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A A A Comments By Mark Stuertz Thursday, Jul 27 2000

Run Daddy DMC

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Daddy Jack's

1916 Greenville Ave.
Dallas, TX 75206

Category: Restaurant > Seafood

Region: East Dallas & Lakewood

Flying Saucer on the Lake

4821 Bass Pro Drive
Garland, TX 75043

Category: Restaurant > American

Region: Garland & Vicinity

Steel Restaurant & Lounge

3102 Oak Lawn.
Dallas, TX 75219

Category: Restaurant > Japanese

Region: Uptown & Oak Lawn

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Some have an uncanny ability to hitch on to listing ships and then bail before the water warps their loafers. But since Michael Costa (FoodStar Restaurant Group) and Dean McSherry (Sfuzzi) launched their consulting firm DMC Hospitality, they've affiliated mostly with floaters, Ketama Tapas Restaurant and Guitar Bar notwithstanding. The latest is Daddy Jacks, the wood-grill concept created by Jack Chaplain. McSherry and Costa have secured the rights to expand Daddy Jacks in roughly eight states, mostly in the south and west. Using the New England Lobster and Chowder House on Lower Greenville as a prototype, DMC will drop Daddy Jacks units in cities such as Austin, Grapevine, Frisco, Houston, Kansas City, Irving, Denver, and Scottsdale, among others, over the next several years.

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