BIZ BUZZ

Financial Flub

WHAT’S UP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESSES

Two million payment card accounts associated with Jason’s Deli purchases were for sale on the “dark web,” according to a Jason’s Deli press release. The company became aware of the breach on Dec. 22, immediately alerted authorities and activated a “leading threat response team,” which disabled the malware at the Jason’s Deli locations soon after. The deli on East Mockingbird Lane is one of the locations included in the breach. For more information, neighbors should contact their credit or debit card companies or Jason’s Deli at customer.service@jasonsdeli.com and 409-838-1976.

Food News

Executive Chef Misao Masuda worked in high-end restaurants like the Four Seasons in Hawaii prior to coming to East Dallas, but changed gears for his latest project, The Creek Cafe, now open in Lakewood, replacing The Philly Connection. The cafe serves fresh pastries, omelettes, panini and parfaits for breakfast and lunch. Masuda says the menu will expand with time, but they wanted to keep things simple at first. Blackwood Developments is remaking an aging shopping center at the corner of Bryan and Fitzhugh and Mai’s Restaurant was the first client to sign on. The new project will have 7,000 square feet of retail space with two restaurant locations, floor to ceiling windows and a large courtyard. The work includes a complete gut and remodel of the existing property. “Essentially, it is going to be two new buildings,” said Sammy Aflalo of Blackwood Developments.

LAUGH LOCAL

The improv comedy troupe Four Day Weekend is opening a comedy venue near Lower Greenville. The cast will perform in the space formerly used by Contemporary Theatre of Dallas, which closed in 2016. The theater is a refashioned 1930s-era church behind Trader Joe’s. Four Day Weekend will keep many of the same scenes, sketches and songs from their Fort Worth theater at the Dallas location while adding fresh ideas with new cast members. The first show is Saturday, Feb. 3, at 9 p.m.

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