20 Feet is what you get when two really good chefs try to simultaneously capture the casual elegance of a small Manhattan seafood restaurant and the glorious excess of a New England clam shack. The small dining room joins Good 2 Go Taco and Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House on Peavy Road in East […]
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Just up the street from Casa Linda, Alfonso’s – named after proprietor Peter Columbo’s father – has been pulling in the neighborhood crowd since 1991. The shiny black-and-white checkerboard floor, fresh flowers on the tables and colorful photos of Italian street scenes set the mood for a cozy, enjoyable dining experience. For starters, they’ve got […]
A perennial winner of the Observer‘s “Best Cajun” honor, Alligator Caf
From the North shore of Lake Pontchartrain, Ron E. Green’s spot has spread its yolks and whites across the Gulf States. The Dallas branch is near its own landmark body of water, but not in a quaint cottage like the original. This Another Broken Egg Caf
The Army Store has been serving the citizens of Dallas for decades, we are the oldest surplus store in Dallas We are a family owned business that specialized in providing our customers the best in service and products to entertain, protect and collect.
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Ever get a hankering for some pancakes, greasy bacon and fluffy scrambled eggs? How about big sweet beer biscuits washed down by a steady supply of fresh, hot coffee? If so, mosey over to this down-home White Rock Lake-area eatery. In addition to daily breakfast and lunch specials, the Flap & Cluck with Oink (two […]
Casey’s Lawn Equipment is one of the Dallas area’s most established dealers, serving our community with the best lawn and garden equipment available for over 20 years.
If there’s a polar opposite to the caloric overdose represented by Cheesecake Factory, this Lakewood shop should be a prime candidate. Founded as a counter in the back of a Greek restaurant, the bakery is a full-fledged operation in its own storefront — and still family owned. Fresh ingredients and the aroma emanating from the […]
Cultivar Coffee, which shares a space with Goodfriend Package, serves up some of the best coffee in town. As any good roaster knows, roasting coffee is a blend of art and science in a process that requires skill and a bit of intuition. As they inform their customers on the site: “During the roasting process, […]
East Dallas has a healthy dose of drive-in burger joints. Dairy-Ette, open since 1956, is just one of the fine examples of a bygone era frozen in time — and neon. Here, care is not only given to the burgers but is also given to the thin, snap-in-your-mouth fries and homemade root beer (as in […]
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66 acres of flower and display gardens, including acres of azaleas, a Woman’s Garden, animal sculptures, a bamboo garden and the DeGolyer house.
Since 1918, original owner Miguel Martinez’s El Fenix has been reeling in the Tex-Mex faithful. This location, the flagship store, is across the street from the second El Fenix, which was opened in 1925 and is owned by Mike Karns. From the favorite tortilla soup and fajitas to the generous combinations, like the signature Special […]
The common Dallas thin patty has no home here. Fat Daddy’s serves up them up big and juicy at half a pound with seasoned steak fries and drinks in a checkered paper-lined basket. The hand-formed burgers and the varied toppings and condiments bar are only part of the allure of this family-friendly Casa Linda restaurant. […]
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Colleen O’Hare & Jeana Johnson created an instantaneous hit with their little shop inside The Green Stop gas station and market in the White Rock area, and now they are making tacos at a new location. The emphasis here is on the local and the creative for those in need of a speedy nosh. While […]
In the land of Goodfriend Package, meat is king. The breakfast and lunch menus are big and bold: Sausage or bacon biscuit sandwiches, corned beef and hash, pancake (literally singular), a road-house looking scrambler, and – wait for it – scrapple. Scrapple! Scrapple is, typically, a loaf of meat made from leftover pork parts. Good […]
A tiny gas station and market anchoring the outside corner of an otherwise nondescript strip mall has become a center of natural living near White Rock Lake. Good 2 Go Tacos may no longer be serving its wildly popular and inventive gourmet tacos out of the back of the store, but that hasn’t kept Green […]
What an expressive name is Hello Dumpling. It’s short, sweet and friendly, and it holds out the promise of delicious dumplings. There’s only one problem with the name: This restaurant’s noodles are even better. Hello Dumpling is serving a wide variety of northern Chinese home cooking and market foods: grilled skewers of meat, beef noodle […]