Forecast: Dairy Queen Blizzards ‘in a couple of weeks’
Officials at the new Skillman-Abrams Dairy Queen haven’t released an opening date or details about grand opening festivities, but contractors working feverishly inside say…
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Lakewood Theater tower: East Dallas soon will see the light
The Lakewood Theater tower has been dark for some time, but its neon lights should shine again sometime in November. “We’re talking about having…
Food news: try chocolatey hummus at Maya’s Modern Mediterranean soft open
Maya’s Modern Mediterranean, the healthy Middle Eastern restaurant, is opening soon at 9540 Garland Rd. After a summer of anticipation, Maya’s is ready for…
Can we beat Lake Highlands and Addison for best neighborhood in Dallas?
East Dallas has some of the safest and most fun neighborhoods in Dallas according to Niche.com. Niche ranks neighborhoods by 12 factors like jobs,…
CareNow opening in former bank-gas station at Belmont & Abrams
When there’s new construction in the neighborhood, it’s usually a health-care facility or a pharmacy, right? Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding: Health-care facility it…
New development headed for proposed Sam’s Club property at Haskell and Central
Trammel Crow Company has a new plan for the property where neighbors protested a Sam’s Club at Central Expressway and Haskell, according the Dallas…
Check out Casa View Shopping Center’s makeover
Casa View Shopping Center is undergoing a $10 million makeover, according to the Dallas Morning News. Daniel Fuller of Dallas’ Shop Companies, who owns…
How to clean out your garage and help out our furry friends at the same time
Ready to throw out that old VCR? Have some furniture that doesn’t work with your living room redesign? There is a new business in…
Lakewood IHOP moving in November – but not too far
Neighbors will soon have to travel a little farther south for their late night Rooty Tooty Fresh ‘N Fruity Pancakes. Our neighborhood’s IHOP is…
How did they do that?
Neighbors cruising Ross Avenue might drive by the Oden Hughes development and see something impressive. The lot doesn’t have much more than a foundation…
What would you like to see in the old Pietro’s space near Lower Greenville?
The building where Peitro Eustachio raised his family and ran his restaurant for five decades is no more. Pietro’s served its last plate of…
Restored 1920s building shows there is another way to develop East Dallas
Last year, the Advocate wrote about Nathaniel Barrett, whose urban design company is in the business of rehabilitating and restoring buildings for development rather…
