{"id":927479,"date":"2026-07-11T09:02:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T09:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/927479\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T09:02:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T09:02:27","slug":"wild-detectives-expands-into-bishop-arts-sketches-of-spain-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/927479\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Detectives expands into Bishop Arts’ Sketches of Spain space"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lauren Drewes Daniels<\/p>\n

Sketches of Spain<\/a> has been serving authentic Spanish cuisine from inside a warm and welcoming clapboard cottage on Zang Boulevard since 2020. Earlier this week, the restaurant announced that its last day of service will be Sunday, July 19. When the news hit social media, an outpouring of memories from the Bishop Arts community and beyond followed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were there opening week,\u201d wrote one fan. \u201cWe picked up paella from the window during Covid.\u201d<\/p>\n

To be sure, owner Javier Garcia del Moral and Chef I\u00f1aki Betran have created something unique in the Dallas dining scene over the past six years. In addition to the aforementioned Paella de Secreto Ib\u00e9rico, Sketches\u2019 pintxos, or Basque-style small bites, put basic tapas to shame. And the gint\u00f3nics? Well, if you know, you know.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Luckily for us, the end of Sketches will make way for a new chapter from its sister concept, the bookstore, Wild Detectives. How\u2019s that for a plot twist? In a statement to the Observer, Garcia del Moral explained:<\/p>\n

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You’re all set.<\/p>\n

CLOSE\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Wild Detectives will be expanding into the [Sketches of Spain] building, but rather than simply opening another location, we\u2019re using the opportunity to rethink how we present books, culture, and community\u2026<\/p>\n

We\u2019re planning to begin the transformation shortly after Sketches closes on July 19, and we\u2019re currently aiming to have the new space ready for this year\u2019s Hay Festival<\/a> in October. We\u2019re still finalizing the timeline, but that\u2019s the goal. Chef I\u00f1aki, who made Sketches of Spain such a special place, will continue to be part of this new chapter; some of the things Sketches brought to Dallas will continue to live on in what comes next.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the meantime, Sketches will be hosting an informal goodbye celebration this Sunday, July 12.\u00a0 From 12\u20134 p.m., $20 will get you unlimited pintxos and a glass of sangria (and probably lots of cool stories).<\/p>\n

Wild Detectives will remain at its current location<\/strong>,\u00a0314 W. Eighth Street, just a few blocks over. It\u2019s an expansion \u2014\u00a0not a relocation. Calmat\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Chef I\u00f1aki Betran will continue to be a part of the next chapter. Garcia says they hope that some of what made Sketches so special will live on. They\u2019ll be sharing more about that soon. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sketches of Spain on Zang Boulevard Lauren Drewes Daniels Sketches of Spain has been serving authentic Spanish cuisine…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":927480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,63653,1596,97044,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-927479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-america","tag-bishop-arts","tag-dallas","tag-openings-closings","tag-texas","tag-tx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116900538999327128","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927479","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=927479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}