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Tim Love’s 20th Restaurant Is His Most Ambitious. It’s Also Full of Hummus

Tim Love has opened 20 restaurants across Fort Worth. Steakhouses, barbecue, Mexican, Italian, burgers, a music hall, a hotel. At some point you run out of cuisines to tackle, and Love apparently landed on that point sometime last year. His answer was hummus.

Meraki opened March 17 at 1615 Rogers Road in the TCU corridor, a few blocks west of Woodshed Smokehouse, inside the space that used to house Courtside Kitchen at the Courtside Pickleball complex. Love says he looked around the near west side of Fort Worth and realized there wasn’t a real dedicated Mediterranean restaurant in the neighborhood. So he built one.

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Sachet’s Menu is a Masterclass in Mediterranean Cooking 

There’s a specific type of Dallas restaurant that never really goes out of style, the one you keep coming back to not because it’s new but because it never stopped being good. Sachet is that restaurant. located in the Shops of Highland Park on Oak Lawn Avenue, it opened in September 2017 as the second act from chef Stephen Rogers and his wife Allison Yoder, the couple behind Gemma, the Henderson Avenue restaurant that’s been one of Dallas’s most beloved dining rooms for over a decade. Where Gemma leans French and intimate, Sachet takes the same obsessive care and points it at the entire Mediterranean coast, pulling from Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, and North Africa without ever feeling scattered.

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Afrah Has Been Your Go-To Lebanese Cuisine for 20 Years

Three brothers from Lebanon started a pastry shop on East Main Street in Richardson in 2002. They called it Afrah — the Arabic word for joy and happiness — and they made sweets the way their mother taught them, from scratch, using family recipes that had been in the family long enough that nobody remembered when they weren’t. The pastries were so good that customers started asking what else the kitchen could do. The brothers obliged.

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Alania Mediterranean Grill Has Landed on Bryan Street

Beef Iskender and Lamb Beyti

The space at 4812 Bryan Street has been sitting empty since Mai’s Vietnamese closed in 2022, and if you’ve driven past it lately you know the feeling of a corner that’s waiting for the right thing. Melike and Kenan Turan and their son Kaan Elagoz are the right thing. Alania Mediterranean Grill has opened in the former Mai’s space — across the street from Jimmy’s Food Store and next door to Saint Valentine — and the room that Melike designed from scratch feels like it has been there for years.

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Open for Tasty Mediterranean, Zon Zon in North Dallas

At 5455 Belt Line Road, Zon Zon has established itself as a distinguished addition to North Dallas’s dining scene. The contemporary Mediterranean restaurant is the latest venture from acclaimed restaurateur Yaser Khalaf, known for Darna at Legacy West and Baboush in the West Village, and marks his first collaboration with his son, Mak Khalaf. The name, a family nickname, reflects the warmth and familiarity that defines the restaurant’s character.

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Aba to Open in Dallas’ Design District at The Seam in Late 2026

Mediterranean sunshine is headed to Dallas. Aba, the breezy, California-inflected restaurant from Chicago-based hospitality powerhouse Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants, will debut its first Dallas location in late 2026 at The Seam, the Design District’s eagerly awaited mixed-use development. Dallas will join Chicago, Austin, and Nashville as the fourth home for the concept — a measured but confident expansion into North Texas.

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Babel Brings Lebanese-Inspired Mediterranean Dining to Uptown Dallas

Babel has arrived in Uptown Dallas, transforming the former Steel space in the Centrum building into an upscale Mediterranean destination. The restaurant is the latest venture from restaurateur Mo Kamal, known for Open Sesame, and is helmed in the kitchen by his sister, Chef Zeina Kamal, who brings authentic Lebanese recipes and a deft hand with Mediterranean flavors. From the moment you step inside, it’s clear this is a place where attention to detail and care for the guest experience take center stage.

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Sachet: Dallas’s Mediterranean Gem Where Small Plates Shine

Sachet has become one of Dallas’s most consistent restaurants, striking a balance between modern polish and neighborhood comfort. In its Oak Lawn near Highland Park, the space is drenched in natural light, with pale woods, clean lines, and an open kitchen that keeps the energy lively. Since opening, it has specialized in drawing inspiration from across the Mediterranean, pulling flavors from Spain, Italy, North Africa, and the Levant into a single, cohesive menu.

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