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Angel Touch Kitchen now open<\/a><\/p>\n Angel Touch Kitchen now offers Halal Indonesian food in east Plano.<\/p>\n Owner Yenni Haryanti said Angel Touch Kitchen’s menu includes Indonesian Chicken Porridge, beef dishes and skewers.<\/p>\n Angel Touch Kitchen started as a catering and community event business in 2014 before opening a temporary location in Carrollton in 2021, per previous reporting. The Plano location is its first brick-and-mortar location since 2022.<\/p>\n Cajun Claws offers seafood boils, southern flavor in Frisco<\/a><\/p>\n Cajun Claws opened its third location in Frisco.\u00a0<\/p>\n The restaurant features seafood boils, fresh shellfish and Cajun specialties like crab cake po-boy sandwiches, gumbo and chowder, chicken wings, noodle dishes and family feast combos.<\/p>\n With two locations in Oregon and California, the opening marks Cajun Claws\u2019 first Texas location.\u00a0<\/p>\n Little Dutch opens with contemporary Italian concept in Grapevine<\/a><\/p>\n A new Italian eatery offering an upscale, distinctive dining experience is now open in Grapevine.<\/p>\n Little Dutch offers Italian menu items along with dishes inspired by other regions, according to a city of Grapevine press release. The restaurant\u2019s interior features a glass atrium with crystal chandeliers and a green glass bar. Little Dutch also offers a private dining room for up to 12 guests.<\/p>\n The restaurant\u2019s name, Little Dutch, is tied to founder Noti Krasniqi\u2019s childhood in Kosovo, formerly part of Yugoslavia. As a child, Krasniqi was nicknamed \u201cReagan\u201d after President Ronald Reagan. Krasniqi later learned that Reagan’s childhood nickname was \u201cDutch.\u201d Little Dutch is meant to be a tribute to Krasniqi\u2019s childhood and the American dream he followed to the United States, the release states.<\/p>\n Krasniqi also owns Mio Nonno Trattoria in Flower Mound.<\/p>\n Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant is expected to open a location at the Gates of Prosper, according to a filing with the state.<\/p>\n The filing shows new construction slated for the restaurant that will start in March next year. The $5.1 million project is expected to build a new site for the 12,111-square-foot restaurant.<\/p>\n Cooper\u2019s Hawk is an upscale casual restaurant and offers appetizers, pastas, steaks, salads and more, according to its website. Along with food, it has a wine club available.<\/p>\n Mediterranean bakery Kunafa Factory to open Richardson location<\/a><\/p>\n Kunafa Factory is set to open a new location in Richardson, per a social media announcement.<\/p>\n The Mediterranean bakery, which currently operates one location in Arlington, serves fresh baklava and kunafa, a crunchy, buttery Middle Eastern dessert made with layers of pastry and cheese, nuts or syrup.<\/p>\n According to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, the bakery is set to be under construction until the beginning of 2027.<\/p>\n Opening TBD<\/p>\n 600 S. Sherman St., Ste. 108A, Richardson<\/p>\n Instagram: Kunafa Factory<\/a><\/p>\n