Lakewood - East Dallas Advocate

11/06/2025

Lakewood Home Tour and Art Walk EAST will take place this weekend. Reserve your spots for these events while you still can:

Previous home tour stop, 7102 Pasadena Ave. (Photo courtesy of Jenifer McNeil Baker.) Lakewood Home Tour This is hosted by the Lakewood Early Childhood PTA and serves as a fundraiser for Lakewood Elementary School, J.L. Long Middle School and Woodrow Wilson High School. There’s

11/05/2025

This weekend, on Nov. 8 and 9, The Shops at Park Lane will host the Hasbro Game Zone:

This weekend, on Nov. 8 and 9, The Shops at Park Lane will host the Hasbro Game Zone. A partnership between Hasbro and Amazon, the free two-day pop-up experience will be open to the public. According to a statement, the experience is meant for families and “invites guests to

11/05/2025

Pine Isle hasn’t had trouble finding customers in its humble shopping strip space on the corner of Capitol and Fitzhugh Avenues. A video from August on the eatery’s Instagram shows a line of customers wrapped around the corner on Capitol Avenue. Singharaj recalls Pine Isle being so busy that he felt like he was working on fast forward while jumping around between cooking, packaging food and fixing things. ⁠
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The regular poke bowl includes two poke scoops (three if ordering the large poke bowl) on rice or salad, and customers choose between shoyu ahi, creamy spicy ahi, gochujang tako, shoyu salmon, creamy spicy salmon and wasabi tako. Krab salad, seaweed salad, edamame, ginger and wasabi also appear on the side. ⁠
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Providing quick, friendly service and dishes plated with purpose is important to Singharaj, even while serving takeout meals only. He brings his experience from fine dining, and he praises the hard work of the Pine Isle staff in keeping up with high standards. Meals are made to order, and the goal is for the wait time to be no longer than 15 minutes. ⁠
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https://lakewood.advocatemag.com/pine-isle-shares-hawaii-experience/

Local Hawaiian food eatery Pine Isle occupies a humble space in the small shopping strip on the corner of Capitol and Fitzhugh Avenues. The space communicates what chef and owner Kevin Singharaj wants it to. Pine Isle is all about the food.

11/05/2025

Officer Armando Jaramillo was put in custody Nov. 4 and is accused of physically injuring a family member:

Royce City Police Department arrested a Dallas Police Department officer who had been assigned to the Northeast Patrol Division, headquartered just north of Norbuck Park. Officer Armando Jaramillo was put in custody

11/05/2025

The Northern Texas and Oklahoma Chapter of Breakthrough T1D is hosting its annual walk on Saturday, Nov. 8:

Previous Breakthrough T1D in the Dallas area. Courtesy photo. The Northern Texas and Oklahoma Chapter of Breakthrough T1D, the nonprofit that aims to “cure, prevent and treat Type 1 diabetes and its complications,” is hosting its annual

11/05/2025

The cultural trail will connect the Dallas Arts District in Downtown, Deep Ellum and Fair Park, which are our City’s cultural districts:

Dallas Cultural Trail conceptual map, screenshot from deepellumtexas.com/dallasculturaltrail. The Dallas Cultural Trail project is moving forward and gathering feedback from locals. The cultural trail will connect the Dallas Arts District in Downtown, Deep Ellum and Fair Park, which are

11/04/2025

The North Texas Food Bank is teaming up with Dallas College to fight food insecurity in response to the continued government shutdown. More than 3.5 million Texans face a potential loss or suspension of the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits for November. About half of those affected are children.

Courtesy of Metro Creative Images The North Texas Food Bank is teaming up with Dallas College to fight food insecurity in response to the continued government shutdown. More than 3.5 million Texans face a potential loss or suspension of the SNAP (

11/04/2025

Willie & Coote Salon will celebrate the 20th anniversary in Lakewood with an event at 4:30-7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 5:

Willie & Coote hair salon, courtesy of Google Maps screenshot. Willie & Coote Salon at the corner of Belmont Avenue and Abrams Road is celebrating 20 years of service. Fate struck one day when Karen Dittmar was driving around and saw

11/04/2025

In the November Advocate, meet Karl Chiao, the Dallas Historical Society executive director & East Dallas neighbor whose passion for collecting has helped build exhibits at DHS. ⁠
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Say "aloha" to Local Hawaiian eatery Pine Isle, featuring authentic dishes like pork lau lau, steamed in taro leaves and served with traditional rice, macaroni salad, and a garden salad. ⁠
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Bid a fond farewell to Linda Marie Ford England, an artist, actor and all-around beloved friend who left a lasting legacy on our neighborhood, including words to live by in her window. ⁠
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Travel through history and several locations, remembering the path of the iconic Tango Frogs of Greenville Avenue. ⁠
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Put down the rake, according to a neighborhood master gardener and master naturalist who advocates leaving the leaves. Check the list of the top ten city code violations and how to avoid them. ⁠
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Read all this month's stories:
https://lakewood.advocatemag.com/issues/2025-november/⁠

11/03/2025

Police discovered on Sunday afternoon on Ross Avenue that Jayden Williamson, 18, had been shot. He was taken to a hospital and died there:

A teenager was found shot and killed on Sunday afternoon on Ross Avenue. DPD Beat reported that police responded to the call at about 4:50 p.m. Nov. 2 in the 5000 block of Ross Avenue in a parking lot and

11/03/2025

ASI Ninja, part of the ASI Gymnastics brand, opened at The Shops at Park Lane and offers children's classes on gymnastics and parkour:

Photo courtesy of ASI Gymnastics. A new gym designed for kids’ movement training is now open at The Shops at Park Lane. ASI Ninja, a part of the ASI Gymnastics brand, combines gymnastics, parkour and trampoline exercises in a structured program

11/02/2025

The dining concept Romy is expected to open in a little over a year at the new Henderson Avenue development:

Rendering of development at 2110 and 2200 N. Henderson Ave. Photo courtesy of GFF. Editor's note: It’s been a while since the Lakewood/East Dallas Advocate has done “Restaurant Talk,” but I’d like to bring it back to round up news about