A second Pokeworks restaurant is headed to Frisco, with state filings pointing to a spot in the Parkway Towne Crossing shopping center at 5101 Eldorado Parkway, Ste. 160. The filings describe a roughly $120,000 renovation project that would convert a 1,269-square-foot retail space into the Hawaiian-inspired poke chain's newest outpost.
According to documents filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and reported by Community Impact, construction on the renovation is expected to start March 1, 2027, and wrap by Dec. 31, 2027. A TDLR project record tied to the filing shows a registration date of May 29, 2025, though the underlying project details beyond that identifier were not available.
What's on the Menu
Pokeworks built its name on Hawaiian-inspired poke bowls, burritos and salads, with seafood, chicken or tofu layered over rice, vegetables, sauces and toppings, per the filing-based report. The chain rounds out its menu with sides like hot miso soup, seaweed salad and spicy edamame, the same report notes.
Frisco diners got their first taste of the chain back in June 2023, when Pokeworks opened its original location in the city. The outlet operates six additional locations across the Dallas-Fort Worth region, according to the filing-based account.
A Pattern of Growth
Pokeworks' first Frisco restaurant celebrated its grand opening at 3401 Preston Road, Ste. 10, on June 12, 2023, serving up dishes like sesame chicken, spicy ahi, yuzu ponzu salmon and sweet shoyu tofu bowls, as Community Impact reported at the time. That debut came amid a broader national push for the brand.
Pokeworks opened nine new locations in 2023, including its first restaurant in Canada, according to QSR Magazine. The chain followed that with plans for 12 more locations in 2024, which it said would push its total past 85 restaurants by year's end, and it projected more than 120 locations within 30 to 36 months, per the same trade publication. Whether those earlier targets were ultimately met has not been independently verified.
No opening date, operator details, or employment figures tied to the planned second Frisco restaurant have been confirmed. For now, the permit paperwork offers the clearest signal yet that Frisco's poke scene is set to grow once more.
