The building at 600 S. Harwood St. has been saved from the wrecking ball once already, and that alone makes Bucket & Rope worth knowing the backstory of before ever getting to the food. The structure started life in 1899 as the original Liberty Bank on Cesar Chavez Boulevard, one of downtown Dallas’s oldest surviving commercial buildings. When the city moved to widen the road decades later, the bank was slated for demolition.
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Victor Hugo’s, a comfortable-cozy Oak Cliff neighborhood favorite, lauded for its New American bistro-style cuisine, is expanding to Richardson with a satellite location to be located in a redeveloping center, popular with tech-friendly, mobile-office entrepreneurs. Continue reading
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Originally opened as Campo in Oak Cliff, VH Casual Dining is now enjoying its fourth year in business serving amazing brunches, lunch and dinner in the Oak Cliff area. Owned by Victor Hugo, the restaurateur not the noted French poet, you are able to spot him running some aspect of his restaurant daily with his telltale beard and gregarious smile with a penchant for amazing service. Continue reading
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Oak Cliff continues to expand its restaurant presence with yet another new and interesting choice, VH Casual Dining and Bar, slated to open Wednesday, September 24, 2014. The new spot boasts all the trappings that make up what a current Dallas restaurant should look like, including a large craft beer selection and locally sourced ingredients. Continue reading
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