Leases are signed for the first two restaurants. Managing partner Larry McGuire said he is in negotiations on Swedish Hill. If a deal is signed, Swedish Hill is expected to be neighbors with Sant Ambroeus, the first restaurant announced in the Knox Street development<\/a> near the coming-soon Auberge Resorts hotel.<\/p>\n McGuire and partner Tom Moorman opened their first restaurant in Austin, Lamberts, in 2006. Since then, the company has opened restaurants in Houston, Aspen, Menlo Park, Calif. and Montecito, Calif. <\/p>\n Restaurant News<\/p>\n The restaurateurs looked at Dallas real estate for 15 years. McGuire said they\u2019ve found three addresses that seem right for their expansion into Dallas.<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe it\u2019s just a feeling,\u201d McGuire said, \u201cbut Dallas seems to want and need more restaurants.\u201d<\/p>\n Of the 34 restaurants his company operates today, McGuire believes Clark\u2019s, Neighborhood Sushi and Swedish Hill offer a \u201cbalance between individually-owned, quirky restaurants and an almost chain-like operational consistency.\u201d<\/p>\n Here\u2019s more about each of the three coming-soon restaurants in Dallas and Highland Park.<\/p>\n Neighborhood Sushi in Highland Park<\/p>\n McGuire explains Neighborhood Sushi as an \u201ceveryday\u201d restaurant \u2014 \u201cno frills but still super high quality.\u201d<\/p>\n He opened the first and only Neighborhood Sushi in Austin in 2020. The Dallas-area restaurant will be the second, after construction is finished at the Shops of Highland Park on Oak Lawn Avenue.<\/p>\n \u201cWe love the location across from Al Biernat\u2019s,\u201d McGuire said. <\/p>\n McGuire and chef Jorge Garcia took inspiration from Sugarfish, which has restaurants in California and New York, for this \u201celevated strip mall sushi\u201d restaurant.<\/p>\n \u201cFor us, eating sushi should not be a special occasion,\u201d McGuire said. \u201cWe think of it as pretty simple Japanese dining. And we build these warm, zen-y spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n Garcia\u2019s menu includes tempura vegetables, yakitori, nigiri, sashimi, sushi rolls and a daily grilled fish collar special. Bento boxes are available at lunchtime.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s light, it\u2019s healthy, it\u2019s pretty straightforward,\u201d McGuire said.<\/p>\n Neighborhood Sushi is expected to open at 4216 Oak Lawn Ave., Dallas, in spring 2026.<\/p>\n Clark\u2019s Oyster Bar on Dallas\u2019 Katy Trail Plugged-in Dallas foodies who caught rumblings that MML was moving into the area likely heard that Clark\u2019s Oyster Bar that would open first. It\u2019s expected to be MML\u2019s second Dallas restaurant, McGuire confirmed to The Dallas Morning News, following a lengthy construction project to turn an aging office building near Dallas\u2019 Fitzhugh Avenue into a restaurant with a patio.<\/p>\n Clark\u2019s is the Austin-based company\u2019s most replicated restaurant \u2014 and the first in the fleet to expand outside of Texas.<\/p>\n In Dallas, McGuire said, \u201cwe\u2019ve been looking for years and years.\u201d They\u2019re excited by the movement on Fitzhugh: Dallas-owned restaurant Beverley\u2019s was a catalyst, and newer additions like Maison Chinoise<\/a> and Le PasSage<\/a> suggest there\u2019s room for more restaurants on the block.<\/p>\n McGuire loved the \u201cquirky\u201d building they picked, tucked off of Fitzhugh and recently used for COVID tests. McGuire\u2019s team hired Michael Hsu Office of Architecture to make it look like an \u201celevated beach house\u201d \u2014 one that was already on stilts to accommodate for parking underneath and views of the Katy Trail nearby.<\/p>\n The menu will resemble the other Clark\u2019s restaurants, which focus on oysters and seafood entrees from the East and West coasts. Dishes include a crudo plate, lobster roll, linguine with clams, cioppino and a section dedicated to caviar. <\/p>\n The hamburger with gruyere and gribiche sauce is also popular, McGuire said.<\/p>\n Clark\u2019s Oyster Bar is expected to open at 4155 Buena Vista St., Dallas, in fall 2026.<\/p>\n Swedish Hill in Dallas<\/p>\n All-day cafe Swedish Hill might be the biggest restaurant expansion on this list. <\/p>\n \u201cWe can\u2019t open just one,\u201d McGuire said. He\u2019s looking now for a commissary kitchen in the Dallas Design District where the company\u2019s chefs can bake bread, croissants, custom cakes and more \u2014 not only for MML\u2019s other Dallas restaurants, but for his forecasted expansion of Swedish Hill into four or five locations in North Texas.<\/p>\n First up: He is working on a lease near Knox and Travis streets in Dallas \u2014 and again, adjacent to the Katy Trail. If that cafe opens as planned in 2027, McGuire said he\u2019ll look to other locations in Dallas-Fort Worth where the coffee shop, bakery and deli can expand.<\/p>\n They opened Swedish Hill in Austin in 2019. \u201cIt became very busy and very popular,\u201d McGuire said of the counter-service shop. <\/p>\n Swedish Hill expanded to Aspen, where it serves coffees and pastries inside the art museum. Dallas is expected to be Swedish Hill\u2019s third city.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m really proud of the level of food we\u2019re producing, from breakfast to dinner and takeout,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Swedish Hill is expected to open in Dallas in early 2027. 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Swedish Hill, a deli, cafe and bakery, has a team that makes its own pastries, bagels, cookies, custom cakes and loaves of bread. Swedish Hill is expected to open in Dallas in 2027, with other locations likely coming. (JUSTIN COOK)<\/p>\n![\"Neighborhood](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/BQ4YAIXGHBDKJHWGUCOZV3YATI.jpg\")
Neighborhood Sushi’s menu includes nigiri, sashimi and more. The restaurant is expected to expand to Highland Park in 2026.(JUSTIN COOK)<\/p>\n![\"Clark's](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/OXE3GEVOW5ALZCBLTFEE5TCFFE.jpg\")
Clark’s Oyster Bar’s lobster roll, $39, comes with drawn butter and shoestring fries. The seafood shop is expected to open in Dallas near Fitzhugh Avenue in 2026.(JUSTIN COOK)<\/p>\n![\"Clark's](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/FUFEFP3OJBCSNDKHFVHOQJORXM.jpg\")
Clark’s Oyster Bar’s patio will overlook Dallas’ Katy Trail. Managing partner Larry McGuire said he wants his restaurants to have a “connection to Austin,” and the Katy Trail reminded him of the outdoorsy atmosphere in the capitol city.(JUSTIN COOK)<\/p>\n![\"In](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/CLPIX7XOZJAPXGBR6KKIPPTTHI.jpg\")
In addition to a menu of counter-service options like sandwiches, salads and pastries, Swedish Hill sells items to take home, like olive oil, dried pasta and p\u00e2t\u00e9. Swedish Hill is expected to open in Dallas in 2027, with other locations likely coming.(Justin Cook)<\/p>\n