BUSINESS BUZZ

WHAT’S UP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES

Eat And Drink

Coconut’s Fish Cafe , which opened in 2014 on Lovers near the Tollway, is closed, but the owners have opened a new concept, Texas Scratch Kitchen Owners Tim and Nathan Brasher have developed a menu that includes ginger-kissed wild salmon, gulf coast Thanksgiving, Texas braised barbecue beef short ribs and pesto-crusted pork T-bone. Co-owner Tim Brasher says they decided to change the concept “after getting to know the neighborhood and its residents over the last year.” Inside grey and blue palette walls, the restaurant seats about 75. The bar features a lengthy wine, champagne and local-beer selection.

at the Starbucks at the Shops at Park Lane, the concept is catching on quickly and has been unveiled at about a dozen stores around the city. It should mean big business for the coffee conglomerate; USA Today reported they expect the new concept to net $1 billion by 2019.

COSTCO’S COMING

After the Dallas City Council approved a $3 million tax credit in May, Costco Wholesale is prepped to begin work on a 13-acre property on Coit at Churchill. The retail giant is expected to bring in $16.8 million in sales and property tax in its first 20 years of operation. They will also

Iconic Dallas restaurant group Norma’s Café was busy last month hiring more than 80 positions for its new location at Caruth Plaza, 9100 N. Central Expressway, suite 151. They plan to open this month, offering diners big bites of traditional Southern flavor including their famed chicken-fried steak and mile-high pie. This marks their fourth store, with additional locations in North Dallas and Frisco. The original Norma’s Café opened in 1956 in Oak Cliff.

Starbucks Evenings has debuted in our neighborhood. At 4 p.m., the location on Preston Road at Northwest Highway begins to offer wine, craft beers and a selection of tapas, making it more like cafés in Europe. First debuted in Dallas be bringing an anticipated 225 full- and part-time jobs that pay an average of $22 an hour, but a base of $13, well above both minimum wage at $7.25, and Dallas’ living wage of $10.37. Construction will begin in August, with the store expected to open in February 2017.