Closed for 379 days: 5 beloved Dallas-area restaurants and bars that finally reopened Closed for 379 days: 5 beloved Dallas-area restaurants and bars that finally reopened After a long (and unwanted) hibernation, bars like Midnight Rambler and restaurants like Twisted Root are back in action. You want to hear war stories about owning a restaurant during a pandemic? Rich Vana is reopening The Heritage Table in downtown Frisco in mid-April 2021. But not before he closed his beloved restaurant, launched a sandwich shop and closed the sandwich shop.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) After “hemorrhaging money for a year” during the coronavirus pandemic, Dallas-Fort Worth restaurateurs like Rich Vana are finally feeling comfortable enough to reopen their businesses. The Heritage Table in downtown Frisco will re-emerge as a cautious copy of its former self, albeit a little war-torn.