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Whole Foods will be the West Grove development’s anchor tenant in McKinney.
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6 Premier Baywash will bring a tunnel car wash to McKinney this spring. Opera- tors say they expect the car wash to open at the end of May. The address is 6102 Stacy Road, McKinney. The tunnel car wash will allow customers to clean their vehicles without having to leave their cars. 903-717-0226. A website is not yet available. 7 Construction started in mid-March on Valerie’s Taco Shop , located at 6720 Alma Road in McKinney, as part of the Hub 121 development off SH 121. Officials with the restaurant say construction is expected to last about a month and a half. The Mexican restaurant will sell a variety of meat and vegetable tacos, including carne asada, grilled shrimp and carnitas. Burritos, que- sadillas and sides will also be available. A phone number and full menu for the McKinney taco shop will be available soon. www.valeriestacoshop.com 8 Jason Graman with Fork & Fire in Plano is bringing his restaurant concept to Hub 121 in McKinney. Fork & Fire will be located at 7540 SH 121 in McKinney and will offer a fine-casual setting with many of the same menu items as the Plano location, Graman said. Food at Fork & Fire will be protein-focused, with chefs preparing meals on a wood fire grill at 650 degrees to sear in the flavor, Graman said. The salmon is sourced from the Faroe Islands, and the steaks are kin to Kobe beef, with the cattle raised in Texas. Drinks are made with the restaurant’s own simple syrups, Graman said. The restaurant will also offer an expansive patio that will overlook the green space at Hub 121. Construction will take place this spring and summer, with the restaurant slated to FEATURED IMPACT COMING SOON The rm behind McKinney’s upcoming West Grove development announced that it has netted Whole Foods Market as the project’s anchor tenant. West Grove—a 600,000-square-foot retail, restaurant and entertainment destination at the southeast corner of US 380 and Custer Road—is starting construction later this year, according to Artemio De La Vega, president and CEO of De La Vega Capital and Development. In addition to Whole Foods, the project will also feature 420 luxury apartments, 55,000 square feet of o ce space and a 2-acre community park.
This will be the rst Whole Foods Market in McKinney, per the release from De La Vega Capital and Development. Plans for West Grove include a neighboring entertainment venue called The Hub, which will feature a stage, an event lawn and surrounding retail and restaurants.
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9 Hugs Cafe Inc., a McKinney-based nonprofit restaurant and greenhouse that employs people with disabilities, has launched a new local initiative to help adults with special needs join the workforce. Hugs Training Academy is an educational training center that aims to help those with intellectual and develop- mental disabilities learn how to work in food service and hospitality. The acade- my is temporarily located at 5871 Virginia Parkway, but will move to a permanent location on the east side of SH 5 once the facility has been built. Those interested in becoming a student can fill out an application and find more information at https://hugscafe.org/training-academy.
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