Will return for the decor and food – farm to table.
High ceiling, industrial, large lighting features, booths and tables. Outdoor has couple of fire going on in a 74 degree Friday in May, before 12 noon.
Two large fake flowers are stationed at one door – wondering what are they doing in a farm to table restaurant.
Service is good. As soon as we were seated, servers came immediately with water. Food came rather slow, without any lunch crowd – which is fine for us.
We were initially seated by the wall. When I asked to sit by the window, the young female hostess said “oh they’re reserved.” Identical to the line I was fed three days ago at The Pink Adobe in Santa Fe. But she then volunteered, “lets me check.”After the coffee is served, they moved us to the window – that looks out to the red flying horse – the renovated Pegasus. Of course, by the time we leave an hour later, the window tables are as vacant as when we came, and the restaurant is emptier at 12:40 – with a convention of Fan Expo in full swing that the hotel has direct link to.
I like their 100% cotton blue napkins, simple Corby Hall tableware.
We’ve a light brunch: Artisan salad and grill cheese – both are good. My salad is lightly seasoned with nuts and mint.
Fan Expo was known as DCC (Dallas Comic Con) is held at Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center Dallas. It’s an annual, three-day speculative fiction feast.
After brunch in the Omni hotel’s Texas Spicy, we just follow the dressing up / cosplaying people. Omni Dallas Hotel is connected to the Convention Center Dallas via a skybridge.
We don’t know nor care where to go, many cosplaying people don’t know where to go either: some dressups are giving conflicting direction – guess they don’t know. The party starts as you’re getting to the party.
The couple is on their way to the Expo near the Library. Under this heavy outfit, as the photographer snapping this picture, the guy said, “believe me, I’m smiling.” Thank you!
Ran into this couple on their way to the Fun Expo, who’s gracious to take a photo with me. The man said, “believe me, I’m smiling.” ha ha ha Thank you!
A large library, eight floors, across Akard Plaza – a green space, is their city hall. There are many guards. Many corners of the library are smelly.
I happened to see sofa on the 5th floor and sat down, didn’t realize behind the sofa are many books about Chinese in Texas:
A nice collections of eateries and shops, spreading out in a newish area. The produce is on the weekends.
The area feels yuppie.
Because the Rex’s seafood in the corner is showing French Open, so we stopped there and watched – very decent oysters and better radish: they grind it fresh.
They’re one of the many eateries at the Dallas Farmers Market, with outdoor seatings too.
The French Open is on their four tv monitor (the last match of the day – well past 10 pm in Paris: Džumhur v Alcaraz), so we stopped for a drink.
Counter service by a few energetic young people, professional and proficient.
They grind their own horseradish, which is great – it tastes so so good.
Three kinds of oyster we tried:
Great White of MA: light
Birch Point of ME: flavorful – our favored
Irish Point of PEI: they’re good (Prince Edward Island)
Does the increasing efficient shipping service makes it possible for anyone to realize their dream business – Dallas, and Texas in that matter is a landlocked region. But what do I know.
… Alcaraz won in four, on his second match point, near 5pm Dallas time.
I’d think Friday evening is a hopping time in the city but it feels dead, the mall is pretty empty. Where’s everyone? Or it’s too early for everybody -:) – my first full day in Dallas.
Wishing everyone with a desire to succeed in a biz the best of luck.
A circular dinner room at the top of the Reunion Tower, the 15th tallest structure in the city has wonderful views. I came after dinner, had a glass of wine at the left side of the bar, watching the sunset.
Female hostesses manage the reservations and monitor the dress code on the ground level. It bills itself as an upscale (rare steaks and fine seafood), however, it doesn’t feel flush but bustlingly touristy – glad that I had dinner elsewhere.
A crown block is a fixed set of sheaves (pulleys) located at the top of a derrick (or mast) on a drilling rig. The 561 ft (171 m) tower is known as ‘The Ball’, built in 1978, as part of city redevelopment with Hyatt Regency and the Union Station. The globe is often lighted in synch with the event in the city. Before Crown Block since 2023, it was Wolfgang Puck’s Five Sixty, but was closed in 2020 due to Covid-19.
We were initially seated by the wall. When I asked to sit by the window, the young female hostess said “oh they’re reserved.” Identical to the line I was fed three days ago at The Pink Adobe in Santa Fe. But she then volunteered, “lets me check.”After the coffee is served, they moved us to the window – that looks out to the red flying horse – the renovated Pegasus. Of course, by the time we leave an hour later, the window tables are as vacant as when we came, and the restaurant is emptier at 12:40 – with a convention of Fan Expo in full swing that the hotel has direct link to.
