"There's some new blood coming into Deep Ellum," says Cass. "I went into retirement, and I'm coming out to get this thing fixed. I'm going to put it back together...When I decide to do something, it's going to get done."
More immediately Cass says he's reviving the Deep Ellum Cafe in the recently asphyxiated Tarantino's spot. A wine bar will open next door in Peter Tarantino's Puppet Lounge space on October 1, though a successful wine bar in Deep Ellum seems like wishful thinking, even with "Feed Me, Wine Me" still in the air and the wine-centric bar at Local. But who knows? Cass says he's also nailing down an agreement to slip a new Italian restaurant in the old MoMo's space on Elm, again without further elaboration. This new-blood stuff must be classified. --Mark Stuertz