Shakespeare famously once asked “what’s in a name?”. For an upcoming DFW restaurant, the answer is an entire dining and hospitality ethos. Agave & Ember Mexican Cuisine is bringing the enviable tenets of strength, resilience, passion, and hope the titular ingredients symbolize to Allen, qualities certain to cement it as a local staple.
The restaurant will be moving into a renovated storefront located at 960 W Exchange Parkway, Suite 150. The space will require a decent amount of work; forms submitted with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation describes the needed alterations as “Complete tenant finish-out of an existing cold shell commercial space for a new full-service Mexican restaurant (Agave & Ember Mexican Cuisine). The project consists of constructing all interior improvements within an approximately 2,924 square foot.”
Agave & Ember co-owner Blanca Basinger explains that her team has considerable hospitality experience that they’re excited to funnel into this new project. She generously made some time to speak with What Now Dallas about opening what promises to become a new DFW favorite…