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Don’t call it an evolution. The newest III Forks steakhouse, which opened April 8, 2025, in Addison, is a “reinvention,” company president Curtis Osmond said.
Gone is the more than 20,000 square-foot mansion on the Dallas North Tollway, where III Forks fed customers from 1998 to 2020. The new face of III Forks is smaller and more focused, Osmond said.
“Historically, the public has thought about steakhouses as these giant buildings with these big banquet rooms,” he said. “It can be difficult to find cozy, little nooks to celebrate and enjoy a nice dinner.”
The reinvented III Forks is 6,000 square feet with two private dining rooms, one for six and one for eight people. For those who remember the former restaurant in Far North Dallas, one The Dallas Morning News said in 1998 was built “for big appetites, big spenders and big egos,” it’s a significant change.
“We learned a lot with COVID,” chef-proprietor Chris Vogeli said. “Size, all of a sudden, is definitely out.”
Most diners will gravitate to III Forks because of the steaks, and those still play prominently on the restaurant menu. The chef has seen an uptick in demand for dry-aged beef. As of a year ago, III Forks also started selling American Wagyu sourced from Snake River Farms, the Idaho company that calls itself the “pioneers of American Wagyu.” Those cuts will go on the Addison menu, and it’s some of the priciest beef listed, at $179 for 24 ounces.
Other cuts include filets, bone-in rib-eyes and the like.
The menu contains three dishes that have been III Forks staples since the beginning: the Signature III Forks Salad with a maple-pecan vinaigrette, a side order of creamed corn, and crab cake starter with Creole beurre blanc.
New to the menu is a chicken-fried lobster appetizer — essentially, lobster nuggets.
The new restaurant will also use one of its private dining rooms as a speakeasy of sorts. The entrance is hidden and will be saved for private groups, and it’s likely to become a cocktail den for those invited inside.
Osmond and Vogeli said customers tend to order classic cocktails, like Old-Fashioneds or Bee’s Knees, at their steakhouse. That is, if customers aren’t choosing the quintessential companion for steak: a big, bold red wine.
As Dallas continues to see a new steakhouse pop up regularly, Osmond said he believes there are “a whole host of people” who still don’t have a favorite.
“We stand ready to show Dallas this reinvented steakhouse,” he said.
III Forks is at 5100 Belt Line Road, Suite 800, Dallas. III Forks at 1303 Legacy Drive, Frisco, remains open. Dinner only, except for special events like Easter.
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