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Whiskers and Soda Cat Cafe opened March 25 at 10320 Garland Road, Dallas.
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FEATURED IMPACT NOW OPEN Whiskers and Soda Cat Cafe , a new cafe for mingling with adoptable cats, is now open in East Dallas. The cafe, which held its grand opening March 25, is located at 10320 Garland Road, inside the same building as Gri n Rock Cat Retreat, a new luxury cat boarding facility. Married couple Rob and Caroline Stovall, who live in Lake Highlands, own both businesses. Whiskers and Soda will allow guests to socialize with cats from A Voice for All Paws, a local nonpro t organization that rescues cats and kittens for adoption, while enjoying co ee, tea and baked goods. “It’s a venue for bringing together cats that are up for adoption [and] foster cats that need forever homes with people that might be interested in adopting a cat, or maybe they just want to go hang out with cats,” Rob Stovall previously told Community Impact . To visit the cafe part of the building, guests will have to book a reserved spaces in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, according to the company’s website. https://thecommondesk.com 9 Golden Chick is scheduled to open during the summer in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas. The new restaurant will be located at 11915 Abrams Road. No opening date has been announced, but Golden Chick officials said they expect it to open in June or July. Golden Chick’s menu features fried chicken, grilled chick- en, catfish, sandwiches and more. The chicken restaurant chain has more than 50 locations throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area. www.goldenchick.com RELOCATIONS 10 Apara Autism Centers has officially relocated from its Richardson clinic to the North Medical Arts building, located at 12606 Greenville Ave., Ste. 275, Dallas, to offer more space and parking. The autism care center was previously located at 850 S. Greenville Ave., Ste. 105, Richardson. Apara offers part-time,
time slot and pay an hourly fee. Membership options will be available, and nonmembers will be subject to walk-in availability, Rob Stovall said. He anticipates plenty of walk-in availability at the beginning of the cafe’s operations but said he expects availability to become more limited over time. Rob Stovall said the cafe’s full capacity will allow 40 guests, and an expected average of 15 cats will roam the cafe. However, the number of cats in the cafe will be dependent on how many sociable, friendly cats A Voice for All Paws has available and how quickly they get adopted. 214-233-6176 https://whiskersandsoda.com
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full-time and in-home therapy options for a variety of services. 844-272-7223. www.aparaautism.com CLOSINGS 11 After 34 years of operations, Tex-Mex restaurant Matt’s Rancho Martinez per- manently closed its Lakewood location April 3. The company announced the closure on Facebook and encouraged its patrons to visit its new location in Allen. The restaurant also has a location in Royse City. The restaurant is known for its “often imitated, never duplicated” Bob Armstrong dip. The Lakewood restaurant was located at 1904 Skillman St., Dallas. 214-823-5517. www.mattstexmex.com 12 After 16 years of business, Urban Taco permanently closed at 5331 E. Mockingbird Lane, Ste. 125, Dallas. on March 2. The company announced the closure on Facebook, saying customers can still order from Urban Taco through ghost kitchen company Oomi Kitchen. https://urban-taco.com
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