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17610 Midway Road Dallas, TX 75287

972-733-0202

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Best Sea Scallop
Award Winner 2008

Cuisine(s): Eclectic, New American

Hours: Sun-Thu 11am-2pm, Sun-Thu 5pm-11pm, Fri-Sat 5pm-12am

Price: $$$
Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, Discover, Diners Club, cash, check

Attire: Business casual

Features: Smoking, Private Party, Business Dining
Serving: Dinner, Lunch

Reservations: Accepted, Recommended

Parking: Lot Available, Valet

Description

Since being taken over by chef Joseph Maher, Mirabelle has transformed into one of the most inspiring New American restaurants in Dallas by blunting the French focus and employing a seafood-heavy canvas stroked with myriad eclectic influences from Mediterranean, to Latin, to tropical. The 40-seat restaurant also packs a 6,000-bottle wine cellar and bold art that pulses with color. Mirabelle is gripping, any way you splash it.

2008 | Best Sea Scallop

Chef Joseph Mahr's diver is a titillating tango of Latin and Southwestern, its veneer seared into a slight, consistent brittleness shrouding buttery succulence that veers into extracted sweetness on the finish. It's bedded down on a knoll of smooth polenta richened in chicken stock, cumin, cream and orange honey, a pool of lobster broth surrounding the island, the spinach floating in the pool like kelp beds. It's a surf and turf that's wonderful in its weirdness and makes the tongue dance. More »
2002 | Best New Restaurant

Mirabelle isn't exactly new. It was forged from the leftovers of Francois and Catherine Fotre's La Mirabelle. Though the name is a retread as is largely the interior, the food is not. Gone is La Mirabelle's French fare, and in its place is a New American hybrid (and what New American sortie isn't a mongrel) cobbled together from an odd assortment of influences, from French to South American to Nordic. From his shunning the use of olive oil (he prefers the neutrality of grapeseed oil) to... More »

Kitchen Prism

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, May 16, 2002

Chef Joseph Maher insists the color that drenches his North Dallas restaurant is not orange. "Actually, it's papaya," he corrects. "Papaya is my favorite fruit." Whatever the hue, the textured color soaks Mirabelle's walls, trim and, clumsily, the... More »
Hash Over

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, February 18, 1999

La Mirabelle woos suitors Chef-owner Francois Fotre is trolling for bidders on his upscale North Dallas French bistro La Mirabelle. No, business isn't sluggish. Fotre insists he has built a devoted following. "My February is going to beat the p... More »
A French toast

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, August 07, 1997

You have to admit, the French are a pretty daffy bunch. Just when you thought socialism had gone the way of Pia Zadora feature films, the French gleefully gave it political mouth-to-mouth this June, filling the National Assembly and the prime mini... More »

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dallasobserverbestof | Dallas, TX | 193 Reviews

| Wed, May 6, 2009

Chef Joseph Mahr's diver is a titillating tango of Latin and Southwestern, its veneer seared into a slight, consistent brittleness shrouding buttery succulence that veers into extracted sweetness on the finish. It's bedded down on a knoll of smooth polenta richened in chicken stock, cumin, cream and orange honey, a pool of lobster broth surrounding the island, the spinach floating in the pool like kelp beds. It's a surf and turf that's wonderful in its weirdness and makes the tongue dance.

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Mirabelle - CLOSED

17610 Midway Road Dallas, TX 75287

972-733-0202

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2008 | Best Sea Scallop

2002 | Best New Restaurant

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, May 16, 2002

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, February 18, 1999

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, August 07, 1997

dallasobserverbestof | Dallas, TX | 193 Reviews