Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - Louie's

Louie's‎ 
1839 North Henderson Avenue, 
Dallas, TX 75206-7524 
214.826-0505

Terrific bar/pizza place on Henderson.
Again, it's one of those deals where there isn't much 
parking though, so you might have to park a block or 
two away and walk over.Very charming little place. 
It is sort of half sports bar and half pub.

The drinks were great, and the pizza was even better. 

 

It might be the best pizza I've had yet. All the reviews we read said 
the service was awful, but to be fair the place was PACKED and 
there were only 2 waitresses.
In spite of that, I don't think we had to wait extremely long 
for anything. Our server did a great job!

There's also a lot of artwork on the walls from a local artist. I don't 
remember who he is exactly, but he's either a regular 
patron or associated with the place.

3 1/2 out of 5 stars


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Tuesday, February 23, 2010 - Campisi's

Campisi's Egyptian Restaurant
5610 E. Mockingbird Lane,
Dallas, TX 75206
214.827.0355

 

This is the original location on Mockingbird Lane. I ate at a location in Plano once and I was under-impressed. Anyway, where to start with this place? We're talking Dallas history here.
It's a good Italian place with lots of history and scandal.
Jack Ruby ate dinner here the night before he shot Oswald, and Campisi's was thought to be a mob hangout in the 40's and 50's.

Wikipedia has a short entry.

We started off with some baby crab legs in butter sauce. Very yummy!

For the main course we each ordered the spaghetti, and we split a medium pizza. The spaghetti was really unimpressive. My mom's is far better.
The pizza was fantastic though!

I'm sure Val is going to be massively sick of me taking pictures of her eating at some point.. if she isn't already. ;)

Dessert was NY style cheesecake for me and a Cannoli for Val. Very tasty.

A little ghosty action in the adjoining room...

NEXT!


3 1/2 out of 5 stars.