What Colleyville's New Restaurants Have in Common

Jessica Glenn first announced plans for a champagne lounge in a former office suite at Colleyville Town Center back in January 2026, months before she had a website or a single Instagram post to her name. By late May, that empty office at 5665 Colleyville Blvd had turned into Pop & Pour, a champagne lounge with a turquoise interior and an L-shaped marble bar. Glenn told CultureMap Fort Worth that neighboring business owners like The Cookie Bar gave her a warm reception before she'd even opened the doors, and that moms' groups had already started asking about private events.

That story on its own is a nice one. But look at it next to what else has happened on Colleyville Boulevard this year and a pattern starts to show up that says something real about how this town's dining scene actually grows.

The corridor doing the talking

Colleyville Blvd is where almost all of this is playing out. Pop & Pour sits at 5665. A few doors down at 5615, Loveria Caffe has spent the past several months building a following for its Roman pinsa and house-made ravioli, run by Andrea and Stefania, two former architects from Italy who settled in Texas and named their restaurant after the Italian word for "irresistible." A Smoothie King is set to open in that same 5615 address in late August. And at 5204, Lucile's Stateside Bistro, a Fort Worth institution that has served Camp Bowie Boulevard since 1993, is preparing to open its first-ever second location by the end of 2026.

Four addresses, four very different concepts, all clustered on the same stretch of road. That's not a coincidence of geography. It's a signal about what kind of business is willing to bet on Colleyville right now, and what kind isn't.

What was there before

The Lucile's space used to be Zafiros Mexican Grill y Cantina, which closed in late 2024. The site sat empty for nearly two years before Lucile's owner Bob McLean, who opened the original restaurant in a century-old Fort Worth building that once housed Steve's Cafe and later Finley's Cafeteria, decided Colleyville was worth his first expansion in three decades of business. Colleyville Mayor Bobby Lindamood called it a strong fit for the community when the city announced the lease.

A few blocks away, the space that had been an Applebee's for years became Cafe 26, a family-owned traditional cafe serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Reviewers liked the food. It didn't last. As of a Yelp update in May 2026, Cafe 26 is closed.

That's the real texture of Colleyville's restaurant turnover this year. A national casual chain closed and sat vacant for over a year until a 33-year independent brand decided to gamble on it. A family cafe took over another long-empty chain space and didn't make it. Meanwhile, the businesses that are actually landing and sticking, Pop & Pour, Loveria Caffe, Lucile's, all share a founder with a specific personal reason for choosing this specific town.

"People who live in Colleyville have told me, 'We need something like this here,'" Glenn said. "I'm thankful that we've had quite a few people reach out, like moms groups, who love bubbles and are super excited to do events here."

The one exception that proves the rule

Not everything opening on Colleyville Blvd fits the founder-story mold, and the exception is worth naming because it sharpens the pattern rather than breaking it. Smoothie King, arriving at 5615 in late August, is a straightforward national chain. But it's landing in a quick-service, grab-and-go slot, not competing for the sit-down dinner crowd. The full-service concepts moving into this corridor this year are independents with a story behind the menu. The one true chain addition is filling a different kind of need entirely, a fast smoothie on the way to practice, not a reservation on a Friday night.

That split matters if you're trying to read what's actually happening here. Colleyville isn't resistant to chains outright. It's specific about where they go.

The founders behind the menus

Glenn's path to Colleyville wasn't random. She grew up in south Florida, but her parents relocated to nearby Keller while she was in college at DePaul University, and she spent breaks visiting the area. Her family's tradition of sharing sparkling wine every Sunday became the idea behind Pop & Pour years later, and when it came time to open her own place, this stretch of Colleyville Blvd is where she chose to plant it.

Andrea and Stefania's path to Loveria Caffe ran through architecture careers in Italy before they decided to bring their sense of design and food to Texas. Their menu leans into dishes like squid ink ravioli and Wagyu tagliatelle, and the restaurant recently picked up a "Best Authentic Italian Restaurant in Texas" nod from a regional publication, alongside recognition for its lasagna.

Bob McLean's decision to bring Lucile's to Colleyville after more than three decades running a single Fort Worth location is arguably the biggest bet on this list. Lucile's built its reputation on daily blackboard specials and weekend brunch in a building with its own layered history, and choosing to finally expand into Colleyville rather than anywhere else in Tarrant County says something about where McLean sees demand heading.

What this means if you're deciding where to eat this month

For residents keeping track of the current lineup, here's where things stand as of this August:

• Pop & Pour has been open since May 23 and leans into daytime and weekend hours, with a Sunday brunch mimosa flight that includes pastries and seasonal fruit.
• Loveria Caffe is fully open at 5615 Colleyville Blvd and recently added Roman pinsa to its regular menu.
• Truva Mediterranean Bar and Grill on Church Street rolled out a new menu as of this month, still serving its usual kebabs and lamb shank lineup seven days a week.
• Smoothie King is expected to open at 5615 Colleyville Blvd before the end of August.
• Lucile's Stateside Bistro is preparing the former Zafiros space at 5204 Colleyville Blvd for a late 2026 opening.

Next Bistro, the longer-running seafood and steak spot known for its Wine Spectator-recognized list and quieter weekday lunch service, remains the steady anchor this newer wave is opening around. If you want a calmer table without the wait, restaurant regulars point to Monday evenings and weekday lunch as the times to go.

The read on Colleyville right now

None of this is happening because a franchise developer picked Colleyville off a spreadsheet of growth markets. It's happening because individual owners, an Italian couple who used to design buildings, a Fort Worth restaurant family expanding for the first time in 33 years, a woman whose parents happened to retire to Keller, looked at this specific stretch of Colleyville Blvd and decided it was worth building something permanent. The chains that do show up are filling narrow gaps, not setting the tone.

That's a different story than the one most "what's new to eat" roundups tell, and it's the one actually playing out on the ground this year.

If you're already part of this community and want to keep an eye on how these openings shape the neighborhood, or you're weighing a move into the area and want someone who tracks these details block by block, The Monarch Team would be glad to talk through what's changing in Colleyville and the surrounding towns we work in every day.