{"id":123238,"date":"2026-01-14T20:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/123238\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T20:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T20:10:11","slug":"why-a-dallas-restaurant-hyped-by-michelin-and-guy-fieri-is-closing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/123238\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a Dallas restaurant hyped by Michelin and Guy Fieri is closing"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s goodbye to Rye in Dallas, the Greenville Avenue restaurant featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives<\/a> in 2025. Rye is expected to close March 7, 2026.<\/p>\n

The Michelin-Recommended restaurant<\/a>\u2019s closure comes as a surprise. But its owners have a plan: Their next-door cocktail bar, Apothecary, will move into the Rye space.<\/p>\n

Rye was one of Dallas\u2019 most creative restaurants, with a new tasting menu created by chef-owner Taylor Rause and Agar every few months. The two chefs often tinkered with ingredients, techniques and plating, offering cheeky dishes that were never exactly as they seemed. For instance, when the restaurant opened in East Dallas, they refused to include a cheeseburger or a steak. Too typical, they said.<\/p>\n

Its creativity is evident in a summer 2025 menu of 11 courses focused on playful twists of kid food. The truffle-butter bagel was called Breakfast in Front of the TV, and a foie gras gelato with caviar dish got the name Ice Cream Truck. One of the cocktails included Capri Sun, naturally.<\/p>\n

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\"Co-owners<\/p>\n

Co-owners of Rye restaurant are Taylor Rause, left, and Tanner Agar.<\/p>\n

Chitose Suzuki \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n

Do Dallas diners not value Rye\u2019s creativity, we wondered? CEO Tanner Agar said in a statement that he and the team \u201cfeel like it was the right move\u201d to expand the bar. We\u2019ve reached out to Agar for more information.<\/p>\n

Notably, Rye\u2019s bartender received Michelin recognition for Exceptional Cocktails in 2024<\/a>. The margins are better on alcohol than on food, and it could be possible the company is leaning into that. <\/p>\n

Also notable: Rye was one of the few Dallas restaurants that might have been good enough to graduate<\/a> from Michelin Recommended status to a 1-star honor in 2025. Alas, no Recommended restaurants in Dallas were bumped up, including Rye.<\/p>\n

\"Although<\/p>\n

Although Rye in Dallas had one of the most creative menus of any local restaurant, it was honored by Michelin in 2024 for its great cocktails.<\/p>\n

Liz Rymarev \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n

Agar said in a statement that the change will cater more to larger groups, a theme we\u2019re seeing at other Dallas restaurants. (One example: The owners of nearby restaurant Goodwins are opening a Mediterranean restaurant, Corsaire<\/a>, in part to serve bigger parties.)<\/p>\n

\u201cRye isn\u2019t gone forever,\u201d Agar said in a company statement, \u201cbut we do hope you\u2019ll come see us … before this big change takes place.\u201d<\/p>\n

After Rye closes March 7, Apothecary is expected to open in its place on March 13. The design will be \u201cmoodier,\u201d according to a statement from the company.<\/p>\n

What happens to the existing Apothecary bar?<\/p>\n

Apothecary has been \u201cDallas\u2019 most impressive date-night spot<\/a>,\u201d The Dallas Morning News wrote in 2021. It leaves plenty of room for the chefs to remain creative in this sector of East Dallas.<\/p>\n

\"Apothecary<\/p>\n

Apothecary is a low-key Dallas bar with high-key cocktails.<\/p>\n

Smiley N. Pool \/ Staff Photographer<\/p>\n

When Apothecary moves over one suite, the restaurant owners will retain Apothecary\u2019s former lease and turn it into \u201ca more exclusive back room where cocktail masters will turn up the heat and offer the more adventurous drinks,\u201d a statement said.<\/p>\n

This back-room plan for Apothecary reminds us of the bar\u2019s persona five years ago: In its infancy, Apothecary was the most fearless cocktail bar in Dallas. Its menu was full of avant garde techniques, like the hollandaise-washed vodka drink served with a smoked oyster; the cacio e pepe cocktail modeled after the pepper-and-Parmesan pasta dish; and the tequila drink garnished with an octopus tentacle.<\/p>\n

Eventually, the team at Apothecary plans to include an \u201comakase cocktail experience,\u201d or a set menu of drinks that will be available by reservation only. <\/p>\n

Add it to the list: Dallas now has Japanese omakase restaurants<\/a>, Indian omakase<\/a>, Wagyu omakase<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n

Will Rye return?<\/p>\n

Rye will serve its current Ancient Grains menu until Jan. 25. <\/p>\n

A new menu debuts Jan. 27 through March 7. (How very Rye, to innovate even at the end.) That menu will be a greatest-hits list of the dishes from Rye\u2019s first year in business in 2018, when it was first located in McKinney<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The team teased a return for Rye, though details are not available yet.<\/p>\n

Regulars should look for Rye pop-ups every few months. They will \u201ckeep the Rye-lovers satiated until a new space is found,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

Rye is at 1920 Greenville Ave., Dallas. Apothecary is expected to take its place in March 2026. Reserve a seat at Rye in its last few months here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s goodbye to Rye in Dallas, the Greenville Avenue restaurant featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives in 2025.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":123239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[5461,2808,102,104,103,5474,918,320,5470,5458,1623,1622,354],"class_list":["post-123238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-bars-and-cocktails","tag-chefs","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-east-dallas","tag-economy","tag-food-and-drink","tag-lower-greenville","tag-michelin-guide","tag-restaurant-news","tag-restaurant-openings","tag-restaurants"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}