The locally-owned soul food kitchen was featured on HBO’s Hard Knocks, when a Dallas Cowboy revealed it as his favorite restaurant. Here, the sides are the star of the show. Don’t pass on the thick and creamy macaroni and cheese or the sweet yams. Mashed potatoes are blessed with a liberal amount of dark brown […]
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Richardson has its share of Asian cuisine, but SaWaDiKa Thai Zone stands out for its peppy atmosphere and admirable blend of the traditional and the creative. Basic dishes such as pad Thai and red curry are plated beautifully and taste just as good. Tiger Cry brisket is some of the most well-seasoned in the area. […]
The specialty here is Mediterranean-style grilled seafood, offered in a weekday lunch buffet, but the real action at Sayyad is in the evenings, when grilled fish and seafood kebabs can take center stage. The seafood specialties here include singari fish casserole, in which a whole fish is split, butterflied and marinated, then topped with an […]
Patrons can choose fried calamari and any of a number of everyday pasta dishes, but diners can also get double-take menu options. These include the crab claws in garlic butter sauce and the Southwest linguini with Italian sausage, red onion, green pepper and mushrooms in a chipotle cream sauce. The pizzas at this family restaurant […]
A Dallas mainstay and culinary destination for decades, Scardello stands out from other cheese shops with owner/cheese master Rich Rogers’ dedication to American cheeses and Texas dairies and creameries–with some European farmstead cheese thrown in for good measure. Here you won’t find the confusing, over-stimulating selections touted as tres chic by area gourmet supermarkets and […]
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Sclafani’s has a full menu of breakfast and lunch sandwiches in addition to bagels and schmears. All the sandwiches have New York themes. The Park Avenue comes with smoked salmon, choice of schmear, tomato, onion and capers. The Sinatra comes with just egg and cheese. The bagels at Scalfani’s have a little snap from the […]
One thing is for certain, there’s nothing like Scotch and Sausage anywhere else in Oak Lawn. Actually, there’s nothing like this place in all of Dallas. Picture a hipster beer garden filled with beer (of course) and then sausages made from a whole zoo’s worth of animals. There are french fries, too, but these aren’t […]
Tucked away on the second floor (hence the name) and more, shall we say serene, than the Westin’s boisterous Oceanaire, this Scotch lounge/modern international restaurant was still feeling around for sure footing during review visits. But there’s quite a bit of promise, given chef J. Chastain’s penchant for solid technique. Ingredients are fresh, slices of […]
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Seoul Garden offers some of the Dallas area’s best Korean barbecue, in part because red-hot coals fire the grills at every table instead of gas. Order simple cuts instead of marinated ones to get the most flavor from this rustic heat source. Open for nearly 20 years now, this restaurant caters to a mostly Korean […]
This place is called what it’s called for a reason. Few things can kill a drunken craving and sop up exorbitant amounts of alcohol as well as a notoriously monstrous Serious Pizza slice. Open until 3 a.m. on the weekends, the lively after-hours atmosphere, HD televisions and interesting people-watching are exactly the stimulation needed for […]
George Haber and family’s American-Mediterranean small-plate eatery has the shell of a Greek taverna, the interior of a rustic café-sword-adorned stucco walls included-and the name of an Armenian lake. Selections of the eclectic tapas (kabobs, lamb, falafel, a BLT) can be had inside or on the patio with hummus, taking advantage of the BYOB policy. […]
One of the oldest restaurants on the Top 100 – Sevy’s Grill opened in 1997 – is also one of the most old-fashioned. Here, Preston Hollow society types enjoy power lunches and, at dinnertime, spring for shrimp cakes, pork chops and salmon fillets cooked in Tabasco butter. It’s the 1990s ideal of a fine-dining restaurant, […]
A Dallas favorite is back, and this time, hopefully for good. Sfuzzi, now open in Knox Henderson, has returned for its fourth iteration. The buzzy Italian restaurant was an uptown staple in Dallas in the ‘80s and ‘90s, and a favorite among Dallas tourists. Having first opened in 1987, Sfuzzi was both a place for […]
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The vibe at Shady’s is relaxed and casual. Ample seating. There’s a bar and a nice patio; most of the patio is well-covered and is a virtual extension of the indoor dining area. But there is a small, actual outdoor space which, when we visited, solo guitarist played a breezy, laid-back setlist. We caught the […]
In a city loaded with burgers, Shake Shack makes a pretty darn good one. The patties are thin, but manage to combine both a nicely seared exterior and a pink medium-rare center. Neat trick, that. Also neat: the crispy, black-edged bacon on the Smokeshack and the tangy Shack Sauce. The Chicken Shackhas an outstandingly flaky, […]
Typical fast-food Chinese isn’t what is served at this bantam white-tablecloth restaurant. No, this place, as its name spells out, offers diners Shanghai-style cuisine. Among the specialties are the preserved duck, jellyfish with radishes and yellowfish soup. And the staff will guide first-time customers in the proper way to eat Xiao Long Bao (soup dumplings). […]
Shawarma House’s knack for perfection and in-house preparation helps it stand out in a crowded market. Their fusion Tex-Mex shawarma is terrific. The wrapping – which resembles a burrito-sized tortilla, crisp like it’s been gently fried – is sinfully good, and the sandwich filling has gentle spice. The seasoning on the chicken comes through, and […]