Fine-dining restaurant Sauvage will close in downtown Dallas after dinner service on March 21, 2026. Sauvage will have been open for about seven months.
Owners Casey and Amy La Rue’s restaurant seats just 10 people, and they opened the restaurant in August 2025 with the idea to serve a dozen or more fine-dining courses while diners watched from the L-shaped bar looking into the kitchen. Courses have included Wagyu beef and foie gras, with the option to spend extra on caviar.
When the restaurant opened, it had one of the most expensive tasting menus in Dallas, at $245 per person. That price was edited to $195 per person in late 2025, with a separate option for 3-courses of “bites” and cocktails for $60.
It is clear the La Rues made some pivots to make their tasting menu attractive to Dallas diners.
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In an Instagram video, Casey La Rue said the decision to close the restaurant was related to his own health issues. He didn’t mention an economic slump some restaurants in Texas are experiencing, nor did he discuss the conflicted relationship some diners have with tasting-menu restaurants in the era of the Michelin Guide: Texas. La Rue hasn’t yet responded to a request for comment.
Sauvage’s courses included surprising plating, like this black truffle foie gras dish.
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“Running this kind of restaurant, and the all-consuming nature of it, isn’t great for you physically,” he said on Instagram. “So we’ve made the decision to just move on and do other things.”
His family owns La Rue Doughnut, a shop in West Dallas that sells his wife Amy La Rue’s sweet and savory pastries. Casey La Rue said in his Instagram video he’ll spend some of his time working at La Rue after Sauvage closes.
Sauvage will sell dinner on Fridays and Saturdays until its last day on March 21, 2026. According to online reservation system Tock, Sauvage’s final dinners cost $245 per person and feature a “grand tasting experience” that has included a dozen courses or more in the restaurant’s history so far.
After the last day of service, on March 22, 2026, Sauvage’s co-owners will sell all of its plateware, wine glasses, fridges and other kitchen equipment to the public.
The team is selling “everything,” Casey La Rue said online. After opening and closing a previous restaurant in Dallas, Carte Blanche, and soon Sauvage, the chef made his intentions clear.
“I’m not going to do another fine-dining restaurant in my lifetime,” he said.
Sauvage is at 1914 Commerce St., Dallas. Open Fridays and Saturdays until March 21, 2026. Reservations recommended.