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For generations, East Dallas residents would partake of the Luby’s buffet on Mockingbird Lane on the regular, loading up on LuAnn Platters, liver and onions and colorful presentations of Jell-O. Alas, buffet lines during the pandemic were verboten, and Luby’s shuttered its doors, and the corporate parent dissolved soon thereafter…

Georgie, the upscale restaurant on Travis Street, has mostly escaped the editorial eye of Observer food writers since it opened in 2019. Originally a partnership with celebrity chef Curtis Stone, Georgie leaned on the high-end steakhouse theme, and a $390 bone-in wagyu ribeye flown in from Australia was the centerpiece of the menu…

When the calendar flipped to 2023, we had high hopes that Dallas’ dining scene had finally turned a corner from all the pandemic-related struggles of the previous three years. Yes, everything related to owning and operating a restaurant was more expensive, but the Dallas dining public seemed determined to head to restaurants for a good time and a great meal…