Beers, burgers, and...garden? Why yes, you can find them all out in Richardson at a new spot where dogs are welcome, and so are folks who like live music and patio hangs. It’s 20,000 square foot which means there is space for games on the lawn,  private cabanas, and 34 beers on tap (plus six cocktails on tap — cans and bottles are available too). The menu takes inspiration from South Texas and New Mexico, touting green chile queso, a blackened chicken sandwich, and a house burger.

The owners of the former Nuri Grill have flipped the space, and now it is Joa, a Korean barbecue restaurant that aims to transport diners to traditional Korean restaurants with food. It serves the expected assortment of meats to grill: beef, pork, shrimp, and rack of lamb, and offers hot pot. Those come with kimchi radish, napa cabbage and green onion, potato salad, green onion salad, pickled vegetables, beef and radish soup, chilled cucumber soup, and steamed rice.

Snider Plaza welcomes Ramble Room, a neighborhood restaurant serving classic American dishes. It now serves lunch, brunch, and dinner, with a menu developed by Imperial Fizz culinary director and partner Stan Rodrigues that features brick chicken, steak frites, and an array of housemade pasta dishes, salads, and burgers.

Making the jump from taco truck to a restaurant space in Oak Lawn. The family-run spot will serve the tacos and empanadas they’ve become known for, in a 24-seat space. Diners can expect to continue enjoying the mix of passed-down family recipes and recipes the Rodriguezes have developed to be on the menu.

This restaurant may have started with the mission to bring Uptown to Plano, but now it’s working in reverse with the opening of a massive, 12,000 square foot space in, you guessed it, Uptown. Before opening, the team revamped much of the menu, shifting to made to order masa tortillas, and this location includes an agave library with 150 mezcals and tequilas.

The number of clicks that announcement that Slutty Vegan was coming to town generated proves that Dallas is into veganism and fast food. The lines are still long to get into this joint, but it’s worth it to try this take on vegan fried chicken.

La Neta Cocina Y Lounge, a Mexican restaurant from Vegas, is among the first in a load of new openings in the Epic. The design is inspired by Tulum, the food contains unique dishes for Dallas to reflect the market, and the location is one we’re all watching as clubsturaunts invade Deep Ellum. 

Julian and Alexa Rodarte have opened a Japanese restaurant in Trinity Groves that serves temaki-style sushi — aka hand rolls. It also features sashimi, ramen, and apps. The decor is a big swing, where everything is done in 2D, including the vessels its hand rolls are served in. It’s vegan-friendly, with an array of vegetable-based rolls and dishes.