{"id":959787,"date":"2026-07-26T05:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/959787\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T05:32:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T05:32:17","slug":"plano-named-fittest-city-in-texas-and-more-top-dallas-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/959787\/","title":{"rendered":"Plano named fittest city in Texas and more top Dallas news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s note:<\/strong> The top Dallas news of the week includes three exciting debuts, one sad closure, and a scenic trip through the Texas Hill Country. Get the details on our most popular stories below, then plan the rest of your weekend <a href=\"https:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/news\/entertainment\/weekend-events-7-16-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">right here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"https:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/news\/travel\/most-scenic-road-trips-usa\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Texas Hill Country route beckons as most scenic road trip in the U.S.<\/a> A new guide from Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler spotlighted 17 ultra-scenic road trip routes across the U.S. that are &#8220;worth every single mile&#8221; \u2014 including two through Texas.<\/p>\n<p>2. <a href=\"https:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/duro-hospitality-scilla-italian-douglas\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">New coastal Italian restaurant Scilla will transport Dallas to Calabria<\/a>. Dallas is getting a taste of Italy&#8217;s Calabrian coast. Scilla, a new coastal Italian restaurant inspired by the seaside village of the same name, debuted in the Park Cities on Friday, July 17.<\/p>\n<p>3. <a href=\"https:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/news\/travel\/plano-clara-hotel-nylo-opening\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Clara Hotel debuts in Plano with chef-driven dining and late-night lounge<\/a>. The Clara Hotel has officially opened in Plano&#8217;s Legacy Corridor with a chef-driven restaurant and chic new cocktail bar, which are part of a $4 million <a href=\"https:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/news\/travel\/clara-nylo-hotel-plano\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">transformation<\/a> of the former NYLO Dallas\/Plano Hotel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"639b0\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"e80e23969cb48ed73e80dc9fbf741d72\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%202000%201500'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/clara-hotel.jpg\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"Clara Hotel\"\/> The Clara Hotel is now open.             Photo by Greg Ceo Studio         <\/p>\n<p>4. <a href=\"https:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/amor-y-queso-deep-ellum\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Deep Ellum cheese shop Amor y Queso reopens with expanded market<\/a>. A beloved Deep Ellum cheese and charcuterie shop has reopened after a hiatus with an expanded concept. Amor y Queso is officially welcoming customers again.<\/p>\n<p>5. <a href=\"https:\/\/dallas.culturemap.com\/news\/restaurants-bars\/aris-pantry-downtown-closed\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mom-and-pop Italian grocery in downtown Dallas closes after a year<\/a>. A buzzy grocery store in downtown Dallas has closed.<strong> <\/strong>Ari\u2019s Pantry, the small local chain specializing in Italian groceries and to-go foods, has closed its location in the heart of the Central Business District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Editor&#8217;s note: The top Dallas news of the week includes three exciting debuts, one sad closure, and a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":959788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,22790,1596,29408,20337,20335,10084,10548,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-959787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-america","tag-closings","tag-dallas","tag-goodwill","tag-hot-headlines","tag-most-popular-stories","tag-openings","tag-plano","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\/116984646645036567","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959787","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=959787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/959788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}