In fall 2023, Lowest Greenville is going to see a flurry of restaurant activity. Within a few short blocks, diners heading to this neighborhood in East Dallas will find a homey Italian restaurant, a bagel shop, an izakaya, a flashy doughnut place, and a family-friendly ice cream spot.
Restaurants listed in order of expected opening date
Via Triozzi
Restaurant Via Triozzi is an Italian love letter written by owner Leigh Hutchinson. Within these four walls — some of which she sanded herself — are Hutchinson’s grandmother’s recipes, photos of her family members, and a dining room that feels familiar. Via Triozzi is Hutchinson’s first restaurant, opened after she spent several years learning to cook in Italy to honor her grandmother’s Sicilian upbringing. Hutchinson says she’s been wanting to open a restaurant since 2006. She’s patient, and 17 years later, Via Triozzi is just about to make its big debut.
- Address: Via Triozzi will be at 1806 Greenville Ave., Dallas
- Cuisine: Italian
- Expected opening date: August 2023
Abby’s Bagels
It’s a big time for bagels in Dallas right now: Lubbies just opened in East Dallas, Shug’s will soon open a second location on Lemmon Avenue, and Abby’s will debut on Greenville. Its founders are Abby Backlund and her husband Nick Backlund, who operate Hide cocktail bar and restaurant across the street. They’re bagel fanatics who want to add a little pizzazz to the traditional breakfast-and-lunch menu. They’re workshopping a truffle cream cheese and a bananas foster cream cheese, and they plan to sell sandwiches and wraps in addition to the expected lineup of bagels.
- Address: Abby’s Bagels will be at 1915 Greenville Ave., Dallas
- Cuisine: bagels and lunch sandwiches
- Expected opening date: late September 2023
Kaiyo
Construction is about 60% done at Kaiyo, chef Jimmy Park’s casual Japanese restaurant in the heart of Greenville Avenue. Park and his team also operate Shoyo, a show-stopping omakase restaurant a few blocks south that seats just 12 people. Park describes Kaiyo as the “opposite” of Shoyo: no reservations needed, just a cool izakaya with sushi, sashimi and Japanese cocktails.
“Shoyo is the place you come for the journey — the show,” he says. “Kaiyo is its brother — it has more availability, more seating, and it’s just going to be good times.” We called it one of the most exciting new restaurants landing in Dallas in 2023.
- Address: Kaiyo will be at 2014 Greenville Ave., Dallas
- Cuisine: sushi and sashimi
- Expected opening date: late September 2023
Voodoo Doughnut
The team from Portland’s Instagram-famous Voodoo Doughnut has already painted the exterior wall pink to prepare for the Dallas debut. (They’re asking for ideas for what to paint on the wall; put in your two cents at artsubmissions@voodoodoughnut.com.)
The restaurant is next-door to Via Triozzi and neighbors with the Gym of Social Mechanics — which longtime East Dallasites remember as the former Good Records. Voodoo is known for its crazy-sweet, stacked-high doughnuts. Some of the greatest hits that will make the Dallas menu include the Bacon Maple Bar, a pink sprinkle doughnut called the Homer, and a banana-cinnamon fritter with chocolate and peanut butter called the Memphis Mafia. The shop also sells vegan doughnuts, which is fairly rare. Will there be a Dallas themed doughnut? We sure hope so.
- Address: Voodoo Doughnut will be at 1806 Greenville Ave., Dallas
- Cuisine: doughnuts
- Expected opening date: October 2023
Milk & Cream
The owner of Ross Avenue dessert shop Milk & Cream plans to make the short trek — a third of a mile — to Lowest Greenville in late 2023. The restaurant will take the place of Creamistry, an ice cream shop that closed in early 2023, The Advocate reports. Milk & Cream founder Man Ho started the Ross Avenue shop in 2016, specializing in an ice cream “bun” that’s basically a doughnut ice cream sandwich. Ice cream flavors include birthday cake, red velvet, Cookie Monster, lavender and more. At the new shop, a Milk & Cream employee says they’ll have more room to expand the menu to milkshakes and swirls.
- Address: Milk & Cream will be at 1929 Greenville Ave., Dallas. (Existing Milk & Cream restaurant will stay open at 5420 Ross Ave., Dallas, until Nov. 22, 2023.)
- Cuisine: ice cream
- Expected opening date: Dec. 1, 2023
