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DFW Dallas | Best Bistros
Great neighborhood bar with great food - Cock and Bull who has Hugh Stewart, former chef of Jeroboam
For something more akin to a bistro try Daniele Osteria
Breakfast in Dallas
Garden Cafe on Junius. They use herbs grown from the backyard garden.
What's inexpensive near Dallas Market Center?
In the West Village, Mi Cocina, Village Burger Bar, and Taco Diner(http://www.westvil.com/dining.html). Decent, not great, but fits in your price range.
In Uptown Primo's for TexMex but mostly for people-watching. It used to be THE scene for Tuesday nights; not sure if that's still true. Bread Winners Cafe/Bakery is another place that everyone seems to love, but I'm ambivalent about. They have a nice courtyard and big breakfasts. Dinner may run closer to 25 pp depending on what you get. Dream Cafe in the Quadrangle has 1/2 price dinners on Tuesday; it's a lovely place with good food. There's a whole host of sports bars up & down McKinney Avenue - I'm partial to Jake's and McKinney Avenue Tavern but have only had drinks there. Have a good time in Dallas!
What's inexpensive near Dallas Market Center?
1-2 miles:
Original Market Diner on Harry Hines - greasy spoon, home-country cooking. Closed for dinner
Anderson's BBQ on Harry Hines, across from UT Southwestern Medical Center. Closed for dinner.
Ojeda's on Maple - good TexMex
Oishii at Wycliff & Maple - mediocre ambience, great sushi, avoid the Chinese dishes
Sal's next to Oishii - generic Italian
3-4 miles:
Cosmic Cafe on Oak Lawn south of Cedar Springs. Vegetarian/bastardized Indian. Good food.
Cafe Brazil on Cedar Springs west of Oak Lawn. 24 hr coffeeshop. Almost everyone I know loves this place, I am not a fan.
Whole Foods on Lemmon and Lomo Alto.
Eatzi's on Oak Lawn by Lemmon. Like a mini-Whole Foods or Central Market
If you are willing to go a few miles further, there are more options, and with better evening ambience, in the West Village/Uptown areas.
Chinese food in Dallas Area?
Shanghai Restaurant, on the SW corner of LBJ and Preston. Their Shanghaiese dishes are terrific and a nice departure from all the Hong-Kong cuisine everyone else serves. In what is probably a concession to the demand, they do serve a dim sum menu, which is somewhat uneven. For example, the green onion pancake is lighter and flakier than those at Jeng Chi Bakery, but the fried wontons are heavy and greasy since they are deep fried, not pan-fried.
As I mentioned, Jeng Chi Bakery (near Maxim's) is a great cheap place for steamed dumplings and noodle soups. Lunch crowds swell on Sunday afternoons, but worth the wait.
Dinner in Fort Worth
I was surprised no one had mentioned Bistro Louise (http://www.bistrolouise.com). I've meant to try it for many months now so this is not a recommendation per se, but it seems to always come up in discussions on FW restaurants as highly recommended.
