The sign is up for Lakewood Smokehouse, the “upscale barbecue restaurant” that recently filed a certificate of occupancy for the space that Ali Baba formerly occupied in Lakewood Shopping Center.
Some heavy construction is happening inside. If all goes as planned, the bulk of construction should be complete around mid-November, and the finish out should take about a month or so after that.
The owner named on city documents and on the company’s LLC applications is Jason Hall, whom we believe is a restaurateur from the family that opened the first Hooter’s in Texas and at one time owned more than 40 franchises around the state. Hall owns 3 Stacks Smoke & Tap House in Frisco, where Trace Arnold, known as “the rib whisperer,” smokes the meat. 3 Stacks received a stamp of approval from neighborhood resident and barbecue critic Daniel Vaughn, who now writes for Texas Monthly.
