Grapevine - Colleyville - Southlake | May 2022

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BY BAILEY LEWIS

BAILEY LEWISCOMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

Lisa Pardo opened StoneHouse Restaurant in Colleyvillewith her husband, Paul.

COURTESY STONE HOUSE RESTAURANT

BAILEY LEWISCOMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER

StoneHouse Restaurant Colleyville steakhouse makes space for community to feel at home L ong before the quaint residence located on 5201 Colleyvillve Boulevard it down, and the Pardos could not resist taking it over. On Aug. 1, 2019, Paul and Lisa

StoneHouse Restaurant 5201 Colleyville Blvd., Colleyville 817-576-2626 www.stonehouse-restaurant.com Hours: Mon.-Wed. 4:30-9 p.m., Thu. 4:30-10 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 5-11 p.m., Sun. closed THREE DISHES TO TRY: 1 Among Stone House’s desserts, the chocolate mousse cake ($8) is a favorite. 2 A popular Stone House appetizer is its blue crab empanadas ($14). 3 One of the restaurant’s well-loved dishes is its seared salmon ($28) with asparagus and smoked tomato butter.

retired,” Lisa said. “God just had a dierent plan.” Lisa said the restaurant is known for dishes such as the blue crab empanadas, stued salmon, Texas redsh and hand-cut steaks. After Paul died in September 2021, Lisa said her goal now is to carry on his vision, as she is immensely proud of what he created. On top of the food, Lisa said what sets the restaurant apart is that the Pardos made it so customers feel like they are eating at a family home. “We opened [Stone House Restau- rant] with the thought and the joy of knowing that people are gonna come here to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries, and good news and bad news,” Lisa said.

was Stone House Restaurant, Lisa Pardo’s great aunt and uncle lived caddy-corner to the home. It was the most envied home in Colleyville at the time. “[My mother] said they would just drive by and go, ‘Oh, to have a house like that,’” Pardo said. “And then, here we are.” For years, Lisa and her husband Paul Pardo drove past the home— which at that point was a beauty salon—on their way to church. They thought it would make the perfect restaurant and suggested the location to a friend who was looking for a place to open one. He turned

Pardo signed the lease for the home- turned-restaurant and opened for business on Sept. 28, 2020. Paul had always been in the restaurant business, starting out as a kid washing dishes before opening restaurants in San Antonio, Lisa said. He then went to Iraq and worked as a civilian in the food service. When he got back, they bought Coal Vines Pizza and Wine Bar in Southlake and owned it for three years. The Pardos thought they were done with the restaurant business when the opportunity to buy Stone House happened. “We really thought we were

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