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Haywire, the group's standalone restaurant at Legacy West, with a focus on local ingredients, will source certain fixings from those cleverly reimagined storage units. DeWitt and Gibbons have created quite the empire — one that is rooted in a surprisingly simple idea. The two gents are dads. They live in Plano with their families. As guys who appreciate top-notch food — and who have highly cultivated palates — they didn't want to constantly drive south to restaurants in Dallas proper. Instead, they created their own eateries that appeal to the family- centric North Texas culture, without sacrificing inventive and superb food presented in chic, well-designed spaces. After lunch, Gibbons takes me on a tour of the wine cellar, which is really more of a vault. I'm walked through three climate-controlled rooms adjoined by massive doors — each carefully chilled appropriately for reds, whites, and beer and Champagne. It's a complex system of wine storage that was meticulously created for Sixty Vines. As we leave, I pause at a crate filled with wine tags (you can bottle your favorite tapped variety). They're stamped with one-liners: "Because I don't do shots;" "Because I need courage to dance;" "Because Tinder isn't working out." It's then that I realize DeWitt and Gibbons' key to success: Attention to detail. Impeccable branding. Love of food. And, an easygoing sense of humor. continued from page 88 Ida Claire restaurant Rendering of Legacy Hall ALTAR'D STATE | FRANCESCA'S | ANTHROPOLOGIE PANERA BREAD CAFÉ | MENCHIE'S | PURE BARRE | ORIGINS KENDRA SCOTT | BLUE FISH | PANDORA | NOTHING BUNT CAKES Find your summer sizzle at over 60 of your favorite names in style! While you're here, enjoy perfect dining options for date night or family night...any night of the week, naturally. US 75 at Bethany Dr. | 972.747.8000 | watterscreek.com |