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5750 E. Lovers Lane Dallas, TX 75206

214-234-7000

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Best Grocery Store
Award Winner 2009

Hours: 8am-10pm

Price: $, $$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
Features: Takeout, Delivery, Catering, Vegetarian Friendly

Serving: Breakfast, Dinner, Lunch

Alcohol: Beer/Wine
Reservations: Not Accepted

Parking: Free, Lot Available

Description

The big sellers at this nifty little restaurant within the supermarket are the pizzas and, no surprise, the wraps, like the veggie selection. However, the menu hits all the culinary possibilities. There are Asian dishes, like the shrimp stir-fry, pastas, lasagna, salads (Cobb, anyone?) and a kids menu. The specialties offered include pan-roasted salmon Ni�oise and grilled Tuscan flank steak. To enjoy the fresh eats you need to hold onto (and not lose) the vibrating, flashing doohickeys the cashiers pass out to alert customers their orders are ready. At least there's free Wi-Fi to read e-mail while you wait for your food.

American Grill

6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. May 25

Hands-on. Explore classic American flavors using the grill.
Saturday Tastings

3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. every Sat.

Learn about and sample different wines each week. In the wine and beer department.
Latin Grilling

6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. May 26

For ages 21 and up. Hands-on. Grill outside and pair your meal with wine.
Sauteing & Pan Sauces

6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. May 29

Hands-on. For ages 18 and up. Learn how to make classic recipes using basic ingredients.
A Tapas Party

6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. May 31

Hands-on. Learn to make a variety of sweet and savory tapas dishes, which are adaptable for small or large parties.

2009 | Best Grocery Store

Central Market is a Texas conceit. It's huge and has a personality all its own. A regular grocery store is organized by aisles (dry pasta in aisle 10, anyone) But here you have to wind around corners and mosey from the produce section to probably the best beer selection in Dallas. From the bulk sale of granola to coffee beans, this is a store that's all about you. You choose what you want. Central Market also dresses up the usually terrible experience of shopping by highlighting the week's... More »
2009 | Best Bagel

Our Yiddish mama told us we'd never get a good bagel in Dallas--not until H&H moved down here from NYC, hah! But a few months back we stumbled across the most extraordinary thing: a hot everything bagel straight from the Central Market ovens. It was a revelation--not because it was H&H awesome (someone once wrote of those offerings that they taste like hot marshmallows...mmmmm, hot marshmallows), but because it was so crispy-perfect on the outside and steamy-moist on the... More »
2008 | Best Sweet & Raw

It's hard to know what kind of food we should be the most terrified of. One minute we're avoiding carbs and loading up on eggs and steak; the next minute we're cleansing our cupboards of trans fats. Next thing you know, it's E. coli-laced spinach and bovine growth hormones. And to further confuse us, there are companies like Hail Merry that dare to suggest that some fats are healthy! Developed by Dallas raw food chef Susan O'Brien, the Hail Merry line of treats--including macaroons,... More »
2008 | Best Cookout

Cookouts are a staple of many holidays, but let's face it--between the picky eaters, the charcoal and the bugs, sometimes they can be a real pain in the buns. Lucky for you, Central Market sets up an outdoor grill on most holiday weekends (and for their annual Hatch Chile Festival), serving up gourmet burgers, hot dogs and sausages all afternoon for a price almost unheard of in this town. Forgo the microbrew beer and two people can eat for less than 10 bucks. And it's tasty... More »
2007 | Best Ice Cream Selection

Somewhere deep in Whole Foods culture, Whole Foods still thinks of ice cream as a sin. Now, it's a sin Whole Foods will tolerate and forgive, but only in moderation, like Catholic sex. At Central Market there is no moderation. Central Market offers you every kind of ice cream, sorbet, gelato and other frozen excess that mankind has been able to scheme up since the beginning of ice cream, which, as we all know, was invented in Texas. More or less. Central Market's idea is definitely more.... More »
2004 | Best Bakery Samples

Decisions, decisions. Can't make up your mind between the cheesecake and the chocolate raspberry truffle cake Central Market knows that these are hard choices and makes it harder still by putting out hefty samples of both, so cruise by the bakery counter and conduct your own taste test before buying. (We vote for the chocolate every time.) Then try to get out of this carb-counter's nightmare without checking out the chunks of fresh zucchini muffin and slithers of toothy sourdough offered... More »
2004 | Best Place to Buy Boxed Wine

Nothing like coming home with a big ol' box of wine. That's the equivalent of four bottles, which means plenty of sophistication for an evening. While most people place boxed wine on the same level as, say, cheap vinegar or water from the dog's dish, some vintners recently began filling the square containers with drinkable product. In other words, it's not just for Franzia anymore. In fact, Central Market carries boxed varietals from Napa Valley, Australia and even France. What makes the... More »
2002 | Best Health-food Store

OK, so it's more than "health food," but then that just shouldn't count against it. Our weekend ritual now consists of: Wake up at 8:30 (a.m., that is), throw on some shorts (our own, someone else's, whatever), get into the car and get to Central Market before the doors part at 9, thus allowing in the millions (OK, dozens) who line up to take control of the 50,000-square-foot store before it's overrun with the heathens. We'll admit it: We're foodies, though we so loathe the term (don't... More »
2002 | Best Place to "Accidentally" Grope Someone

A well-known author whose name we cannot recall at the moment wrote something in one of those college anthologies--can't remember which--about the anonymity of a crowd. Or perhaps it was loneliness. Anyway, it was quite appropriate to the topic and would have conveyed the message in words far more powerful than those without which the entire meaning of this paragraph would be lost. There was also something in the book regarding form and function, another point of great significance in this... More »

Great Balls of Meat

By Christina Mlynski | Thu, November 24, 2011

With the holiday season in full swing, foodies are looking for ways to spice up their menus — meatballs are so in right now. These delicious spheres aren’t just Italian cuisine anymore. Central Market Cooking School presents Mad for Meatballs, a c... More »
A Star-Sudded Meal

By Jesse Hughey | Thu, September 08, 2011

Everyone who has demanded a designated driver veer into the Taco Bell drive-through line at 2 a.m. knows that beer can enhance the flavor of food. But being drunk before you taste something isn't the only way it works. Learn hands-on that using be... More »
You Can Barbecue It ...

By Seth Cohn | Thu, September 01, 2011

The Central Market Cooking School is like a fantastic and diverse playlist on repeat. One day, they're cooking delicious pho and banana-coconut pudding, the next day they're making five different lobster dishes, and so on and so forth until a new ... More »
Mama's Meals Made Easy

By Alice Laussade | Thu, August 25, 2011

Instead of going to stupid Macaroni Garden and ordering a build-your-own, never-ending, disgusting-ass pasta bowl, check out the Easy Italian Dishes cooking class at the Dallas Central Market, 5750 E. Lovers Lane. You'll learn how to make your own... More »
Hippies Need Some Spice, Too

By Jesse Hughey | Thu, August 18, 2011

We're reluctant to share the bounty of Hatch peppers with our vegetarian and vegan friends, especially with this year's crop delayed by drought. Why should a bunch of hippie weirdos get any when they clearly belong in a pot of meaty chili? But Ann... More »

Main Menu

Green Ideas

$11.00

Nicoise Tuna Salad
olive oil poached tuna, fingerling potatoes, roasted red peppers, eggs, capers, olives, green beans, and grape tomatoes over romaine and field greens with dijon tarragon vinaigrette

$9.00

Steak Salad
sliced tender flank steak, romaine lettuce, roasted tomatoes, eggs, bacon, blue cheese, tobacco onions and warm roasted shallot vinaigrette

$8.00

Chicken Cobb
classic cobb - romaine hearts, blue cheese, grilled chicken, applewood smoked bacon, avocado, kalamata olives, hard boiled egg, onion and tomato served with ranch dressing

$7.00
Grilled Chicken Breast $2.00
Grilled Salmon $3.00
Grilled Herb Shrimp $3.00

Classic Caesar Salad
romaine lettuce, homemade garlic croutons, parmesan cheese and caesar dressing

$4.00

Cm House Salad
fresh seasonal greens arranged with sliced cucumber, cherry tomatoes, kalamata olives and carrots with your choice of dressing

$8.00

Soup And Salad Or Sandwich
half cup chef prepared soup of your choice with cm house salad or caesar salad or 1/2 sandwi

Stir-fry

$8.00

Mongolian Beef Or Shrimp
asian marinated steak or shrimp with carrots, red bell pepper, onions and black bean sauce served over canton noodles

Burgers
All Burgers Served With Crisp Shredded Lettuce, Shaved Red Onion, Fresh Tomato And Your Choice Of One Side

$7.50
With Bacon And Cheese $8.50

Cm Burger
lean ground black angus beef lightly seasoned on a toasted pan au lait bun

$9.00

Salmon Burger
fresh ground salmon fillets seasoned with extra virgin olive oil, fresh cracked sea salt and black pepper

$8.00

Spicy Thai Chicken Burger
lightly seasoned chicken patty with red curry mayo, red onion and asian slaw. served on a whole wheat bun

$8.00

Veggie Burger
made in-house with mushrooms, carrots, spinach, red pepper, garlic, green onion, tomatoes, red onion, sunflower sprouts, kosher pickle and chipotle-guacamole served with sweet potato fries and sweet heat pickles

Sandwiches
Served With Cm Fries Or Fruit

$8.00

Roasted Turkey Club
turkey, peppered bacon, tomatoes and avocado with mayonnaise on cm rosemary bread

$8.00

Turkey Havarti Panini
oven roasted turkey, havarti cheese, roasted red peppers, arugula and basil pesto grilled on fresh baked panini bread

$8.00

Steak & Fontina Melt
seasoned grilled flank steak, shaved thin, pressed and grilled on thin crisp sourdough with grilled onions, fire-roasted poblano chilies and buttery fontina cheese, smothered with texas home-style jalapeno cream gravy

$8.00

Grilled Chicken Sandwich
grilled chicken, chipotle aioli, avocado, jack cheese, lettuce, tomato & onion on a whole wheat bun

$8.00

Grilled Cuban
roasted berkshire pork loin, ham, genoa salami, swiss cheese, mustard, and pickles grilled on fresh baked panini bread

$7.50

Buffalo Chicken Wrap
hand-battered chicken strips tossed in buffalo wing sauce, wrapped in a flour tortilla with lettuce, tomato and onion served with ranch dressing and french fries

$7.50

Beef Shawarma
thin sliced beef marinated in greek yogurt sauce wrapped in warm pita bread with grilled tomatoes and pickled onions served with yogurt tahini dip and french fries

$7.00

South Asian Veggie Wrap
slightly pickled vegetables of carrots, cucumber, mushrooms, jalapeño topped with cilantro and mayo wrapped in warm pita bread

Build Your Own Sandwich

$6.00

One Meat
one cheese

$7.00

Two Meats
one cheese

$8.00

Three Meats
one cheese

$1.00

Additional Cheese

Build Your Own Pizza

$8.00

Traditional Cheese

$0.75

Each Additional Topping
bacon, pepperoni, italian sausage, prosciutto, anchovies yellow peppers, roasted red peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, red onion, artichoke hearts, roasted mushrooms, black olives, green olives, jalapeños, arugula, spinach mozzarella, four cheese blend, feta

Border Tacos
All Tacos Served In Cm Fresh Crispy Corn Or Soft Flour Tortillas.

$2.50

Texas, Brisket Taco
braised, shredded lean brisket served with salsa verde

$2.50

California, Veggie Taco
avocado fresh pico de gallo, stewed black beans, chipotle red quinoa and toasted coriander aioli pillowed in a cm whole wheat tortilla

$2.50
Addachiote Rice $1.50
Add Black Beans $1.50
Add Chipotle Red Quinoa Salad $2.00

Louisiana, Fish Taco
blackened tilapia served with fresh dressed cabbage, avocado and chipotle sour cream

Sides

$4.00

Central Market CafÉ Fries

$4.00

Sweet Potato Fries

$4.00

Fruit Salad

$4.00

Petite House Salad

$4.00

Grilled Veggies

$4.00

Chipotle Red Quinoa Salad

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Central Market Cafe

5750 E. Lovers Lane Dallas, TX 75206

214-234-7000

Description

6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. May 25

3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. every Sat.

6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. May 26

6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. May 29

6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. May 31

2009 | Best Grocery Store

2009 | Best Bagel

2008 | Best Sweet &amp; Raw

2008 | Best Cookout

2007 | Best Ice Cream Selection

2004 | Best Bakery Samples

2004 | Best Place to Buy Boxed Wine

2002 | Best Health-food Store

2002 | Best Place to "Accidentally" Grope Someone

By Christina Mlynski | Thu, November 24, 2011

By Jesse Hughey | Thu, September 08, 2011

By Seth Cohn | Thu, September 01, 2011

By Alice Laussade | Thu, August 25, 2011

By Jesse Hughey | Thu, August 18, 2011

2008 | Best Sweet & Raw