First Look: New Plano Restaurant From Group That Impressed Guy Fieri — And Michelin

Flamant means "flamingo" in French, a fitting name for this restaurant perched beside the water at the Boardwalk at Granite Park in Plano. Dressed in pink and red plumage, it embodies the elegance of its namesake.

The group behind Flamant also owns Rye and Apothecary, the power couple of Lower Greenville. Apothecary is a dark, moody bar and Rye is a vibrant restaurant that has been featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. Their chocolate cake was the only one of its kind that Guy Fieri has ever allowed on his show. The episode is fascinating, particularly when chef Taylor Rause walks Fieri through their pork belly lollipops. For anyone interested in the culinary world, it's an episode worth tracking down (Season 51, Episode 8, "Sauerkraut, Shoyu and Shank").

And as far as feathers in hats, in 2024, Rye was also awarded the Exceptional Cocktail Award by Michelin and is also a recommended restaurant noted for its "wide-ranging inspirations."
With Flamant, co-owner Tanner Agar and Rause are branching out north to Plano (almost in Frisco) to the Boardwalk at Granite Park, a collection of restaurants that forms a quarter-moon around a big pond. People walk and gather, and we recently suggested you can even do a bit of restaurant hopping.

On a visit to Flamant, we started with a few drinks, which one is wont to do with a Michelin nod in their extended portfolio. A tour of European espresso martinis (each $16) is a highlight: you can get one based on ingredients from Madeira (rhum, salted honey and malted molasses cream), Marseilles (Grey Goose, croissant — just trust them — and orange marmalade) or the In Good Campania with gin, fig and red wine. Or get all three. We've never had a cocktail at any of their concepts that we didn't like, and we've had a lot (don't be judgy).

The menu at Flamant is not as experimental as the menu at Rye and Apothecary. Dishes are inspired by Portugal, Spain, France and Italy. The crown jewel of the kitchen is a large open-flame grill. It was there when they got the space and kept it. Good call.

Highlights include a vegan faux gras (cashews, lacto-fermented blackberry, preserved lemons, brandy, herbs and wood-fired bread). There's a scallop crudo, a ragu bianco, a wagyu burger and mussels. But we started with a platter of tinned fish because we're suckers for the things old salty old mariners ate in the late 1800s.
The tin fish selection ($18) rotates; we were served mussels with pa amb oli (sea salt, oil and grilled bread). Tin fish is for the adventurous palate. It's fun; it's for those who don't have enough points to fly to Sardinia but would surely eat like the locals if they could. You take a hunk of grilled bread and dip it into the oil with the mussels, scoop some up and savor. There are two accoutrements to dress it up, should you like.

That bread, though. Oooph. Grilling bread over an open flame is the Rolex of toast.

Next, we got another app, the savory cannoli, which is even more fun than eating like an old mariner. It's like a cannoli chip and dip. What took so long for this to creep up in the culinary Rolodex? Use house-made herb and salt cannoli shells to scoop up whipped ricotta and mascarpone. It's served topped with sea salt, lemon, pistachios and smoked honey. This is the best $14 you'll ever spend in Plano. Go ahead and see.
For a main, we had to go with a pasta dish because earlier this year we had a tasty cacio e pepe at Apothecary that we almost wrestled over. The ragu bianco is made with a thick and rich pork sauce served over gnocchi. We split it, but we shouldn't have; we fought over the little pillows of pasta in their meat-gravy quilt. We should have also gotten the cacio e pepe, which is on the menu here as well. Live and learn. That's why we're here: to make mistakes so you don't.

We wrapped things up with a chocolate cake dessert and thought perhaps they were just being arrogant after Rye's was featured TripDs (JK). It's served "messy" with a hazelnut and almond meringue, lumps of crunchy praline (that could/should be a dessert on its own), chocolate mousse and chocolate glaze. This, my friend, is, in fact, the best $13 you'll ever spend in Plano. If you went to Plano and just had this and an espresso martini, it would be the most amazing day you've ever had in the shadows of Highway 121.

We're excited that the team behind Rye and Apothecary is spreading its plumage. Like we said, watch their episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives to get a better appreciation for the work and details put into every dish. And now you have another excuse to get to the Plano-Frisco border.

Flamant, 5880 State Highway 121 (Plano) Monday - Thursday, 11 a.m. - 11 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m. - 1 a.m.; Saturday 10:30 a.m. - 1 a.m.; Sunday 10:30 a.m. - 10 p.m.

*All prices are as of July 2025 online menu.