Founded in 1998, Main Event Entertainment is a Dallas-based company that today operates nine “family entertainment centers” scattered around Texas. The Plano location features 34 bowling lanes, more than a dozen pool tables, shuffleboard, laser tag and a massive arcade. While the kids are running around the arcade waving tickets between playing skee ball, air […]
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A restored theater dating back to the 1920s, the Majestic offers everything from fringe theater to mainstream touring acts, from spoken word and comedy to rock bands.
Located in the heart of Uptown Dallas, Malai Kitchen showcases a different side of Southeast Asian cuisine. Led by husband-and-wife team Braden and Yasmin Wages, the concept was inspired by their extensive travels through Thailand and Vietnam. As a team, the restaurant and bar are committed to sourcing quality ingredients and preparing as much as […]
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Shooting for more than cookie-cutter pub grub, this North Dallas bar and restaurant in the former Prego’s Pasta space has wooden beams lining the ceiling and stones atop the east and west walls, all shipped from Ballymoon castle, built between 1290 and 1310 near Bagenalstown, Ireland. Of course, Malarkey’s can’t help but give in a […]
Named after one of the greatest honky-tonk songs of all time (RIP Merle), Mama Tried is one of the best cowboy clubs across the Lone Star State. Billing itself as Dallas’ biggest country bar and honky-tonk dance hall, attendees can expect true-blue live Texas country tunes. Revelers can also play any number of kick-ass yard […]
If the name didn’t clue you in, Mama’s is all in the family-a large family, with five offspring (by which we mean locations). From the beginning nearly 40 years ago, Mama has done things the hard way (i.e., from scratch). Home-cooked favorites include meat loaf, chicken and dumplings as well as the obligatory chicken-fried steak […]
Passable Thai cuisine is made more palatable by the friendly service and the amusing retro-futuristic décor, which makes the dining room seem like a vision of 2001 from the vantage point of a bean bag chair in 1975. Cool metal chopsticks, too.
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In a quaint house that echoes the family-friendly setting (with the decibel level, to boot), proprietor Manny Rios serves family recipes, ones almost identical to Manny’s Uptown big sister, Mia’s Tex-Mex. The menu is a culinary blueprint of Tex-Mex, with everything from the brisket taco, a house specialty, to the ground beef “Alisa’s changa” and […]
“Ya want that pink or gray in the center.” The simple question, asked by the woman working the register, sums up everything you need to know about Jack Perkins’ simple burger. Bolster your common-man experience with a cold can of Schlitz.
Formerly billed as Monica’s Aca Y Alla, Maracas Mexican Restaurant is foremost a comfortable neighborhood joint where laid-back diners of all ages celebrate birthdays and revel in weekly food and margarita specials. The menu looks to Mexico City and Tex-Mex dishes, supplemented by innovative cooking to produce a menu that includes a sloppy lasagna of […]
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Owner Kay Agnew and staff serve refined Cajun/Creole-style food in a polished setting, albeit one with an industrial sensibility, due to its location in a design center and ample metalwork. The restaurant is awash in a red, black and white color scheme, with a large canvas of roses on one wall. It’s mainly a lunch […]
Executive chef Tom Gunn offers his guests ritzy, white-tablecloth fine dining hidden in a 1.5-acre European garden that is itself concealed in a corporate office building. Floor-to-ceiling windows offer verdant views and al fresco dining, an oasis from the urban rat race. Still, a homey sensibility is retained in the elegant dishes, with the inclusion […]
Mario Alfano (formerly a front-room fixture at Gloria’s) and Sabino Valle took the worn Casa Blanca space, gave it some bright new colors and brought in some Salvadoran recipes. So it’s like Gloria’s, only with a more informal feel-and a more authentic home-style approach to cooking.