Description: After our visit to the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza we head up to find the Museum of Art. Parking was easy in the lot across the street. It is pay and display. We were starving so decided to find out what the dining options were. The atrium café is beautiful, open and light and the window is covered with colored glass flowers. The decor is simple, minimalistic really with ultra modern curved wood chairs and simple tables and certainly gives no hint of the culinary delights that await. Even as we stood at the counter to order we had no hint. This Café is so much more than it looks like. The menu is simple with soup, salad and sandwiches as well as a few main courses, fish tacos, pasta, pizza and fish and fries.
It was a cold and wet day so Joe opted for the Chicken and stars soup. Sounds like a child’s dish doesn’t it? Believe me there is no comparison between what Joe got and the canned variety.
I ordered the mozzarella and garden tomato salad with field greens, pine nuts and balsamic glaze. I added chicken thinking the salad might be small and not filling enough. Al told me to just pick for him so in a moment of brilliance I chose the Debris po’boy braised beef hoagie with coleslaw and au jus.
We paid, were given markers to place on our table so they could find us and went to get our seats. Before long, our feast arrived. Oh my, my salad was huge, so huge I couldn’t finish it even though it was certainly one of the best salads of its kind that I have ever eaten.
Al’s hoagie was a behemoth. I think even he was intimidated by its size. However, ultimately it isn’t size that counts but taste and this one was large in the tasty department as well. It had a fantastic crunchy roll, filled with tender slices of braised beef. The plate was overflowing with very good french fries which we hadn’t even expected.
Joe’s soup was a large bowl and the veggies and chicken were chunky. Large pieces of carrots and celery and very tender chicken.
My salad had the largest pieces of mozzarella that I have ever eaten. Slabs is the word that best describes the two pieces on my salad. There were not just a couple of pine nuts either. It was very well covered. The chicken breast was moist and covered with the balsamic glaze. It was outrageously delicious.
Joe had a Coke and Al and I had tap water. It was served in beautiful cobalt blue goblets. This was first class all the way. I highly recommend this restaurant even if it’s just for a drink and dessert. We however didn’t have one inch of room to try any.
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