Hallie Crawford was 19 when she took her first teaching job in Presidio, just as Pancho Villa’s raids were reaching into the Big Bend. Her father figured she was off on a wild goose chase. Her reply, “Then I’ll gather my geese,” became the title of the memoir she published in her nineties. According to the Handbook of Texas, she showed up for that first job with her teaching certificate in hand and her father’s gun strapped to her side.
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Dallas has no shortage of steakhouses, and Harwood Hospitality Group knows it. Maybe that’s why it took more than two years to open the newest one. Docent Steak finally opened its doors October 1 in the Harwood District, with two things no other steakhouse in town can match: a certified Kobe beef program and a dining room full of samurai art.
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Two years is a long time for a restaurant to sit half-announced. Docent Steak & Lounge first surfaced in Dallas back in the spring of 2024, promising samurai armor, a Kobe beef program, and a “museum-like” dinner unlike anything else in the Harwood District. Then it went quiet. The website stalled on a summer 2024 opening date that never happened, the socials went dark, and for a while it looked like the whole thing had quietly stalled out. It hadn’t. Docent is finally opening this fall, and Harwood Hospitality Group held onto every bit of ambition from that original announcement.
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Marie Gabrielle is one of Dallas’s most enchanting dining destinations, a place where every meal feels like an event. Hidden in the Harwood District, the restaurant opens into a verdant courtyard filled with fountains, climbing ivy, and intimate nooks for conversation. The setting sets the tone: elegant, whimsical, and inviting, a perfect backdrop for the culinary offerings that follow.
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The Harwood District and Harwood Hospitality Group have taken a different approach to painstakingly create their own beautifully developed beef program properly named, HWD – Harwood Premium Beef, using the whole animal for zero waste.
Offering Dallas diners and visitors alike something very special, ownership and the Harwood culinary team led by Vice President of Culinary, Chef Taylor Kearney, have been working alongside a local rancher for two years to develop an ultra-high-end product of Akaushi bloodline breed of cattle.
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Fig & Favor, the local market concept from the Harwood Hospitality Group (HHG), is set to open to the public this spring at 2850 N. Harwood St., Suite 110, Dallas, TX 75201 in the Harwood District. This marks HHG’s twelfth concept and adds to its portfolio of culinary experiences within the District.
Curated by Harwood Hospitality Group’s Vice President of Culinary Taylor Kearney and Vice President of Hospitality Warren Richards, the market features daily essentials, gifts, gelato, meals on the go, and an impressive wine program.
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Saint Ann Restaurant & Bar, originally opened in the Harwood District in 2010, will reopen on Wednesday, March 10 in a newly renovated space with a refreshing menu influenced by the Pacific Northwest and seasonal Texas ingredients under the direction of revered Dallas chef Taylor Kearney.
The all-new Saint Ann Restaurant & Bar renovations by Harwood International’s HDF and HCMS blend inspiration from the concept’s history, wine country, and contemporary culinary principles to offer a casual chic, garden-inspired indoor and patio dining experience.
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Opening officially on Monday, December 7 for dinner, drinks, and late-night seven days a week with brunch offered on weekends, Harwood Hospitality Group’s latest creation, Harwood Arms, transports guests to a world inspired by the British Isles. Tucked away in the Harwood District on La Rue Perdue at 2850 N. Harwood St., the concept features a regionally inspired menu of pub fare paired with clever cocktails and a broad whiskey list including a private select blend made exclusively for the brand.
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