The World Cup is here, the heat has arrived for good, and Dallas this weekend has more going on than any single itinerary can hold. Here’s how to spend the next three days — hour by hour, with a mix of options across every price point so the weekend works whether you’re stretching a budget or treating yourself.
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55 Seventy, the Park Cities dining destination quietly earning a reputation as one of Dallas’ most exceptional culinary experiences led by acclaimed Executive Chef Josh Sutcliff, has launched Sunday brunch.
Now served every Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., brunch at 55 Seventy brings together refined comfort food, seasonal ingredients, thoughtful wine selections and expertly crafted cocktails in an inviting setting.
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Jon Stevens grew up in California and came to Dallas to cook at The Mercury under Chris Ward. He spent years after that working with Avner Samuel at Aurora and Nosh, two of the most serious kitchens Dallas had at the time. When he finally opened his own place in 2014, he picked a gutted old Safety Glass building on West Davis Street in Bishop Arts and built it from scratch — raised the roof two feet, poured new concrete floors, moved load-bearing pillars, redid the plumbing.
The 14-seat kitchen counter he put in is still one of the best seats in the neighborhood. The open kitchen behind it has been running the same way ever since: wood-fired grill, seasonal ingredients, food that appeals to both meat-forward and vegetable-forward diners without compromising for either.
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Casa Brasa at 8111 Preston Road launched Sunday brunch last week — three courses, $65 per person, Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you’ve been to Casa Brasa for dinner you already understand the kitchen’s instincts: Japanese raw bar technique alongside Latin American open-fire cooking, charcoal heat, live fire. The brunch menu runs on those same principles and doesn’t dilute them for the weekend crowd.
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There’s a version of Las Colinas dining that’s been running on autopilot for years — safe menus, familiar formats, nothing that asks much of you. InSo is not that. The restaurant opened at 3165 Regent Blvd. in Irving in February, took over the old Sickies Garage space, and has been doing something genuinely different ever since. Now it’s launching weekend brunch, Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Worth knowing about.
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Matt Balke grew up in Uvalde, a small ranching town near San Antonio where the Spanish name for the place was once Encina — holm oak. He left for Texas Tech, then changed course and enrolled at the Culinary Institute of America, graduating salutatorian in 2007. None of that is what shaped him most. That came later, working under James Beard Award winner Sharon Hage at York Street in Dallas — the woman Balke credits as his real culinary education. After York Street, his path ran through Bolsa, The Rustic, SMOKE, and back to Bolsa as executive chef until its closure in early 2020.
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Stephan Courseau and Daniele Garcia have been building French restaurants in Dallas since 2013. They are both French. They have both been here long enough to become something else — not exactly American, not exactly the version of themselves that landed in Texas over a decade ago, but something in between. Frenchie is them trying to put that feeling on a plate.
“Frenchie is an American French restaurant made by French guys who are now in the American mainstream,” Courseau said when it opened. “It represents the version of the French people we are today.” That is the kind of thing that sounds like marketing until you eat there and realize it is just true.
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Most people in Dallas have walked past The Crescent, looked up at that postcard Uptown skyline, and assumed whatever is happening on the 17th floor of the office tower is none of their business. They are mostly right. The Crescent Club sits up there in the manner of a private club from another era — hardwood floors, deep wood paneling, panoramic views over the Dallas skyline — and on a normal day it is open only to members and hotel guests. Mother’s Day is not a normal day.
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