Look inside Hendy’s, East Dallas’ newest restaurant opening this week

As seen in The Dallas Morning News: A new East Dallas restaurant and bar with a ‘living room’ vibe.

Gone is Sfuzzi, a pizza and wine bar. That same team of restaurateurs decided to rebrand the address with a neighborhood-friendly eatery that appeals to all ages. As in: Some will stop in for dinner and drinks, while a younger drinking crowd might mosey from nearby bars Lawnie’s or Spider Murphy’s, finding a lively late-night atmosphere at Hendy’s for cocktails and food.

The Menu Chef Peja Krstic, a partner in the project who owns Michelin Recommended restaurant Mot Hai Ba and new Oak Cliff bistro Pillar, created the menu at Hendy’s. As his involvement suggests, Hendy’s could be a dinner destination in East Dallas.

The Drinks The cocktail menu includes colorful drinks — an orange one called Roger Rabbit with carrots, a purple Transfusion with grape juice, a yellow frosty bev with banana and coconut, and a neon green margarita with pickle juice and jalapeños. And I haven’t yet seen the Sour Patch Kid margarita. But don’t you want to?

A “cafe” section of cocktails includes booze-infused espresso and matcha drinks.

The restaurant will can its own seltzers behind the bar. They’re housemade “jam seltzers” — one with peach and raspberry jam and vodka, another with blackberry jam, orange juice and gin.

The Team Carpenter and another Hendy’s partner, Cote Bona, moved to Dallas together after opening Bottled Blonde bars all over the country. They’re purposefully leaving the club scene for bar-restaurants, and they partnered with Schanbaum and Brandon Hays, who operate High Fives across the street and the coming-soon cocktail lounge next to it, Boogie’s (formerly The Whippersnapper).

The Space Longtime Dallasites might remember this corner on Henderson as Capitol Pub, a beloved beer joint that was open for more than a decade. The Hendy’s team had several walls removed from the dark space, then installed sliding glass doors onto the patios. Colors of olive, pink and rust are speckled throughout the restaurant.

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