CHIP AND JOANNA GAINES EXPAND THEIR RESTAURANT MENU TO SERVE DINNER — SEE THE 'PERSONAL' DISHES (EXCLUSIVE)

All of the dinner offerings, like stuffed sweet potato and steak frites, come from Joanna Gaines' three cookbooks

Guests can now pull up a chair for dinner at Chip and Joanna Gaines' Magnolia Table.

The Magnolia co-founders will start serving dinner at their Waco, Texas restaurant on Sept. 20. The restaurant, located in the Fixer Upper stars' hometown, previously offered only brunch and lunch.

All the dinner dishes come from Joanna's three cookbooks — Magnolia Table Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3 — and an accompanying "personal story," according to a release.

Appetizers include fried onion stacks, sausage-stuffed mushrooms, and honey butter biscuit bites — Joanna claims it's "impossible to eat only one."

Shareables, soups, and salads range from straightforward recipes, like a wedge salad, to twists on classics, like brown butter and gruyere mashed potatoes. Another fun version of a classic is Joanna's stuffed sweet potato, a whole potato with brown sugar butter and torched marshmallow. 

“It feels like cheating to say my favorite vegetable is a sweet potato, but a single bite of this recipe only reminds me how true that is,” Joanna says of the dish.

Orange-glazed salmon and steak frites are two of several main dish options, but Joanna’s vegetarian-friendly grilled portobello is a menu highlight for her. 

Related: Joanna Gaines Shares an Almond Butter Cake Recipe Inspired by Her Childhood: 'Sweet, Smooth with a Hint of Crunch'

"I'm not always in the mood for red meat," explains the mother of five, who shares sons Drake, 19, Duke, 16, Crew, 6, and daughters Ella, 17, and Emmie, 14, with Chip. "So these portobellos are always a nice substitute when I'm craving a steak."

During Magnolia Table's new dinner seating, seasonal drinks and desserts are also available.

Joanna and Chip, who celebrated the 20th anniversary of their Magnolia brand and their 20th wedding anniversary in 2023, opened up Magnolia Table restaurant in 2018.

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The spot opened with a breakfast-focused menu because that was Chip's favorite meal.

"I've always been a breakfast connoisseur," he told Southern Living. "I always do a heavy, bigger breakfast, but Jo is the exact opposite. She was kind enough to come with me on this one, and we are going to do up a breakfast joint here in town."

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