When The Saint opened in 2023 on Gaston Avenue near the club corridor off Good Latimer, it was a fish out of water from the start. The concept — an Italian steakhouse with serious food and a sophisticated room — landed in a block full of bars and nightclubs that drew a completely different crowd. Regulars found it. The food was better than the location suggested. But the neighborhood was never right for what the restaurant was trying to be.
In November 2025 it closed the Gaston Avenue location and moved. The new address is 1000 N. Riverfront Boulevard in the Design District — second floor, above Night Rooster, the modern Chinese concept from the same Hooper Hospitality Concepts group — with a view of the downtown Dallas skyline from nearly every seat in the room. It reopened January 3 with a new executive chef and a menu built around him.
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