Two Dallas restaurants, a steakhouse called Tango Room and a bakery called Commissary, are expanding to Frisco’s Hall Park in 2026.
The partnership comes from two Texas billionaires: entrepreneur, philanthropist and winery owner Craig Hall and oilman, film producer and hotelier Tim Headington. It would seem that the two — each, real estate investors with a stake in Dallas-Fort Worth growth — would have shared notes for years.
“They’re probably the two most like-minded developers in Dallas,” said Jeny Bania, chief marketing officer for Headington Companies.
And yet, the two didn’t know one another until their teams brought them together.
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They still haven’t met in person.
Hall Park in Frisco is just south of The Star, which is the headquarters of the Dallas Cowboys. From this vantage point, you can see the blue Ford Center, the Cowboys’ training facility.
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Hall was growing his $7 billion development along the Dallas North Tollway in Frisco, on land he’s owned since 1989. His team wanted both a casual cafe and a high-end restaurant to add to Hall Park’s current phase, which includes 16 buildings and more than 2.5 million square feet of office space. Hall Park has one main restaurant right now, Italian spot Palato, plus five others in the plaza. There’s room for “a few” others, said Allison Carp, communications director for Hall Group.
Bania’s team pitched Commissary and Tango Room, two Headington restaurants in downtown Dallas and the Design District, respectively, that could serve people in Hall Park’s luxury apartments and offices in Frisco.
It was one of the few times Headington considered a move north. For more than 20 years, Headington has been a champion of downtown Dallas, having developed the Joule Hotel and a handful of restaurants around it. Hall, meanwhile, had purchased 5 acres in 1995 in downtown Dallas, on what we now call the Dallas Arts District.
Headington envisioned Tango Room as “a jewel box in the Design District” that wouldn’t be duplicated.
“But the response surpassed anything we anticipated,” Headington said in an email to The Dallas Morning News. “I’ve had several longtime dining clients ask if they could invest in additional locations, which is usually a sign that you’ve struck a chord. That enthusiasm made us take a closer look at what Tango Room could become beyond our original thinking.”
In the building on the left, Commissary will be in the corner, with Tango Room next to it. Both are expanding from Dallas to Frisco’s Hall Park on 2026.
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He noted the “tremendous growth” in Frisco, which Hall had been bullish on for decades. The 175-acre property where Tango Room and Commissary will expand to was bought by Hall so long ago, it was once too far north for the Tollway to run through it.
“I believed in Frisco long before the growth reached there,” Hall said in an email to The News. “Even when it was just farmland with cows, the potential seemed good.” He credits George Purefoy, Frisco’s first city manager, and the mayors after that, for the growth north.
“Watching Frisco grow and succeed has been exciting and rewarding, and we’ve been lucky to be part of it,” Hall said.
Tango Room and Commissary will be on the ground level at Hall Park’s apartment building, the Monarch, with views of a 6-acre park and Hall Park Hotel.
A piece of art called Sunny by California artist Brian Calvin, from Tim Headington’s private collection, hangs in the Dallas Tango Room.
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“When you find a like-minded company that aligns so naturally in those values, the location becomes less about ‘suburban expansion’ and more about joining the right ecosystem at the right time,” Headington wrote.
The two companies seem to share a similar ethos. The two real estate developers share a sensibility for “how to anchor a neighborhood,” Headington wrote. Both are art collectors who have placed their private collections in public spaces.
Here’s a brief look at what consumers can expect from each new restaurant.
What is Commissary?
Pastries are one of the staples at Commissary. The shop opening in Frisco will be similar to the original in downtown Dallas.
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The casual market and bakery was designed to feed neighbors in a dense area. In Commissary’s first location in downtown Dallas, on Main Street, the shop sells espresso, breakfast pastries, quick lunches, bottles of wine, gifts and more.
In Frisco, the offerings will remain similar, but the audience will be Collin and Denton county residents and office workers. Hall Park’s design, with a park, 3-mile walking trail and sculpture garden, will create “a built-in community,” Headington said.
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What is Tango Room?
“It’s sexy,” as Carp described it. When the restaurant opens in fall 2026, it will be the most upscale restaurant in Hall Park.
The Hall Group sees a business opportunity by bringing Tango Room to Frisco: It’s a sophisticated restaurant that can host business people and private meetings. It’s also a “destination restaurant” for Frisco residents, said Coner Seargeant, the vice president of restaurants for Headington Companies — and a Frisco resident himself.
The restaurant opened in the Dallas Design District in 2021. Headington’s idea was “an homage to some of my favorite classic steakhouses around the world — places that combine comfort with a sense of occasion,“ he wrote.
Unlike some of Dallas’ most upscale restaurants, Headington set a “no pretense” model at Tango Room in Dallas. That’ll be true in Frisco, too.
“I’m a fairly casual person,” Headington wrote, “so offering an elevated experience with ‘no jackets required’ is part of what makes operating Tango Room feel really personal to me.”
The menu in Frisco will be similar to that in Dallas. Popular dishes include a cowboy rib-eye, lobster corndogs and a serving of cacio e pepe pasta, caviar optional.
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Tango Room and Commissary are expected to open at 3101 Gaylord Parkway (in Hall Park), Frisco, in fall 2026.