Chef Stephan Pyles opens a new resto with flavors of the Eastern Mediterranean, India, and Spain.
Small steak and seafood chain that channels a retro supper club (dark wood, schmancy drapes, snazzy cocktails) in the heart of Uptown. The Prime Hour (4-6 p.m.) menu dishes cheap bites like $5 truffled deviled eggs.
Chef Stephan Pyles opens a new resto with flavors of the Eastern Mediterranean, India, and Spain.
Mini cupcake chain with funky flavors like Strawberry Lemonade, Kir Royale, and Orange Julius. Custom creations for holidays and parties (including racy themes) are also available.
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Downtown watering hole for winos. The bar serves only Texas wines and the 30-plus made in-house. Pro vintners are also on hand to help patrons craft their own batch of vino with snazzy personalized labels.
A slice of Italy in the heart of downtown. The longtime cheese shop dishes fresh mozzarella by the half pound (goat’s milk, too) and holds regular fromage-making classes.
Cheaper version of big sis Nick & Sam’s. The grilled cheese is good (so is the people-watching). A wide range of wines will make thriftsters to vino snobs happy.
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Fifty stories up, high above the downtown office buildings, sits Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck, the famed chef’s first Dallas restaurant. As if the floor-to-ceiling windows and rotating, 360-degree view weren’t drama enough, the food is equally breathtaking. Start with pork belly dumplings; move on to seafood curry or crispy quail. We like fresh-from-the-oven cookies for dessert.
Photo: Courtesy of Five Sixty Dallas
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Affordable Tex-Mex joint with happy hour deals every weekday from 3 to 7 p.m. The food is simple but good. Surprisingly, there are tons of specialty cocktails including the raindrop with sparkling wine, ginger, and lychee. Don’t miss the frozen blood orange margarita.