{"id":14241,"date":"2025-06-25T18:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T18:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/14241\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T18:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T18:56:10","slug":"frenchie-one-of-2025s-most-anticipated-restaurants-opens-at-popular-dallas-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/14241\/","title":{"rendered":"Frenchie, one of 2025\u2019s most anticipated restaurants, opens at popular Dallas corner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gone is Corner Bakery<\/a>, the Preston Center cafe that served breakfast and lunch to Dallasites for nearly 25 years. A brasserie called Frenchie<\/a> has opened in its place, with a menu of classic food served in a restaurant with two patios meant to transport Dallas diners to the south of France.<\/p>\n

Frenchie is the most casual restaurant from a pair of French-born Dallas residents<\/a>, owner Stephan Courseau and chef Bruno Davaillon. Courseau also owns Georgie, Le Bilboquet, Knox Bistro, Le PasSage and the Rose Cafe.<\/p>\n

Customers to each of those restaurants clustered on or near Dallas\u2019 Knox Street or Fitzhugh Avenue will notice similarities on the Frenchie menu at Preston Center. <\/p>\n

There\u2019s leeks dijonnaise ($14), quiche lorraine ($21) and cheese souffl\u00e9 ($24) reminiscent of those at Knox Bistro. The filet au poivre, a bestseller at Le Bilboquet, made the menu at Frenchie ($44). And an eventual special on weekends, fried chicken, is the recipe from Courseau\u2019s second-newest restaurant, Le PasSage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\"CustomersCustomers at Frenchie can start lunch or dinner with leeks dijonnaise.(Steve Hamm \/ Special Contributor)<\/p>\n

Another chicken entree, available at Frenchie every day at lunch and dinner, is roasted on a rotisserie that was once at Georgie but moved to Preston Center. It reminds Courseau of the Sunday dinners he grew up eating with his mother and grandmother in Paris.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the chicken was roasting,\u201d he remembered, \u201cit would fill the house with that delicious smell.\u201d They\u2019d hand-punch potatoes and fry them, even though there was hardly any room in the small Parisian kitchen.<\/p>\n

Davaillon\u2019s version at Frenchie comes with salsa verde and fries ($27).<\/p>\n

Frenchie, a French cafe in Dallas’ Preston Center, is now open<\/p>\n

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The menu also includes \u201cclassique\u201d French dishes like goug\u00e8res ($8), escargots ($17), deviled eggs ($10), Croque Monsieur ($18) and Croque Madame ($22), Courseau said.<\/p>\n

\"ManyMany restaurants have a single table that feels made for VIPs. At Frenchie, it’s the circular booth in the corner near the bar.(Steve Hamm \/ Special Contributor)<\/p>\n

It takes diners to the South of France with the proven\u00e7al tomato tart ($14), salmon served carpaccio-style ($16), whole branzino ($38) and chilled shrimp and avocado ($16).<\/p>\n

The room should feel recognizable, the owner said, with its pewter bar a la Le Bilboquet, blue accents from Knox Bistro and rounded fixtures and booths reminiscent of Georgie.<\/p>\n

Courseau said the design of the restaurant is \u201csubliminal,\u201d and he hopes customers from his other restaurants choose Frenchie for a lunch or dinner where reservations aren\u2019t required.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels familiar,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Even more familiar, for some Dallasites, is the address as a former Corner Bakery open in Preston Center for nearly 25 years<\/a>. To assuage the breakfast crowd from the former restaurant, Frenchie will eventually open earlier, with pastries, chia seed pudding, fruit and espressos available out a grab-and-go door. Courseau said that section of the restaurant was inspired by Balthazar, the French brasserie he lived near for years in New York City.<\/p>\n

\"It'llIt’ll be easier to eat Frenchie’s burger au poivre with a knife and fork. But if you want to pick it up, dripping? Go for it.(Steve Hamm \/ Special Contributor)<\/p>\n

Kids are welcome at Frenchie, and Courseau points to the orecchiette pasta with chicken and parmesan cream ($24) or the side of Parisian gnocchi ($12) as child-friendly. Laced with b\u00e9chamel, gruyere and pieces of ham, he calls the gnocchi \u201cFrench mac and cheese.\u201d <\/p>\n

Kids or adults might eye the burger au poivre ($22): Sitting in a pool of peppercorn sauce, it could be tempting to pick it right up, dripping. That\u2019s not a no-no at Frenchie. But a knife and fork would make the job easier.<\/p>\n

We called Frenchie one of the most exciting new restaurants and bars opening in 2025<\/a>, as its address alone was a talker. Frenchie is also the first of several all-day cafes coming this year in Dallas-Fort Worth.<\/p>\n

Courseau repeated a version of the same theme as we walked through his new cafe: \u201cI just want this restaurant to be easy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frenchie is at 8420 Preston Center Plaza, Dallas. It opened June 23, 2025, for lunch and dinner. Breakfast and brunch will be added in July 2025, the owner said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gone is Corner Bakery, the Preston Center cafe that served breakfast and lunch to Dallasites for nearly 25…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":14242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,14647,13381,9733,9063,988,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-14241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-french-food","11":"tag-highland-park","12":"tag-restaurant-news","13":"tag-restaurant-openings","14":"tag-restaurants","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-tx","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114745533334204647","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}