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Nano-brewery

Raise your glass to Lakewood’s newest craft brewery concept. Neighbors Jacob and Lindsay Sloan last month opened their nano-brewery, On Rotation, in a space tucked away behind Gaston-Garland-Grand, right next door to Cane Rosso White Rock. If you’ve never heard of a nano-brewery, the idea is that it’s bigger than a home brewery but smaller than a microbrewery. Rather than distributing to other bars in the area, On Rotation will sell its own craft beers on site in a space set up more like a coffee shop than a bar, Jacob Sloan explains.

Bankruptcy for Matt’s Rancho Martinez

Joaquin & Marco, Inc., which operates Matt’s Rancho Martinez, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January. The company closed Matt’s Colleyville and Cedar Hill locations, but the Lakewood restaurant, in the Skillman-Live Oak shopping center, will stay open, along with locations in Garland and Roanoke, the owners say.

Meta Dallas T-shirts

There’s a new kid on the Lowest Greenville block. Bullzerk is a T-shirt shop, and if you stop by to peruse its shelves, you’ll find a couple of dozen T-shirts with quips like “I lived on Greenville before it was cool” and “I can’t afford to date Dallas women.” All the sayings and designs are the creative brain babies of the shop’s owner, Dan Bradley, who’s an entrepreneur turned graphic designer turned T-shirt maker. Bullzerk is a new concept, and Bradley chose Dallas (even though he’s from the Midwest) as his starting ground because no one else was doing it here. “Our designs change to our audience,” he explains. “When people ask

The 34,000-square-foot REI on Northwest Highway across Shady Brook from Half Price Books is nearing completion. REI, which sells outdoor recreation gear, sporting goods and clothing, anchors a brandnew shopping center, which is part of Half Price Books’ plans to develop the six acres across the street from its flagship store. The bookseller, which operates 113 stores in 16 states, spent several years buying the acreage. REI is moving an existing store from Farmers Branch to this location. The center will have an additional 13,000 square feet of retail space.

JCPenney woes

Plano-based JCPenney announced last month it would close 40 stores and cut 2,250 jobs. The store at Timbercreek Crossing (Skillman and Northwest Highway) is one that’s not currently on the chopping block.

Albertsons becomes Minyard

The neighborhood is starting to see the effects of Albertsons’ recent acquisition of United Supermarkets (better known in DFW as Market Street) and merger with Safeway (known here as Tom Thumb). The Albertsons at Abrams and Mockingbird closed in early February as an Albertsons and opened the next day as a Minyard Sun Fresh Market. The Albertsons on Northwest at Ferndale made the transition a couple weeks later. The Albertsons in Casa Linda Plaza is the only location in Dallas that won’t become a Minyard, according to store manager Kevin Reagan.

Baptist

LAKESIDE BAPTIST / 9150 Garland Rd / 214.324.1425

Worship — 8:30 am Classic & 11:00 am Contemporary

Pastor Jeff Donnell / www.lbcdallas.com

PARK CITIES BAPTIST CHURCH / 3933 Northwest Pky / pcbc.org

All services & Bible Study 9:15 & 10:45. Trad. & Blended (Sanctuary),

Contemporary (Great Hall), Amigos de Dios (Gym) / 214.860.1500

PRESTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH / “A Church to Call Home”

Sundays: Bible Fellowship (all ages) 9:15 am /Service Time 11:00 am

12123 Hillcrest Road / 972.820.5000 / prestonwood.org

WILSHIRE BAPTIST / 4316 Abrams / 214.452.3100

Pastor George A. Mason Ph.D. / Worship 8:30 & 11:00am

Bible Study 9:40 am / www.wilshirebc.org

Disciples Of Christ

EAST DALLAS CHRISTIAN CHURCH / 629 N. Peak Street / 214.824.8185

Sunday School 9:30 am / THE TABLE Worship 9:30 am

Worship 8:30 & 10:50 am / Rev. Deborah Morgan-Stokes / edcc.org

Lutheran

CENTRAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, ELCA / 1000 Easton Road

Sunday School for all ages 9:00 am / Worship Service 10:30 am

Pastor Rich Pounds / CentralLutheran.org / 214.327.2222

FIRST UNITED LUTHERAN CHURCH / 6202 E Mockingbird Lane

Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am / Call for class schedule. 214.821.5929 / www.dallaslutheran.org

Methodist

LAKE HIGHLANDS UMC / 9015 Plano Rd. / 214.348.6600 / lhumc.com

Sunday Morning: 9:30 am Sunday School / 10:30 am Coffee

Worship: 8:30 am & 10:50 am Traditional / 10:50 am Contemporary

RIDGEWOOD PARK UMC / 6445 E. Lovers Lane / 214.369.9259

Sunday Worship: 9:30 am Traditional and 11:35 am Contemporary

Sunday School: 10:30 am / Rev. Ann Willet / ridgewoodparkchurch.org

WHITE ROCK UNITED METHODIST / www.wrumc.org

1450 Oldgate Lane / 214.324.3661

Sunday Worship 10:50 am / Rev. Mitchell Boone

Presbyterian

NORTHRIDGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH / 6920 Bob-O-Link Dr. 214.827.5521 / www.northridgepc.org / Welcomes you to Worship

8:30 & 11:00 am / Church School 9:35 am / Childcare provided.

ST. ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN / Skillman & Monticello

Rev. Rob Leischner. / www.standrewsdallas.org

214.821.9989 / Sunday School 9:30 am, Worship 10:45 am

Unity

UNITY OF DALLAS / A Positive Path for Spiritual Living

6525 Forest Lane, Dallas, TX 75230 / 972.233.7106 / UnityDallas.org

10:30 am Sunday - Celebration Worship Service

UNITY ON GREENVILLE / Your soul is welcome here!

3425 Greenville Ave. / 214.826.5683 / www.dallasunity.org

Sunday Service 11:00 am and Book Study 9:30 am