Hollywood’s favorite lunch spot is fixing to get a Texas address.
The Ivy, the iconic Los Angeles restaurant synonymous with rose-covered patios and celebrity sightings, is expanding to Dallas for its first location outside Southern California, with doors set to open in fall 2027.
The new outpost will be located at 4205 Buena Vista St. inside The Terminal at Katy Trail, overlooking the trail.
“This will be the first Ivy outside of Southern California,” India Wolfe, daughter of founders Richard Irving and Lynn von Kersting, said in a release to CultureMap Dallas.
“I felt a strong calling to bring The Ivy somewhere new and to plant roots there with our family.”
Wolfe and her husband, Ernest Wolfe IV, will move to Dallas in February with their two children and dogs to run the restaurant.
Her parents will remain in Los Angeles, where the family’s existing businesses will continue operating.
The Texas location will bring the Ivy’s signature floral patios, decked out with roses and local blooms, along with its upscale American comfort food and California-inspired fare.
The menu is still being developed, but diners can expect the restaurant’s signature style, with Southern California favorites including crab cakes, lobster ravioli, wood-fired pizzas and its famed red velvet cake.
Wolfe knows the business inside and out, having started at the family’s Santa Monica restaurant as a teenager. She worked her way through greeting guests, waiting tables, organizing events and helping modernize the brand’s social media presence.
Irving, a chef, and von Kersting, an interior designer, opened the original Ivy on Robertson Boulevard in 1980. Their Santa Monica sister restaurant, Ivy at the Shore, followed in 1985.
The Dallas expansion will bring the family’s food and bakery operations to four locations, or five when its sister homeware boutique is included.
