Category: Dallas Restaurant Reviews

American Airlines Center: Executive Chef Mark Mabry’s New Texas-Inspired Menu

Ashli Michelle May 26, 2013 0 Comments
We were invited to meet with executive chef Mark Mabry in a fancy suite at American Airlines Center in Dallas. Out of all the food tasted, the pico de gallo mac & cheese made my heart heavy with happiness. I feel sorry for anyone that lives life without trying chef Mabry's mac & cheese. I am not just saying this because we were eating this particular mac & cheese in a fancy suite. I could have...

Jake’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers

Ashli Michelle May 7, 2013 0 Comments
We were on our way to Bread Winners for Sunday brunch, but decided to eat at Jake's after seeing the massive line out front. Little did we know things have gone down--- way down--- over at Jake's on McKinney. No, you are not mistaken. Jake's really has been awarded 2nd place for the saddest piece of cheese to ever be served in a restaurant. While the cheese on the tuna melt at Liberty Kitchen...

Twisted Root Burger

Ashli Michelle May 3, 2013 0 Comments
After deciding what to order, we made our way to the counter. This is the first moment things began to feel above average dirty. It was around 7:00pm and the containers on the counter looked like a tornado blew through in a funky kind of way. My husband tipped $11 at the counter. Counter tipping is annoying because tipping before service is received feels like being violated. Tipping when the...

Studio Movie Grill

Ashli Michelle April 15, 2013 0 Comments
Serving food and drinks at a movie theater is nothing more than a minimal bonus that should not excite anyone. Do not get your hopes in a tizzy thinking this movie theater's food will ever exceed a concession stand status. The odds simply do not exist. There's this red button movie people are supposed to push on their movie seat tray whenever they are ready to order. Our button turned red and...

Belly & Trumpet

Ashli Michelle March 28, 2013 1 Comment
Belly & Trumpet's interior design will send even the busiest mind spiraling into the darkest part of the unknown. Complete painting drama, filled with an explosion of heartbroken girls, adorn every wall. Maybe these sadly depressed girls appear sadly depressed because some kind of controlling woman-hater-painter decided their painting fate would be a life nailed speechless to a wall. Even...