{"id":375719,"date":"2026-07-16T17:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375719\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T17:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T17:38:10","slug":"patty-lous-smashburgers-now-open-in-downtown-plano-plano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/375719\/","title":{"rendered":"Patty Lou\u2019s Smashburgers now open in downtown Plano | Plano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new burger place, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pattylous.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Patty Lou\u2019s Smashburgers<\/a>, opened in mid-July in Plano.<\/p>\n<p>The history<\/p>\n<p>The latest concept from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanfamilyconcepts.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Family<\/a> is themed after Patty Lou and the Texas Sweethearts, an all-female western swing group that traveled through US 66 in the late 40s and 50s.<\/p>\n<p>Bonnie Shea is the co-owner and daughter of Patty Lou. She said their latest restaurant is a tribute for her mom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey literally got in my mom\u2019s convertible and they drove,\u201d Shea said.<\/p>\n<p>The restaurant has a road map mural of Patty Lou\u2019s travels going from Chicago to California and offers displays of memorabilia like Patty Lou\u2019s original guitar, Shea said. It also offers a jukebox that plays some old and new country music.<\/p>\n<p>What they offer<\/p>\n<p>Bonnie\u2019s husband and co-owner Nathan Shea said Patty Lou offers burgers made with Texas wagyu from their ranch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe flavor of the meat, the way we smash it,\u201d Nathan said, \u201cEverything is done the old-fashioned way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Patty Lou\u2019s has fresh-cut fries and offers onion rings from scratch. Customers can also order milkshakes at the restaurant. Bonnie said the restaurant also has a vintage Coke machine.<\/p>\n<p>The background<\/p>\n<p>Urban Family is also tied to Plano restaurants like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanrio.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Rio Cantina &amp; Grill<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanseafoodcompany.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Urban Seafood Company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nathan said the location for Patty Lou\u2019s is the same space of the former Starbucks Plano Ice House he and Bonnie managed before it closed <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/plano-north\/business\/starbucks-plano-icehouse-set-to-close-in-september\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">in 2024<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new burger place, Patty Lou\u2019s Smashburgers, opened in mid-July in Plano. The history The latest concept from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":375720,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[132851,14043,713,132853,117156,132848,132847,160,132850,123639,162,161,132852,132849],"class_list":["post-375719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-burger-places-in-plano","tag-dfw-restaurants","tag-downtown-plano","tag-jukebox-restaurants-plano","tag-new-restaurants-plano","tag-patty-lou-and-the-texas-sweethearts","tag-patty-lou039s","tag-plano","tag-plano-burger-places","tag-plano-foodies","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-traditional-restaurants-plano","tag-urban-family"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375719","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=375719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/375720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}