A beefy chain restaurant called Fatburger opened in Dallas’ Preston Hollow Village on Nov. 22, 2025.

It’s the first Fatburger in Dallas and the eighth in Texas. Fatburger’s first Dallas-Fort Worth store opened about five years ago. Restaurants in the area today are in Allen, Arlington and Sanger.

The chain from California operates under the name FAT Brands Inc., and while it’s anchored by namesake Fatburger, the parent company now owns nearly 20 restaurant concepts, including Marble Slab Creamery, Great American Cookies, Johnny Rockets and Twin Peaks.

FAT Brands also owns a chicken wing restaurant called Buffalo’s Express, which opened in tandem with Fatburger in Dallas.

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The two-fer restaurant is located near Walnut Hill Lane and Central Expressway, in the same shopping center as Trader Joe’s grocery store and the celebrity-owned restaurant Chicken Guy!, from Food Network TV chef Guy Fieri.

At Dallas’ first Fatburger, customers got free food

People line up to order as Dallas' first Fatburger opened in Dallas on Nov. 22, 2025.View Gallery

Fatburger started three-quarters of a century ago in California. Then and now, the restaurant sold a big ol’ burger, which its founder Lovie Yancey called a Fatburger.

“After 70 years, it’s still good to be Fat,” touts the company website.

Burgers can be customized by the size of patty, with the option to add “The Works,” with lettuce, tomato, onion, mayonnaise, mustard, pickles and relish. The restaurant also sells a “skinnyburger” without a bun, a chicken sandwich, milkshakes and more.

At Buffalo’s Express, the most popular options are chicken wings. Other menu items include a chili cheese hot dog and onion rings.

Fatburger and Buffalo’s Express are at 7949 Walnut Hill Lane (in Preston Hollow Village), Dallas.