Sevy’s Grill in Dallas will close in 2026, after almost 30 years serving dishes like shrimp cakes, chopped salads and barbecue-glazed salmon near Highland Park and University Park.
It’s “the end of an era” in the Park Cities, wrote chef-owner Jim “Sevy” Severson in an email.
His Dallas grill survived some of the most catastrophic economic climates for restaurants, including the period after 9/11, the late 2000s recession and the COVID-19 pandemic. But it was a failed lease negotiation with the landlord in 2025 that will spell the end in 2026.
Sevy’s is expected to close June 27, 2026, the owner wrote. The Dallas Morning News will update this story when we are able to talk to Severson by phone.
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Chef Jim Severson is the name behind Sevy’s since it opened in 1997.
“Our focus now,” he wrote, “is to finish these next 6+ months taking care of our guests and staff at the same caring level we built our brand on: warm, professional service, consistently good food and a comfortable ambiance where the guest is always first.”
Severson hopes to find a new location for Sevy’s in 2026.
His plan is similar to Adelmo’s Ristorante, an unaffiliated Italian restaurant at Inwood Road and Lovers Lane. Adelmo’s, too, is closing because the owner couldn’t come to an agreement with the landlord, and the team is looking for a new lease nearby. Adelmo’s shutters Dec. 31, 2025.
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News of Sevy’s closure in more than six months brought a flurry of well-wishers on Facebook. Said one customer: “Jim, we will follow you anywhere.”
Lobster salad from Sevy’s Grill was photographed in 2012 for a restaurant review.
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An employee said the closure is “like losing my childhood home.”
Since the restaurant’s debut in 1997, Preston Center has grown up around Sevy’s, with upscale eateries like il Bracco and 55 Seventy wine club opening on either side of Preston Road. A Latin grill called Casa Brasa just opened in the former Nick & Sam’s Grill. A major Preston Center redo that includes a 17-story apartment and 12-story office building is expected to be finished by 2028.
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Then and now, Sevy’s was steady. The News called it “a dependable, handsome restaurant with a solid menu” two decades ago.
Severson wrote: “As I tell my family and friends to ‘enjoy the ride in life,’ wow, what an amazing ride it has been for us.”
Sevy’s Grill is at 8201 Preston Road (at Sherry Lane), Dallas. Sevy’s is open for lunch and dinner six days a week; closed Sundays. It’s expected to close in late June 2026.