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    Where to Eat Now

    Where to eat in Dallas right now: 10 restaurants to take your out-of-town guests

    Teresa Gubbins
    Dec 4, 2015 | 3:35 pm

    December is the month for holidays, and for many people, holidays mean visitors from out of town. As a good host, you need to know where to take them: which restaurants can handle a group, have a holiday flair, or represent what's going on in Dallas right now.

     

    These are our suggestions for the best restaurants of the moment to take your out-of-town guests:

     

     Cafe on the Green
    With long hours and customer-friendly menus, hotel restaurants are almost always a practical choice for the holidays. What makes the Four Seasons in Las Colinas especially enticing, aside from its verdant setting, is its dedication to festivity, including an annual gingerbread house display. And Cafe on the Green is an excellent restaurant that hews to a high standard.

     

     Cibo Divino
    A bright spot in the Sylvan Thirty complex, CiboDivino​ is a fun combination of restaurant, market, and wine bar. Its casual yet cosmopolitan atmosphere and flexible options make it an easy place to bring a brood. There's housemade pasta, Neapolitan-style pizza, charcuterie, wines by the glass, and espresso drinks. You can also linger and browse the shelves of olive oil and other goods.

     

     Dixie House
    Home cooking is one of Dallas' indigenous cuisines, along with Tex-Mex and steak. Our options are plentiful, including Original Market Diner, Norma's, Celebration, Mama's Daughter's Diner, and Babe's Chicken Dinner House. But only Dixie House sits in the quaint heart of Lakewood, where it's been for nearly 40 years, serving chicken-fried steak and meatloaf with a choice of homey sides like mashed potatoes, plus cornbread and rolls.

     

     940's Kitchen & Cocktails
    New Denton restaurant joins peers such as Queenie's and Hannah's on the Square in upping the game beyond the standard college-town fare. 940's parent-worthy efforts make for a solid day trip up north. Stroll the square, then head over to 940's for your burger topped with egg, but also for eggplant fries with horseradish dipping sauce — which happen to be vegan. So Denton.

     

     Pecan Lodge
    With barbecue becoming a national trend, your out-of-towners are sure to be interested in one of the best barbecue restaurants in Texas. The cherry on the sundae is that it's in one of Dallas' most entertaining neighborhoods. For groups, Pecan Lodge has just the dish: the trough, with a sampling of meats including sausage, ribs, and its signature brisket, big enough to feed four-to-five people.

     

     Resto Gastro Bistro
    Restaurant at Trinity Groves serves up a global cuisine as created by chef DJ Quintanilla, with dishes such as crab cakes with artichokes, at a moderate price. For the holidays, there are special cocktails such as the one with chocolate whiskey and chocolate bitters. Speaking of chocolate, be sure to end your meal with a walk down to Kate Weiser, Trinity Groves' artsy chocolatier.

     

     Sissy's Southern Kitchen & Bar
    Dallas should always have a restaurant like Sissy's, serving Southern cuisine with fine china, servers in lace aprons, and vodka-spiked tea. The signature dish is fried chicken, along with other specialties such as the ham salad and pimento cheese plate, biscuits, and fritters made with squash. And don't forget a cocktail, guaranteed to make you tipsy — in a genteel fashion, of course.

     

     The Theodore
    New eatery from a vibrant restaurant group (Bolsa, Smoke, Spork) is located at a mall, namely NorthPark Center. Any other time of the year, you might wonder whether a restaurant at a mall is a cool thing. But during the holidays, it's the ultimate in convenience. Theodore has a whole backstory that involves a dead president, and it also has a trendy dish on the menu: toasts. But let's get down to it: It's only steps away from the Swatch store.

     

     Tillman's Roadhouse
    If you have company in town, it's almost required that you take them to the Bishop Arts District. While the neighborhood is being eclipsed by other "walkable" areas such as Greenville Avenue, BAD still has the cute sidewalks, brick buildings, and a gallery or two that you can cruise before or after your meal. Dining options in Oak Cliff are plentiful; but we'll recommend Tillman's, the upscale yet rambunctious Texas roadhouse with deer sculptures, designer French fries, and signature s'mores.

     

     The Zodiac
    Few restaurants are more quintessentially Dallas and more classic than The Zodiac at the downtown Neiman Marcus. From the delicate salads to the signature popovers with strawberry butter to the Mandarin orange soufflé, it's a well-oiled exercise in refinement that need never change. And if you're talking about the holidays, nothing beats Neiman Marcus, whose well-mounted annual window displays epitomize a big-city Christmas spirit that's the stuff of dreams.

     

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    Relo News

    Oak Cliff Dallas address says bye Swank and hello Indian restaurant

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jul 16, 2025 | 3:01 pm
    Elephant Indian Bar and Grill
    Elephant Indian Bar and Grill
    Elephant Indian Bar and Grill

    A location in Oak Cliff Dallas that has seen some turnover in recent years is about to see some more: It starts with Swank, the ambitious restaurant from chef Luke Rogers, which is leaving its address at 1115 N. Beckley Ave. after a year and relocating to a new space still to be determined. The restaurant's final day at its current location will be Saturday, July 26.

    "We want to give guests one last chance to toast the place that started it all," Rogers says in a statement.

    But 1115 N. Beckley Ave. won't be empty for too long: The space will soon be home to Elephant Indian Bar and Grill, an Indian restaurant from chef Praveen Prasannan, an industry veteran with international experience working in the kitchens of hotels and on cruise ships.

    This will be a second location of Elephant Indian Bar and Grill following the original that opened in the original Buzzbrews location at 4154 N. Central Expwy. in 2024.

    Prasannan says he wants to expand his customer base by bringing Indian food to areas currently lacking in Indian options. He's also opening an Elephant to-go spinoff in the Park Cities, at 5601 W. Lovers Ln. #110.

    He also owns Shivas Bar and Grill, an elevated Indian concept, with his brother Prinu, which has locations in downtown Dallas and Allen.

    The menu at Elephant Indian features Indian classics such as chicken tikka masala, butter masala, tandoori, and a variety of biryani, the comforting rice dish.

    There are also Indo-Chinese fusion dishes, such as veggie fried rice, chilli paneer, and hakka noodles; plus wraps, hummus with naan bread, and thali, a selection of different dishes served in small bowls on a round tray, served with choices of steamed rice or naan.

    Prasannan is a forward-thinking chef who has also created a number of vegan items and meatless versions of their signature dishes, including a rare vegan version of butter chicken and Kadai vegetables, a mix of stir-fried vegetables. Prices are affordable, ranging from $6 for a soup or salad to $26 for lamb biryani.

    Prior to Swank, 1115 N. Beckley Ave. was home to some big-name restaurants over the years, most recently Beckley 1115, and before that VH, and before that Outpost, and before that, Campo featuring chef Matt McAllister, and before that an Argentinian place called La Carreta Argentina.

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