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New restaurant Sugarbacon now open in downtown McKinney

The owners of a new downtown McKinney restaurant are smart: Name your place Sugarbacon Proper Kitchen and people are bound to want to try it.

The Bee Sting is a tequila-based cocktail with Cointreau, grapefruit juice, lime, agave and...
The Bee Sting is a tequila-based cocktail with Cointreau, grapefruit juice, lime, agave and muddled jalapeño.(Kevin Marple)

The place, opening June 24, is in fact named for a dish on the menu: an appetizer of pork belly, spicy pickles and a crostini. It's pictured above.

Sugarbacon's menu includes sandwiches, priced $11 to $15, such as a salmon BLT and a turkey melt with pancetta and basil mayo. Entrees, at $17 to $28, include shrimp and grits, parmesan-herb gnocchi and steak with potato salad.

Beverage director Sean Conner will grow herbs on-site for his cocktails. He calls it a "garden to glass" program -- a clever play on the farm to table concept.

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Sugarbacon moved into a building that housed a service station for 80 years, according to information from the publicist, so Dana Foley utilized the existing charms like exposed brick walls and concrete floors.

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Sugarbacon is the work of Johnny Carros, who was a recent GM at Jasper's, and chef Jon Thompson, former executive chef for Stampede 66 and now-closed Samar.

The restaurant will start by serving lunch and dinner June 24. Brunch is expected to come later.

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Sugarbacon is housed in an old service shop. Hard to tell now.
Sugarbacon is housed in an old service shop. Hard to tell now.(Kevin Marple)