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2927 Maple Ave. Dallas, TX 75201-1444

214-871-7111

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Dallas Observer
Recommended
Best Beet Salad
Award Winner 2008

Cuisine(s): Italian

Hours: Tue-Sat 7am-10:30am, Tue-Sat 11am-2:30pm, Tue-Sat 6pm-10pm

Price: $$$, $$$$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, Diners Club
Attire: Business casual

Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Private Party, Banquet Facilities, Family Style, Business Dining, Prix Fixe

Serving: Breakfast, Brunch, Dinner, Lunch

Entertainment: Live Entertainment
Alcohol: Full bar

Reservations: Accepted, Online Reservations Available

Parking: Free, Valet

Description

Bolla is chef David Bull's (late of the Driskill Hotel in Austin, Iron Chef gladiator, Mansion alum) interpretation of "modern" Italian. The cuisine is careful and exacting, though its strokes of originality sometimes come across more as mesmerizing charms than as means to flavorful ends. Risotto stumbles and pork diavolo confounds while duck leg confit ravioli, beef tartare and roasted beet salad revel in an off-kilter exquisiteness. Bull's culinary installations seem like demolitions administered by Rembrandt.

2008 | Best Beet Salad

It's a dead ringer for a sculpture garden, this cluster of roasted gold and blackened blood-red beets, carved into silos and cubes and slithery rectangles, resting near dunes of sea salt. Bullet dabs of oil, suspending pulverized basil, chive, parsley and garlic hug the plate edges, while tufts of amaretto crème frâiche fill in spaces between the silos and delicate pelts of warm Camembert. These little points of intensity counterpoint and compete with the earthy beet--a... More »

How to Make Flash Cured Yellowtail Albacore

By Nick Rallo | Fri, April 23, 2010

Sarah Johnson presented the recipe as demonstrated by Chef Marcos Rodriguez of Bolla in appetite for instruction this week, but now we have a full, Emeril-size photo version for you to copy (or drool ... More »
It's All Bull at Bolla

By Nicole M. Holland | Thu, April 8, 2010

If you've ever been intrigued by the quirky styling of Art Deco design or the mish-mashed patterns of reclaimed design, this place ought to tickle your fancy. Bold, bright and stylish, Bolla in the St... More »
Bull Ring

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, July 03, 2008

Bolla is Italian for bull. Bolla is headed by Bull—chef David Bull, fresh from the Driskill Hotel in Austin, youngest sous chef ever to whip and sauté at The Mansion, James Beard Award nominee, CIA grad, Food & Wine magazine Best New Chef (2003), ... More »

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kristin102287 | Laguna Beach, CA | 23 Reviews

| Tue, February 2, 2010

Now, I haven't been to EVERY restaurant in Dallas, but I've been to the "good ones". I think Bolla is my favorite. I've had dinner and brunch there on several occasions and it is always perfect. I'll be back.

Dinner Menu

Starters

$10.00

Texas Kabocha Pumpkin Soup
cinnamon honey apples, crispy sage, brandy agro-dolce

$11.00

Crispy Mache Salad
warm yukon potato dressing, black truffle, pumpkin seeds

$12.00

Bibb Wedge Salad
shaved onion, fried egg, gorgonzola

$9.00

Baby Arugula Salad
candied walnuts, bacon wrapped dates, prairie breeze, raspberry vin

$9.00

Bolla Caesar Salad
white anchovy, persian feta, boursin cheese crumble

Petite Plates

$14.00

Coriander Crusted Tuna
jicama hot sticks, tuna ceviche, avocado mousse, patron granita

$14.00

Stoneleigh Prawn Cocktail
belvedere vodka, horseradish, lemon

$14.00

Crisp Duck Breast
sweet potato terrine, smoked blueberries, thyme-honey meringue

$12.00

Seared Sea Scallop
smoked cheddar grits, spinach, red eye gravy

Bolla Specialties

$30.00

Tortilla Crusted Red Snapper
charred poblano rajas, creamy polenta, tequila orange butter

$29.00

Seared Salmon
parsnip puree, brussels sprouts, citrus salsa

$35.00

Baked Sea Bass
achiote marinated shrimp, corn puree, blue corn salad, crispy yucca

$35.00

Sous Vide Tenderloin
orzo & lobster mac'n'cheese, french white cheddar, watercress

$38.00

Prime Ribeye
whisky goat cheese potatoes, hen of the woods, zinfandel redux

$36.00

Herb Crusted Veal Tenderloin
creamy savoy cabbage, tartufo ham hash, black pepper demi

Entrée Sides

$12.00

Tiger Shrimp
siracha aioli

$12.00

Fried Oysters
pickled onions

$10.00

Lobster
mac'n'cheese

$10.00

Proscuitto Asparagus

$8.00

Lemon Garlic Spinach

$8.00

Buttered Spaetzle

$10.00

Lobster Mashed Potatoes

$8.00

Brussel Sprouts
w/ panchetta

Dessert

$8.00

Patron Cafe Bread Pudding
chocolate, caramelized banana, vanilla bean crema

$8.00

White Chocolate Cheesecake
vanilla bean wafer, macadamia nuts, pressed raspberries

$8.00

Meyer Lemon Cream Cake
lemon marmalade, citrus meringue, candied lemon zest

$8.00

Crème Brulee
blueberry sorbet, white chocolate mousse, candied berries

$8.00

Stoneleigh Chocolate Cake
buttermilk tuile, strawberry gastrique, chantilly cream

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Bolla

2927 Maple Ave. Dallas, TX 75201-1444

214-871-7111

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2008 | Best Beet Salad

By Nick Rallo | Fri, April 23, 2010

By Nicole M. Holland | Thu, April 8, 2010

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, July 03, 2008

kristin102287 | Laguna Beach, CA | 23 Reviews