffee Bar … The Dallas Morning News’s Michael Hiller awards three stars to Al Biernat’s (4217 Oak Lawn […]

Openings Include Salad Creations, La Cubanita

IN THE NEWS: Florida-based Salad Creations, a new concept to Dallas and to Texas, has opened its first area location in Village on the Green plaza near the Galleria, with a second on Knox/Henderson Avenue near North Central Expressway by late January and a third in Rockwall near Lake Ray Hubbard by mid-February, the Dallas […]

Opened in 1975, Original Chili’s Grill Closes on Greenville

IN THE NEWS: The Dallas Morning News’s Karen Robinson-Jacobs reports on the Oct. 31 closing of the original Chili’s Grill & Bar, on Dallas’ Greenville Avenue. The restaurant was opened in 1975 by Larry Lavine, a Dallas restaurateur, and grew into a chain that now has nearly 1,400 outlets. Chili’s still has 73 locations in […]