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restaurant review: Nova - A Dallas Restauant: Hip and Yummy! - 10/10/10 10:49 PM
I am always up for trying new restaurants and a friend took me to Nova tonight. What a great experience.
Located at 1417 Davis Street in the Kessler Park/Winnetka Heights area of Oak Cliff in Dallas, Nova is self described as a GastroPub and I think it’s a great description. After a day looking at houses on the Oak Cliff Tour of Homes, we started out with cocktails. JD, tending bar tonight, made my companion an incredible martini and I had a fantastic Bloody Mary as we enjoyed appetizers. Our appetizers were the Tempura Soft Shell Crab and the Blow Torch … (3 comments)
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restaurant review: Gonzales Restaurant - Dallas: Tex Mex Done Delicious! - 06/13/10 11:03 PM
With all of my posts about food and restaurants, I can't believe that I have missed reviewing one of my favorites, Gonzales Restaurant in the Oak Cliff area of Dallas.
Oak Cliff is a very vibrant and historic area of Dallas, and has had a resurgence of restaurants in recent years. But being in Dallas, though Tex Mex has always been a part of the city and Gonzales restaurant has served the community since 1973!
Located at 367 West Jefferson, Gonzales Restaurant features some of the most flavorful Tex Mex in town at very reasonable prices. It is a very casual … (3 comments)
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restaurant review: Lumi: Where East meets South - 02/28/10 10:43 PM
Tonight I tried an interesting new restaurant, Lumi. Located at 3407 McKinney Avenue in the Uptown neighborhood of Dallas, Lumi is a restaurant with a split menu focus... Dumplings and Empanadas.
When my friend Danny suggested we try it out (he had a coupon) I was a bit skeptical about this seemingly schizophrenic East meets South menu combination. I figured, at best, that one half of the menu choices would be good... the mystery was whether it was the Asian influenced dumplings that would score or perhaps the South American influenced empanadas that would be winners.
Well, I am excited to … (6 comments)
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restaurant review: Maxim's Restaurant: A Dim Sum Delight! - 11/22/09 09:30 PM
When my cousins Abby and Jason lived here in Dallas, our weekend tradition was a Sunday morning visit to Maxim's Restaurant for Dim Sum and conversation. Abby and Jason moved to New Hampshire in 2006, so my visits with them to Maxim's are less frequent, but I can always count on two things... my cousins will find their way back to Texas for the holidays and the Dim Sum at Maxims will always be just as good as the last time we were there together.
For those unfamiliar with Dim Sum, it is a style of Chinese cuisine that features smaller … (3 comments)
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restaurant review: A Dallas Dining Blog disguised as a Real Estate Blog - 10/18/09 10:52 PM
I am not sure why, but, in addition to real estate topics, I love blogging about my favorite restaurants in Dallas and someone suggested to me that I provide my blog readers with a reference summary of my reviews. I am not a professional foodie or food critic, but I do like to eat and I do know which meals I enjoyed and which ones left a bad taste in my mouth.
Jon Zolsky suggested that I leave a disclaimer on my restaurant posts, so, just for the record, I have not ever, nor will I ever accept any gratuity, free … (6 comments)
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restaurant review: Ali Baba Mediterranean Grill: A New Old Experience - 06/14/09 11:25 AM
This past week was my friend Lynne Gorman’s birthday. As a birthday treat, several of us in my office decided to take Lynne out for lunch and she chose one of my long-time favorite places, Ali Baba Mediterranean Grill.
Ali Baba has been a Dallas institution for years, most of them spent at its original location on lower Greenville Avenue, just a block from my office. About a year ago they moved to slightly larger and more upscale digs in the Lakewood shopping district at 1901 Abrams Road (and also opened additional locations in both Richardson and Irving).
The biggest … (3 comments)
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restaurant review: Dodie's Seafood Cajun Diner: A Winning Recipe! - 06/07/09 11:30 PM
Did you ever eat at a little "hole in the wall" type of restaurant and fall in love with their food? You kept going back for years and years and eventually when you are not paying attention, they become a chain?
Well that's what happened to me and my love affair with Dodie's Seafood Cajun Diner.
I was first introduced to Dodie's back in 1991 when I first moved to Dallas. My cousin Abby and I used to go to their first location at 2129 Greenville Avenue, a few blocks away from Abby's house at the time, and chow down … (6 comments)
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restaurant review: Lucky's Café: Mmmm... Breakfast! - 05/24/09 10:57 PM
When I was growing up in New Jersey, breakfasts at the Hibernia Diner were a regular part of the New Jersey experience. Diners were seemingly everywhere in the state and the food was always good, hearty and the portions were huge.
I left New Jersey almost 30 years ago, and I miss the diners... the friendly wait staff that has been there forever and the food. Lunches and dinners were a part of that experience, but for me, breakfast at the diner was special.
In Dallas there are a few "diner-esque" experiences. Some capture more of the atmosphere, while others … (10 comments)
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restaurant review: Plucked then Pucked: My Duck at Five Sixty! - 05/08/09 06:42 PM
As many know, I am a frustrated restaurant critic. I write restaurant reviews for my blog posts at least once a week, but usually they are mid-priced restaurants… good food/reasonable prices. Well, this week I got to experience something special.
This week I had dinner at Five Sixty. For those unfamiliar with this restaurant, it is Wolfgang Puck’s new restaurant at the top of Reunion Tower in downtown Dallas. (And for those unfamiliar with Reunion Tower, it is the tall tower with the “ball” at the top that you see in almost every picture of the Dallas skyline.) The … (12 comments)
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restaurant review: Celebration Restaurant… A Reason to Celebrate! - 05/02/09 11:48 AM
I have said that there are two types of restaurants in Dallas… the “Johnny Come Lately” type. They come on the scene with some flash and fanfare and even if they are initially successful and have good food, within a year or two they are usually gone. The other type are the Dallas restaurant “Classics”. These are the places that have been here for many years. The locals all know it when you say the name and anyone you mention it to responds by saying something like, “Oooo! I haven’t been there in a while. I love that place. … (2 comments)
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restaurant review: The Porch: Great Dallas Restaurant, or Rocking Chairs & Whittling? - 04/11/09 01:46 PM
I have nothing against rocking chairs or whittling, but this Porch is all about the food!
The Porch, located at 2912 N. Henderson Avenue in Dallas is a great indoor/outdoor dining experience in the heart of the Knox/Henderson Dining and Retail distict.
Offering interesting variations on traditional American cuisine, The Porch creates a dining experience that combines a hip, fun and lively atmosphere with delicious foods that make you feel at home. That, combined with the great outdoor patio facing Henderson Avenue could definitely have been the inspiration for the restaurant’s name.
Offering both lunch and dinner menus, … (3 comments)
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restaurant review: Rudy’s BBQ – Here we go again! - 03/14/09 12:28 AM
Last August I took a listing in Aubrey, Texas. It was a cute Short Sale listing and when I posted it on Active rain, I commented to my friend Karen Otto that one of my favorite things about driving to Aubrey to take the listing was that I got to stop in Frisco at the Rudy’s BBQ there. Well, last week I took a new short sale listing in Krum, Texas and just a few short miles from Krum is Denton, home of another Rudy’s! Don’t think that I didn’t stop… because Rudy’s BBQ is THAT good!
Rudy’s is … (17 comments)
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restaurant review: My Salad (and other food) Days @ Eatzi’s - 03/07/09 07:38 PM
Well folks, here's my weekly dining out post. Unfortunately, I am back on my diet. Somehow all that eating out has made my clothes fit a bit tighter and I am determined to nip this in the bud before it gets out of hand, so this weeks dining out location has been limited to Eatzi’s located at 3500 Oak Lawn Avenue in Dallas.
For those who have never been to Eatzi’s it is a market style extravaganza (with limited indoor and patio seating)! They have everything from prepared foods (hot and cold) which are available as pre-made grab & go … (9 comments)
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