April 7, 2006

Social Studies

Social Opens

When it comes to putting your best foot forward, your two left feet often get in the way.

In fact, after numerous unfortunate encounters through the years with jocks, queen bees, and wannabes, you finally realized your rung on the popularity ladder rests somewhere at the bottom.

Well, Social is about to change your luck. The recently opened restaurant in University Park’s Hotel Lumen is as intimate as the cozy and cool clique you always wanted to be part of. The plush decor boasts red velvet banquettes, elegant chandeliers, and shaded wall sconces. Now this is a clubhouse you could get used to.

The menu is just as welcoming, filled with comfort food like Damn Good Fries (perfect for pairing with the chicken tender wrap), spinach artichoke dip with pasta chips, and mac and cheese.

The patient, charming, and unflappable staff keeps everything under control — even the occasional foot-in-mouth.

In other words, they can handle you.

Social, Hotel Lumen, 6101 Hillcrest Avenue, University Park (214-219-2400).