Argyle's New Main Street and Nature Trail Will Share One Brick, and the First Order Lands in November

If you drive north on US 377 past FM 407, the restaurants line the highway. Little Joe's Farmstead is at 401, The Argyle Social at 427 and Quandary Kitchen & Market at 429. The cleared ground behind them is where Argyle is building its first town center. The detail that holds the whole project together is a pallet of clay pavers.

The Town of Argyle is buying one specialty brick for two separate projects, the Argyle Nature Trail and a new Main Street. Cloud Ceramics makes the brick, and Blackson Brick Co. is its exclusive distributor. Town staff wrote that ordering it directly would get "consistency in size and color" across both projects. The first order is scheduled to arrive the first week of November, and a second order is due early in 2027. The trail and the street will look like one surface because they come from the same supplier.

What the brick money is paying for

The Town Council's Oct. 19 agenda packet includes a request for up to $350,000 in brick purchases. The first delivery costs $182,383.51, and the order planned for 2027 is estimated at $167,616.49. The packet splits the cost by project.

The two Main Street lines add up to more than two and a half times the trail's share. Most of this brick is for the street. Staff described these costs as a new way of buying items the council had already approved, not new spending. They fall under an overall $1.1 million Main Street project running from Marsden to Cook, budgeted in the FY27 Roadway Impact Fee Budget.

The same packet includes a change order with North Rock Construction, the company building the Nature Trail. The council awarded North Rock that contract on Aug. 17, 2026, for up to $339,826.77. The change order moves brick purchasing to the town and adds installing brick on parts of Main Street to North Rock's work. Its listed amount is up to $81,538.44, which would bring the contract to $421,365.21. That item, the brick purchase and a $150,000 agreement with Architexas for Town Center planning and Main Street design were all on the Oct. 19 agenda. The minutes will show the final votes once they're posted.

The town also has a separate bid out for installing 29,340 square feet of clay pavers on Main Street, with the town supplying the pavers. It was posted Oct. 17, and bids are due Nov. 2. On Sept. 21, the council approved up to $460,000 for phases one through three of Kimley-Horn's final engineering for Main Street NW.

A street that can close for a Saturday

The Main Street plan is easier to picture than the budget lines. The Cross Timbers Gazette described it in June as a brick-paved street north of FM 407 and east of Hwy 377, connecting the shops with Town Hall. The town would maintain it and keep it open to cars. It could also close the street for short periods for events. The plan puts walkability first, and stop signs or signals can be added if traffic calls for them.

Being able to close the street matters for one local fixture. The Argyle Farmers Market runs on second Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon, April through October, so it has finished for 2026. Plans for Argyle Marketplace include a space set aside for the farmers market, along with public restrooms, landscaping, walkways and access to the Nature Trail. When the market's 2027 season opens in April, a brick street and a dedicated space should be under construction or close to finished.

The trail behind Little Joe's

The Argyle Nature Trail sits on a 4.85-acre site south of 202 Cook Street. The town's bid describes a quarter-mile loop with three connector trails linking it to nearby developments and HOAs. It's behind Little Joe's Farmstead and Rapid Med, near US 377 and Cook Street. At the first Parks Board meeting, reported Aug. 1, the forecast was for construction to start by the end of August and finish by the end of December. The trail will connect to Argyle Marketplace. Change order line items cover pavers where the trail meets Main Street.

The Town Manager's Aug. 1 notes describe talks about outdoor dining along the trail property. One idea is a deck next to the easternmost Marketplace building. In this plan, the trail also works as a front yard for the restaurants.

A smaller green space is being planned nearby. PointBank Wallace Lynch Park is a proposed 1.3-acre park on US 377 south of PointBank, near the former Uncle Mike's Bistro. Early concepts include play equipment, seating, art and walkways. As of the August report, Town Council had not yet approved the plans.

Hurtado's patio faces the preserve

Argyle Marketplace is the private development the street and trail are built around. Colo Development Partners is building three buildings at 403 US Hwy 377. The approved plan adds up to about 23,000 square feet. That's a 13,600-square-foot building along the highway and two smaller buildings in back, each close to 5,000 square feet. Construction started in June. The Denton Record-Chronicle reported a target of finishing by the end of the year.

So far, Hurtado Barbecue is the one restaurant announced for the Marketplace. Owner Brandon Hurtado lives in Argyle. He first planned to open in the former St. Argyle's/Fuzzy's building on Hwy 377. The Cross Timbers Gazette reported in August that the restaurant posted that its plans had "shifted a little – quite literally to the left," into a new building with a patio facing the Argyle Nature Preserve. The Gazette said the opening is expected in spring 2027. The Denton Record-Chronicle reported it would open no later than April 2027. Hurtado started as a food truck in 2018 and has locations in Mansfield, Fort Worth, Arlington and downtown Dallas, plus a stand at Globe Life Field.

Where to eat on the stretch now

The places along the highway already make up most of Argyle's "Main Street vision," a phrase Mayor Ron Schmidt used for the area, as quoted in the Gazette.

• Little Joe's Farmstead, 401 US Hwy 377. The future Nature Trail runs behind it and Rapid Med.
• The Argyle Social, 427 US Hwy 377. It opened July 29. A fire in an exterior wall was found Aug. 10, and the town reported it repaired and open again by Aug. 13.
• Quandary Kitchen & Market, 429 US Hwy 377. It's a dine-in kitchen with a market for takeout sandwiches, entrées, family-size meals, soups and dressings. You can schedule orders for pickup or delivery.

All three addresses fall between 401 and 429 on the same stretch of 377. Main Street and the trail are designed to give that stretch walking connections behind the storefronts.

Two dates before the year ends

Argyle's yearly Arbor Day tree giveaway is Saturday, Nov. 7, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Town Hall. The trees are free for Argyle residents.

The Annual Argyle Christmas Tree Lighting Festival is Saturday, Dec. 5, from 4 to 6 p.m. at The Well Community Church, 600 FM 407. The program lists music, refreshments, crafts, a candlelight carol performance and Santa arriving on a fire truck. The first brick delivery is scheduled to arrive about a month before the festival, and the trail's forecast finish was the end of December.

At The Monarch Team, we follow how Argyle is changing block by block, the same way you do from behind the wheel on 377. If you'd like to know what the new town center could mean for your street or your home's value, contact us for a free home consultation. We're happy to talk it through.