Shenanigan's Will Feature Go-Karts, Bowling and Full Service Bar and Restaurant

Also: Ferre Ristorante & Bar in West Village goes kaput

While the Hilton Bella Harbor resort retail/spa/haute nosh complex takes shape on the western side of Rockwall along the shores of Lake Ray Hubbard, the east side will bloom a resort of its own. Parker Coddington, whose background is in commercial construction, will erect a 75,000-square-foot "family entertainment center" in a defunct industrial cable manufacturing facility near the intersection of Interstate 30 and Highway 205. He calls it Shenanigan's, a giant under-one-roof megaplex, featuring 7,000 square feet of gaming space, an indoor go-kart track, 24 lanes of "lounge-style" bowling, and a full service restaurant and bar, mostly likely to be called Rosie Maloney's. Maloney's will feature wood-fired pizzas, salads, burgers and fresh house-cut French fries.

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By the time you read this, Ferre Ristorante & Bar in West Village will be kaput. Owner Patrick Colombo decided that with three years left on the Ristorante's 10-year lease, it was time to post it on the block. Alberto Lombardo (Taverna, etc.) will take over with a new concept. "It was still making money," Colombo says. What gives? With all of his Ferre investors paid off and sales growth at a near standstill, Colombo decided to put Ferre capital to work, expanding Cru Wine Bar, new units of which will open in Austin, Allen and Denver in weeks. His aim is to penetrate new markets faster by setting up managing partner teams in various cities. Thus, former Ferre chef/limited partner Kevin Ascolese, currently working the kitchen at Colombo's Victory Tavern, has been dispatched to Denver to help spread the Cru gospel. Ferre in Fort Worth will be unaffected...Fresh from a culinary expedition across India, Stephan Pyles is tweaking his P's and Q's on a $1 million (roughly one-third the cost of his Stephan Pyles), 2,000-square-foot tapas bar featuring tastes from Asia, South America and the Mediterranean. "I think people are finally ready; they're ready for more exotic flavors," Pyles says. Tanta by Stephan Pyles will open on Ross just a few numbers from Stephan Pyles "in a significant building" that Pyles declined to name. In the meantime, Pyles is on the hunt for a 4,000-square-foot location to reanimate the kitschy Texas cuisine he made famous at Star Canyon.

 
  • Mark 11/10/2010 8:00:00 AM

    Had a corporate event here. They served the worst food ever for a corporate event, with Flat soda, (didn't even have Coke), tasteless chicken fingers with only on sauce ,(a bad BBQ), and fake mozz cheese sticks. the event was poorly planned, much of the equipment did not work, and the employees must have been taught to be rude. Don't waste your corporate funds.

  • Charliette 05/26/2010 6:42:00 AM

    Where is Shenanigan's located?

  • Stacey 04/25/2010 5:01:00 AM

    My husband and I passed the Shenanigan's building on the way to pick up a puppy over a year ago and don't remember exactly where it was or how to get there. Do you have the current address?

  • Summer 12/29/2009 10:23:00 AM

    BE CAREFUL!!!!!I just wanted to get word out about this place and spread a word of caution to everyone. I got serious food poisoning from this place. I spoke with the manager and he was needless to say RUDE. Told me I could have gotten it anywhere and that was my problem. It is very over priced and the service is slow. The young lady that seated us was too busy talking to her boyfriend to get us water. NOT AT ALL worth the drive of money!

 

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