{"id":468080,"date":"2026-10-16T18:50:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468080\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T18:50:54","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T18:50:54","slug":"cane-rosso-owners-debut-the-imperial-room-at-the-star-frisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/468080\/","title":{"rendered":"Cane Rosso owners debut The Imperial Room at The Star Frisco"},"content":{"rendered":"

The hospitality group behind some of Dallas\u2019 most popular pizzerias is giving the bar business a whirl: The PILF Restaurant Group debuted The Imperial Room<\/a> cocktail lounge Friday, October 16 at The Star in Frisco.<\/p>\n

First announced<\/a> in July, the bar officially opened at 3685 The Star Blvd., Ste. 200, former home of PILF’s Tipping Cow Creamery and next door to its Cane Rosso. PILF also owns Zoli\u2019s Pizza and Thunderbird Pies.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve wanted to open a cocktail lounge for a long time, and The Imperial Room gave us the opportunity to do something completely different,\u201d says Jay Jerrier, founder of PILF Restaurant Group, in a release. <\/p>\n

Jerrier says he drew inspiration from New York cocktail bars such as Juniper Bar in Manhattan, a multi-level restaurant and sports bar located near Penn Station and Madison Square Garden. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe wanted to create a place that feels special without feeling stuffy, he says. “Whether you\u2019re stopping in before an event at The Star, meeting someone for a drink, or making us the destination for the night, we want this to feel like Frisco\u2019s neighborhood cocktail bar.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 600-square-foot bar seats just 25 to 30 people, and will be available for private parties and special events. Guests can expect olive and navy tones, cozy booths, warm lighting, with a “classic cocktail lounge atmosphere.”<\/p>\n

\"Imperial The menu features cocktails by acclaimed mixologist Gabe Sanchez.Photo courtesy of PILF<\/p>\n

Acclaimed Dallas bartender Gabe Sanchez, whose work has helped shape cocktail programs at some of the city’s most respected bars, including Black Swan Saloon and Midnight Rambler, created an original menu that includes inventive cocktails, such as:<\/p>\n

The Calaboose Old Fashioned, made with a house Woodford Reserve rye and bourbon blend, gomme syrup, Fiore di Sicilia, and bittersClear Skies, featuring Buffalo Trace bourbon, fresh grapefruit, honey, and mint oilSmoky Sunset, combining cantaloupe-infused La Pulga mezcal with cantaloupe cordial, habanero tincture and a hibiscus mist<\/p>\n

The bar will also serve freezer martinis, a Japanese whisky highball, the Big Boy Margarita, Imperial Room Ranch Water, and mini margaritas and martinis for guests who want to keep it lighter.<\/p>\n

The menu by PILF executive chef Mat Urban will feature shareable plates such as focaccia, Caesar salad, and n\u2019duja toast. Larger entr\u00e9es include Suppl\u00ec di Telefono with pepperoni, mozzarella, and pomodoro; fritto misto with calamari and pickled jalape\u00f1o; and agnolotti with vodka sauce, ricotta, and Italian sausage.<\/p>\n

Dessert choices are a lemon olive oil cake or a Chocolate Caramel Tart featuring dark chocolate, a layer of salted caramel, and a scoop of brown butter mascarpone. <\/p>\n

“Unlike the group\u2019s pizza-driven concepts, The Imperial Room puts cocktails at the center of the experience while giving the culinary team room to explore a different style of food and hospitality,” the owners say in the release.<\/p>\n

On opening weekend, the bar will be open from 5 pm-midnight Friday-Saturday, and closed Sunday, October 18.<\/p>\n

Beginning October 21, hours will be 5-10 pm Wednesday-Thursday, 5 pm-midnight Friday-Saturday, and 5-9 pm Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The hospitality group behind some of Dallas\u2019 most popular pizzerias is giving the bar business a whirl: The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":468081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[5907,84191,240,60486,66215,159256,159255,160,162,161,159257,123748],"class_list":["post-468080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-bar","tag-cane-rosso","tag-frisco","tag-gabe-sanchez","tag-lounge","tag-mat-urban","tag-pilf-group","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news","tag-the-imperial-room","tag-the-star"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468080","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=468080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/468081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}