A new restaurant is coming to Dallas’ Henderson Avenue from true veterans of the scene: Called Romy, it’s a bakery-caf\u00e9 and modern American restaurant from a team assembled by Tristan Simon, returning to the street that helped define his career.<\/p>\n
According to a release, the restaurant will open at 2050 N. Henderson Ave. \u2014 part of a major Henderson Avenue development that Simon is executing via Ignite-Rebees, a development firm led by Simon and Mark Masinter.<\/p>\n
Simon is partnered on the restaurant with longtime business partner Taryn Anderson as well as chef Matt Ford. It’s forecast to open in December 2026.<\/p>\n
The restaurant will be located in one of the four buildings that will comprise Henderson East, a three-story \u201chotelized\u201d office hub designed to reimagine the workplace with high-end amenities, outdoor terraces, and hospitality-driven service.<\/p>\n
Simon’s return to Henderson Avenue comes 15 years after he first blazed a trail on the street with landmark concepts like Hibiscus, The Porch, Fireside Pies, and Victor Tangos.<\/p>\n
\u201cHenderson Avenue was where I first learned how restaurants could reshape and define a neighborhood,\u201d Simon says in a statement. \u201cRomy represents both a return and an evolution. A more mature, soulful expression of dining that reflects how we envision Henderson\u2019s future restaurant culture and Taryn and Matt are the perfect choices to bring this concept to the neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n
Named after Anderson\u2019s oldest daughter, Romy will be open daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, transforming from a bakery-cafe during the day with cappuccinos, house-made pastries, and light seasonal dishes; into a modern, intimate American restaurant at night serving housemade pastas, wood-roasted meats, and a refined wine program.<\/p>\n
\u201cRomy reflects both where we\u2019ve been and where we\u2019re going,\u201d said Anderson. \u201cWhen we built restaurants on Henderson, it was a true dining destination driven by talented chefs and real hospitality. We\u2019re bringing that spirit back\u2014a return to craft, connection, and food with heart.”<\/p>\n
Designed by Kate Murphy and the Rebees Hospitality team, Romy\u2019s interiors will blend natural materials such as oak, marble, brass, and hand-finished plaster ceilings.<\/p>\n
Chef Matt Ford, executive chef at Billy Can Can (also co-owned by Simon and Anderson), will lead Romy\u2019s culinary direction while continuing to oversee Billy Can Can.<\/p>\n
In addition to operating as a standalone restaurant, Romy will also provide food and beverage service to the Henderson East office space, offering breakfast and lunch delivery, catering, and curated in-office dining experiences to tenants. This integration underscores Ignite-Rebees\u2019 commitment to creating a seamless, hospitality-infused workplace where food, leisure, and community coexist.<\/p>\n
\u201cHenderson East will function less like an office building and more like a private club with a palpable sense of community and high-end hotel-quality amenities,\u201d Simon says. \u201cRomy\u2019s role is to make coming to the office a joy and a source of pride.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Henderson Avenue development will span 10 architecturally distinct buildings and more than 160,000 square feet of retail, restaurant, and office space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new restaurant is coming to Dallas’ Henderson Avenue from true veterans of the scene: Called Romy, it’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26397,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103,7049,423],"class_list":["post-26396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-henderson-avenue","tag-openings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26396","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=26396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}