Tips for Dining, Eating and Food Shopping in Dallas-Ft. Worth area.
Start New ThreadEverybody thinks we are going out of town for a week, but we're really staying home. My sweet husband said he would take me out for breakfast and dinner every day that week. If you were a tourist in Dallas, where would you go? I'm a darn good cook and we are open to anything. Thanks for any suggestions!
By mommystar
on Jan 27, 2011 03:54 PM
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That's so fun! Like your own personal Resturant Week. It might help to say what area of town you are near.
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Opps, sorry. We're in Preston Hollow.
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Since no one has replied, I will give it a go. You will need a mix of types of food, a mix of area of town, and a mix of high- and low-end.
Breakfast possibilities:
Crossroads Diner
La Duni
Good 2 Go Tacos
Fearing's
Legal Grounds
Kozy Kitchen
Dinner:
Neighborhood Services
Italian, either Lucia or Nonna
Something in Oak Cliff - Bolsa, Hattie's, Smoke
Asian, you pick; lots of experts on this board
Mex or Tex-Mex, you pick
Burgers or Pizza, you pick
At least one high-end place, somewhere that you have not been before; Mansion, Samar, Fearing's, Abacus, Bijoux
You could also pick one day or night to go to Fort Worth -- Bonnell's, Lanny's, Lonesome Dove, Brownstone, Nonna Tata
I am happy for the resident experts to fill in my gaps. Hope you have fun and don't gain too much weight!
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Neighborhood Services
5027 W Lovers Ln, Dallas, TX
Bolsa
614 W Davis St, Dallas, TX
La Duni Cafe
4620 McKinney Ave, Dallas, TX 75205
Nonna Tata
1400 W Magnolia Ave, Fort Worth, TX 76104
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Rise in highland park (lunch or a more casual dinner). For nicer dinner places: Nana, Abacus, or 560.
I second Neighborhood Services.
For breakfast, if you're looking for some non-conventional breakfast options, I'd say try dim sum or something, if that's your cup of tea.
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Neighborhood Services
5027 W Lovers Ln, Dallas, TX
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Places that I'd want to go (mostly because I haven't been or want to go back) are La Duni & Oddfellows for breakfast, Wingfield's for a burger, Nonna, Maximo, Ozona, Smoke, Tillman's and Bolsa for dinner.
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Bolsa
614 W Davis St, Dallas, TX
La Duni Cafe
4620 McKinney Ave, Dallas, TX 75205
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regarding Oddfellows - I may have mentioned this to you, but I want to be clear. Coffee is good to excellent. Pancakes are fantastic (although I've only tried the buttermilk). The rest is so so - decent enough breakfast food, but I haven't had anything else that blows me away.
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Thanks to everyone for the fantastic recommendations. We're probably going to Neighborhood Services, Lucia, Good 2 Go Tacos and then we'll have to decide on the rest. Thanks again!
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Neighborhood Services
5027 W Lovers Ln, Dallas, TX
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Good luck with Lucia. Reservations are at least 2 monhs out.
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I heard that it was 2 months out for weekends, but more like 2 weeks for mid-week tables
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Jennifer said that the bar was much easier to get a last minute seating. For those that haven't been the bar is more foos prepo sine they only serve wine and a few beers. Actually prefered seating as far as I am concerned.
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same here.
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If you haven't been to Kalachandjis it's a fun and different experience, if the weather is nice, they have the loveliest patio dining in the city.
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Can you give us a hint as to the foods that interest you?
My list is very differeant than say gavlist's or even luniz's list. Yes we all know each other but we all live in different parts of the metroplex and we all have places that we really like moreso than the others.
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I think it was Robert Burns who said, "the best laid plans of mice and men." Thank you, everyone, for the wonderful suggestions, but I got (and still have) some kinda terrible bug. The worst part of it is, I have no appetite and feel like I downed a bag of moldy cheetos. We did make it to Neighborhood Services and it was ok, but I have issues when I have to request a salt and pepper shaker. Why are some chefs so arrogant? We also went to Ali Baba in Lakewood one night, and it was wonderful, especially the thyme pie and the Lebanese moussaka. I could eat both of those dishes several times a week and be a happy camper, but right now, I'm sticking with Jewish penicillin (my mother-in-law's recipe).
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Neighborhood Services
5027 W Lovers Ln, Dallas, TX
Ali Baba
2103 N Central Expy, Richardson, TX 75080
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You poor thing! I can sympathize, though. I was ranch sitting for a friend in Sonoma County (CA WINE COUNTRY!!!! ) and I got a horrible cold. To top it off, my then-boyfriend flew up there from LA so we could wine taste and eat fabulous wine country cuisine :(
I hope you feel better soon.
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God has a sense of humor! At least I have a wonderful start on my annual spring diet....
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In 1968, after an alcohol-fueled rampage though the Cholon district of Saigon, I took an AK-47 round in my shoulder and in a drug induced stupor, I attended a not-to-be-missed 3 star dinner at a well known French restaurant.
I remember nothing from that night other than a Château Talbot Saint-Julien 1959.
La guerre, c'est l'enfer.
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Tres bien sur.
And thank you.
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completely agree about salt and pepper, although I'd prefer to see a dish of kosher or sea-salt and a pepper mill - hate the taste of that iodized salt and pulverized pepper. Honestly, if the kitchen could reliably send out correctly seasoned food, I wouldn't mind their absence on the table - but by the time you taste your food and realize that it needs salt, flag down a server and then wait for the salt to arrive... it gets kind of irritating.
So... chefs and restaurant managers... what's the problem with making a little dish of salt a standard part of table settings?
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Amen to that! I had fish and chips and the chips were great, but a little salty, but they're chips and that's ok. But, the fish had no seasoning whatsoever. It needed salt, lemon, malt vinegar, some acidity. I agree it is irritating to have to ask for salt. I would never think of not having salt and pepper on the table when I have company over, so why should it be different at a restaurant.
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I had the same experience with the fish... in that case, it's too late for salt anyway. The fish needs to be seasoned before the batter goes on.
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The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley.
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