Old Sugar Factory Space Is Getting A Glow Up With New Tavern & Supper Club

The Sugar Factory was sitting on solid real estate when it closed in August 2024, and everyone wondered if they’d make a celebrity-endorsed comeback, relocate somewhere else or shutter for good.

While there isn’t news on its two-dozen scoop ice cream sundaes return, we did get info on the new tenant at the corner of North Harwood Street and Cedar Springs Road. It’s The Oxford Rose Tavern & Supper Club, which will open in the spring of this year at the base of The Miró, a luxury, 15-story apartment building in Uptown framed by The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, $11.5 million Mexican Sugar and Harwood Hospitality’s roster of lavish restaurants and bars.

Not to be obvious, but the slump of winter is behind us. We’re on the cusp of the 8 p.m. sunset. Spring is now. However, their press release dated March 3 didn’t have an official opening date listed. So, soon. It’s opening sometime soon.

As the name suggests, it’ll be a two-for-one kinda deal: Both a tavern and a supper club, they say, are “two distinct yet seamlessly connected spaces.”

(If “supper club” is trying to overtake “club-staurant” in Dallas, they’ve got some fighting to do.)

The design was brought to life by Josh Held, a designer with an acclaimed portfolio that includes the W Hotels, over-the-top nightclubs like Tao in Las Vegas and Zouk Ginza Nightclub in Tokyo, plus our own NDA Brasserie.

In The Oxford Rose, Held wanted to capture the dynamic spirit of Dallas while celebrating the best of modern American hospitality with a European twist. All the details mix inspiration from traditional English pub vernacular and cultural references of Big D.

As long as no one tells the Englishmen their pubs are being used for European inspiration, we’re good…

We can expect earthy tones, moody lighting and custom details. The press release says the lighting will transform the atmosphere as the day progresses, as will live music in both areas. Think acoustic sets by brunch and vibrant performances by night.

The tavern is built for pub culture with drop-down TVs, high-top tables and a custom bar shuffleboard table. The supper club is supposed to be an engaging dining experience backed by live performances ranging from intimate acoustic sets and vintage jazz to comedy and high-energy DJ sets.

Supper clubs originated in the Midwest, specifically Wisconsin and surrounding states, where they served as both restaurants and social clubs. The Oxford Rose aims to be everything about a regular restaurant but with a high-class image and refined menu. It presents itself as more of an all-evening and night destination, from cocktail hour to nightclub-style entertainment after the meal.

If you’re not familiar with this style of eating and socializing, soon you will be with the opening of this one and many more in 2025. Luxurious new concepts have been popping up like daisies over the last year, so it was only a matter of time before Sugar Factory’s $22 Flaming Hot Cheetos burger was replaced with something more posh.

Details of the food and beverage program will be revealed soon. But who’s really coming here to eat?