A quick-service restaurant inside The Statler hotel, R&B, is closing after service on Saturday. The shop opened about 11 months ago, in July 2018.
At its opening, Executive Chef Angela Hernandez worked with Chef de Cuisine Josh Bonee to create a menu of ramen and bao — hence the name R&B — in a fast-casual setting. It was open late, until 4 a.m.
By the end of 2018, Hernandez left Dallas for a job in Austin and a new set of chefs was in charge. The Statler's fancier restaurant next-door, Fine China, had received a 1-star review under Hernandez a few months prior. Culinary director Graham Dodds left in 2018, too. Robert Cain is the current chef.
R&B served a faster-paced diner; it had high-top community tables and bar-like seating that encouraged a quick stop in. Beyond R&B's menu of ramen, the shop also sold a beef-and-cheese bao called the cheesebao-ger, as well as hot fried chicken, soft-shell crab and other proteins in steamed buns.
After R&B closes, a spokeswoman confirms it will be turned into a new concept. More to come.
