As Yehuda Alali told the Dallas Observer, "Our guests don't come because they don't have a choice." He has run the kosher steakhouse on Campbell Road since 2014, but he could just as easily be talking about the restaurant he opened this summer inside it, which has no separate storefront sign or listing on the storefront glass.

Walk into Meat Point, take an immediate right, and you're somewhere else. Sage green club chairs. Gold-rimmed tables. A small marble bar pouring Japanese whisky and sake instead of the steakhouse's usual reds. This is Shi-Ya Modern Asian Cuisine, which opened June 28 at 7114 Campbell Road, and it is a new restaurant in Far North Dallas.

A Decade Before the Second Restaurant

Alali grew up in Tzfat and started washing dishes at fourteen. He worked his way to chef and eventually owner, and built Meat Point. His wife Lital came from restaurant people too. Her father runs three upscale restaurants in Miami. Together they spent more than a decade turning Meat Point into a go-to source for kosher meals among upscale Dallas restaurants and hotels, with an in-house butcher and a clientele that, according to local food coverage, extends well beyond the kosher community.

Alali told the Dallas Observer, "For many years, we have wanted to bring in another new cuisine. Shi-Ya is a trip through Asia with dishes from Korea, Thailand and Japan, and three or four dishes that are Israeli served in an Asian way."

What the Kosher Label Actually Changes on a Sushi Menu

If you're picturing a stripped-down version of a normal sushi bar, the menu argues otherwise. Salmon and yellowtail nigiri run $14 to $16. Spicy tuna maki is $15, with specialty rolls starting around $16. A whole steamed white fish arrives with lemongrass, ginger, and tamarind for $48. Japanese BBQ Denver skewers are $65. The signature dish is a 72-hour short rib glazed with honey teriyaki and finished with cherries, priced at $68.

The kosher rules shape the kitchen more than they shape the plate. No shellfish, and every fish on the menu has to have fins and scales, which rules out a few sushi-bar staples but leaves most of the classics intact. Because the kitchen runs meat and parve, dairy never enters the building, so you won't find cream cheese folded into any roll here, a restriction plenty of sushi purists consider an improvement rather than a limitation. Everything is certified by Dallas Kosher, the local vaad that oversees kosher certification across the metro.

Meat Point's Shared Wine Cellar

Shi-Ya doesn't stock its own bar. It shares Meat Point's cellar, an all-kosher wine list that has grown past 4,000 bottles. That number is worth sitting with. A 4,000-bottle kosher wine program is not something most restaurants anywhere attempt, kosher or otherwise, because building it requires years of relationships with kosher-certified vineyards and a customer base steady enough to justify the inventory. Meat Point had already built that base by the time Shi-Ya needed it.

The shared cellar is one way Shi-Ya draws on Meat Point; its location also places it in the broader Campbell Road neighborhood.

Nearby Jewish Institutions and Kosher Food Options

The Preston-Campbell stretch of Far North Dallas has several nearby Jewish institutions and kosher food options.

Within a few minutes of Meat Point's front door are Congregation Shaare Tefilla and the Sephardic Torah Center of Dallas, both offering regular services and educational programming. Chabad of Dallas and Congregation Ohr HaTorah are close by too, and the Dallas Mikvah is a short drive away. For anyone keeping a kosher home, the Tom Thumb on Coit Road runs a full kosher deli and bakery section, and K Market Kosher Grocery & Deli, which opened at Frankford and Hillcrest under Dallas Kosher supervision, covers what the Tom Thumb doesn't. An eruv covering much of North Dallas and Richardson makes Shabbat observance workable for residents without requiring them to leave the area for anything. The Aaron Family Jewish Community Center of Dallas sits a few miles south, and Akiba Yavneh Academy, a Jewish day school, is nearby as well.

Finding Shi-Ya at Meat Point

Shi-Ya is inside Meat Point at 7114 Campbell Road; enter Meat Point and turn right to reach it.

For now, dinner service runs Sunday through Thursday starting at 5 p.m., and reservations go through Shi-Ya's own site rather than a third-party app. If you're in Far North Dallas and haven't made the turn yet, now you know where to go.

If you're curious about what else is changing along Campbell Road, Preston, and the rest of Far North Dallas, or you'd like a longtime local's read on how a neighborhood like this one actually lives day to day, Katherine Roberts is always happy to talk through it. Request an appointment anytime you want a second opinion on this corner of Dallas.