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One Dish: The Grilled Lamb Chops at Café Izmir

Some dishes belong to a restaurant the way a song belongs to the voice that made it famous. Other people can sing it. Other kitchens can cook it. But there is a version that is the version, and if you know, you know. At Café Izmir on Lower Greenville, that dish is the grilled lamb chops.

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Afrah In Richardson Moving To New, Larger Digs

DSC02598by Steven Doyle

One of the best lunch deals around is at Afrah, located on Main in Richardson just a stones throw from from Little Chinatown near Greenville Avenue. There is hardly a lunch buffet as grand and delicious as Afrah’s, which is laden with grilled meats, kabobs, delicious veggies and so much more, and all for ten dollars. The space is a bit cramped, and a bit worse for wear and tear, but it didn’t stop the eternal loud mouth of Guy Fieri from tearing through the menu at breakneck speed. It is indeed an amazing spot for your Mediterranean fix.

Things at Afrah are about to get better as they make plans to move very soon to the new building being erected next door. It looks more like a temple than a restaurant, but now the owners will be able to play host for large parties and events.    Continue reading →

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