Mary M. wrote: > I'm going to be in Dallas for a week on business, and wanted some > restaurant recs. Can anyone help? I like most types of food, but > especially Japanese, Vietnamese, and Korean, and I love places that serve > a good breakfast (which is pretty hard to find, nowadays). I like > barbecue too, but I'm trying to cut down on the red meat -- I'll probably > succumb to temptation once, but I really want it to be worth it! Mexican > is great too. I will be working all weekend and probably pretty fried in > the evenings, and mostly dining alone anyway, so I'm looking for casual > places where a single diner won't stick out like a sore thumb. The following restaurants are located in the Oak Lawn section of Dallas, all are causal and reasonable: Cosmic Cup: Indian/Health food on the right side of Oak Lawn in a large house. Look for the "Big Eye" and coffee cup. Gloria's: Cuban/Guatemaulan on Lemmon Ave, left turn from Oak Lawn, in the "Friday's" court on the right side of the road. Toy's Cafe: Thai on Lemmon Ave. 2 blocks farther than Gloria's on the right next to a Baskin-Robbins and Laudramat. There are also some good Mexican restaurants north on Maple which crosses Oak Lawn near Cosmic Cup. The Dallas weeklies, "The Met" http://themet.computek.net/ and "The Dallas Observer" contain restaurant listings. I would also recommend Kathleen's Art Cafe on Lover's near the Inwood Theater. http://www.movienet.com/movienet/ltcdal.html Directions: Take the south exit out of DFW, go east on the Airport freeway, south on 35E, exit Oak Lawn east i.e left. Lemmon Ave is ~1/2 mi. east on Oak Lawn. > I'm going to be staying out near the airport (is that a bad idea?), but > I'll have a car, obviously. DFW Airport is about 1/2 hour from either Fort Worth or Dallas. Bon Appetit, James, [email removed]
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J.A. P. wrote: > The following restaurants are located in the Oak Lawn section of Dallas, all > are causal and reasonable: ...<snip>... I forgot to mention Tony's. Here is a recent Met review: http://themet.computek.net/dininga720.html "Tony's Wine Warehouse and Bistro. 2904 Oak Lawn. 520-WINE. Don't ask for a wine list here. More than 1,000 wines are available by the bottle for your enjoyment, along with select groupings of wine by the glass. Unadult- erated wine enthusiasts should include this spot on any must-stop list for purchasing wine. But back to the meal. A serving of the soup du jour, cream of garlic ($3), bathed my spoon in an extremely rich and garlicky cup of goodness. To accompany the asparagus with puff pastry ($6.95), I opted for a glass of Silverado Hill Cellars Chardonnay '93 ($5). The earthiness of the wine went well with the zing of the asparagus. Even though I only re- ceived four spears of asparagus, the flavor almost won my wallet over. Both of our entree selections were perfectly cooked. The blackened grilled chicken with a cilantro Cajun cream sauce and capellini pasta ($11.95) was beautiful to behold. A sweet mound of angel-hair pasta was covered with a sundial arrangement of chicken chunks. My dining guest really enjoyed his visit to Tony's, even though he doesn't indulge in wine. I, on the other hand, snapped up a glass of Paul Thomas Sauvignon Blanc '93 ($4.50) to com- plement my entree: red snapper Vera Cruz ($12.95). Lightly floured and skill- fully sautied, the red snapper fillet was dressed with a tomato-cilantro- poblano pepper sauce, and the crispness of the wine really brought those seasonings to the forefront. Served with zucchini, summer squash, and almost- raw carrots, this meal was perfect for a hot summer's evening. We left no room for dessert, but we powered down a very strong cup of coffee ($1.50) before leaving with a satiated appetite and a bag full of wines." There is also a La Madelaine on Lemmon near Gloria's. On y va, James, [email removed]