If you’re looking to try a new date place, head over to the Southside on Lamar area and go to Brooklyn Jazz Café for food and entertainment. I’ve been hooked on the place since I first experienced the jazz cafe at its old location in Oak Cliff when it was…
If you’re in the Victory Park area the intimate space at Medina Oven & Bar makes it a good choice for a date. My date and I ate there after Dallas’ recent snow and ice storm while it was still too cold to eat on the patio. The hostess sat us…
So why have the women in your office been politely refusing your invitations to lunch lately? It’s because they’re collecting codes. Codes for what you ask. Codes for a free lunch bag from Lean Cuisine’s 2011 Red Carpet Collection. At least four women in my office are purposely skipping lunch…
Interested in trying a cozy pizza place with great date ambiance? Take a drive across the viaduct, or walk down to the Bishop Arts District if you live in Oak Cliff, and eat at Eno’s Pizza Tavern. My date and I went to Eno’s on a Thursday night without a reservation…
Who knew you’d be driving to romantic Frisco to experience some crepes this Valentine’s Day? But that’s where you need to go if you want to try the tasty sweet and savory crepes at Café Flair and pretend you’re eating in Paris, the City of Love. While Café Flair, located…
Start your Valentine’s Day off right by eating brunch at La Duni Latin Kitchen & Baking Studio on Oak Lawn–but make sure your meal includes a piece of cake. Like one of the walls in La Duni reads: “a day without cake is a day without love.” Since we knew…
For a lot of my friends, Mi Cocina is their go-to restaurant for Mexican and Tex-Mex food in the DFW area. I’m still partial to the New Mexican food I grew up on, with all of its green chile and tons of cheese, but I’ve come to like Mi Cocina…
Green Papaya on Oak Lawn was the first restaurant I ate at when I moved to Dallas nine years ago. My dad had driven with me to Dallas only to find out my apartment wasn’t ready yet, so he suggested we stay the night at the Melrose Hotel because it…
Know what beats going on a lunch date to a restaurant that has a dance floor? Two lunch dates. In all honesty, if you went at night during dancing hours, you might have more fun, well, dancing. Lunch will only tempt you. Last week I met two of my former…
Like Abba sang, “I was so afraid, Fernando,” I feared that the unlimited refills on the complimentary mimosas Fernando’s Mexican Cuisine’s advertised with its brunch would actually have an unstated limit. But unlike other brunch spots in Dallas that promote bottomless mimosas and then stop refilling your glass after the…
While dining at Artin’s Grill in The Shops at Legacy in Plano, I asked our waiter Clint why Artin’s is a good date place. He explained that “the family-style portions are good for sharing” and that “if a couple doesn’t want to come in for dinner they can always stop…
Remember those New Year’s Eve nights/early mornings when your parents came back from a party or dinner wearing top hats and tiaras glittering with the New Year’s digits? I do. I remember my parents would pay the babysitter and then cracked the door to my room to see if I’d…
Mister Rogers’ classic “Won’t you be my Neighbor?” should not be the theme song for Neighborhood Services The Original on Lovers Lane. Last Friday, at 5:09 p.m. I called Neighborhood Services to be put on the wait list. The hostess asked when we expected to be there, I told her…
On Benihana’s website it asks: “What did you do last night?” Well I have two additional questions. When was the last time you ate at Benihana? And when was the last time you went on a business lunch disguised as a blind date? My answer to the first question is…
Urbano Café on Fitzhugh Avenue is a great place for dates and day drinking, especially on a lazy Saturday. Before Thanksgiving, I met a date there for lunch. I drove around the East Dallas restaurant awhile before I found parking on a side street. Cars occupied all of the parking…
I don’t work in Dallas and driving there for lunch, a blind date lunch no less, was a hard sell. So, when my friend who set me up on my first blind lunch date said it was five minutes from my office, I said “deal.” (I recently went on two…
Daddy dates. Not to be confused with Sugar Daddy dates. I really mean those dinner outings a girl goes on with just her dad (or for this review those dinners where the name of the restaurant coincidentally has the word “daddy” in it). Before my dad passed away two years…
After my last date at a seafood establishment, I was leery to go to another one. But when a new guy suggested S. & D. Oyster Company for our dinner date, I felt relieved and said “of course.” If you’ve never eaten at S. & D. Oyster Company, you must…
A week ago, two friends and I ate dinner at Café Madrid. One had never eaten there — shame on her. The other friend and I remarked how we both loved Café Madrid’s tapas but hadn’t been there in awhile. Then I remembered how long it had been and who…
All right, I know it’s not Valentine’s Day, but for those of you who like to plan for the future, I have a theme date for you. The first two words are Lover’s Pizza. I recently shared a booth with a date at the great place on Lovers Lane. If…
Truluck’s could be a great date place, if you’re there with a good date. Intimate, cozy lit booths make you feel comfortable talking to someone without worrying about other customers hearing your banter. It even has a special Date Night Menu for $35 per person. A good date, however, did…
First truth: I didn’t go to Meddlesome Moth on a date. Second truth: I did go there with three couples and my “date”–a girlfriend. Third truth: A man did pay for my meal. So the dinner had some date-like aspects to it, right? Not really. The man who paid for…
