BUSINESS BUZZ

The lowdown on what’s up with neighborhood businesses

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Liberty Burger in Lakewood Shopping Center is open for business. Managing partner Mariel Street says she and her team tried to keep everything as local and handmade as possible, including the tables, chairs, booths, and light fixtures. “We really tried to take this local thing to the max,” she says.

Genaro Silva just opened his namesake restaurant, Genaro’s, at Abrams and Mockingbird, and he says he plans to have “a lot of fun” with the mostly Latin-based menu. For now, the restaurant is open for dinner only. Doors open at 5 p.m. and close sometime between 11 p.m. and midnight. He’s hoping it’ll be the kind of place where people will want to stay and drink a while.

Dude, Sweet Chocolate, which originated in the Bishop Arts District of Oak Cliff, just built a third location, and it’s in our neighborhood. The new location is on Greenville near Trader Joe’s, and it opened in early November. The store specializes in dark chocolate.

And finally, a new pizza joint will open in Lakewood in the Skillman-Live Oak Shopping Center in November or December. Actually, it’s an old pizza joint; it’s just new to Lakewood. It’s called My Family’s Pizza, and it was established in 1956. Now, three business partners have joined forces to bring this family-oriented business to Lakewood. They’ve set up shop on Skillman next to The Pour House because two of the business partners — Matthew Rangel and Troy Swinsen — are the co-owners of The Pour House. The other partner is a Dallas businessman from Lake Highlands, Whitney Ravkind. Rangel and Swinsen also serve pizza My Family’s Pizza at The Pour House.

Closed for business

Custom Cleaners has closed due to “the inability of the business owner to meet his financial obligations,” according to a sign on the door. This includes the MockingbirdAbrams location in East Dallas and the Greenville-Forest location in Lake Highlands. Some customers’ clothes have been locked inside the building, and there’s no indication as to when they might get them back.

Starting a new chapter

Catholic Charities of Dallas’ World of Goods, located at 10675 E. Northwest High- way, Suite 1650, has closed its thrift store and plans to give all donations to its clients, communications officer Rosalynn Vasquez notes. Effective immediately, the resale store will convert to a donation center that will serve the clients of Catholic Charities of Dallas. They will provide 100 percent of all donated goods directly to their clients. They will be moving but hope to remain in the same shopping strip, in a space that is diagonal from their current space. If you’d like to donate, the charity will send someone to your home to pick up large furniture donations. To schedule, call Felecia Hunter-Burnett at 214.342.8231. Pickups are TuesdayFriday mornings.

With the help of parents and other community volunteers, the East Dallas Developmental Center managed to make the move from its old location in the Skillman-Live Oak Shopping Center to a brand-new location right across Oram. And they did it all in a single weekend. The East Dallas Developmental Center, better known as the EDDC, has been a fixture in East Dallas for more than 30 years and in that time has educated hundreds of children, from 6 weeks to 5 years old. At this point, we’re not sure what Stonelake intends to do with their old location.

East Dallas children’s clothing store Little Bean, located at 5308 Junius, is closing its doors but not its business. On Nov. 10, Little Bean went online-only. So you’ll still be able to shop for your little ones — you’ll just have to do it digitally. This is not the first time Little Bean has closed its physical location since it opened next to Garden Cafe in 2009. In 2011, it did the same thing.

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Anglican

ALL SAINTS DALLAS / 2733 Oak Lawn / 972.755.3505

Radical Inclusivity, Profound Transformation. Come and See!

9:00 & 11:00 am Sunday Services. www.allsaintschurchdallas.org

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

RIDGECREST BAPTIST / 5470 Ellsworth / 214.826.2744

Sun. Life Groups 9:30 am, Worship 10:45 am / Wed. Nights 6:00 pm

Pastor Greg Byrd / www.rcbcdallas.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 Gathering 9:30 am

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

HIGHLANDS CHRISTIAN CHURCH (Lake Highlands) 9949 McCree Rd. 214-348-2805 / www.highlandschristianchurch.com

Sundays: School 9:45 am / Worship 11:00 am / Rev. Paul Carpenter

Eckankar

HU CHANT CLASS / A Love Song to God / expand awareness, experience divine love, bring peace and calm / December 12, 7:15 pm Lakewood Library / 972.820.0530 / meetup.com/Eckankar-Dallas

Episcopal

ST. MATTHEW’S CATHEDRAL / 5100 Ross Ave.

Sunday Traditional: 8:00 & 10:30 am / Adult Education 9:30 am

Servicio en español 12:30 pm / 214.823.8134 / episcopalcathedral.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

MUNGER PLACE CHURCH / Expect Great Things.

Worship Sundays, 9:30 and 11:00 am / 5200 Bryan Street

214.823.9929 / www.mungerplacechurch.org

RIDGEWOOD PARK UMC / 6445 E. Lovers Lane / 214.369.9259

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

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. George Fisk

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 9:30 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

Sunday services: 9:00 am & 11:00 am