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    Best Bites

    Best neighborhood eats: 6 hot restaurants in Preston Center

    Teresa Gubbins
    Sep 18, 2013 | 3:25 pm
    • R&D Kitchen makes its own veggie burger, topped with tomato, Romaine and slicedavocado.
      Photo by R&D Kitchen
    • California Pizza Kitchen was among the first to put chicken on a pizza.
      Photo by California Pizza Kitchen
    • Hopdoddy Burger Bar has a dozen burger options and excellent French fries.
      Photo by: Ardenstreet
    • Be Raw's best-selling dish is its coconut kale enchiladas.
      Photo by Marc Lee
    • Photo courtesy of Sevy's
    • Spoon brought great seafood - and foodies - to Preston Center.
      Photo by Teresa Gubbins

    Perched on the border of Preston Hollow and the Park Cities, Preston Center is about as North Dallas as it gets, with an ebb and flow of the locals depending on time of day.

    In the morning, it's moms in Lexus SUVs, grabbing juice at Jamba or Gem after dropping off the kids at private school. Lunch is a madhouse: The neighborhood is surrounded by offices, so by noon, 20-and 30-somethings in blue shirts have descended upon Chipotle and Pei Wei, hoping to get out in an hour for $10 or less.

    In the afternoon, high schoolers swarm in. At dinner, the swells hit Hillstone, families sup at Rathbun's Blue Plate Kitchen and oldsters split $15 lasagna at Bowen's Cafe Expresso.

    But there's one group that Preston Center hadn't seen much of: the proverbial foodies. No instagrams of pork belly, no "checking in."

    And then Tesar arrived. Followed by Sprinkles – first the cupcake ATM, then the ice cream. Lines formed. Photos appeared on Facebook. The air began to change. Soon the area will be home to one of the biggest foodie openings of all: True Food Kitchen, the restaurant chain with a menu overseen by author Andrew Weil, M.D.

    Preston Center has arrived. Here's where to get a bite:

    Be Raw Bar
    This minimalist spot specializing in raw (uncooked) dishes not only blazed a trail for vegetarian and vegan dining, it also set the stage for Preston Center to be a place for healthy eating a la The Gem and True Food Kitchen. Tacos, Thai noodles (made from zucchini) and the best-selling coconut kale enchiladas are magical creations, chased by a selection of fresh-squeezed juices and elixirs.

    California Pizza Kitchen
    It's a chain, it's from California and it's been around for years. But California Pizza Kitchen remains cutting-edge, 30 years after it was founded. The fusion of cuisines, upscale ingredients and modern-casual combination of salad and pizza are all basic CPK components. The trademark barbecue chicken pizza still feels fresh, and there's a whole-wheat crust. CPK's arrival helped make Dallas the pizza-savvy place it is today.

    Hopdoddy Burger Bar
    It's a chain and it's from Austin, and yet Hopdoddy is so Preston Center. Its menu is simple: burgers done fancy, over-the-top milkshakes and beer. It meets the needs of the neighborhood yet draws in the burger bunch. You get to wait in line (which has actually become a recreational activity for foodies), plus doting service, a lively atmosphere and a check that won't break the bank.

    R&D Kitchen
    The little sibling of Houston's nearly outdoes its big brother. R&D Kitchen is less formal with a modern menu that lets you stop at a salad or go for meatloaf with mashed potatoes. You can even get an omelet for dinner. R&D doesn't judge. Everything's made in-house and it's all good, from deviled eggs to a veggie burger with avocado to a three-layer carrot cake. California chic atmosphere makes you feel instantly more attractive, even if you're waiting for a table (which you probably will).

    Sevy's
    Reliable, good-natured and always accommodating, Sevy's is the chef-driven hangout that every neighborhood would love to have. Whether lunch or dinner or a glass of wine at the bar, the place is always hopping. Game and meats are a thing here, but seafood such as the crab-stuffed sole seems to be even better. The foodie-friendliness here is almost a secret, until you taste the creamy corn chowder, savory shrimp cakes and luscious three-citrus pie.

    Spoon
    Regardless of what else is in Preston Center, it boasts what Conde Nast Traveler called one of the best new restaurants in the world: Spoon. Chef John Tesar's version of Le Bernardin, Spoon has elegant, pristine seafood and desserts by David Collier. Tesar is a nut, but he's a Northeast native who knows his fish, whether it's a lobster roll, soft-shell crab or oysters with tomato consomme.

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    Steakhouse News

    High-profile Palladino's Steak & Seafood heads to Preston-Royal Dallas

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jun 18, 2025 | 10:54 am
    Filet Mignon
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    Filet Mignon will be on the menu.

    A high-profile new steakhouse is coming to North Dallas: Palladino’s Steak & Seafood, an eponymous concept from Dallas restaurateur Joseph Palladino, will open at 5959 Royal Ln., in the former Spec's space.

    Palladino is the larger-than-life ex-NYPD police officer-turned-restaurateur known for concepts such as Nick & Sam's Steakhouse and the Coal Vines pizza chain.

    Palladino first landed on the Dallas restaurant scene in 1998 to partner up with the equally larger-than-life restaurateur Phil Romano, and went on to have a hand in the creation of Nick & Sam’s, the glitzy steakhouse on Maple Avenue (now run by Sam Romano, son of co-founder Phil Romano), Nick & Sam's Grill, Dos Jefes, and more. He created Coal Vines as an homage to the casual neighborhood restaurants reminiscent of his upbringing in New York.

    Palladino's Steak & Seafood is a newly created concept, which will combine steakhouse, Italian dishes, and seafood, particularly sushi. The first location is already penciled in for New York, opening in the former Michael Jordan Steakhouse at Grand Central Terminal, which closed in 2018. It's being designed by the international design firm Rockwell Group and is slated to open in early summer.

    Joseph Palladino and Troy AikmanJoseph Palladino and one of his many celebrity pals, Troy Aikman.Instagram

    Palladino was approached by the landlords to open a restaurant in the center. Given Palladino's local following and celebrity draw, as well as the large local appetite for steakhouses, Dallas made sense as a second location, particularly at the highly desirable intersection of Preston and Royal.

    On the culinary side, Palladino is partnered with veteran chef Sam Hazen, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America as well as an instructor there. His star-studded resume includes La Côte Basque, the Quilted Giraffe, Quatorze, Michelin three-star Le Gavroche, Terrace in the Sky, Cascabel, and Tavern on the Green. He was most recently at Tao, the glitzy Asian concept from Tao Hospitality, where he worked for a decade, giving him sushi expertise.

    Palladino is busy getting the New York location open first, with a target date of "soon," and the menu has yet to be revealed, although Hazen previewed a dish on Linked In, consisting of a slice of toast with a cut-out center of pate, with accompaniments that included cornichons and mustard — like a pate version of the classic "egg in a hole."

    "But it'll have high-quality steaks and seafood, along with some of my trademark specials and Italian dishes," Palladino says.

    The hospitality will match the cuisine and ambience. “I intend to bring a very special steakhouse to the city, one that the locals can embrace," Palladino says. "They’re going to receive a good experience — that’s important to me.”

    Palladino's"Pate in a hole" dish shared by Palladino's chef Sam Hazen.Sam Hazen

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