Canadian Chain Joey Lands $12.4M Maple Ave Spot Next to Old Warsaw

A Canadian restaurant chain known for globally fused menus and glossy, custom-built dining rooms is set to soft-open its second Dallas location over Labor Day weekend, with a full grand opening scheduled for September 10. Joey will occupy 2508 Maple Ave in Uptown Dallas, a state-permitted $12.4 million ground-up construction project covering roughly 7,700 square feet, and it lands the brand directly in the middle of one of the city's fastest-changing restaurant strips.

According to state regulatory filings reviewed by Zabalist, the project called for full demolition of the previous site's amenities to make way for a single-story steel-frame building. As reported by CultureMap Dallas, the new restaurant will sit next door to the Old Warsaw and occupy a spot formerly home to Crab House, Sisu, and Matthew Trent Jewelry. That site previously housed Sisu Uptown Resort, a New American restaurant and dayclub with an outdoor pool, private cabanas, and a beach-resort feel that opened in September 2012, per the Dallas Observer.

A Menu Built Around Fire, Fusion and Frozen Irish Coffee

Joey started life in 1992 as a Calgary pasta place from founder Jeff Fuller, the outlet notes, before evolving into the globally themed fusion concept it is today. The chain now spans 36 locations across Canadian cities, Seattle, California, Miami and Houston. At Maple Avenue, the menu will feature fire-torched sushi, steak, bowls, tacos and burgers, alongside hummus, seared salmon sushi, sake-glazed sea bass, Japanese pork dumplings, Korean fried cauliflower, fajitas and lobster spaghetti.

The bar program includes beer on tap and a wine list stocked with Taittinger Champagne and Pahlmeyer Chardonnay, the latter priced at $50 per glass, alongside Aperol, rosé and Hugo spritzes, martinis, margaritas and frozen Irish coffee. The dining room will feature a curated art collection and a private dining space. Leading the kitchen is executive chef Matthew Stowe, a Top Chef Canada winner, working alongside bar development leader and Restaurant Hall of Fame inductee Jay Jones and Joey Restaurants Group sommelier Jason Yamasaki, who together promise what the company describes as a unique culinary journey and exceptional mixology.

Joey's Growing Texas Footprint

This will be Joey's second Dallas restaurant and will operate as a stand-alone location rather than inside a mall complex, unlike its first North Texas outpost. That original Dallas debut came in January 2024 at NorthPark Center, in a 10,990-square-foot space in the south corridor previously occupied by Seasons 52, following the chain's 2021 Texas debut at Houston's Galleria. Joey has said it plans to expand further in Dallas after a warm reception to its existing locations, according to a company statement cited by CultureMap Dallas.

Hoodline has previously reported on Joey's continued Texas buildout, including a $9 million Houston expansion at CityCentre Six in West Houston, a 7,709-square-foot location set for completion in spring 2027 that will mark the brand's third Texas venue. Joey's family ties run deep in Canadian hospitality: founder Jeff Fuller's father, Leroy “Bus” Fuller, co-founded Earls Kitchen + Bar in 1982 with Jeff's brother Stan, according to background reported by CBC News.

Maple Avenue's Restaurant Row Gets Crowded

Joey isn't the only Canadian import putting down roots nearby. Moxies, a neighboring Canadian restaurant concept, opened across the street at 100 Crescent Court in 2016 and is now expanding further into North Texas with a planned 12,971-square-foot restaurant at The Star in Frisco, a project Hoodline previously covered in its report on Moxies' Frisco expansion, with state filings putting that buildout cost at roughly $800,000.

Maple Avenue's transformation extends well beyond restaurants. The $450 million 23Springs development at Cedar Springs Road and Maple Avenue, a 26-story Class-AA office tower from Granite Properties and Highwoods Properties, added more than 620,000 square feet of office space to the immediate block. Inside that tower, Los Angeles-born coastal Italian restaurant Élephanté is set to open September 1, a two-story, 9,800-square-foot venue seating nearly 350 guests that Hoodline detailed in coverage of its debut inside Uptown's tallest tower.

Other recent arrivals include Catch Dallas, which opened in 2024 inside the restored Maple Terrace development at 2401 Maple Ave, Uchi Dallas, which opened on Maple Avenue in 2015, and Local Public Eatery — a sports bar-gastropub concept also within the Joey restaurant group — which opened at 2323 Henderson Ave in 2024. The New York Stock Exchange Texas has also announced plans to open a physical presence at 3819 Maple Ave, bringing corporate financial infrastructure to the same stretch of road now packed with high-end dining concepts.