An assisted living community in Frisco is expanding to include a memory care facility.

The details: Bethesda Gardens Frisco, the community, broke ground on the expansion Nov. 4.

The new facility will allow staff at the community to better serve individuals living with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, according to a news release about the groundbreaking.

Frisco’s Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously recommended the approval of a zoning ordinance amendment to regulate smoke shops at a Dec. 10 meeting.

The specifics: According to the new zoning ordinance, smoke shops would be prohibited within 1,000 feet of residences, schools, places of worship, hospitals, licensed child care centers and other smoke shops.

What it means: The city has given notice to 41 existing smoke shops that would be in violation of the proposed zoning ordinance. If the City Council approves the amendment, any future smoke shops would have to comply with the conditional development standards laid out in the new zoning ordinance.

Portillo’s broke ground on its first Frisco location on Dec. 11, according to a company news release. The restaurant, which will be located on the northwest corner of Gordon Heights Lane and FM 423, is slated to open in 2026.

On the menu: A variety of Portillo’s signature menu items will be available at the new Frisco location, including:

• Chicago-style hot dogs
• Italian beef sandwiches

Looking to explore food opportunities beyond your community? Check out the following restaurant news from across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro, as previously reported by Community Impact.

1. Denton: Linh’s Kitchen
The restaurant offers bánh mì sandwiches, beef noodle soup, vermicelli bowls and more, according to its website.

• Opened Nov. 12
• 1115 W. Hickory St., Ste. 111, Denton

• Opened Dec. 5
• 4120 River Walk Drive, Flower Mound

The Texas power grid is expected to hold up this winter, officials with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas said Dec. 9. This is due in part to “tremendous supply growth on the ERCOT grid,” ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas said, amid an influx of data centers coming to the state.

The overview: Since last winter, over 11,000 megawatts of generating capacity have been added to the ERCOT grid, Vegas said. That growth, which largely comes from battery storage and solar facilities, could be used to power about 2.8 million homes during periods of peak electric demand.

Zooming in: Under most weather conditions, there is a less than 2% chance of a grid emergency through February, ERCOT found.

However, Texas could be in trouble in the unlikely event that a repeat of Winter Storm Uri hits large parts of the state this winter, although ERCOT noted that the probability of such a severe storm happening again was "well under one percent." The February 2021 freeze devastated an unprepared power grid, resulting in nearly 250 deaths.