Check out five new places to eat in Plano.

1. Cafe Meltie
The Korean and French inspired cafe offers a variety of coffee, tea and juice. A Cafe Meltie store worker said they also have pastry options, including their creme croissants, their most popular pastry. Some coffee options include lattes, their caramel macchiato and cappuccinos. Cafe Meltie also has tea and juice options like green tea and grapefruit-ade.

• Opened April 1

• 930 East 15th St., Ste. 200, Plano

2. Desperados
The restaurant serves a variety of tacos from shrimp and fish to brisket and grilled beef. Other dishes include flautas, chili relleno and enchiladas according to its menu. Some of its desserts include flan and its cuatro leches cake made in-house. The Plano location is one of three in the Dallas-Fort Worth area according to its website.

• Opened April 7

• 5960 West Parker Road, Ste. 210, Plano

Sloan's Ice Cream opened along Preston Road in late March.

What they offer: The business offers a variety of sundaes, milkshakes, cookies, brownies, chocolates and other candies.

Kaleidoscope Park in Frisco will expand, and three new office buildings are planned for Denton. Check out these five construction projects filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

1. Industrial buildings in Denton: TDLR documents show that three industrial buildings are scheduled to start construction later this summer near the I-35 and North Elm Street. The buildings are intended for industrial, office and warehouse use, according to city documents. The three buildings have a combined construction cost of $24 million and will cover roughly 750,000 square feet.

• Location: 6200 N. I-35, Denton
• Estimated timeline: Aug. 17, 2026-Dec. 6, 2027
• Estimated cost: $24 million

• Location: 2801 Network Blvd., Frisco
• Estimated timeline: June 19, 2026-December 6, 2027
• Estimated cost: $11.3 million

For the first time in more than a decade, there is no incumbent in the Texas attorney general's race as Ken Paxton runs for the U.S. Senate. Voters across Texas made their picks for attorney general in the May 26 runoff election, with the winning candidate from each political party moving on to the November election.

The context: The Republican and Democratic attorney general races are among several statewide contests that advanced to May runoffs after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the March 3 primary election.

The attorney general serves as Texas' top lawyer and law enforcement officer.

About the candidates: On the right, state Sen. Mayes Middleton of Galveston and U.S. Rep. Chip Roy of Austin are each seeking the Republican nomination for the seat.

On the left, state Sen. Nathan Johnson of Dallas and former Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski are vying for the Democratic nomination.

Keep reading to see the results in the two attorney general races and find other runoff results at communityimpact.com/voter-guide.

In the May 26 runoff election, Republican voters across Texas cast their votes in a contentious U.S. Senate race between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The context: The Republican race for U.S. Senate is one of several statewide contests that advanced to May runoffs after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the March 3 primary election.

About the candidates: Cornyn, an incumbent senator with nearly 24 years in office, is seeking to hold his seat for another six years while being challenged by Paxton, the once-impeached state attorney general who was recently endorsed by President Donald Trump. Read each candidate's priorities in their own words here.  

The winning Republican candidate will face the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, state Rep. James Talarico of Austin, in November.
 
Keep reading to see the results in the Cornyn-Paxton race and find other runoff results at communityimpact.com/voter-guide.