A new Trader Joe’s is now open and offering groceries in west McKinney.

The store debuted May 7 with a ribbon-cutting event as customers lined up to enter the new store.

The specifics: The 9,593-square-foot store is located at the corner of Eldorado Parkway and Stonebridge Drive and sells store-branded basics, like eggs and cheese, along with produce, baked goods, frozen meals, and appetizers and packaged meats.

The context: The city’s second Trader Joe’s store opened in the 14-acre Eldorado Neighborhood Shops development, a grocer-anchored mixed-use development that was announced in late 2024. Eldorado Neighborhood Shops is approximately 80% leased and includes tenants such as Chipotle, Verizon, Sherwin-Williams and FedEx.

• 8101 Eldorado Parkway, McKinney

Another Paris Baguette location is slated to debut in McKinney later this year, a representative of the company confirmed. The first Paris Baguette location in McKinney opened on University Drive in March. 

The gist: The eatery’s menu includes sweet options such as cakes, tarts, pastries and donuts, as well as savory items like four cheese quiche and pepperoni pizzetta.  The new location will see $300,000 in construction work beginning in June through late November, according to a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

• 5621 S. Custer Road, Ste. 201, McKinney

On May 26, Texas Republican voters will choose their nominee for the U.S. Senate in a runoff election between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The big picture: 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.

Cornyn and Paxton were the two highest-performing candidates in the eight-way primary race, with Cornyn securing 42% of the vote to Paxton's 41%.

At the polls: Early voting in Texas' runoff elections runs from May 18-22, and runoff election day is May 26.

Looking ahead: The winner of the May 26 overtime round will face the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate—state Rep. James Talarico of Austin—in the November midterm election. Third-party and independent candidates may also appear on the November ballot, and the winner of that election will be sworn in to the U.S. Senate in January 2027.