Wonder plans app-driven food hall in Allen on Stacy Road

Wonder is bringing a compact but highly digital dining setup to Stacy Road in Allen, where one storefront will let customers mix dishes from more than 20 restaurant concepts in a single transaction. The project is designed for dine-in, takeout and free delivery, giving busy households another way to order dinner without driving across town.

The Allen location is planned for 829 W. Stacy Road, Suite A 100, and the finish-out is listed at about 3,000 square feet with an estimated cost of $970,000. A Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation filing puts the start date at May 4, 2026, and the completion date at July 13, 2026, though Wonder has not announced an opening date.

Wonder describes the model as “lightning-fast food delivery, takeout, and dine-in” from 20-plus restaurant concepts in one place. The company’s lineup includes Tejas Barbecue, Pop Salad, Streetbird by Marcus Samuelsson and Happy Tuna, and it says some menu items are developed with recognizable chefs such as Bobby Flay.

For Allen residents, the appeal is less about a traditional food hall with multiple kitchens under one roof and more about one app-based system that bundles several restaurant brands into one checkout. That means a family on Stacy Road can order barbecue, salad and sushi-style items together instead of placing separate orders from different restaurants.

Wonder’s Texas push goes well beyond Allen. The company says it plans to open more than 100 locations statewide by the end of 2027, its first expansion beyond the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic, and it expects to create thousands of new jobs across Texas.

The Stacy Road site also fits into a corridor that has already become a regional shopping and entertainment draw. The Village at Allen, a 1,027,413-square-foot mixed-use development nearby, includes Topgolf, Cabela’s and the Credit Union of Texas Event Center, reinforcing the stretch as a destination where new dining concepts can tap into steady traffic.

In that setting, Wonder looks poised to test whether Allen households treat app-driven, multi-restaurant ordering as a convenience worth returning to or simply as another novelty on a busy retail corridor. The answer will likely hinge on how often residents want speed, variety and delivery in one stop.