established a colony called La Reunion<\/a> on the south side of the Trinity River. The neighborhood celebrates its French heritage today with an annual Bastille Day party.\u00a0<\/p>\nAlready inspired by French culture, cocktails, food, wine and music, Novotny and business partner Dan Murry joined with Matt Battaglia, a music tour manager who recently returned from France.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Et voil\u00e0: Signs kept leading them to French food, Novotny said.<\/p>\n
Classic French dishes like roasted oysters with leeks, pork rillons, steak au poivre and duck confit poutine are on a menu created by consulting chef Jeremy Spector, who lives in New York City.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Spector\u2019s burger at NYC restaurant The Brindle Room was featured on Food Network show Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. He plans to add a burger to Trapeze\u2019s menu, too.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll Frenchify it a little bit,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a big, meaty burger. Probably dry-aged. It\u2019ll definitely be delicious.\u201d<\/p>\n
In New York,\u00a0Spector has worked at well-known French restaurant Balthazar and cocktail bar Employees Only. He said he\u2019s looking forward to creating a menu that highlights the humble origins of the French brasserie \u2014 \u201cthings you\u2019d eat in a common pub in the early 1900s in Paris,\u201d the chef said.<\/p>\n
Cocktails will be \u201cvery French,\u201d Novotny said: cognac, New Orleans-inspired drinks, absinthe cocktails, aperitifs, digestifs and more. The wine selection will be all French. Beers will be classic European brands like Kronenbourg 1664.<\/p>\n
The patio wraps around the building, revealing a backyard with occasional live music. Visitors might want to snag a seat on the backyard balcony, which will have views of the stage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAt night,\u201d Novotny said, \u201cit\u2019ll come alive with entertainment.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Trapeze is expected to open at 240 W. 8th St., Dallas, in mid-2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A French restaurant called Trapeze is coming soon in Dallas\u2019 Bishop Arts District. The co-owners are turning a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242057,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,92694,88948,92693,88945,92202],"class_list":{"0":"post-242056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-headlines","10":"tag-dallas-news","11":"tag-tp-bishop-arts","12":"tag-tp-burgers","13":"tag-tp-french-food","14":"tag-tp-oak-cliff","15":"tag-tp-winespirits"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242056","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=242056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}