The North Texas restaurant scene is expected to flourish in 2025, with a surge in new openings and a focus on all-day dining. The article highlights key trends, including the return of extended hours, the influx of out-of-town restaurateurs, and the continued popularity of classic dishes like barbecue, burgers, and tacos.
In this story, we forecast the most important new restaurants in North Texas in 2025. On the list: Cocktail bar and backyard hangout Kilmac's, which will open in Oak Cliff. “Cautious optimism” is the catchphrase in 2025, said Emily Williams Knight, president and CEO of the Texas Restaurant Association. About 45% of Texas restaurateurs surveyed by the National Restaurant Association said they expect higher sales in 2025 than in 2024.
Another 40% of restaurateurs expected to do about the same as they did in 2024.The upcoming year will see out-of-towners moving into Dallas-Fort Worth to open snazzy spots like Delilah, a supper club, and Avra, an upscale Greek restaurant. More importantly, 2025 will bring a delicious roster of food for all of us, with barbecue, burgers and tacos on menus. And, we’re pleased to report that three of our most exciting new restaurants and bars of 2025 boast great eats from sunup past sundown, showing an upswing in all-day cafes. Let’s pause on that all-day phenomenon for a moment. Restaurants cut back hours during the COVID-19 pandemic. Small-business owners removed entire days of service to keep costs lower. So it’s a big leap that, in 2025, places like the coming-soon East Dallas restaurant Serritella will open just after dawn and close at 2 a.m.Serritella co-owner Jason Gorsuch is banking on the idea that Lakewood needs its own Italian village — a place for coffee, lunch, dinner and drinks. He thinks the economy can support it.Arnulfo 'Trey' Sánchez (left), founder of a barbecue food trailer called Vaqueros, partnered with M Crowd CEO Edgar Guevara to open the first permanent Vaqueros Texas Bar-B-Q restaurant in Allen. M Crowd is the North Texas-based company that owns and operates Mi Cocina.When Vaqueros Texas Bar-B-Q opens in Allen in 2025, pitmaster Arnulfo 'Trey' Sánchez expects to sell barbecue platters with birria tacos, brisket, hot links, ribs, tortillas and mor
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