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Fine Dining

The Highland Dallas Pops its Cork

November 2, 2014 harben
the highland dallas VIP party via dallasfoodnerd.com

A full crowd came out to celebrate the opening The Highland Dallas. The hotel, formerly known as Hotel Palomar, is the new jewel in Hilton’s Curio Collection. Many VIPs were on-hand, including John Tesar who performed a celebratory champagne cleaver-off to inaugurate the new property in a style befitting his Continue Reading

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Fine Dining

An Evening at John Tesar’s Knife

July 29, 2014July 28, 2014 FatherFeedsFlock
John Tesar's Knife via dallasfoodnerd.com

My wife, the Dutchess, recently got a promotion, so it was my job to create a celebration. The last time we celebrated something wonderful was at Spoon, Chef John Tesar’s seafood joint. It was one of the best meals we ever had. You can read about it at FatherFeedsFlock. I decided Continue Reading

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As our Dallas Food Nerd motto goes, work hard, bru As our Dallas Food Nerd motto goes, work hard, brunch harder. 🤤 After our #BrewfestDAL adventures last night, we were back at it this morning at #MorningAfterDAL, also hosted by @dallasobserver! We had a blast sampling bites & sips from 20+ of Dallas’s best #brunch spots. Some of our favs were @oddfellowsoc’s delightful bread pudding French toast croissant & @sanmartinusa’s amazing spread of European baked goods. But ultimately we gave our Best of votes to @miarquito’s showstopping trompo & chorizo tacos. Still thinking about them! Thanks again to @dallasobserver for hosting us! 📷: #DallasFoodNerd contributor @amypyen
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