BUSINESS BUZZ

from 2012 January Lakewood

by Advocate Media - Dallas

YOUR YEAR OFF SUCCESSFULLY

The lowdown on what’s up with neighborhood businesses

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Pinot’s Palette launches family classes

Known for its seemingly adult B.Y.O.B. paint classes, Pinot’s Palette in Hillside Village has launched a series of family classes geared toward tweens. East Dallas resident and owner Stephanie Burgard says its ﬁrst step was the launch of a monthly Family Day, where parents can either sit with their children and assist in their painting or leave them to their own creative devices. In December, Pinot’s Palette experimented with a Drop and Shop four-hour “camp,” during which parents left their children to paint and craft while they ran errands. Upon their return, their children had several gifts and crafts to take home, including holiday cards. Lastly, Pinot’s Palette has made plans for a Young Artist program that will launch this month. Here, children will get a snack and a painting lesson.

A new home for Matt’s Rancho Martinez

Some neighborhood residents were distraught to hear that Lakewood staple Matt’s Rancho Martinez would no longer be in Lakewood Shopping Center as of February 2012, but we now know that Matt’s is moving to the former The Consignment Solution space at 1904 Skillman and Live Oak. The Consignment Solution recently moved just across the street to 1931 Skillman (north of La Calle Doce and next to Cox’s Lock and Key). Paperbacks Plus,

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located behind it, also is moving. Employees say their building, which was purchased in 1994, was sold to a new owner who bought the adjacent shopping center. They noted that Paperbacks Plus is looking into other spots nearby and doesn’t plan to move very far.

Swiss Avenue resident opens downtown restaurant

Swiss Avenue resident Eddie “Lucky” Campbell has opened a new restaurant, The Chesterﬁeld, at 1404 Main. The Downtown restaurant is named after Chesterﬁeld cigarettes and designed “after the barrooms of the early 1900’s … what is widely considered ‘The Golden Age of Cocktails.’” Campbell is a well-known bartender who earned his reputation at The Mansion on Turtle Creek.

Sol’s Nieto, the Tex-Mex restaurant at Mockingbird and Abrams, has closed. Its sister restaurant, Sol’s in Deep Ellum, closed earlier this year.

At the end of January, Another Time & Place on Henderson is closing the doors of both its Dallas and McKinney locations, and store merchandise is 60 percent off until then. The Plano location will remain open. Granada Theater’s new restaurant and beergarden, Sundown at Granada (which recently opened in the former M Street Bar space), features a wall of scrap wood donated by neighbors. Lower Greenville’s Company Café has opened a second location near the Katy Trail at 3136 Routh, Company Café on the Trail. It features the same healthy, organic fare as the original location plus some extras such a variety of smoked ﬁsh and meat from an in-house wood smoker.

Pinot’s Palette 6465 E. MOCKINGBIRD 214.827.4668 PINOTSPALETTE.COM/ LAKEWOOD

Matt’s Rancho Martinez 6332LA VISTA 214.823.5517 MATTSTEXMEX.COM

The Consignment Solution 1931SKILLMAN 214.827.8022 CONSIGNMENTSOLUTION.COM

Paperbacks Plus 6115LA VISTA 214.827.4260

LUCKYDOGBOOKS.COM

Company Café 2217GREENVILLE 214.827.2233 COMPANYCAFE.NET

Company Café on the Trail 3136ROUTH 214.468.8721 COMPANYCAFE.NET

Another Time & Place 2815N.HENDERSON 214.824.1875 ANOTHERTIMEANDPLACE.COM

Sundown at Granada 3520GREENVILLE GRANADATHEATER.COM more business buzz every week on

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