Rags and Sandwiches

Sipango operator to launch new projects

Comments (0) By Mark Stuertz Thursday, May 23 2002

To launch his next food, beverage and titillation projects, Sipango operator Ron Corcoron is bonding with a pair of new Dallas characters: Eric Kimmel, founder of The Joint restaurant, one-time publisher of defunct Ouch magazine and rag-picking clothing designer; and Sipango bartender Smokey Hill, a man Corcoron says can do Tom Cruise Cocktail acrobatics without stunt doubles. With Kimmel, Corcoron plans to open a hybrid eclectic deli and boutique called Rich Hippie Clothing and Café on Swiss and Hall. With Hill, Corcoron will launch a restaurant and bar called Daxx in the Lower Greenville space that was once the tapas bar Barcelona before it almost turned into a club called Medusa. He says the Daxx menu will be of the Tex-Mex ilk, with fried calamari and pomme frites thrown in for extra lubrication. Not surprisingly, Corcoron seems to understand his Lower Greenville clientele with uncanny precision. "We've probably got the greatest patio on all of Greenville Avenue," he boasts. "You actually have to go outside onto the patio to go to the rest room."

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5757 W. Lovers Lane
Dallas, TX 75209

Category: Restaurant > New American

Region: Park Cities

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