Chicken N Pickle’s expansion in North Texas is underway with a $14.7 million construction project in Allen.

The new location will be at The Farm in Allen, a 135-acre mixed-use development on State Highway 121 at Alma Drive.

Chicken N Pickle began in Kansas City, Mo., in 2016, where its headquarters remain. The company has since expanded to Wichita, Kan.; San Antonio; Oklahoma City; and Overland Park, Kan.; with locations in Glendale, Ariz., and St. Charles, Mo., opening this year. Plans are also in the works for locations in Indiana, Nevada and Colorado.

Chicken N Pickle in Allen joins two others in North Texas, in Grand Prairie and Grapevine. A Webster location near Houston was also recently announced.

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Construction in Allen is set to begin Sept. 4 and expected to be finished by the end of the month, according to state records. The venue will have a 43,000-square-foot indoor-outdoor entertainment complex that will include a two-story casual restaurant and sports bar.

Bruce Heller, president of JaRyCo and developer of The Farm in Allen, said he has been interested in having a Chicken N Pickle there for years and is excited to see the project moving forward.

“We are very selective in the amenities and companies we invite to The Farm in Allen to ensure we are creating a top development that will be a part of the Allen community for years and decades to come,” Heller said. “With this in mind, we believe Chicken N Pickle will be a great addition to The Farm.”

Chicken N Pickle joins other family-friendly venues at The Farm in Allen, including The Hub, an open-air entertainment and restaurant venue that is one of the development’s anchors that opened in November, and Austin-based High 5 Entertainment, an almost 70,000-square-foot, two-story entertainment center that will have miniature golf, bowling, laser tag, axe throwing, escape rooms and a restaurant and bar. High 5 is expected to open early next year.

The entertainment complex offers pickleball, numerous yard games, a restaurant and several bars

Kansas City-based company Chicken N Pickle has announced that it will be opening up a new location in Allen, Texas next year, according to The Dallas Morning News.

Chicken N Pickle is an indoor/outdoor entertainment complex that offers pickleball — a popular activity that combines elements of tennis, badminton and ping-pong — as well as numerous yard games, such as cornhole and shuffleboard.

Update 7/13/2023 1:00 p.m.: According to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, construction at the Chicken N Pickle Allen location at Johnson Road and Quail Covey Road will begin Sept 2023 and will be finished by Sept 2024.

According to the document, the building will cost $14.7 million and span 43,000 square feet. As reported by the Dallas Business Journal, the restaurant is expected to expand through a two-story space. Additionally the building will feature an indoor, single-story pickleball court as well as outdoor courts.

In addition to providing recreational entertainment, the venue also has a restaurant for casual dining, as well as several bars for guests to grab a cold beverage following their intensive cardio workouts on the pickleball courts.

For individuals that are interested in learning the sport of pickleball, Chicken N Pickle provides instructors on-site that teach clinics about the game's fundamentals, strategies, etc.

Pickleballers that are more interested in hitting the courts without instruction, however, can simply reserve a court. Prices for court rentals range from $20 per hour (on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.) to $40 per hour (weekdays after 5 p.m. and weekends).

The Kansas City company has previously expanded its entertainment venues into San Antonio and Grand Prairie, and will also be opening up another location in Grapevine in January 2023.

According to Rebusiness Online, the planned Chicken N Pickle location in Allen will be built at The Farm, which is a 135-acre mixed-use development from real estate developer JaRyCo.

Chicken N Pickle is scheduled to open in Allen, Texas in late 2023.

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The bus will be promoting the Portillo's Allen location, which is set to open sometime this year, just south of the Allen outlet mall.

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ALLEN, Texas — Portillo's was - and still is - a hit when it opened in The Colony earlier this year, bringing its Chicago-inspired Italian beef and hot dogs to North Texas.

Now the company is gearing up for a second location here. Literally.

Portillo's will bring its "Beef Bus" to Allen on Tuesday, July 25, through Aug. 12. The bus, which will offer customers a sneak preview of the Portillo's menu, will be located at The Hampton Inn at 830 West Stacy Road.

The bus will be promoting the Portillo's Allen location, which is set to open sometime this year, just south of the Allen outlet mall.

The bus will be open Tuesdays through Saturdays, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. The menu will include Portillo's Chicago-style hot dogs, a mini version of its Italian beef sandwich, Italian and Maxwell Street Polish sausages and Portillo's crinkle-cut fries.

And if you're interested in working at Portillo's Allen location, the bus will host job interviews, which include a voucher for a free meal.

Portillo's debuted in North Texas when it opened in The Colony on Jan. 18. And North Texans took to it quickly, as the 7,900-square-foot location raked in $48,000 of revenue per day, on average, according to the company's first-quarter earnings call.

Portillo's is a publicly-traded company ($PTLO) on the NASDAQ stock exchange.

The Colony location was Portillo's top location in the country when it opened to much fanfare in January.

"This means it's been matching the volumes of restaurants in Chicago that have been open for decades," Portillo's CEO Michael Osanloo said on the March 2 earnings call. "Specifically, The Colony has averaged $48,000 in sales per day since the grand opening. Now, that annualizes to $17 million per year; and that's a crazy number, so please don't model that. It's definitely coming down. But we feel really good that this restaurant will significantly exceed our underwriting expectations and sets us up for further success in Texas as we continued to expand."

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Portillo's "Beef Bus" in Allen started operating earlier this week and those interested can also apply for a job

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Allen - Portillo's, the renowned Chicago-styled Italian beef and hot dog restaurant, has made an impressive entrance into North Texas with a well-received debut in The Colony earlier this year. The restaurant now offers a sneak-peek experience to Allen residents, Dallas Metro News reported.

In a move to further expand its presence in the North Texas area, the restaurant is now running new venture, known as the "Beef Bus." This approach was launched in Allen on Tuesday, July 25, and will be stationed at The Hampton Inn located at 830 West Stacy Road through August 12. The "Beef Bus" is not simply a promotional tool but a unique way to provide a glimpse of what Portillo's will offer in its upcoming location.

Portillo's is set to open a new eatery south of the Allen outlet mall later this year, with the "Beef Bus" serving as a spotlight for this exciting expansion. It will follow a consistent schedule, catering to food enthusiasts from Tuesdays to Saturdays, between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

On the menu, customers can anticipate a delightful assortment of Portillo's classics, including miniature versions of their Italian beef sandwich, Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian and Maxwell Street Polish sausages, and a side of their signature crinkle-cut fries.

In addition to offering tasty previews, the bus will also conduct job interviews for those eager to join the Portillo's team at the new Allen site, sweetening the deal with a voucher for a free meal.

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Since Portillo's inaugural opening in The Colony on January 18, North Texans have shown a fervent appetite for the offerings, driving an impressive average daily revenue of $48,000, as disclosed in the company's first-quarter earnings call.

Portillo's, a publicly-traded company ($PTLO) on the NASDAQ, rapidly gained prominence in North Texas with its first location in The Colony. Its grand opening in January saw the establishment clinching the title of the top location nationwide, a testament to the enthusiastic reception from local patrons.

"This means it's been matching the volumes of restaurants in Chicago that have been open for decades," Portillo's CEO Michael Osanloo said on the March 2 earnings call, as reported by WFAA.

"Specifically, The Colony has averaged $48,000 in sales per day since the grand opening. Now, that annualizes to $17 million per year; and that's a crazy number, so please don't model that. It's definitely coming down. But we feel really good that this restaurant will significantly exceed our underwriting expectations and sets us up for further success in Texas as we continued to expand."

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A nearly 500-acre mixed-use project in Allen and Fairview by developer Billingsley Co. will create a development that eventually will total more than $3 billion in value and fill one of the area’s largest undeveloped intersections.

Dallas-based Billingsley is nearly done planning the first phase of the project it calls Sloan Corners, situated at the southern corners of U.S. Highway 75 and State Highway 121 in Collin County.

“The corners of I-75 and SH-121 are one of the last great undeveloped intersections in DFW. To do it justice, we intend to build something really spectacular here,” Lucy Billingsley, partner at Billingsley Co., said on the company website.

The name Sloan Corners comes from Sloan Creek, which cuts through the property, Billingsley said.

Billingsley took control of 240 acres at the southeast corner of U.S. Highway 75 and State Highway 121 in Fairview in 2019 and formed a partnership with the landowners, the Petefish family, to develop the property that Billingsley calls “the next significant development in the D-FW Metroplex.”

Billingsley, known for its 1,000-acre Cypress Waters development northwest of Dallas, plans to build apartments and offices in the first phase on Chelsea Boulevard.

“We are in for financing for our first multifamily start in Allen,” Lucy Billingsley told The Dallas Morning News. “We have office buildings in (the) design permit process that we will start soon after. We’ve got all of the infrastructure organized for both developments. In Allen, we are getting ready to start with phase one.”

The city of Allen said it has designated its corner as a reinvestment zone and tax increment finance district that will allocate increased property taxes from the Sloan Corners development to help pay for streets, utility lines, and other infrastructure.

The Morning News said the maximum reimbursement could be nearly $75 million.

The Sloan Corners site is one of its largest vacant properties and “qualifies for additional support as it transforms from hayfields to a regional employment hub,” city of Allen officials said.

The city said it estimates that its side of Sloan Corners could be valued at $2 billion.

According to Billingsley, the Sloan Corners development will include more than 10 million square feet of office space, 6,000 apartments, and more than 200,000 square feet of retail space.

Fairview will have 4.4 million square feet of office space, while Allen will get 6.16 million square feet of office. The company plans to build 100,000 square feet of retail place in Fairview and 120,000 square feet of retail in Allen.

And, Billingsley said that 4,000 multifamily units will be in Allen and 2,000 in Fairview.

The development will include greenbelts, parks, and walking trails. The company said the site has large, wooded areas on both sides.

In its marketing materials, the company said, “With acres of parks, bridges, and pedestrian trails that will run along the banks of Sloan Creek, this community will have more green space than Klyde Warren Park,” the popular bridge park in downtown Dallas.

Billingsley Co. bought the first section of land for the Sloan Corners development in Fairview in 2017.

The development’s planned Hartford Square apartments would be in a four-story building designed by Dallas’ O’Brien Architects, and reportedly would open in early 2026.

Billingsley said a new Ridgeview Drive bridge across U.S. 75 would link both sides of Sloan Corners and include pedestrian access.

“In Fairview, we just got approval moving forward with Fairview Parkway,” Billingsley said. “We will be quickly moving into first phase infrastructure over there.”

The Allen Economic Development Corp. said the property will have build-to-suit campus opportunities in walking distance from retail, restaurants, trails, water features and other amenities that will attract and retain employees.

The EDC called it an urban community surrounding a central park that will provide a unique experience and open public space for workers, residents, and visitors.

“There is some real rich natural beauty to the site,” Billingsley Partner Sumner Billingsley said on the Allen EDC website. “There is an abundance and variety of trees, and there is a creek. There are amenities you can’t go out and buy,”

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