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    The Dream Cafe

    5100 Beltline Rd. North Dallas

    972-503-7326

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    Eats from across the globe converge at this anything-but-greasy-spoon diner that has served customers for more than 17 years. Great place for a weekday breakfast or a weekend brunch, with their Cloud Cakes and whole wheat pancakes or a variety of Tex Mex-style egg dishes such as migas and Austin tacos. Enjoy a mocha latte while taking advantage of free Wi-Fi in a purple booth. If you're still there for lunch, order the shrimp tacos or pasta pignoli with Dallas mozzarella or the Santa Fe salad with grilled chicken, avocados, cherry tomatoes and goat cheese. For the peace-love-and-brown-rice set there's organic black beans and brown rice, the main part of the Global Dinner. For those with tots, there is an outdoor jungle gym and a lovely patio, though a condo development has seriously cut into what was once an outdoor playground for kids and adults alike.
    4 articles
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    FreshMarket

    6300 Harry Hines Blvd. #130 Park Cities

    214-352-2296

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    Fresh Market is located in Dallas and has been in business for over 25 years. We pride ourselves in the food we cook, which leaves everyone more than satisfied. Our hotline menu changes daily, providing a variety of foods from different ethnic cultures and backgrounds (including American, Italian, Asian, Mexican, and seafood), so please be sure to check the website every day for a different selection of food served that day.
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    Apothecary

    1922 Greenville Ave. East Dallas & Lakewood

    972-850-9192

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    You will miss Apothecary the first time you attempt to visit. That’s part of its charm. This self-ascribed “avant-garde cocktail lounge” is a dark respite from the elements. Here the world is shuttered out, the noise turned down to a delightful whisper. On one visit, a guest at the next table was watching videos on his phone, loudly. Luckily, he left before we were able to ask to move. It’s just not a phone-out, sound-up place. At all. There are plenty of those around the city, but not here. Every server knows the cocktail menu inside and out and could narrate a documentary on each drink. The menu is broken into three levels, starting with classics to more free-solo rock climbing type adventures like an R-Oaxaca-Fort (a blue cheese mezcal number) and Death in the Afternoon (absinthe and bubbles). The food menu includes a charcuterie board, caviar service, a vegan Bolognese and a short-rib plate served with potato pave and white chocolate. Make reservations to be sure to get a seat.
    4 articles
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    Asador

    2222 N. Stemmons Freeway Downtown/Deep Ellum

    214-267-4815

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    Being a casual bistro inside of a four-star hotel has its benefits like validated parking with an optional valet and high class ambience. The updated lobby's marble finishing offers a cool, sleek look and candlelight offers warm ambience that is striking and sophisticated. Aside from the absence of the famous chandelier, Asador stays true to the nearly three decades old hotel. In keeping with the casual theme, Asador's open dining room makes the restaurant an extension of the hotel lobby. The high ceilings and contemporary furnishings lend the dining room elegance, but the exposure to the lobby reminds diners they're eating in a hotel. Entree prices run in the $20 to $38 range, yet waiters are in jeans. Customers in the dining room can watch ESPN beaming from plasma TVs in the bar area. Tourist-heavy groups of diners adorned in jean shorts and baseball caps make up most of the clientele. The self-described American cuisine menu veers toward Latin and Southwestern influences while staying true to its organic intentions. Ingredients for every dish are beautiful and fresh.
    9 articles
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    Bent Tree Grill

    18110 Midway Rd. Carrollton/Farmers Branch

    972-248-3559

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    Bent Tree Grill, a long-time North Dallas bar, hasn't changed much in the last 15 years. But the dimly lit speakeasy feel of its interior suits the many regulars who have been stopping by since the place opened. Low ceilings, thick carpet, and candlelight evoke comparisons to New York's Little Italy neighborhood. So too, does the menu, which features several pizzas and pasta dishes, though it also includes pub-grub staples such as chicken tenders and wings. Even if you're just looking for a place to have a drink in the Bent Tree area, you should be able to find something you'd like with ease on the bar's surprisingly complete cocktail menu and wine list.

  • Bin 555 Restaurant & Wine Bar

    104 S. Denton Tap Rd. Coppell

    972-393-7555

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    Bin 555 has a kids' lounge--Wii, Xbox, Playstation, Net surfing, kid movies and chicken fingers and mac and cheese and so on (don't you dare eat it in the lounge). But it also has wine and savvy bistro food like asparagus with fried egg, veal meatballs with vanilla bean and grilled quail served on bed of grain that once fueled Roman legions: farro. There's a fuss made over Bin's wine list featuring 55 wines for $55 a bottle, but we found the fuss was mostly in wine list outages. Still, if you don't come for the asparagus, come for the Wii.
    2 articles
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    Bolsa

    614 W. Davis St. Oak Cliff/South Dallas

    214-367-9367

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    Just the concept of local ingredients trucked in from the farm every day, the reliance on organic meats and vegetables, and the ever-changing menu would be enough to attract enough of a following to sustain this small Oak Cliff station. But the kitchen is pretty damn good too-even without a deep fryer or walk-in freezer as back-up. The flavors are intensely fresh and the dishes creative without being overwrought. And if that's not enough, the owners designed Bolsa with great sensitivity to the building's historic look and feel. OK, so it's an old auto shop-it still feels like part of a 1940s neighborhood. Open, airy, with a cool "beer garden"-style patio. Still one of the best Bishop Arts has to offer.
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    Café Biarritz

    7800 Alpha Rd. North Dallas

    972-233-7600

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    If you want to take the family out for a wholesome meal in a high-rise hotel, this place fills the bill. The youngsters will take a shine to those high-rise glass elevators with all the lights. For adults, the atmosphere of this restaurant plunked down in the middle of a Crown Plaza Suites Hotel may be wanting, but the open kitchen goes a long way toward warming it up. And when a young but informed and effective waitstaff delivers the food, it satisfies everyone. It's fresh and served in a pleasing, colorful manner. The emphasis is on solid home cooking. Think roasted chicken and hamburgers. But the chef doesn't do badly with Tex-Mex. Check out the chicken Monterrey, for example. The chicken fingers--a must for the under 12 crowd--are made out of real breast meat and cooked fresh. Each entrée comes with a delicious side of mixed vegetables in a tart sauce flavored with red onions and vinegar. The mashed potatoes may taste better than your mom's. No insult intended. The desserts are a little gooey, but that's not a problem for the kids.
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    Café Brazil

    2900 Greenville Ave. East Dallas & Lakewood

    214-736-8443

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    The original Café Brazil Lakewood location may be lost to history, but its colonies, with eclectic interior designs and attentive staff, live on throughout DFW. There's even a restaurant all the way out in McKinney! It is a well-loved and critically acclaimed local chain that specializes in hearty, inexpensive breakfasts, gourmet roasted coffee from a self-serve station and a smattering of Mexican and Southern-inspired dishes. The chorizo quesadilla, honey-chipotle fish tacos, chicken-fried steak and barbecue salmon are just some of the signature entrées. But it's with breakfast and coffee that Café Brazil really shines. Take, for example, the mammoth Brazilian Breakfast special, the vegetarian migas and house-made crepes. If the self-serve coffee strikes your fancy, there are more than 30 coffees available by the pound for a bit of Café Brazil at home.
    1 article
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    Café Brazil

    4930 Belt Line Rd., Ste. 100 North Dallas

    972-386-7966

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    The original Café Brazil Lakewood location may be lost to history, but its colonies, with eclectic interior designs and attentive staff, live on throughout DFW. There's even a restaurant all the way out in McKinney! It is a well-loved and critically acclaimed local chain that specializes in hearty, inexpensive breakfasts, gourmet roasted coffee from a self-serve station and a smattering of Mexican and Southern-inspired dishes. The chorizo quesadilla, honey-chipotle fish tacos, chicken-fried steak and barbecue salmon are just some of the signature entrées. But it's with breakfast and coffee that Café Brazil really shines. Take, for example, the mammoth Brazilian Breakfast special, the vegetarian migas and house-made crepes. If the self-serve coffee strikes your fancy, there are more than 30 coffees available by the pound for a bit of Café Brazil at home.
    1 article
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    Café Brazil

    611 N. Bishop Ave. Ste, #101 Oak Cliff/South Dallas

    214-946-7927

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    The original Café Brazil Lakewood location may be lost to history, but its colonies, with eclectic interior designs and attentive staff, live on throughout DFW. There's even a restaurant all the way out in McKinney! It is a well-loved and critically acclaimed local chain that specializes in hearty, inexpensive breakfasts, gourmet roasted coffee from a self-serve station and a smattering of Mexican and Southern-inspired dishes. The chorizo quesadilla, honey-chipotle fish tacos, chicken-fried steak and barbecue salmon are just some of the signature entrées. But it's with breakfast and coffee that Café Brazil really shines. Take, for example, the mammoth Brazilian Breakfast special, the vegetarian migas and house-made crepes. If the self-serve coffee strikes your fancy, there are more than 30 coffees available by the pound for a bit of Café Brazil at home.
    7 articles
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    Café Brazil

    200 Coit Road Ste., #112 Plano

    469-229-9140

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    The original Café Brazil Lakewood location may be lost to history, but its colonies, with eclectic interior designs and attentive staff, live on throughout DFW. There's even a restaurant all the way out in McKinney! It is a well-loved and critically acclaimed local chain that specializes in hearty, inexpensive breakfasts, gourmet roasted coffee from a self-serve station and a smattering of Mexican and Southern-inspired dishes. The chorizo quesadilla, honey-chipotle fish tacos, chicken-fried steak and barbecue salmon are just some of the signature entrées. But it's with breakfast and coffee that Café Brazil really shines. Take, for example, the mammoth Brazilian Breakfast special, the vegetarian migas and house-made crepes. If the self-serve coffee strikes your fancy, there are more than 30 coffees available by the pound for a bit of Café Brazil at home.
    1 article
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    Café Brazil

    2071 N. Central Expressway Richardson & Vicinity

    972-783-9011

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    The original Café Brazil Lakewood location may be lost to history, but its colonies, with eclectic interior designs and attentive staff, live on throughout DFW. There's even a restaurant all the way out in McKinney! It is a well-loved and critically acclaimed local chain that specializes in hearty, inexpensive breakfasts, gourmet roasted coffee from a self-serve station and a smattering of Mexican and Southern-inspired dishes. The chorizo quesadilla, honey-chipotle fish tacos, chicken-fried steak and barbecue salmon are just some of the signature entrées. But it's with breakfast and coffee that Café Brazil really shines. Take, for example, the mammoth Brazilian Breakfast special, the vegetarian migas and house-made crepes. If the self-serve coffee strikes your fancy, there are more than 30 coffees available by the pound for a bit of Café Brazil at home.
    2 articles
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    Café Brazil

    3851 Cedar Springs Rd. Uptown/Oak Lawn

    214-461-8762

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    The original Café Brazil Lakewood location may be lost to history, but its colonies, with eclectic interior designs and attentive staff, live on throughout DFW. There's even a restaurant all the way out in McKinney! It is a well-loved and critically acclaimed local chain that specializes in hearty, inexpensive breakfasts, gourmet roasted coffee from a self-serve station and a smattering of Mexican and Southern-inspired dishes. The chorizo quesadilla, honey-chipotle fish tacos, chicken-fried steak and barbecue salmon are just some of the signature entrées. But it's with breakfast and coffee that Café Brazil really shines. Take, for example, the mammoth Brazilian Breakfast special, the vegetarian migas and house-made crepes. If the self-serve coffee strikes your fancy, there are more than 30 coffees available by the pound for a bit of Café Brazil at home.
    2 articles
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    Café Express

    3230 McKinney Ave. Uptown/Oak Lawn

    214-999-9444

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    "Great food fast," is how the owners (Houston chef Robert Del Grande of Cafe Annie and Lonnie Shiller) like to describe this upscale counter service establishment with nine locations in Houston and Dallas. And it hits home. The "oasis," a table in the center of the restaurant with jars of olives, pickles, capers, cornichons, shredded parmesan and various vinegars and olive oils, is a standout.
    2 articles
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    Cafe Modern

    3200 Darnell St. Fort Worth

    817-840-2157

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    This brisk and beautifully stark cafe, tethered to The Modern Museum of Art in Fort Worth, skillfully frames a simple menu flung with international influences in Southwestern flare. It's a comfortable respite from the head-scratching cryptic of modern art.
    7 articles
  • Image: Cafe Nasher by Wolfgang Puck

    Cafe Nasher by Wolfgang Puck

    2001 Flora St. Downtown/Deep Ellum

    214-242-5144

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    Art lovers know you can get some of the best deals on fashionable meals at art museums. Cafe Nasher, the counter-service restaurant inside the Nasher Sculpture Center, proves the point. Here's the place to try a cut-rate bowl of rich, briskly flavored tortilla soup. Also on the menu are various frou-frou (but reasonably priced) salads and a nice barbecue sandwich.
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    Clark Food & Wine

    1920 Greenville Ave. East Dallas & Lakewood

    214-515-5500

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    The concept behind Clark Food & Wine in Lowest Greenville may be difficult to grasp -- smoked brisket shares the menu with roasted beets and goat cheese -- but it’s not difficult to find a decent bite here. Start with the crab salad, which boasts a generous serving of crab meat, and move on to the array of simple smoked meats. The poultry is solid, all the way down to the tiny quails; The brisket is iffy. If the weather is nice, grab a seat on the patio, peruse the wine and cocktail list and get ready to put in a session. There are many little plates perfect for casual grazing, including brisket meatballs in a sweet glaze, asparagus paired with a runny egg and Parmesan cheese, avocado toast and a number of flatbreads. See our review..
    7 articles
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    Cosmo’s Bar & Lounge

    1212 Skillman St. East Dallas & Lakewood

    214-826-4200

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    Tucked away at the corner of Skillman and Live Oak since 2000 is Cosmo’s, a restaurant and bar boasting no nonsense, one of a kind hospitality. With a ‘60s lounge vibe, specialty cocktails and an eclectic menu with everything from gourmet pizzas to Vietnamese dishes, Cosmo’s has something for everyone. When you’re there, browse through their extensive VHS collection and make a request or step outside to their patio, which feels like a little oasis outside the noise of the city.
    22 articles
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    D'Carlo

    3300 Oak Lawn Ave. Uptown/Oak Lawn

    214-443-9420

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    Native Sicilian Daniele Puleo has created a romantic space, popular for wedding proposals, to which guests descend a flight of stairs from the street. Ignore the fact that the ingredients in Puleo's signature spinach salad (sautéed mushrooms, caramelized onions, crisp pancetta, feta cheese and spinach dressed with balsamic vinaigrette) can get wedged between teeth. The candlelit ambiance will disguise it. The 25-table dinner-only eatery, opened in 2004 as Daniele Osteria, isn't just a date spot. The tables are filled with families, small groups and friends. D'Carlo is also popular with Japanese. Who knew? Many of them are fans of the chef's adherence to traditional Italian foodways from the vongole e cozze and gnocchi Gorgonzola to the pizza and torta della nonna
    4 articles

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    1414 Dragon St. Uptown/Oak Lawn

    972-400-2242

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  • Image: Dragonfly Restaurant at Hotel ZaZa

    Dragonfly Restaurant at Hotel ZaZa

    2332 Leonard St. Uptown/Oak Lawn

    214-550-9500

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    The dramatic interiors play off doors that are open to the pool and strains of hip-hop that filter in with the breeze. There's something at once eclectic and, yes, a little pretentious about Dragonfly. The whole scene is rather Cabaret-esque. The European decor, the waitresses' seductive uniforms, the illusion that in here, everything is beautiful. It may be a little self-involved, but there is nothing illusory about chef Daniel Landsberg's menu. It is beautiful.
    26 articles
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    Grand Lux Cafe

    13420 N. Dallas Parkway North Dallas

    972-385-3114

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    Spawned by the same hatchery that brought the world The Cheesecake Factory, but with a potent Las Vegas insemination (note the contingent of huge angels mounted on the exterior wall curvature like medieval gargoyles and the gilded arches in the high ceilings), Grand Lux Cafe offers a menu as voluminous as a legal services bill with line items--burgers, Weiner schnitzel, steaks, fried chicken, angel food cake, eggs and bacon--that are just as diverse.
    4 articles
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    The GreenHouse Restaurant & Bar

    600 N. Locust St. Denton

    940-484-1349

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    Jazz music is one of the biggest exports from The University of North Texas in Denton, which has jazz musicians coming from all over the world to study at the school's esteemed program. And when they're not fine-tuning their craft, students congregate at The Green House for strong drinks and, well, more jazz. On Thursdays, one of the most popular nights at the Denton restaurant and bar, UNT's best set up their instruments for improvisational performances that last until closing time. But even if you can't carry a tune in a bucket, The Green House offers a chance to rub elbows with people who can.
    1 article
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    Greenz

    2808 McKinney Ave., #109 Uptown/Oak Lawn

    214-720-7788

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    The menu says wedge, but what you get is more like a half-sphere. Greenz doesn't mess around while plating up roughage. Portion sizes here are generous, and ingredients are fresh. In a burger-heavy town, it's nice to see a restaurant focus on veg. But don't think Greenz is synonymous with healthy. That wedge comes with a boatload of blue cheese and bacon, and while a tuna salad appears heart-conscious, the buffalo chicken salad is certainly not. This is how Texas does salad. Order accordingly.
    7 articles
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    Kathleen's Sky Diner

    4424 Lovers Lane Park Cities

    214-691-2355

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    The weekday breakfast menu includes yogurt and home-baked breads. Kathleen's also is a hot spot for brunch,lunch and dinner, with light, creative fare and a highly touted dessert cart.
    6 articles
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    The Landmark Restaurant

    3015 Oak Lawn Ave. Uptown/Oak Lawn

    214-224-3152

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    Inside a Dallas historic landmark built in 1924 is another type of landmark. This one, a restaurant. Beginning with breakfast and on through the day to a late-dinner seating, the Landmark offers guests unique spins on classic American fare. The rise-and-shine set enjoys the likes of grilled 4-ounce prime beef tenderloin filet with two farm-fresh eggs over a potato cake with demi-glace as well as green chili and black bean migas with chili-spiced hash browns. Dinner starts off with apps like seared day-boat scallops accompanied with house-made chorizo and celeriac puree. Chef Michael Pacheco and his staff provide guests with dishes barely left of familiar, including roasted lamb T-bones with cranberry almond wild rice and broccolini, all in a warm, slightly beyond casual atmosphere.
    13 articles
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    The Libertine Bar

    2101 Greenville Ave. East Dallas & Lakewood

    214-824-7900

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    This Lower Greenville staple since 2006 is known for its thoughtfully curated draught beer selection and stellar bar food, attracting both foodies and tipplers alike. Brunch on their spacious patio should certainly be on your calendar. The playlist is always great too, consisting mostly of indie rock music. Hopefully, they'll soon be able to get back to their notorious Brass Knuckle Corn Dog Beatdown contest and paired beer dinners.
    73 articles
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    Local

    2936 Elm St. Downtown/Deep Ellum

    214-752-7500

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    The name Local has nothing to do with local food. Chef Tracy Miller wants the best ingredients to create a restaurant that becomes your home away from home -- your local. To accomplish this, she provides diners with a menu of contemporary American dishes in a simple but elegant space. The restaurant, opened in 2003, is housed in the historic Boyd Hotel in Deep Ellum. It's difficult to nail down specialties at Local because the offerings are driven by seasonality. However, it's Texas, so it's safe to say that the cheese burger basket made from locally sourced Burgundy Pasture beef is a sure thing – and it's one of Dallas' best burgers.
    19 articles
  • Image: Margaux's: A Restaurant By Design

    Margaux's: A Restaurant By Design

    150 Turtle Creek Blvd. Downtown/Deep Ellum

    214-740-1985

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    Owner Kay Agnew and staff serve refined Cajun/Creole-style food in a polished setting, albeit one with an industrial sensibility, due to its location in a design center and ample metalwork. The restaurant is awash in a red, black and white color scheme, with a large canvas of roses on one wall. It's mainly a lunch spot, only open for dinner on Fridays, and even then only on some Fridays. The dinner menu is small and contains many of the same options as lunch, plus deep-fried quail. Lunch entrées include shrimp and crawfish enchiladas, deep-fried soft-shell crab with toasted pecans and lemon beurre blanc, as well as red beans and rice with either andouille sausage or chicken breast. Of course, po-boys and muffulettas are available.
    1 article
  • Image: Nana (in the Hilton Anatole Hotel)

    Nana (in the Hilton Anatole Hotel)

    2201 Stemmons Freeway Downtown/Deep Ellum

    214-761-7470

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    Named for a 19th-century painting of a Rubenesque nude, the reborn Nana at the tip of the Wyndham Anatole Hotel tower has peeled back its eyelids, offering diners a wider swallow of what was already a stunning view of the Dallas skyline. Nana also has priceless pieces from Trammell and Margaret Crow's Asian art collection scattered about the premises. Then there's the food: provocative, well-balanced, infected with fresh ingredients from far-flung places and meticulously assembled. It's also pricey. But that's what happens when you rub elbows with priceless Buddhas.
    26 articles
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    Natalie's

    5940 Royal Lane North Dallas

    214-739-0362

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    This hole-in-the-wall restaurant likes to pretend it's a well-kept secret. Alas, one step into the eatery will prove nothing is further from the truth. The dining room is continuously packed, albeit with an older crowd. The menu evokes simple home-cooked meals made all the more comforting by the warm service. Among the popular dishes are the lentil soup, salmon in a white wine and lemon sauce, the lamb shanks and the beef goulash. The dining room is quiet, encouraging pleasant discussion unhindered by a raucous soundtrack. This place has pleasant written all over it, pleasant for those in need of a respite from the Uptown revelers or pleasant for those who just like life at a slower pace with a side of fresh, hot cinnamon roll.
    3 articles
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    Obzeet Coffee Bar & Café

    19020 Preston Rd. Richardson & Vicinity

    972-867-6126

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    Obzeet is many things: restaurant, a dessert and coffee bar, a gift shop selling all manner of bizarrely random goods and a delightfully trashy tropical patio complete with a waterfall and koi pond that often doubles as a live music venue and plays host to plenty of regulars. Don’t miss the dessert case, with its kaleidoscopic selection of cakes, from chocolate eclair and Italian cream to red velvet and carrot; a slice pairs oh so nice with one of several different boozy coffee drinks, served hot or frozen. For something more substantial, there are soups, salads with housemade poppy seed dressing, sandwiches and something Obzeet calls “Tramezzinos,” basically calzones stuffed inside fresh-baked pita bread.
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