The Dallas dining scene is forever evolving. To help you stay in the know, we’ve gathered the buzziest openings, the unfortunate closures, and any other food news we might find fitting. This Dallas Dish is your helping of need-to-know Dallas restaurant closings.
Beto & Son
Just a few months after Trinity Groves’ long-time tenant Saint Rocco’s shuttered after 11 years, the Dallas Morning News first reports that fellow decade-old Mexican restaurant Beto & Son is closing in the West Dallas development. Home of the liquid nitrogen margarita, this spot stayed open the longest as the former “restaurant incubator” saw many concepts come and go over the years, most recently a brand-new omakase spot called DOZO, which only lasted a year. Another original tenant, Kate Weiser, also recently closed in Trinity Groves (plus all of its other locations).
According to the DMN, Beto & Son is closing because they sold their lease to a restaurateur who has plans to open something else in the space, and the father of the father-and-son business, Beto Rodarte, is retiring. The son and former CEO of Trinity Groves, Julian Rodarte, is now the culinary director for Dee Lincoln Concepts.
During the World Cup, Trinity Groves saw several bars and restaurants suddenly open to host fans, all second locations of existing Dallas concepts like Uptown’s LYLA, Bar Pangea (a spin-off of downtown’s Pangea), Seek, and Elle. Now only newcomers like La Rue Doughnuts, Pesca, and Winsome Prime remain, and it seems like the development is taking an entirely new direction…