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1456 Belt Line Road Garland, TX 75044

972-530-0912 

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  • Eclectic
    $$
    All Major Credit Cards
  • Dinner, Lunch
    BYOB
    Not Necessary
  • Lot Available
Description

Tucked away in a Garland strip mall, Marlo's House can easily be described as a hidden gem. Owners Mark and Lori Petryk, however, choose to describe it as the "best Mennonite restaurant this side of Belt Line." Opened in 2004, the restaurant makes everything from scratch and its menu offers Pennsylvania Dutch dishes like the Klopps steak -- a klopps patty covered in cream gravy and sautéed onions with a choice of side (potato, vegetables or cole slaw) and a slice of honey rye bread. Be forewarned that the the restaurant does not sell alcoholic beverages, which follows from the fact that Mennonites don't drink. But they are a tolerant people and the Petryks will kindly serve you one complimentary beer or glass of wine, or you can BYOB.







  • 2009 | Best Not-Like-Anything-Else Restaurant

    Any place billing itself as "the finest Mennonite restaurant" in the area and handing out matchsticks labeled "Mennonite flashlight" deserves some recognition. But the fact is, this quaint mom-and-pop place stuck in a Garland strip mall serves some damn good (can we say that) Pennsylvania Dutch/Canadian food. Yes, you read that right. The cook (the mom) is a Mennonite, originally from Canada. Hence the great pies, simple but hearty meals and heaping plates of poutine, that strange Canuck... More »

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  • Marlo's House is a Dutch Treat

    Marlo's House is a Dutch Treat

    | Thu, March 12, 2009

    You just gotta go. This little place wedged into a Garland strip alongside dollar outlets and shabby marts is worth the drive from wherever, if only for the novelty. It's not often you find rural Pennsylvania finery replicated so perfectly, right... More »

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