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 […]

Fearings Heads ‘Texas Monthly’ Top New Restaurants List

IN THE NEWS: In the March issue, Texas Monthly’s Patricia Sharpe selects the state’s top 10 new restaurants: 1. Fearings, Dallas; 2. The Grill at Leon Springs, San Antonio; 3. Cibo, Austin; 4. Lambert’s Downtown Barbecue, Austin; 5. Dallas Fish Market, Dallas; 6. Reef, Houston; 7. Max’s Wine Dive, Houston; 8. North, Austin; 9. Alo, […]

‘Top Chef’s Wilcox Leaving Abacus, Vows to Stay in Dallas

IN THE NEWS: The Morning News’s Bill Addison reports Bravo’s Top Chef finalist Tre Wilcox will leave his position as chef de cuisine of Abacus in January but says he has no intention of moving away from Dallas. He has landed an endorsement deal with a cookware line that he declines to name as yet, […]