restaurant recs for sept visit ?

[monomalo12]

hi there, i am from new orleans and will be visiting friends in dallas in a few weeks. we have one night and the options are: screen door, shinsei, abacus and nick-sams. any input from locals welcome. any additional options also welcome. many thanks!

[uni on my mind]

Tei Tei is a robata bar that is located on Knox Henderson. They have some limited sushi items but the food was great there and will be much cheaper than Shinsei.

I have been disappointed by Abacus in the past and I prefer Fearing's and Lola.

[lckeating]

I would pick Abacus and my other recommendations would be Local or Stephan Pyles. I haven't been to Shinsei yet but it's on my list.

[martharose]

All great choices...Shinsei or Abacus! I haven't been to Shinsei since they did the expansion but "Elvis", the sushi chef is amazing. He is from the same area I lived in Japan. Other non-sushi items are great as well. The owners, Lynae Fearing and Tracy Rathbun know how to run a first-class resturants since their hubbys are two of Dallas finest chefs! Abacus has delicious amazing food as well, just more American. Their redo was great, really nice bar area now.

[vstock]

We ate at Screen Door a few weeks back and had a great time there. I wrote up a review here: http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/645037 After visiting a few new places over restaurant week as well, I would go back to Screen Door 1st. There theme of "then" and "now" was nice. Good luck.

[joanna.mcmaster]

Would avoid Nick and Sams.