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Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Asian Mint to open second branch on Oak Lawn in Dallas, called The Mint
For the Highland Parkies who won't drive beyond Northwest Highway.
DALLAS — Asian Mint, the well-rated Asian-fusion restaurant at Forest and 75, is opening a second branch in the Oak Lawn shopping strip that's home to Aurora and across from the offices of D Magazine, as reported by SideDish.
This new branch will be called, simply, The Mint -- no "Asian" -- and will open around mid-August in the space that was most recently occupied by The Green Pepper, says owner Nikky Phinyawatana. It'll be "similar in feel but different," she says, and will not have the Forest Lane's signature green-and-white color scheme, gasp.
"The style and feel will be the same, but not the same materials or chairs or tables, and no green and white," she says. "The menu will be very similar but with a twist, and some new dishes we want to introduce to Highland Park, such as seared tuna salad and confit of duck -- more Highland Park-ish."
It's a smaller space, so there'll be no room for the dessert bar featured at the Forest Lane branch.
Phinyawatana hadn't been actively seeking to open a second branch but she says that realtors kept approaching her with locations and that customers in the Bubble were making requests.
"They said please do something, we don't go above Northwest Highway or past NorthPark," she says.
Posted by T.G.
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Michael Anderson, verified:
"They said please do something, we don't go above Northwest Highway or past NorthPark," she says.
Priceless. That's why it's called the Bubble!
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bobtex, anonymous:
I have noticed more than a couple of HP'ers at Brothers on Gaston, but they usually slither through the drive-thru rather than walk up to the counter.
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Fezziwig, anonymous:
Someone please save the people of HP from the indignity of nearing 635. Please, before it is too late.
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Inkwell222, anonymous:
Us East Dallas folks say the very same thing about not venturing north of NW Hwy except for NorthPark...no need unless it's a field trip or road trip. Six mile radius for all your needs - it's a beautiful thing.
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Alex Bentley, staff:
Or an incredibly sheltered thing. Geez, folks, what do you think is gonna happen to you if you leave your precious bubble? I live in Plano and have no problem venturing to East Dallas, Oak Cliff, Arlington, or wherever else in this big Metroplex of ours that might offer good food, entertainment or other possibilities. Living in a six mile radius is not exactly what I would call living, even if you do have everything you supposedly need.
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breundog, anonymous:
New World Order or Fern Bar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_urba...
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Scott Doyle, verified:
Alex, I say let 'em live their sheltered lives. Means less of a crowd for the rest of us.
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xdavidwattsx, anonymous:
Plano has scabies.
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Pavel Lishin, verified:
I think with gas prices rising, having everything you need within six miles is probably a rather good thing.
Wonder how far they drive to work, though.
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Scott Doyle, verified:
Well, Inkwell222 simply said 6 miles for all your needs. Arguably, that's not the greatest radius.
By the way, there's <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/GlobalEnergy08/idUSSP28733220080606">speculation </a> that the price of crude oil (not necessarily directly correlated to our fuel at the pump) will drop towards $100 a barrel again within a couple of months. But in the meantime, we're certainly <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSL0634622920080606?pageNumber=2&virtualBrandChannel=0">boned</a>.
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Jason Rice, verified:
Ya bunch of "South of 635" pansies. Real men drive to Pad Thai wherever they want.
And Plano only has scabies because we got first choice. The draft went downhill from there. ;o)
Heck! It can't be but a 7-8 block walk from DART to the original Mint. Still, lucky for you "urbs" we're willing to share.
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DC, anonymous:
SD, I think the Morgan Stanley projections are probably more on the mark, although their 2005 numbers sucked.
For fun: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline...
Anyway, so it's not Asian because there's not Asian food. I guess to make it more HPish, they wanted to eliminate anything not cauc-asian.
It's also not Mint (no green and white and I don't know what else) and in a different location.
Sounds like a different restaurant entirely to me. Makes me think of that thing you get at Sonic.
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TJ Callaway, verified:
I like the idea of having everything I need in a 6 mile radius for conveince and because of gas prices. I have lived in East Dallas now for a year and a half, and while I love the neighborhood, the people and the proximity to downtown, I have to say that the retail, and restaurants, for the most part, sucks out here.
There isn't a decent grocery store close (at least until Whole Foods opens in Lakewood). The Minyards at Ferguson and Highland could easily become the first location for a Dallas H.E.B.. TIME TO MOVE INTO DALLAS H.E.B.!!
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What do you think?