{"id":46983,"date":"2025-07-07T21:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T21:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/46983\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T21:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T21:34:09","slug":"nadc-burger-a-trendy-pop-up-in-4-states-picks-dallas-address","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/46983\/","title":{"rendered":"NADC Burger, a trendy pop-up in 4 states, picks Dallas address"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Stealthy NADC Burger is expected to open on Dallas\u2019 McKinney Avenue in August 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Austin-based burger joint founded on handshake deals and unused kitchens will open a two-story, permanent restaurant in the former Playground Bar in Uptown Dallas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Co-founder Philip Frankland Lee\u2019s original plan for NADC was to pop up in empty kitchens attached to venues or bars whose patrons seek quick, late-night food. NADC Burger\u2019s first North Texas restaurant is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/food\/restaurant-news\/2025\/02\/01\/best-restaurants-right-now-dallas-fort-worth\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/food\/restaurant-news\/2025\/02\/01\/best-restaurants-right-now-dallas-fort-worth\/\">inside Big Laugh Comedy Club in downtown Fort Worth<\/a>. You\u2019ve gotta go looking for it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Dallas address is different: It\u2019s a \u201cpermanent\u201d restaurant, CEO Gavin Humes confirmed to The Dallas Morning News. <\/p>\n<p>Restaurant News<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-cta-social-module__zWZy- mb-4\">Get the scoop on the latest openings, closings, and where and what to eat and drink.<\/p>\n<p>Related:<a class=\"dmnc_features-article-body-embeds-related-story-module__82BFj\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/food\/restaurant-news\/2023\/11\/28\/sushi-by-scratch-dallas-open-reservations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sushi by Scratch to open in Dallas in a hidden hotel room<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">He has high hopes for the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cThe McKinney Avenue corridor is surprisingly underserved in the area of fast-casual food done at a high level,\u201d Humes said in an email. \u201cUptown gives us visibility and a centralized Dallas location to grow from.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3090 \/ 4096\"   class=\"dmnc_images-modern-image-module__QFaG- max-w-full h-auto text-white dmnc_images-modern-image-module__9Zlll bg-gray-light object-contain\" width=\"3090\" height=\"4096\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/PWZ2AU3HX5ER3AWVMBY4ZKILFE.jpg\" alt=\"NADC Burger's menu is tiny. There's one Wagyu cheeseburger (available to customize, though...\"\/>NADC Burger&#8217;s menu is tiny. There&#8217;s one Wagyu cheeseburger (available to customize, though the chefs don&#8217;t recommend it), plus a kids&#8217; cheeseburger, French fries and loaded fries. (NADC Burger)<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">NADC stands for Not A Damn Chance, and chef Lee co-owns it with skateboarder Neen Williams.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Notably, NADC has just one main menu item, a Wagyu smashburger with American cheese, secret sauce, onions, pickles and \u201cslightly tamed jalape\u00f1os.\u201d The burger is gooey and messy, the kind you can greedily eat in just a few minutes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Customers can customize their burgers, Humes told The News, &#8220;although we wouldn\u2019t recommend it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Another option is fries, which come sizzled in beef tallow or the option to get them \u201cBeast Mode,\u201d with cheese, pickles, jalape\u00f1os and special sauce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The menu also includes a kids\u2019 cheeseburger.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">And, new to the NADC model: The Dallas restaurant will have a full bar. (Often, the business relies on nearby bars operated by other entities.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Dallas restaurant will be the eighth NADC Burger in the United States, the fourth in Texas and the second in Dallas-Fort Worth. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Since the COVID-19 pandemic, founder Lee has become <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/food\/restaurant-news\/2025\/03\/13\/how-dallas-restaurants-survived-covid-5-years-later\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/food\/restaurant-news\/2025\/03\/13\/how-dallas-restaurants-survived-covid-5-years-later\/\">known for his nontraditional restaurants<\/a>. The tiny Sushi by Scratch omakase restaurant is tucked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/food\/restaurant-news\/2023\/11\/28\/sushi-by-scratch-dallas-open-reservations\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/food\/restaurant-news\/2023\/11\/28\/sushi-by-scratch-dallas-open-reservations\/\">inside a hotel room<\/a> on the eighth floor of the Adolphus in downtown Dallas. (Yes, really.) He has more than a dozen restaurants that are small, hidden or both.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">This new model in Dallas, a full-bar restaurant with a lease, is a test for the company. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Humes called Dallas \u201ca key market.\u201d He plans to open more restaurants in Dallas and in Texas at large.<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not a matter of if, just when,&#8221; he said. \u201cWhen we find the right space, we move fast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">NADC (Not A Damn Chance) Burger is expected to open at 2908 McKinney Ave., Dallas. The Fort Worth restaurant remains open at 604 Main St. (inside Big Laugh Comedy Club).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Stealthy NADC Burger is expected to open on Dallas\u2019 McKinney Avenue in August 2025. 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