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    New Year's Dining

    Top Dallas-Fort Worth restaurants to dine on New Year's Eve 2016

    Teresa Gubbins
    Dec 19, 2016 | 4:59 pm
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    Here's a toast to best dining options in DFW for New Year's Eve 2016.
    Photo by WJNPHOTO

    For some, all you need to celebrate New Year's is a toast (or two). But our favorite way to observe any holiday includes food. Here's a list of restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth where you can ring in the New Year's with a bite to eat:

    Bird Cafe
    Four-course menu with choices of butter-poached lobster claw, truffle arancini, clam chowder, fig and beet salad, elk carpaccio, pheasant with German potato salad, lamb porterhouse, seared duck breast, and selection of desserts from pastry chef Laurel Wimberg. Sundance Square New Year’s Eve festivities include live entertainment and fireworks. $90. 817-332-2473.

    CBD Provisions
    New Year’s Eve à la carte specials include oyster with caviar, terrine, duck confit with black-eyed peas, and cassoulet. Chateaubriand steak with roasted winter vegetables, pomme purée, and house-made sherry sauce is $120 for three-to-four people. 214-261-4500.

    Cru Wine Bar
    Three-course menu with gnocchi fonduta, lobster and crab scampi, lobster bisque, tuna tartare, rack of lamb, scallops with spinach parmesan risotto, filet mignon, sea bass, and braised short rib with mascarpone parmesan polenta. Desserts include molten chocolate lava cake, egg nog crème brûlée, and white chocolate mousse. Early seating 5:30–8 pm early seating, $50; gala seating is 8:30–10 pm for $65. 214-526-9463.

    Dallas Chop House
    Special menu includes smoked salmon and caviar, oysters, clam chowder, beef tartare, heirloom beets, surf and turf, pork chop, duck confit, redfish, and choice of blackberry crumble, chocolate tart, or sour cherry cheesecake. $70. 214-736-7300.

    Dallas Fish Market
    Four-course dinner includes options such as hamachi sashimi, smoked salmon and caviar sandwich, cioppino, caviar, beet salad, swordfish with basmati rice, striped bass, duck confit with French green lentils, porcini-crusted filet, and Arctic char. Dessert options include olive oil cake, chocolate soufflé, or sour cherry custard pie. $65, plus wine. 214-744-3474.

    Fearing’s Restaurant
    Three- or four-course dinner with champagne toast and choices such as scallops, porcini mushroom carpaccio with Swiss chard, Dover sole and lobster Thermidor, lamb osso buco on Pecorino polenta, beef Wellington, and squab en croûte with brioche on celery root purée. Dessert trio includes double chocolate cake with chocolate-covered strawberry, mimosa shooter with orange champagne sorbet, and apple almond tart. Following the second seating, there's a midnight balloon drop, plus live music by saxophonist Johnny Reno and his band and a special performance by chef Dean Fearing. Three-course meal 5:30-7 pm, $95. Four-course meal 7:30-10 pm, $195. Add white Alba truffle to any dish for $30. 214-922-4848.

    Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck
    Five-course menu includes steak and eggs nigiri-caviar duo, scallop, Maine Lobster tail, sautéed duck breast, koji cured A5 Miyazaki strip steak, and chocolate passion fruit cake. 5-10:30 pm. $175, plus $75 for optional wine pairing. 214-741-5560.

    Grill on the Alley
    New Year’s Eve dinner includes kale salad, butternut squash soup, shrimp cocktail, seafood trio with crab cake, scallop, and jumbo shrimp, salmon over spinach, 18-ounce bone-In New York steak, filet Oscar, rack of lamb, hazelnut Kahlua crème brulee, and New York cheesecake. $75. 214-459-1601.

    Kabuki Japanese Restaurant
    Galleria Dallas spot will offer New Year’s Eve special plum champagne cocktail for $5.95. Full menu will be available on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, with light bites, appetizers, and sushi rolls.

    Kitchen LTO
    Five-course menu with complimentary champagne includes oyster amuse, sweet potato ravioli, scallop with roasted duck heart, quail roulade with hoppin jon, and beef tenderloin, espresso milk foam, pickled+roasted mushroom, celery root, squid ink $75 – Five Course Tasting menu with complimentary champagne 5:30, 7:30, or 9:30 pm. $75, plus $30 for wine pairings. 214-377-0757.

    Knife Dallas
    Three-course dinner with entertainment from Ricki Derek and 16-piece band, complimentary bar, champagne toast, and countdown to the New Year. Cocktails 8-9 pm, dinner 9:30-10:45 pm, live music 10:45-12:15 pm. $225 for general seating, $1000 for VIP table of four.

    Meddlesome Moth
    Four-course menu includes choices from vegetable frito, rabbit rillettes, crudo, lobster bisque, bok choy salad with Asian pear, chicken with parsnips, pork short rib, and monkfish. Dessert choices include huckleberry cobbler, hummingbird cake, and chocolate-peanut butter tart with marshmallow and lingonberry jam. 5 pm, $55. 7 and 9:30 pm, $65. Final seating includes party favors and complimentary champagne toast at midnight. 214-628-7900.

    Pappas Bros. Steakhouse
    Four-course meal with choices such as lobster deviled eggs, crabcakes, salad, New York strip, salmon, lamb chops, wild mushrooms, and au gratin potatoes. Choice of desserts includes New York cheesecake and chocolate turtle pie. 4-6 pm, $100. After 6 pm, $110. 214-366-2000.

    Princi Italia
    Regular menu at 11 am, followed by four-course dinner with live music, dancing, and dishes that include tortellini fonduta, spaghetti Bolognese, saffron fettuccini with Maine lobster, Caesar salad, Brussel sprouts salad, arugula salad, short rib, branzino Siciliano, four-ounce filet and lobster tail, lemon curd torte, chocolate molten lave cake, tiramisu, white chocolate and mascarpone mousse cannoli. 8:30 pm until midnight. $50. 214-739-5959.

    Pyramid Restaurant
    Winemaker Emilio Ramos will be in attendance to feature his Texas wines from the San Martino Winery. Four-course menu at 5:30 pm includes choices of entrée and dessert ($69, plus $25 for wine pairings). Six-course menu at 8 pm includes entrée and dessert ($125, plus wine pairings for $35). Late seating includes live entertainment by Tyra Taylor, dancing, photo booth, champagne toast at midnight, and party favors. 214-750-5249.

    Stirr
    Deep Ellum spot has five-course menu with complimentary glass of champagne, plus optional wine pairing. Diners will also be invited to the rooftop after their meal. Dishes include roasted mushrooms, scallops, pork belly, Texas flatiron with oxtail ragout, and salted caramel apple pie with cinnamon ice cream. Seatings at 6, 8, or 10 pm. $95, plus $30 for wine pairing. 214-983-1222.

    III Forks
    Downstairs features dinner highlighted by specials such as filet mignon with lobster tail for $80. Upstairs is a party with bottle of Schramsburg Brut Rose, party favors, five-piece band Safira and dishes such as shrimp cocktail, lobster bisque, wedge salad,filet mignon, New York strip, boneless ribeye, sea bass, lobster tail, and choice of desserts including carrot cake, chocolate ganache cake, bread and butter pudding, tiramisù, and ice cream bomb. $125. 972-267-1776.

    Uchi Dallas
    Special New Year’s Eve omakase menu featuring a seven-course feast, with complimentary champagne at midnight. $175 for two. 214-855-5454.

    Victory Tavern
    The Dallas Stars will be playing the Florida Panthers at the American Airlines Center. Pre-game with a special New Year’s Eve three-course menu or celebrate the Stars’ win afterwards with an extended special menu. Options include brisket tamale, wedge salad, lobster bisque, crab cake, tuna tacos, pork loin, lemon sole, chile-rubbed filet mignon, scallops with butternut squash risotto, flat iron steak, and prime rib with loaded baked potato. Desserts include Key lime pie, chocolate-Kahlua bead pudding, and cheesecake brownie. 5:30 –11 pm. 214-432-1900.

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    Steamy shop

    New romance bookstore-cafe brews up lattes and love stories in Arlington

    Luciana Gomez
    Apr 21, 2026 | 1:45 pm
    Daydream
    Photo courtesy of Daydream
    It is love at first sip in this quaint coffee shop and bookstore.

    Like the setting of a Hallmark Channel rom-com, a new bookstore in downtown Arlington invites customers to sip, swoon, and stay awhile. Called Daydream, the shop specializes in romance books and features a cozy coffee shop nestled right inside the bookstore, located at 380 E. Front St., Suite 110, in the heart of downtown Arlington.

    The charming concept is from Alma Sardas, graduate from University of Texas at Arlington who, after a couple of years working in public relations agencies, decided to pursue her dream of owning a romance bookstore.

    As a longtime bookstore and coffee shop lover, Sardas explains, her idea for the shop came from wanting a space that felt like stepping into one of those stories.

    “I’ve always loved bookstores and coffee shops individually, but I didn’t see many spaces that fully leaned into a specific genre and created an immersive experience around it," she says. "That’s where the dream started - building something that felt intentional, cozy, and unique.”

    The book collection is entirely curated by Sardas and features a wide variety of subcategories within the romance genre, including cowboy, dark, fantasy and LGBTQ+ romance and romantic suspense. “There’s a little bit for everybody,” Sardas says.

    The young entrepreneur cites It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover, A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, and Daydream by Hannah Grace (which inspired the name of her shop) as the romance novels that have shaped her love for the genre.

    “They all show different sides of romance: emotional, escapist, and fun,” she says.

    Daydream Daydream brings people together over their love of coffee and literature. Photo courtesy of Daydream.

    The inviting shop pairs the quiet charm of a library with the aroma of a coffee house, in a brightly lit space featuring a palette of cream, blush pink, and light wood tones. There are circular marble-top bistro tables and rounded swivel chairs for customers to enjoy their books and coffee. They also have a dog-friendly outdoor space with a few pink chairs and tables.

    Her offering aligns with the growing trend of younger generations that are craving real-life spaces, and opportunities to unplug, slow down and connect. “I think naturally younger people are going to start gravitating towards books again and the fun escapism that comes with it, rather than the never-ending vicious cycle of comparing themselves to their digital life”, Sardas says.

    Sardas, who is half Cuban and half Mexican, draws on her cultural heritage for both her deep-rooted love of coffee and the inspiration behind the menu she created.

    The menu includes classic drinks such as espresso, latte, and Americano, all served hot or iced, as well as tea - chai and matcha. They serve Cuban coffee, or Cafecito, a homage to her Cuban father.

    The shop has a couple of signature coffees, including a honey vanilla oat latte, and The Havanna, a dulce de leche latte, and they are working on a Mexican-inspired latte in honor of her mother’s traditions.

    Daydream The shop features a pink La Marzocco espresso machine.Photo courtesy of Daydream

    For pastries, they have partnered with Richardson-based La Casita Bakeshop, a thriving women-owned business, to serve an assortment of croissants, cinnamon rolls, cookies and muffins.

    They use beans from Alma Coffee (same name as hers though purely coincidental), a veteran and women-owned company that works closely with farmers in Honduras and roasts in Georgia.

    Daydream's hours are 9 am-7 pm Tuesday-Saturday 10 am-5 pm Sunday; closed Monday.

    Sardas says that starting in May, she plans to host regular events such as themed book clubs that tie into popular tropes and books, like contemporary, dark romance, and queer romance. There are also book discussions, meet-and-greets, author signings, midnight release parties, and themed café nights in the works.

    They are also collaborating with local creatives on activities like candle-making workshops and cake decorating workshops to make the space feel more interactive.

    “It truly is a dream,” Sardas says. “We are excited to be open and ready to be a stop for the Arlington community and beyond.”

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