The Ivy, the Los Angeles restaurant known for its flower-filled patios and celebrity sightings, plans to open a Dallas outpost at 4205 Buena Vista St. in The Terminal at Katy Trail. The opening is planned for fall 2027. The Dallas location will also have a bar, unlike the original.
According to CultureMap Dallas, the Dallas restaurant will be run by India Wolfe, daughter of The Ivy's founders, and her husband, Ernest Wolfe IV. The couple plans to move to Dallas in February with their two children and dogs to operate the new location, which will sit inside a luxury apartment tower overlooking the Katy Trail. “I felt a strong calling to bring The Ivy somewhere new and to plant roots there with our family,” Wolfe said, per the release cited in that report.
The Ivy's founders, chef Richard Irving and Lynn von Kersting, opened the original restaurant on Robertson Boulevard in 1980 and Ivy at the Shore in Santa Monica in 1985. CultureMap reported that India Wolfe worked at the Santa Monica restaurant as a teenager and later took on roles including events and social media. Ernest Wolfe IV, who had often helped his in-laws, eventually joined the business full-time.
A Bar, Blooms, and a Dallas-Sized Personality
The Dallas restaurant will add a curved, D-shaped bar designed by Wolfe. CultureMap reported that her parents are helping with the design and menu, while Wolfe wants the new location to have a contemporary feel without departing too far from the existing restaurants.
Flowers are part of The Ivy's identity, and the Dallas design is expected to combine family-familiar roses with local blooms such as zinnias and snapdragons, according to CultureMap. Wolfe and her husband aim to carry over the restaurant's food and welcoming atmosphere while making it fit its new setting; Wolfe has also envisioned trail users stopping in for brunch.
What's On the Menu
The Ivy serves upscale American comfort food and California-inspired dishes, drawing on Italian, French, Cajun and Mexican cooking. Its menus change with the seasons. The Dallas menu has not been detailed, so it remains unclear which dishes from the existing restaurants will make the move.
It remains to be seen exactly how closely the Dallas menu will mirror that lineup, but Wolfe has said she is confident Dallas will be a good home for both The Ivy and her family. The restaurant will join a growing roster of tenants at The Terminal at Katy Trail, a mixed-use development described as of December 2024 as featuring 16 corner residences and 20,000 square feet of commercial space, according to D Magazine. That same report noted Le PasSage and Rose Cafe, sister concepts of Travis Street Hospitality, were already open there, alongside plans for Austin-based Clark's Oyster Bar to land on Buena Vista Street.
Another restaurant project reported near the trail is The Main House, a planned all-day restaurant slated for 2027 at 3333 Knox St., Ste 145. It is a separate project from The Ivy, whose Dallas location is planned for 4205 Buena Vista St. and is scheduled to open in fall 2027, according to CultureMap Dallas.
