Mediterranean Aba Opens on October 1

They've done so well in Chicago that Marc Jacobs and CJ Jacobson's Mediterranean-inflected Aba is opening its second location right here in the ATX. Not like we don't already have a decent array of such cuisine in town – because we do – but this place is understandably stoking expectations with signature dishes including crispy short rib hummus, muhammara, tamarind braised short rib, shawarma spiced skirt steak, and orange blossom crème brulee pie. Their weekend brunch brings Jerusalem bagel with smoked salmon spread and labneh, khachapuri with cremini mushroom, and bougatsa with blueberry compote. All that, and Liz Pearce designed the bar program. (Whoa, maybe this Aba can even match the taste and swank of Devil May Care? Is it, like, cage match time in Bosporus-adjacent foodtown, friends & neighbors? Reckon we might all be winners with this sort of thing going on.)