Interestingly, three of the restaurants opening or closing on Dallas’ Greenville Avenue between summer and fall 2026 serve Japanese food.
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Dallas dining district Greenville Avenue is often flush with restaurant news, but fall 2026 will bring more change than usual.
“It’s where the eaters go,” chef Aubrey Murphy said of Dallas’ Lowest Greenville restaurant district. He’s the co-owner of one of the coming-soon spots, contemporary American restaurant Brute.
Look for three restaurant openings near the southernmost end of the East Dallas street. And keep an eye on two Greenville addresses with restaurants that recently closed; they’re likely to be replaced with new tenants soon.
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New restaurant Brute coming soon
The former Swizzle tiki bar, which closed on Greenville Avenue in summer 2025, is under construction to become a contemporary American restaurant named Brute. “We finally want to express our voice unhindered,” said Murphy, who worked recently as executive chef at SĒR Steak + Spirits and culinary director in Trinity Groves.
Murphy partnered with James La Mar as co-owner, and La Mar will run the front of the restaurant.
Brute will have an à la carte menu and the option for a tasting inspired by some of their favorite restaurants in California, Murphy said.
The restaurant is designed to feel “like a well-traveled artist friend’s loft,” he said, with exposed industrial beams and 100-year-old brick walls. The name suggests an anti-establishment vibe, and that’s on purpose. Brute won’t have a burger on the menu.
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“You can throw a rock and it’ll land next to a restaurant that can do a decent burger. Especially in Dallas,” Murphy said. “We want to deliver something personal, something unique.”
Brute will be at 1802 Greenville Ave., Dallas. It’s expected to open Nov. 20, 2026.
Japanese restaurant Shoyo moved
In late July 2026, Dallas omakase restaurant Shoyo closed at 1916 Greenville Ave. at the end of its five-year lease. The restaurant is not gone, however; owner Jimmy Park signed a lease about a block north, at 2114 Greenville Ave., in the space where tasting restaurant Carte Blanche was. (More recently, it was the short-lived Ocean Ranch.)
Little will change about the format of Shoyo, a Japanese restaurant that serves about 19 courses of Japanese food in 90 minutes, Park said. But the new restaurant will have room for a bar, with a more comfortable atmosphere for $195-per-person dinners.
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Shoyo’s opening is delayed due to construction, Park wrote on Instagram. From Sept. 17 to Oct. 18, 2026, Park and his team will host private dinners for groups of six to 12 people. He’s calling the at-home dinners “oma casa,” a play on the Japanese word omakase.
Shoyo is moving to 2114 Greenville Ave., Dallas, and is expected to open in late fall 2026. Reservations are not yet available. For details on “oma casa” dinners, email contact@shoyodallas.com.
Shoyo founder and chef Jimmy Park opened his omakase restaurant in 2021, back when this style of Japanese service was relatively new to many Dallas diners.
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Mexican restaurant Fonda Toro to open
A superteam of Dallas restaurateurs and designers are partnering to open Fonda Toro, a casual Mexican restaurant with a sushi bar. Fonda Toro is a project between Mauricio Gallegos, who co-owns Ayahuasca Cantina in Oak Cliff and Puerto in the Design District, and John Paul Valverde, creative director of Dallas design studio Coeval. Valverde’s team has made its mark on East Dallas, designing neighboring Greenville Avenue restaurants Fortune House and Quarter Acre as well as Hendy’s on Henderson and Boogies discotheque.
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Fonda Toro replaces Meyboom Brasserie, a Belgian beer bar open from 2021 to 2025.
Fonda Toro is at 2100 Greenville Ave., Dallas. It’s expected to open in November 2026.
Fonda Toro on Greenville Avenue in Dallas is a Mexican restaurant with a sushi bar in the back.
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Simply Fondue closed
Simply Fondue served its last cook-it-yourself dinners in early July 2026 after more than 35 years on Greenville Avenue. Landlord Madison Partners plans to replace Simply Fondue with another restaurant. A lease is not finalized yet.
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Simply Fondue was at 2108 Greenville Ave., Dallas.
In this DMN file photo, a diner dips a slice of broccoli into melted cheddar cheese at Simply Fondue.
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Manpuku Japanese Yakiniku Grill
After five years, Manpuku Japanese Yakiniku Grill closed in late July 2026. Customers at Manpuku cooked their own meats and veggies on a grill in the middle of the table — a spirited style of dining, though the restaurant never seemed to gain its footing.
Manpuku customers can check out sibling restaurant Takumi Hachi on Belt Line Road in Addison.
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The landlord for the large restaurant space next to Trader Joe’s is in talks with a new tenant, but a lease is not finalized, Madison managing partner Jon Hetzel confirmed.
Manpuku Japanese Yakiniku Grill was at 2023 Greenville Ave., Dallas.
Manpuku Japanese Yakiniku Grill opened on Greenville Avenue in Dallas in summer 2021.
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