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David R. Throop (throop@cs.utexas.edu) wrote: 
: In article houston.eats, <318ijm$3c2@masala.cc.uh.edu>,
: Scot Carpenter <rcte4@menudo.uh.edu     wrote:
:     
:     	I don't have knowledge of or access to any comparable Dallas
:     groups, and was wondering if anyone had current recommendations for
:     restaurants in Dallas.  I have a friend from the SF Bay Area going there
:     for the weekend.     
:     	Criteria:      moderate price $10-25 entres 
:     		       Asian, Italian, French, Mexican, Latin American,
:     			Southwestern, or Nouveau anything 
:     
:     			Emphasis on food quality, ambience (wierd,
:     unique, interesting & unusual).  Different food presentation might be good
:     also; 
:     	Since this fellow eats in San Francisco all the time, I was
:     hoping to show him that Texas is not all bar-b-que and enchiladas.....
:     
:     --
:     | Scot Carpenter      |       Decision & Information Sciences       |
:     | carpenter@uh.edu    |  University of Houston      Houston, Texas  |
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: Scot,
:   There is, indeed, a dfw.eats, and I'm crossposting your query there.
: Some of them may not be able to include houston.eats in their
: followups -- newsposters vary in their willingness to allow postings
: to unrecognized groups.  So I'm including rec.food.restaurants in the
: Followup, with a tx distribution.  You may want to follow the thread
: there.

: David Throop

I recommend Star Canyon.  This is Stephan Pyles' (former chef of the highly 
acclaimed Routh Street Cafe and still part owner of Baby Routh)  new 
restaurant. He bills his food as "Texas Cuisine" in an attempt to 
differentiate it from Southwestern.  Regardless, it's 
very good. The food is creative and well presented.  This place is 
definately unique.  Entree prices are in the 20$ range.  The decor is lively 
and certainly Texan. I suggest you get reservations WELL in advance, as it 
has been very popular (trendy?) in its first few months.  

				Stephen Schwitzer