An upscale pub chain is headed for The Colony with not just one but two enviable outdoor amenities: Thirsty Lion Gastropub known for its beer, cocktails, and very good cost-effective foods, is opening a locale at the Grandscape growth, where by it will characteristic the two a patio and a rooftop bar. That’s a grand slam.

The pub, component of a little but growing Arizona-based mostly chain, will open up at 5754 Grandscape Blvd #205, in the exact common place as Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse and Stroll-On’s Athletics Bistreaux.

According to a launch, it will be their most ambitious location so far: a lively, two-tale restaurant, with a next floor bar and rooftop patio 6,500 square feet of out of doors seating and an extra 2,500 sq. foot greenspace patio.

Thirsty Lion CEO John Plew claims in a statement that it can be the “start of our most significant location in North Texas.”

Thirsty Lion was founded in 2010 as a comfy but aspirational gastropub with a chef-driven menu that would remember to foodies and non-foodies alike, with a combination of products the two approachable and reducing-edge.

Their menu consists of Baja fish tacos, spicy sausage mac & cheese, and salads this kind of as blackened salmon Caesar, grilled steak, and Cobb. You can find a green chile hen & avocado sandwich on a crusty roll, a fashionable ahi poke bowl, and an eclectic appetizer menu with bacon-wrapped BBQ prawns, sushi rolls, and standard Scotch eggs.

They were in advance of the curve in offering a plant-dependent burger, and they update their menu often with seasonal offerings and specials.

The bar attributes a big range of craft beer on faucet, at minimum 20 wines by the glass, and cocktails built with clean fruit purees, juices, and high quality liquors.

Each and every site is one of a kind to its environment and functions fire pits, many Television screens, outdoor patios, and an industrial eating area, with major-of-the line acoustics that enable for simultaneous pleasure of songs, dialogue, and athletics.

This will be Thirsty Lion’s 3rd area in Texas, following Irving which opened in 2017, and Glade Parks City Centre in Euless which opened in 2018. A fourth site will open in Preston Hollow in May well, at 7859 Walnut Hill Ln. #140, in the previous Matchbox, which closed in mid-2020 following 4 yrs.

In anticipation of the opening, they’re in employing manner, hunting to fill 150 positions for several positions together with bartenders, servers, hosts, prep cooks, bussers, barbacks, and foods runners.