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Fashioned after trattorias in his hometown of Forli, Italy, veteran Dallas restaurateur Alberto Lombardi's trio of casual, family-friendly eateries and menus cuts a wide swath. Many of the nine pastas are made in the open kitchen and can be paired with a variety of fresh sauces. The latter include familiar favorites, like Bolognese and Alfredo, as well as Old World standards, like spicy arrabiata and creamy funghi selvaggi. Several pizzas are available beyond the customizable pies, and the entrees include everything from trout almondine to veal scaloppine. Each location has its own specials. At this one, whippersnappers eat for free on Wednesday nights (with the purchase of an adult entrée) and bottles from the lengthy, globe-trotting wine list are offered at half-price on Tuesday nights, again with the purchase of entrée.
The criteria here are a restaurant where you are comfortable taking the kids and where you actually like the food. Not an easy order, at least until you find the pasta pleasures offered at this reasonably priced Park Cities eatery. Sharply designed--it was the old Café A--with a nice sidewalk patio, Penne Pomodoro serves some of the best hearty pasta dishes in town. Given the liberal smattering of tykes around every time we've been there, it's obvious that the word is out: This is a... More »
If Alberto Lombardi possesses one quality, it's persistence, gobs of it. He took a huge gamble on McKinney Avenue, installing Bizú, that natty slinger of mediocre Franco-American grub, in the former Sfuzzi space, which also served as a crypt for... More »
Salve Ristorante Italiano, the 9,000-square-foot, 170-seat restaurant launched by Mi Piaci founders Phil and Janet Cobb and Mi Piaci partner David Stubblefield, is closed. Opened in early 2000, the $3 million McKinney Avenue Milano-style... More »
Bistro K, famed chef Avner Samuel's stab at a kosher restaurant he sprung on North Dallas earlier this year, has suddenly shuttered. The only telling details of the demise in the kosher carcass are the disconnected phone and a sign taped in the... More »
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