Dallas

Emil Luca said:

My wife is going to a Kodak conference in June and I would
like to know where to eat. I am looking for the non
corporate restaurants that have good food and not too
expensive.

I was just in that area in March. There are many excellent
"non-corporate" (if by that you mean not chain) restaurants
in Addison, which just north of Dallas proper over towards
Plano. However, most of the places we dined were rather
pricy (by choice).

The Sea Grill was excellent and might be considered
moderately priced. The corn-crab chowder needed a little
salt, easy enough to correct by yourself. The Chilean sea
bass with mango chutney on a bed of quinoa pilaf was very
good. seagrill.comseagrill.comOpen ↗

Lucky's, which is sort of a sports bar located in a strip-
mall off Frankford Rd. has a separate dining area from where
the bar is and also a patio. They served an excellent
breakfast and the lunch items looked good, too. Not
expensive and very good service.

Just a short walk down the strip is Oliver's Eatery, which
served a fantastic mushroom/swiss burger and freshly made
hand-cut fries. More food than we could eat for the price.
It's a self-serve place; you place your order and they give
you a gadget to let you know when to pick up your food and
drinks; fine for lunch. Also a patio area out front.

India Palace - the food was excellent and not expensive at
all. I can't comment on the actual restaurant atmosphere
since we had the food delivered. Here's a link:
indiapalacedallas.comservices.htmOpen ↗

Jill

Emil Luca said:

My wife is going to a Kodak conference in June and I would
like to know where to eat. I am looking for the non
corporate restaurants that have good food and not too
expensive.

Try: guidelive.comrestaurantsOpen ↗

modom

There is a usenet group called dfw.eats that you can
subscribe to if you want some interactive discussion of
restaurants in that area.

dfw = Dallas Fort Worth

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Emil Luca said:

My wife is going to a Kodak conference in June and I would
like to know where to eat. I am looking for the non
corporate restaurants that have good food and not too
expensive.

Emil Luca said:

My wife is going to a Kodak conference in June and I would
like to know where to eat. I am looking for the non
corporate restaurants that have good food and not too
expensive.

I was there recently and can tell you about the
following places.

_York Street_. A little restaurant run by Sharon Hage, who
is sometimes called the Dallas counterpart to Alice Waters.
Wonderful roast chicken and a great poached duck egg.

_The Lonesome Dove_ in Fort Worth. Everything is great -
there is probably no better place in Texas.

_Chamberlain's Steakhouse_. Steaks are outstanding - you
probably won't find anything better from corn-fed beasts.
Appetizers are good, but nothing special, as are their other
offerings.

_Love & War in Texas_ in Plano. Very good steaks. Also great
onion rings with ranch sauce spiked with cayenne.

_Quan Kien Giang_ a Vietnamese place in Garland. Wonderful,
spicy ech xao sa ot, frog legs fried with chile peppers and
lemon grass. Also a very good fish curry. Their canh chua,
sour-spicy-sweet fish soup, was much too sweet and not
enough sour and spicy, though.

_Akbar_, an Indian Place in Plano. Murg Mirch Masala, a very
spicy chicken curry, was wonderful. The appetizers and
tandoori dishes are unremarkable.

_Jörg's Cafe Vienna_ in Plano is a nice Austrian place
serving mostly German food. The sausages are good, as is the
chicken (sic) schnitzel with paprika cream sauce.

_Taqueria La Paloma_ in Plano is a hole-in-the-wall Mexican
place which is as authentic as they get. Hardly anyone
speaks English. On weekends, they serve utterly wonderful,
spicy menudo which is mercifully made without hominy (which
should outlawed as unfit for human consumption). The menudo
is utterly addictive and I'm consequently utterly miserable
now... Their tacos are good, too, particularly the buche
(pig stomach) ones.

_For You_, a Polish place in Plano, serves very nice pickle
soup on Thursdays.

Whatever you do, stay away from the Greenville Ave. branch
of Nuevo Leon: the food ranges from barely edible to
nauseating.

Victor

Victor Sack said:

Emil Luca said:

My wife is going to a Kodak conference in June and I would
like to know where to eat. I am looking for the non
corporate restaurants that have good food and not too
expensive.

I was there recently and can tell you about the
following places.

_York Street_. A little restaurant run by Sharon Hage,
who is sometimes called the Dallas counterpart to Alice
Waters. Wonderful roast chicken and a great poached
duck egg.

_The Lonesome Dove_ in Fort Worth. Everything is great -
there is probably no better place in Texas.

_Chamberlain's Steakhouse_. Steaks are outstanding - you
probably won't find anything better from corn-fed beasts.
Appetizers are good, but nothing special, as are their
other offerings.

_Love & War in Texas_ in Plano. Very good steaks. Also
great onion rings with ranch sauce spiked with cayenne.

_ Victor

Hey Victor,

Sounds like you got yourself caught up on having some good
steaks. Some things are better on this side of the pond. 🙂
--
Alan

"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the relig-
ion, and avoid the people, you might better stay home."
-- James Michener

alzelt said:

Hey Victor,

Sounds like you got yourself caught up on having some
good steaks. Some things are better on this side of the
pond. 🙂

They'd be even better if they came from grass-fed beef. :-)
I actually had a steak just twice in the Dallas area this
time, plus another one at Dave Ross's Ranchman's Cafe in
Ponder, which would have long become my regular place of
pilgrimage if I lived anywhere nearby.

Victor