May 27, 2026 | 11:47 am
Dallas brunch favorite Encina, the Oak Cliff restaurant from husband-and-wife restaurant team Matt Balke and Corey McCombs, is spawning a spinoff. Called Isbella, it’s named for Balke’s mom, and it’s opening this summer in Duncanville at 200 N. Main St. in a ’50s building that was originally Duncanville’s first volunteer fire station.
This is the first expansion for the couple, who’ve owned Encina since 2020.
“Opening a second restaurant seemed like the logical next step,” McCombs says. “Some of our customers at Encina come from Duncanville and other cities in the surrounding area, and are excited that we’ll be closer.”…