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Suburban Yacht Club is the latest venture from 33 Restaurant Group, whose other concepts include Union Bear Brewing Co., Taverna Rosa and The Yard. This space is meant to make you feel like you’re sailing away on a gentle breeze in a calm bay surrounded by blue skies and some chef-kissed queso. Inside the dining […]
Fresh and clean. Exciting and vibrant. Alluring and fun. All of these words describe Sushi Sakana perfectly. Owner Sue Cook’s charismatic personality comes through in the tiny strip mall restaurant that transports diners from Plano and into a sushi heaven. Delivered every other day if not daily, the fish is so fresh it melts on […]
Tasty Egg Roll, disguised as your standard suburban Chinese restaurant serving up cloying Chinese American favorites, is a Penang-street food heaven from Friday evenings through Sundays. While this location has been open for 22 years, the Penang-influenced menu only made an appearance in 2018, when Adeleine Ooi took over the restaurant. She decided to take […]
Part of the new guard of Sichuan restaurants in Plano, Tasty House offers specialties that are a little outside the norm, including “rice crust,” a sizzling hot rice cake doused in stir fried beef and wood ear mushroom sauce. If you’re not quite courageous enough to order the sizzling pig brains, excellent cumin chicken is […]
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As one of the Dallas area’s only Uyghur restaurants, Turan Uyghur Kitchen educates as well as nourishes. Uyghur cuisine prominently features roasted mutton and beef, rice dishes and kebabs. Since the majority of Uyghurs are Muslim, the food is predominantly halal. Dishes like the big plate chicken are simply marvelous, and a small portion was […]
Breastaurants seem to be popping up everywhere these days. Hooters might be the mother of all the establishments in this category, but Addison-based Twin Peaks is the local heavyweight. Buxom waitresses in tight-fitting uniforms with exposed midriffs serve up grub from a large menu that includes crowd- (or at least man-) pleasing items like the […]
Uchiko is the latest gem in James Beard award winner Tyson Cole’s culinary crown, a take on the Uchi concept, imbued with flame-kissed excellence. While Uchiko’s menu offers plenty of nigiri, sashimi and makimono that wouldn’t feel out of place on Uchi’s table, the key differences come “from the hearth”, the wood grill which is key […]
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How cool has Plano become? Well, a trip to Urban Crust will show you. From the warehouse-chic dining room to the wood burning oven to the chill-we mean chill-top floor lounge, the place is the very definition of urban. The pizzas stand out, thanks to chef Salvatore Gisellu (formerly of Daddy Jack’s) skill with flame […]
From the founders of Urban Rio and Urban Crust, Urban Seafood Company offers a high-end seafood restaurant in downtown Plano. Executive chef Salvatore Gisellu grew up in Sardinia, an island off the coast of Italy where seafood was a staple on his childhood kitchen table. After beginning his culinary career in Italy in 1987, he […]
All of the menu items are crafted from 100% Gardein meat – a meat substitute made of soy, wheat and pea proteins – and flavored with the same spices and condiments as a typical kebab. Gardein is lauded for its unique ability to assume the stocky textures of meats ranging from more common ones like […]
In Dallas, Teiichi Sakurai and his friends serve an abundance of superb Japanese food in a variety of styles. Tei-An sources impeccable sushi and serves beautiful noodles; Tei Tei Robata and Teppo focus more on grilling and tavern food. Up in Plano, they don’t have the Sakurai dynasty of restaurants. But they do have Wa […]
Founded in 1980 in Austin, this peddler of all-natural and organic produce and products features a wide range of Texas-grown foods, but if imported French butter is your thing, Whole Foods has that too. Each department’s staff is knowledgeable, chipper and willing to hold your hand when indecision strikes. For example, the cheesemongers will take […]
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Winner’s is a definite winner when it comes to barbecue. It easily ranks as one of North DFW’s best barbecue joints, but don’t judge based on looks. Start with a two-meat plate, which includes generous servings of delectable meat. We loved the brisket and ribs, served along with beans, mustard potato salad and several slices […]
Wu Wei Din, a spot with Taiwanese roots, has some of the best noodles, wontons and soups in the area. Over the past few years they have expanded, adding a second location in Plano and one in Lewisville. Many of the regulars are devotees of pork chop fried rice – a decent bowl of fried […]
Well-traveled diners will immediately notice that the name of Xi’an Yummy Foods bears a resemblance to a certain well-loved chain from the New York City area. Certain dishes at the New York institution are, alas, both more flavorful and more photogenic. But Dallas was desperately lacking in cumin lamb noodles, and now we’re not, so […]
Yao Fuzi serves a well-tempered genus of Shanghainese, the distinctive sustenance of Shanghai. It’s suffused with slivers of Mandarin and even Japanese to help keep it aloft in the flow of the mainstream. And it is without a doubt one of the most rewarding Chinese dining experiences in North Texas. You can savor fried calamari […]