Mother's Day Meals

The best restaurants in Dallas to treat Mom on Mother's Day 2014

Mother's Day is just around the corner, and although your finally being out of the house is probably the best present you have ever given your mom, she still needs to eat. So get those reservations in order and prove to the leading lady in your life that you have graduated past breakfast in bed with your siblings and moved on to toasting her fabulousness with a mimosa.

Canary by Gorji
The highlights: Celebrate Mother’s Day with dinner from 5-9 pm. The meal includes choice of salad (Caesar or spinach), entrée (pork chop with gnocchi or Arctic char and shrimp) and dessert (berry sorbet or chocolate liqueur cake).
Cost per person: $39
Reservations: 214-503-7080

Cook Hall
The highlights: Start the Mother’s Day celebration with a blood orange mimosa, sparkling hibiscus Bellini or Bloody Mary. Then move on to buttermilk pancakes, soft scrambled eggs with crab and tomato toast, or grilled salmon salad. Dessert selections include a rhubarb crisp or house-made cookie plate. Cook Hall is doing brunch Saturday and Sunday, from 11 am-3 pm.
Cost per person: $35
Reservations: 214-397-4111

Cool River Cafe
The highlights: Cool River is doing a three-course dinner with soup or salad; choice of roast beef tenderloin, grilled chicken portobello or hickory-smoked salmon; and banana rum cake with Nutella frosting or créme brûlée cheesecake for dessert.
Cost per person: $29.95
Reservations: 972-871-8881

Dallas Arboretum
The highlights: If scenery is what Mom loves most, the Dallas Arboretum is serving a Mother's Day brunch from 10:30 am-12:30 pm, with a cold buffet, hot carving station and assorted desserts. There are seatings available at Rosine Hall and on the loggia at the DeGolyer Estate.
Cost per person: $67 for adults, $25 for children ages 5-10, and free for children ages 4 and under
Reservations: 214-515-6511

Dallas Fish Market
The highlights: Make your selections from an à la carte menu featuring items such as shrimp cocktail, beet salad, pea soup, lobster Benedict, striped bass, ahi tuna BLT and lobster roll. Dessert options include mascarpone figs, chocolate bread pudding or profiteroles. This is going down from 11 am-3 pm.
Cost per person: A la carte
Reservations: 214-744-3474

Driftwood
The highlights: New executive chef Kyle McClelland is offering a Mother’s Day brunch from 11 am-3 pm. Dishes include house-made jelly doughnuts, eggs Benedict with crab or pork belly, and bacon or fennel sausage.
Cost per person: A la carte
Reservations: 214-942-2530

Fearing's
The highlights: Fearing's is serving a special three-course brunch from 11 am-3 pm. Main course selections include lobster omelet and filet mignon with west Texas mop sauce, lamb chops with spring vegetable sauté, and halibut with andouille sausage. Dessert includes almond blueberry tart, coconut cupcake, and dark chocolate cake and milk chocolate ice cream cake with mallow fluff.
Cost per person: $95 for adults and $30 for children 12 and under
Reservations: 214-922-4848

Five Sixty
The highlights: Five Sixty offers an array of Asian-inspired breakfast and lunch dishes served with a spectacular view of the Dallas skyline. The assortment includes pork belly pot stickers, Thai shrimp cocktail, sushi and nigiri, lapsong fried rice, lo mein, Shanghai fried noodles, lemon pepper pork stir fry, rendang short ribs, made-to-order eggs, and assorted mini desserts.
Cost per person: $55 for adults and $30 for children
Reservations: 214-741-5560

The Grape
The highlights: The Grape celebrates Mom with a brunch from 10:30 am-2 pm. There are a few specials in addition the regular à la carte menu, as well as items for kids.
Cost per person: A la carte
Reservations: 214-828-1981

Highland Park Cafeteria
The highlights: From 10:45 am-8 pm, Highland Park Cafeteria offers special menu items such as raspberry roast pork tenderloin, salmon, coconut cake, rhubarb pie and lemon meringue pie. Shirley Robinson, who specializes in show tunes, will be on the piano along with Jerry Stephens, who can play anything and especially loves requests.
Cost per person: $11.99
Reservations: 214-324-5000

Hibashi Teppan Grill & Sushi Bar
The highlights: Hibashi is serving a special fixed-price menu with three courses. Dishes include Hibashi's famous garden salad with ginger dressing; house miso or onion soup; rolls such as Mom's Roll with tuna, super white tuna and yellowtail; sashimi medley with salmon, tuna, superwhite tuna and yellowtail; and a yakitori feast with beef tenderloin, Scottish salmon, scallops, tempura sweet potato, jalapeno and shrimp.
Cost per person: $50
Reservations: 972-620-3474

Hotel St. Germain
The highlights: Celebrate Mother’s Day from 11 am-2 pm with a New Orleans-style brunch. Dine while overlooking the garden courtyard.
Cost per person: $55
Reservations: 214-871-2516

InterContinental Dallas
The highlights: Enjoy a full buffet from 10:30 am-2 pm, with breakfast, seafood and hot carving stations; made-to-order pastas, crepes and omelets; and desserts.
Cost per person: $72 for adults, $27 for children ages 6-12, and free for kids 5 and under
Reservations: 972-386-6000

Lavendou Bistro
The highlights: From 11 am-3 pm, Lavendou Bistro serves a three-course, fixed-price French brunch with dishes such as vichyssoise, tomato-and-mozzarella salad, frisee salad, fruit de mer, poached eggs on brioche with smoked salmon and spinach topped with hollandaise, fillet of sole with crab and champagne cream sauce, steak bordelaise with gratin Dauphinois and French green beans, and chicken breast with linguini. For dessert, indulge in tiramisu, chocolate mousse cake, white chocolate cheesecake or raspberry tart.
Cost per person: $38.95
Reservations: 972-248-1911

Lazaranda
The highlights: Saturday and Sunday brunch (11 am-3 pm) features four entrée specials as well as Mexican vanilla crème brûlée over mangos for dessert. Selections include shrimp Tulum with cream cheese wrapped in bacon with mashed potatoes, rib-eye with shrimp and avocado sauce over poblano rice, filet wrapped in bacon over pasilla pepper mashed potatoes, or octopus with pinto and black beans.
Cost per person: $24.95
Reservations: 972-866-8900

Max’s Wine Dive
The highlights: Max’s Wine Dive Dallas serves its traditional brunch menu from 10 am-3 pm, plus retail wine specials throughout Mother’s Day weekend. Guests who dine with Mom at the restaurant have the option to purchase a bottle while dining; in return they get 50 percent off the same bottle to go.
Cost per person: A la carte
Reservations: 214-559-3483

Nasher Sculpture Center
The highlights: Enjoy a gourmet buffet Wolfgang Puck-style from 10 am-1 pm. Dishes include local farm egg Benedict with first-of-season asparagus on house brioche, soft scrambled farm eggs with local goat cheese, house-smoked and pecan-cured bacon, hand-cranked apple chicken sausage, Virginia honey ham with spiced heirloom carrots and confit of new potato, vanilla bean and polenta pancakes with citrus butter, individual strawberry and rhubarb cobblers.
Cost per person: $50 for members, $60 for non-members, children under 12 half price, and children 3 and under free
Reservations: 214-242-5144

Olenjack’s Grille
The highlights: Olenjack's Grille is having a brunch buffet from 10 am-3 pm, with more than 30 options. Think tequila and lime glazed shrimp with green onion rice, cucumber and onion salad, cinnamon raisin bread pudding with white chocolate, mini raspberry tiramisus, and mimosas and Bloody Marys.
Cost per person: $28 for adults and $14 for children
Reservations: 817-226-2600

Ocean Prime
The highlights: Chef Eugenio Reyes whips up a special brunch menu from 11 am-3 pm. Options include blood orange mimosa, spinach quiche, arugula salad, blueberry French toast, short rib with poached eggs, crab and eggs with toasted English muffin, crab cakes, and blackened salmon salad. The dinner menu is available all day.
Cost per person: A la carte
Reservations: 214-965-0440

Peak & Elm
The highlights: Executive chef Jesse Moreno Sr. offers a three-course brunch menu with complimentary mimosas. Begin with a mixed green salad with Texas peaches, mixed nuts and queso fresco in a blackberry balsamic vinaigrette. Then choose an entree: quiche with house-made Mexican chorizo or quiché primavera with Mexican calabacitas and mushrooms. For dessert there are peach empanadas with local honey. Three seating times: 10 am, noon and 2 pm, with limited availability.
Cost per person: $15
Reservations: 214-826-7617

Second Floor Bistro
The highlights: From 11 am-2 pm, treat Mom to a buffet with pork belly eggs Benedict, prime rib carving station, duck confit hash, omelets and more.
Cost per person: $58 for adults, $26 for children ages 6-12, and free for children 5 and under
Reservations: 972-450-2978

Silver Fox Steakhouse
The highlights: Three-course meal from 11 am-5 pm includes a choice of house salad, wedge salad or asparagus soup; choice of tenderloin, salmon or chicken paillard; and choice of pecan cake, Mandarin orange cake or chocolate lovers dessert.
Cost per person: $46.95 for adults and $16.95 for children under 12
Reservations: 972-423-8121

III Forks
The highlights: III Forks is doing a special four-course Mother’s Day meal from 11 am-8 pm. Dishes include asparagus soup; III Forks salad with green apple, blue cheese, toasted pecans and field greens; beef tenderloin; red snapper on almond basil pearl couscous; and red pepper chicken with fingerling potatoes. For dessert, there is mandarin orange cake, strawberry shortcake, flourless chocolate cake or berry parfait.
Cost per person: $46.95 for adults and $16.95 for children under 12
Reservations: 972- 267-1776

Mother's Day brunch at Five Sixty includes pork belly pot stickers.

Pork belly pot sticker at Five Sixty in Dallas

Photo by Jennifer Chininis

Mother's Day brunch at Five Sixty includes pork belly pot stickers.

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Upscale sports bar Moxies will touch down at The Star in Frisco

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Moxies, the upscale-casual concept founded in Canada and co-owned by Dallas Stars proprietor Tom Gaglardi, is joining the restaurant lineup at The Star in Frisco.

According to a release, a new location of Moxies will open in The Star District, at 3680 The Star Blvd. #1300, in an old City Works space, in 2027.

The sporty restaurant at the home of the Cowboys will be designed for everything from lunch and happy hour to dinner and late-night gatherings, offering chef-driven dishes with a lively bar experience in a polished, social setting, the owners say. The new location will include the restaurant's signature statement bar, elevated dining experience and high-energy hospitality.

“Being part of The Star in Frisco is a perfect fit for Moxies,” says Joanne Forrester, president and COO of Moxies, in the release. “The entire district is built around elevated experiences and connection — training, work, entertainment and hospitality all in one place. That’s where we thrive. Our chef-driven dishes, signature cocktails and statement bar are designed for exactly this kind of social, high-energy setting anchored by the Dallas Cowboys.”

Frisco will be the fourth DFW location for Moxies. The first one debuted at The Crescent in Uptown Dallas in 2016, and got a major renovation in 2024. The chain also has locations in Plano and Southlake.

Moxies is owned by Gaglardi, proprietor of the Dallas Stars, and brought to the U.S. by franchise group Eatz Hospitality.

While few details of the Frisco location have been revealed, the other locations serve lunch, brunch, dinner, and happy hour specials, with a menu of elevated American classics overseen by executive chef Brandon Thordarson. A typical Moxies menu includes:

Sushi Cones, made of tempura shrimp with avocado, pea shoots, nori crisps and drizzled with sesame chili ponzu
Poutine, the Canadian staple with French fries, hot beef gravy, and cheese curds
Kale and Quinoa Salad
Vegetarian Power Bowl with marinated tofu, shiitake mushrooms, soft boiled egg, vegetables, and greens

Brunch options include:

Vegetarian Huevos Rancheros
Smoke Salmon Goat Cheese & Egg White Omelet
Sicilian Sausage Hash

The traditional Moxies bar features craft cocktails such as Strawberry Ghost Pepper Margarita and a Hard Lemonade made with Tito’s Vodka.

The spaces typically feature an extended bar, a large covered patio, TVs inside and outside, and flex walls that can be converted for private dining experience and party spaces.

Other openings at The Star in Frisco

Moxies will join previously announced bar The Imperial Room, which will open at at 3685 The Star Blvd. in early September (aka "next week," a spokesperson clarifies).

The new bar will open next door to the Frisco location of Cane Rosso, and is from PILF Restaurant Group (Cane Rosso, Zoli's Pizza, and Thunderbird Pies), which also owned Cow Tipping Creamery, which closed in July.

With seating for 25 to 30 guests, The Imperial Room will offer an intimate setting for pre-event cocktails, date nights, celebrations and late-night gatherings, the release says. Guests can expect a sophisticated cocktail program featuring expertly executed classics and original creations, complemented by elevated shareable plates and select entrées.

PILF Restaurant Group has drafted acclaimed Dallas bartender Gabe Sanchez, whose work has helped shape cocktail programs at some of the city's most respected bars.

Longtime Star Tex-Mex restaurant Mi Cocina has expanded its outdoor dining experience with a renovation of its main patio, at 6740 Winning Dr. Ste. 1010. The enhanced space features additional seating, permanent heaters, larger fans, and drop-down shades, creating a more comfortable three-season patio for guests to enjoy throughout the year, the release says.

On the non-restaurant front, Élan Sculpt Club, a new luxury boutique fitness concept combining infrared-heated sculpt classes with Pilates reformer training, is opening its flagship location at The Star District, at 3620 The Star Boulevard, #1215.

Moxie’s is also known for their light sign décor, centered on the main dining wall, that spells out "I will if you will."

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