Two Argyles Now: How FM 407 and Highway 377 Are Splitting the Weekend

For years, telling someone where to eat in Argyle meant pointing them to a stretch of Highway 377 and hoping they liked barbecue. That answer is getting more complicated. A second commercial spine is filling in fast at the northwest corner of I-35W and FM 407, and the two corridors are starting to feel like different towns with the same zip code.

If you live here, that split is already shaping your Saturday. The question is whether you know it yet.

The FM 407 corridor is turning into a town center

Harvest Town Center has moved from renderings to real errands. Tom Thumb officially broke ground on January 28, 2025, on its new 63,000-square-foot grocery store at Harvest Town Center, and it opened March 6, 2026. The address, 1046 Market Way, now anchors a corner that until recently was a McDonald's, a Chick-fil-A, and a Chase Bank standing alone in a field.

Chuy's is next. The project will be located at Harvest Town Center, which is in the northwest corner of I-35W and FM 407, near a McDonald's and Chick-Fil-a, with construction on the 5,426-square-foot building supposed to start in September and be completed in August 2026. It will be southern Denton County's first Chuy's location, so expect a wait at the door well into fall.

The residential side is filling in on the same timeline. Hillwood Multifamily broke ground on Harvest House, a 349-unit luxury multifamily community situated adjacent to Harvest Town Center, located at the northeast corner of I-35W and FM 407, featuring 259 upscale apartments and 90 townhomes with private yards. The first units at Harvest House are anticipated to be available for lease in early 2026, and the full project completion is expected by late 2026.

What that means for a current resident: by Thanksgiving, a corner that was previously a drive-through stop will have full-service groceries, sit-down Tex-Mex, and several hundred new households within walking distance. The FM 407 side of Argyle is becoming somewhere you park once and stay for two hours.

The 377 spine is doubling down on independents

Meanwhile, the older commercial artery down US-377 is going the other direction. Instead of national tenants, it keeps attracting owner-operators who built their names somewhere else and moved the flagship home.

The most notable arrival: Tex-Mex barbecue restaurant Hurtado Barbecue is expected to open a location in Argyle in March at 421 S. U.S. Highway 377, previously the site of St. Argyle's Cajun Kitchen. That's closer to home for the Hurtados, who live in Argyle and send their children to school in Argyle ISD. Argyle is also home to popular restaurant 407 BBQ, of which Hurtado is a longtime fan. That gives the corridor two serious smokers within a short drive, which is not a normal amount for a town this size.

Radical Hospitality took a similar bet at the old Fuzzy's Tacos building. The company put up a sign at the old St. Argyle's Cajun Kitchen (previously Fuzzy's Tacos), 421 Hwy 377, saying Denton County Independent Hamburger Co. is coming soon, and the new restaurant will be a fast-casual burger concept serving a simple food menu, as well as beer and wine. Co-founder Sparky Pearson called it "a throwback burger joint," adding that "it's cool that this 40-year-old brand is coming to Argyle."

Round it out with the operators already here: Marty B's on FM 407 in Bartonville, Quandary Kitchen & Market on Hwy 377, Earl and Isabella's Taverna, Dan's Bagels, Kimzey's Coffee, Uncle Mike's Bistro, and Bendt Distilling for cocktails. Uncle Mike's Bistro has dinner-and-music nights, and the patio at Bendt Distilling is a go-to for craft cocktails and tunes. The bench is deeper than the Google Maps default view suggests.

Where each corridor actually wins

The two spines aren't in competition for the same trip. They're for different moods.

The takeaway is not that one side is winning. It's that Argyle now has enough density for a resident to plan their weekend around a mood instead of just a route.

Weekend anchors that predate both corridors

A few standing traditions still stitch the town together and are worth putting on the calendar if you haven't already.

Argyle Farmers Market. Ongoing April to October, the Argyle Farmers Market runs the second Saturday of each month from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 409 Hwy 377. A three-hour window, once a month, so it's easy to miss if you're not watching for it.

The Bartonville markets. Two of them, actually. Every Saturday at 8 a.m. to sell-out at Bartonville Town Center, 2652 FM 407, and every Sunday March through October from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Bartonville Store & Jeter's Meat Shop, 96 McMakin Rd. Together they give the FM 407 side a weekend rhythm that predates Harvest Town Center by years.

Lantana Golf Club. Located at 800 Golf Club Dr in Argyle, it's a premier 18-hole championship course designed by Jay and Carter Morrish, one of the best private clubs in the DFW area.

Live music nights. Kevin Fowler played Marty B's on Thursday, March 19, 2026, from 7:00 PM onwards at 2664 FM 407 in Bartonville, which is the level of act Marty B's regularly books. Check the venue's calendar before making other Thursday plans.

Harvest Market Days. For families in Harvest, the community's own market runs at 1300 Homestead Way. A Taste of Paris pop-up at Harvest Market Day happened Saturday, March 14, 2026, from 5:00 PM onwards at Harvest by Hillwood, one example of the specialty vendors Harvest brings in beyond the standard produce table.

Trading Post 1881. Easy to overlook. A monthly vendor pop-up featuring gifts, boutique retail items and local services at the Seeden Club, 306 Hwy 377 North, with free admission (940-765-1676).

What to watch this fall

Three things worth tracking between now and the holidays.

Chuy's opening date. August completion, doors likely opening late summer. The first two weeks will be a scene. If you want the "Big As Yo' Face" burrito without the wait, plan for a late-September weekday.

Harvest Town Center Phase 2. Additional restaurants and another bank are planned for Phase 2, with the full Harvest Town Center projected to span 138,000 square feet of retail space, and there are currently spaces available for retail, medical office, and restaurant use. That's roughly double what's built today, and the tenant list will tell you a lot about how the corridor will feel by 2027.

Harvest House move-ins. Harvest House features 259 upscale apartments and 90 townhomes with private yards, with amenities including a resort-style pool, 24-hour fitness center, co-working spaces with private offices, dog park, EV charging stations, and a clubhouse with a coffee bar. As units fill through late 2026, expect Tom Thumb parking and the Chick-fil-A drive-through line to shift noticeably.

The Denton County Independent Hamburger buildout on 377. A throwback burger counter sitting a mile from two of the best barbecue joints in the region gives the 377 corridor a genuine food-crawl geometry. Watch for the opening sign to come off the paper.

One more thing worth knowing

The scale of what's happening on FM 407 is easier to grasp with the broader context. Harvest House marks the first luxury multifamily development within Argyle ISD, which is ranked in the top 1% of districts in the state of Texas, and the Harvest communities are also located within Hillwood's broader 27,000-acre AllianceTexas mixed-use development, which includes 590 companies supporting over 66,000 direct jobs. The commercial density arriving at your grocery run is a downstream effect of the employment base a few exits north.

If you moved to Argyle for the small-town feel, the 377 corridor is where that stays intact. If you moved here for what it's becoming, FM 407 is where the next chapter is being written. Most residents will end up with a foot on each side, which is arguably the best possible outcome.

Argyle is changing quickly enough that even long-time residents are recalibrating what their home is worth and where the next few years are headed. If you're weighing a move, a build, or a sale and you want a read on what these corridors mean for property values on your specific street, Trisha Atwood is happy to talk it through. Let's Connect.