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These are a few of my favorite things.. in the metroplex
Random assortment of things that I can't live without
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Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: So glad Eatzi's is finally in the neighborhood!! Stopped by on the way home from work to check out the grand opening and its a lot like the other locations (which is a good thing!). It was pretty busy so I didn't get to check out the whole place but I did visit the sandwich counter, the salad counter and the dessert section and everything was really good. Service was impressive considering the amount of people. I will be back soon...Really really soon. Everything we sampled was really delicious. Welcome to Plano, Eatzi's!!! -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: This place is fantastic. I can't tell you how glad I am to have this in my neighborhood. I somehow was slow in finding this gem, but since finding it I've been about twice a week (or more!). It's a small place in a strip mall, but the decor is really cute. I love the black and white with red accent color palette (same colors we had at our wedding, actually). The staff and owners are fantastic. Everyone I've encountered in my visits to MB cares about making sure you have a good experience. They care. It's that simple. Most places you go these days either simply don't care or they pretend to care because they are supposed but its not as genuine as the staff at MB. As if that wasn't enough.. the food is PHENOMENAL! I mean I expected it would be good enough, but pretty much everything I've had there I absolutely love. The aracini are to die for. Best "rice balls" I've ever had. Super delicate. The biscuits and apple butter are so good I was tempted to try apple butter other places (originally I thought I wasn't an apple butter fan), but it turns out I pretty much only like the MB apple butter. They switch up the soups every other day or so and every soup I've had has been fantastic. Chicken Misto is probably my absolute favorite dinner dish so far - pan seared breast with fresh mushrooms with a super delish white wine sauce, served with orzo pasta and vegetable of the day (every time I've been its been sauteed veggies - usually squash and maybe peppers and mushrooms - and they are cooked exactly how I like them). I know it sounds like eh oh yeah its another chicken dish meh whatever, but its so so good. Trust me. Try it. Bistro roasted chicken is also super good. I believe it was a half a chicken roasted to perfection. Juicy, flavorful, yum. I'm not a huge mashed potato fan so I'd sub them out, but its up to you. Tues and wens they offer 2 specials (1 for $12 and 1 for $16 - both include soup or salad, entree, and dessert) and each time I've tried the special its been great. I had an Italian sausage, spinach, mushroom and ricotta crepe dish once (so good I went back and got it again the next day!) and I've also tried a ginger lime chicken special (which had unexpected cilantro I had to remove, but once I did it was delicious) The specialty cocktails are only $5 and each one of these I've tried has been good - I think the strawberry basil lemonade is my favorite so far. The desserts are $5 and totally worth it. I've tried the Limoncello cake, the hazelnut crepe, banana pudding (was a special), and the OMG cupcake (white chocolate ganache filled chocolate cupcake - with whipped cream on top). I think the cupcake is my favorite. It was like the biggest best homemade hostess cupcake I ever had. As you can tell... I'm a huge fan. If you haven't been here yet GO NOW. But try not to go when I'm going because I don't want to not be able to get a table, OK? -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: Kenny's has the BEST burger.. maybe EVER. Not that its a burger-place but they are still fabulous. The grownup mac and cheese - 2 out of our party of 4 loved it, 1 was indifferent, and the other was upset that it was grown up - to her mac and cheese should be blue box kraft style! But to each their own. I liked it! The potato cakes and creamed spinach were good too - each of those got a "that's my favorite vote" from someone at our table. The bread they bring out before your meal is to die for. I think they called it a popover - I've had something similar somewhere else and it was called flower pot bread (baked in a flower pot) but either was - it was awesome! The desserts sounded really good, but as usual we were too full to partake. The manager stopped by our table and chatted with us for a while which was a nice gesture we thought. Parking can be tricky because its in a busy plaza, but if you drive around long enough someone is bound to leave. Update - I tried the pork chop (16oz - HUGE) and it was THE BEST pork chop of my life. Absolutely delicious. Update - I had the ribs last night and they were awesome. Fall off the bone. Great flavor! -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: The folks in Castle Hills are so lucky to have this new little gem in their neighborhood. My visit was with a large group for a birthday on the gorgeous patio. Great space, really cute - perfect for drinking pitchers of sangria with some fabulous folks. The service was good (which a lot of places struggle with on a patio for a large group) and the food was delicious. My personal favorites were the chop salad, the apple pecan salad and the east Dallas pie. Yum! My server told me that they are soon going to be branching out with some new items on the menu - pasta dishes, lasagna, etc so keep a look out for the new menu. -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: This place has the most amazingly delicious cake balls I've had anywhere in Dallas. We've gotten them on 3 separate occasions and every time they have been fantastic. Red Velvet is probably my favorite, but I also really like all the other ones we've had. This is my go to place for cake balls from now on - I've gone a couple other places and they aren't nearly as good. $1.75 each for $20 for a dozen. Tip: Early in the morning they have a much better variety of flavors than in the afternoons. -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: I love paciugo's gelato and this one is the closest to my new house so I'm sure I'll be a regular customer. This location is alot larger than the other 2 locations I've been too. Lots of seating available which is nice. -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: I can't believe it's taken me this long to finally visit Cane Rosso , but I guarantee it won't ever be this long before I go again. Started with a sangria - which was delicious. Shared buratta for an appetizer which was amazing - it's served with crostini (made of pizza dough I think?), arugula, and friarielli (broccoli rabe). It's a random combo of ingredients but it totally works. I preferred the arugula, but my hubs preferred the friarielli. Either way - spread some burrata on the crostini and add a little of your preferred veggie..... heaven!! For pizzas we ordered a Gus (mushroom, sausage, basil - so good) and a special K - both amazing in their own way. The special K was simple in the way only a pizza made with the best quality of ingredients can really shine. Not sure how I'm going to branch out on the amazing dishes I've tried already, but there are so many other menu items that look good. (like a SMORES CALZONE?- come on!) Our server was new - but you wouldn't have been able to tell. I only knew because there was a trainer shadowing him - he had none of the normal "new waiter awkwardness". Quick, friendly, informative - what more could I want? Lucky for us "northerners" they're opening a location in Fairview soon! -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: So happy to have Pollo Tropical in my "lunch area" - I can see this being a frequent member of my lunch rotation. First things first - you tell the hostess how many people you have in your party and she gives you a paper with your table number on it and then puts a corresponding number on a table for you in the dining room - this is my least favorite part of the restaurant. I'm picky about seating so I'd much rather chose my own space, but it is what it is. (if you've been to liberty burger on forest/inwood it works the same way) I wanted to sample as many things as I could on my first visit so I decided to get the trio - I chose mojo pork and wings to go with my 1/4 chicken with rice and beans and corn souffle as my sides. I also couldn't resist an order of the plantains. So. Much. Food. I knew I wasn't going to eat it all, but at the price (9.99 for the trio) why not just go big? This is Texas after all. While I was waiting for my food to be delivered I visited the "sauce island" and was thrilled that they not only have ramekins to put your sauces in, but someone thought this through and they have little trays for you to put the ramekins full of sauces ON when you carry them back to the table! Who hasn't almost dropped a little cup of ketchup or BBQ sauce or something on the way back to their table at some other places? I mean COME on - do they really think anyone is just getting ONE sauce? My food came out right after I got back from sauce island and even though I knew I had ordered a bunch of food I was still kind of floored when it all came to my table. Generous portion sizes for sure. If you order like I did be prepared to take a pretty hefty to go box with you. Chicken - DELISH. Great flavor by itself and also delicious with the sauces (my faves were the curry mustard and the pineapple rum sauce). Pork - I would have appreciated a heads up about the cilantro sprinkled on the top so I could have requested it be left off, but that's a learning experience and next time I will order it with no cilantro, but I ate around the cilantro and it was fantastic. The pork with the white rice and black beans = heaven. I see a tropichop with these ingredients in my future. Wings were also good, but the other 2 meats were my favorites. The wings are grilled which is a nice change. I was pleased with the black beans and white rice combo (beans had flavor and the rice was fluffy). The corn souffle was good, but I will probably branch out with different sides next time (balsamic tomatoes sound intriguing). My plantains were great as well - a little crispy on the edges and the right texture in the middle. Yum!! The staff was super friendly and helpful and there was lots of staff members on the floor - I'm guessing they are over staffed right now for the grand opening so I hope the awesome customer service keeps on after they settle in to everyday operation. Side note: They have a DRIVE THRU so you can also get your pollo tropical fix even if you don't have time to dine in. Welcome to Addison Pollo Tropical - glad to have ya! -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: Still 5 stars, but I've branched out and have new recommendations to share! Berry Berry Orange and Island Passion are delicious smoothies when you are craving something frozen and fruity. The Watermelon cooler is perfection in the summer - frozen slushy watermelon. During the holidays - the peppermint milkshake is an absolute MUST. I love adding bubbles to my frozen drinks - the bubbles get really cold and even more chewy - yum!! -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: I headed up to the Allen Outlet mall with my fiance a few weeks ago to look for kitchen stuff and I got the best surprise EVER. We pulled in and there was a COACH outlet. We also had a coach outlet where I lived in Florida and I missed it alot - so much that I had to make a stop there whenever I was in town. My fiance first thought I had known about this new Coach outlet and this was a set-up (as in I was using shopping for kitchen goods as a ploy to go to the Coach store), but when he saw my excitement at this amazing totally unexpected Coach outlet in front of me - he knew that it wasn't a set up. This Coach outlet is a pretty nice store overall. They were having a big sale so there were lots of deals to be had and it was a decent sized store so they had a pretty good selection. The sales staff was friendly and helpful. Overall - whether you are a purse-wh*re like me, just looking for a nice purse, wallet or tote, or are looking for a gift for someone else check out the Coach outlet! :) -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: Ummmm I'd like to give Thanks to Deno for now passing her addiction to cheese pockets on to me - I've already passed it on to others since I discovered these little bits of heaven yesterday. I had seen the cheese pockets review and for some reason just never realized that Stein's is like across the street from my office almost - until I saw the sign over the weekend - and then I was sucked in. I tried to resist, but once I re-read the cheese pockets review I knew I had to make a stop. I popped over after work yesterday and told the lady behind the counter I had to try a cheese pocket. She knew exactly what I was referring to and asked me how many - I guessed 4. she put them in a cute little box and handed them over. I was surprised at how much that little box weighed! I paid for them - $3.88! for 4! yay! As soon as I got home - I started eating one and OMG! This little thing was delicious - and pretty much EXACTLY what deno described! It was super hard not to eat more than one, but I knew that I should share so I held out. Since yesterday I've given one to my fiance, and split one between 2 of my co-workers annnnnnnd I ate another one myself. Seriously for less than $1 - you have to try these things. -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: If you knew how excited I was for this location to Cane's to open then it would make perfect sense to you that I would actually ADD the business so I could get the first to yelp on this. I'm not kidding you when I say I drive by here at least 4 times a week (its REALLY close to home) and EVERY TIME since I saw this would be a Cane's I looked to see how much longer it might be. I knew it was close when I saw people INSIDE training Monday night. Today on the way to work - traffic sucked and I missed my normal turn so I drove past Cane's and what do I see? A big "We're OPEN" banner out front. I knew then I would be going to Cane's for dinner. I guess I wasn't the only one counting the days for this place to open because it was PACKED tonight. They had 2 cops there directing traffic it was so busy. Even so I might have been in the drive through 10 minutes total. Not bad for freshly made chicken fingers and fries. The staff at all the Cane's locations is always really nice, but these ones seemed extra excited to be there (must be because they are newbies!). The food was super fresh. I've never had fries make it home and still be crispy, but these were - yay! The garlic toast and chicken fingers were great - AS always - and I always get an extra sauce because I love it so much I will pretty much dunk everything on my plate in that stuff so one is never enough. All in all - I'm SO EXCITED to have a Canes down the street from my house y'all!!! -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: I love the Melting Pot and this location lived up to all my expections. I've had not so great experiences with oil temperature being off and things of the sort, but none of that here. Everything was perfect and delicious. Our server was great and the decor is nice in this location too. I had a glass of a piesporter wine they offered and I loved it. We had the cheddar cheese (perfect), house salads, were able to substitute out the meat in our entree as we desired, and created our own chocolate fondue with the original + a shot of amaretto - DELISH! Free valet is nice. -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: One of my friends got married this summer - well actually a BUNCH of my friends got married this summer - but only one served Hutchins BBQ at her wedding and ohmygawd was it delicious! The pulled pork was probably the best pulled pork I've had in Texas - and one of the best I've had ever. I don't remember the exact details of everything else - I think there was turkey and sausage and maybe brisket? I remember all of it was awesome and I wanted to take the pulled pork with me when I left. I've seriously contemplated driving myself to McKinney it was so good. -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: I popped over around 11:15 on a Friday to see what all the hype was about. I was the 6th person in the line OUTSIDE the door when I arrived. Once I made it in the door there was the famous free beer cooler, sadly I was headed back to work so no beer for me. It took about 40 minutes for me to make my way to the counter and order, but everyone was friendly and it was a lively atmosphere - and you walk past the 4 picnic tables of people eating while you are waiting - plenty of time to gaze around and see what looks delicious. The amazing BBQ smoky smells will make you even hungrier while you wait so be prepared for that. I got brisket, turkey and 1 pork rib since it was my first time and I wanted to try a few different meats- with potato salad and baked beans for sides. The turkey was good - a little dry but great flavor. The rib was very peppery but good as long as you like pepper. The brisket - oh my god - ahhhhhmazing. It's possible this may be the best brisket I've had yet. Next time... more brisket! I really liked the potato salad and the beans were great - they weren't the run of the mill beans from a can, you could tell these were made in house. Good stuff - I just wish they were open more days and had a bigger place. Fingers crossed for this in the future!! -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: I gotta tell ya - So far North Main is the best BBQ place I've found in Dallas. I kept hearing about TX BBQ and how it was amazing and thinking that I must have been frequenting the wrong establishments. I was. Until a few weeks ago! One Sunday morning I woke up and thought I want BBQ! I immediately remembered that this euless institution was on my to- try list but due to the odd hours I hadn't been able to get there yet. With a blank Sunday on my slate I knew this would be the perfect day for my field trip out there. I called up Aimee Z and was like North Main - you in? She was. We got there around 1130 or so, just before the after church rush. I picked the $12 all you can eat plate (I need variety!) and started loading the meat on to my plate, left a little room to throw on some sides and paid the nice lady at the end of the counter. Got a table, grabbed a sweet tea (I could write home about this sweet tea, but I'm pretty sure my mom could give a rat's a$$ about my sweet tea so I didn't) and got ready to chow down. GLORIOUS! All the meat was awesome. The ribs were phenomenal. The pulled pork was really tasty, the brisket was marbled and delish, the sausage was yummy and the smoked chicken was good too! How is this possible? Everything is good? This never happens! But it did. The potato salad was alright, but I'm not huge on potato salad anyway and the real focus here is THE MEAT! The beans had a little kick and tasted kinda like chili , but I liked them. The ambiance is classic good old boy/texan. There was a table of dudes watching football, Hubert was wandering around, sampling some grub and hanging out with his buddies, there was an animal shaped smoker outside - its perfect for a visiting friend that wants a "texan" experience - or for you if you want some totally rock star bbq. Another trip to the buffet line for more meat (mmmmm!!!) and I was pretty sure that if I ate another bite I would just die or bust the button on my jeans so I decided to grab a sweet tea for the road and head on out. I will be back. Maybe this weekend. -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: My favorite Japanese steakhouse in Texas. I love this place - they can always get me a table when I'm craving Japanese (I do call ahead on weekends) and they never disappoint me with the quality of my meal. I've been to some/pretty much all of the other Teppanyaki places in the area and so far this one is my number one choice and I go here almost exclusively for my Hibachi fix (unless I'm in a super rush and then I get takeout from Tomoya on Parker). I've found the others can be really great for a meal and then the next time... meh. Not so with Jinbeh - whenever I leave here I'm always happy. My standard meal here: Veggie Tempura to start (good variety of veggies and always crispy and delish), the house soup, the house salad (love love love the dressing), filet with chicken (I always get teriyaki sauce on my chicken - I can't remember if this is a standard for them or not, but I always ask the chef to be sure), with fried rice and veggies. I've heard the shrimp are good, but I donate mine to my shrimp loving husband so you'll have to take his word for it. Great, now I want Japanese for dinner! -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: Zen is........ amazing. Seriously - My friends and I refer to this place as heaven and it is worthy of its nickname. It's pricier than some of the other salons around, but I feel its so worth it. the atmosphere is great - its more like a spa than a nail salon. They will offer you tea - get the chocolate mint tea - hot because its delicious and you get your own little cup and a tea pot to replenish the cup when you need more tea. :) Lily does my pink and whites and she does a great job. She's very careful and has never damaged me with the dremel - which I really appreciate because anyone who's ever been a victim of the "oops sorry was that a sand paper covered power tool I just rubbed on your cuticle?" will tell you.. IT SUCKS! And its happened everywhere I've ever gone - EXCEPT Zen. The pedicures are the crown jewel here though. They put you in a chair (massage is available, but I prefer their non-massage chairs because they are more relaxing) and give you a lavender scented eye pillow and put 2 warm fuzzy blankets over your body and then they lay you back in the chair. Feel free to pass out right here and they'll wake you when its over and you'll feel amazing. If you stay awake you will be glad you did. First they do the regular pedicure stuff: scrub, scrape, clip, buff etc. After that's done they bring out the hot stones and they give you a leg/foot massage and then they give you a leg/foot massage with the rocks, somewhere in here there is a oil and a lotion maybe? When that's over (and its a fantastically long like 20 min or so - might be longer. I never timed it but the first time I remember thinking did I accidentally order the super expensive version of the pedicure and I didn't - it was just the ultimate - which is the middle level) they give you a hand/arm massage and go get the warm paraffin wax in bags that they rub on your legs and feet and then they put your feet in the wax and let you lay there and bliss out for 10-15 min or so. After allllll that I think they polish (maybe they do it before, but I don't remember the exact sequence I just know its amazing). Just go get a pedicure here. Do it now. Thank me later. -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: Cinema suites kick Studio Movie Grill's you know what without even batting an eye. Seriously. I may never go to SMG again now that I've been enlightened to the fabulousness that is AMC Cinema Suites. The good: 21+ only showings available (Cinema Suites) Huge win. If you have to bring someone under age they offer the Fork and Screen showings which are 18+ unless you are w a parent. Seating - HUGE comfy reclining theater seats that are grouped by 2. Space - There is about a 4ft aisle in front of your seats so it doesn't feel at all crowded. Food - The food was actually decent! Kinda overpriced but at least it tasted OK. Service - Our waitress was great! Never annoying or in the way of my movie watching experience. Freebies - Why yes I'd love some white chocolate popcorn to start, a hot towel towards the end of my movie and a mint on the way out. Thank you! Price - I compared the cost of a movie here and that new theater at Fairview in Allen and this place was HALF the price. I'm in (obviously) The bad (mostly my mistakes for being a newbie): Parking sucks - You've got a theater, legoland and an aquarium all using the same parking area. I think we parked a mile way. Bonus - they have valet if you are super lazy and/or running late. Be careful when you pick your seats. I'd never been there so I picked 2 seats in the middle of one of the rows towards the back and when we arrived they were 1 and 1 out of a different 2 chair grouping (as in we'd be separated by a table from the person we were with and sharing a chair arm area with a stranger. So not cool. Luckily our awesome waitress had noticed this and already had a plan to resolve it. Next time I'll pick 2 seats on the end I think to be safe! For short people like me the wall that separates my aisle from the aisle in front of me was slightly too tall and so I had to make an effort to sit up straight so I could see the bottom of the screen. I may have to try a different row next time. Overall - It was awesome and I can't wait to see another movie!! -
Jennifers 5-Sterne-Beitrag: I was shopping for furniture for the new house and went to just about every furniture shop in town and no one had the "look" I was after and then I stumbled across Rustic Furniture Depot's website and I was in LOVE. When I found out it was just a quick 20 min away from my house we took a field trip to browse around and make sure their merchandise was as awesome in person as it looked online - and it was! We've gotten a TV stand, round table and chairs, an end table that's actually a square chest, sofa table, star decor, rug and 2 framed decor items from Rustic Furniture Depot and I've been pleased with all of it. The prices are awesome and they will deliver for a fee - its varies depending on where you live, but I think it's a flat rate for as much as they can fit in the truck (I think!!) I know I'll be back here soon when I need some more furniture or decor. If you friend them on facebook they will tempt you with photos of new merchandise when it comes in.
