[speaker001:] Okay.
[speaker002:] Hi, Nancy.
[speaker001:] H-,
[speaker002:] Well, do you do a lot of dining out?
[speaker001:] No, um, we don't although we enjoy it. Um, we do it more when we have company come.
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] Um, what about you?
[speaker002:] Well, we do s-, some dining out. Um, I, I do a lot of cooking so, um, mostly like when we go out, you know, it's my husband and I, I, we don't go out too often as a family, [NOISE] um, unless it's [static] like a fast-food kind of thing. But, um, but we do enjoy dining out. One of our favorite places here in, in the Dallas area is Atlantic Cafe. I don't know if you, have you ever been there?
[speaker001:] I've heard of that but I haven't been there. Um, where,
[speaker002:] [Throat clearing].
[speaker001:] about is that?
[speaker002:] Um, [talking] well actually there's the Atlantic Cafe and Cafe Pacific, and, uh,
[speaker001:] Oh, okay. I, I've been to Cafe Pacific.
[speaker002:] Have you? Th-, now that's down in, uh, Highland Park.
[speaker001:] Right.
[speaker002:] It's Highland Park Village. Did you like it?
[speaker001:] Yes. Uh [breathing],
[speaker002:] Oh, I love it [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] Before we moved to,
[speaker002:] [Throat clearing].
[speaker001:] the area, my brother, uh, lived in Dallas for a number of years and we came up one time when my father was visiting and
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] we all ate there and, oh, their seafood was wonderful.
[speaker002:] Oh, it is, it's fabulous. It really is a great place.
[speaker001:] Now where is the Atlantic Cafe?
[speaker002:] Atlantic Cafe is down on, I believe it's on McKinney.
[speaker001:] Oh, okay.
[speaker002:] Um, and o-, originally the two, the, the guy who owns the Cafe Pacific and th-, the guy who owns the Atlantic Cafe, were partners in the Atlantic Cafe. And then they, they separated and the guy started Cafe Pacific. And, I loved them both. I really do. I think they're wonderful. That's our favorite. You know what we'd really like, if, if we just have a, a casual evening is Houston's. Have you been there?
[speaker001:] No, um, but I've heard that's really good, too, and,
[speaker002:] It's wonderful. The only thing is [static] you have to wait. You have, you have to expect to wait at least an hour.
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] So you have to go knowing you're going to be sitting there there for an hour waiting to get in. And, a-, as long as you know that [static], it's okay. But they have, I think, one, just about the best prime rib
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] um, anywhere [LAUGHTER]
[speaker001:] Oh, okay.
[speaker002:] in the area. I love it.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And, my husband really likes their ribs. So it's hysterical. We go in and we sit there for an hour waiting to get in and then we get there and we don't even look at the menu [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] [LAUGHTER] You know right away what you want [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] I know right away what we, what we want. Yeah. Yeah.
[speaker001:] Well, we really enjoy prime rib, too, and, uh, actually the, the Steak And Ale out here,
[speaker002:] [Throat clearing].
[speaker001:] uh, we've gone to, uh, my in-laws also enjoy prime rib, when they've
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] had some of their specials on Sunday, Monday, or Tuesday night
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] and, uh, the time we went the prime rib was really good.
[speaker002:] Was it? Really? I've nev-, I've, I've been there for like, you know, lunch
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] but, I've never been there for dinner. And, it was good, yeah.
[speaker001:] Yeah, yeah [very faintly].
[speaker002:] Oh, that's great. That's,
[speaker001:] [Breathing] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] great. Another nice place for, for prime rib is Baby Doe's
[speaker001:] Oh, I've heard about that, too
[speaker002:] Maxwell's nice, have you been there?
[speaker001:] but no. [LAUGHTER] We've, uh, I guess we eat out even less than I realize [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER] And I didn't think we ate out very often [LAUGHTER]. See! Baby Doe's is nice.
[speaker001:] Oh [very faintly].
[speaker002:] And, one place I'd never been that I would really like to go to, uh, is Lawry's. I've heard that's real good,
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] Lawry's Prime Rib?
[speaker001:] Yes, I'd, I had heard that, too. Um,
[speaker002:] I've, I've never been there but I've heard it's real good.
[speaker001:] Have you been to the little, uh, not for prime rib but the Cafe De France, um, right here
[speaker002:] [Breathing] [LAUGHTER] Yes.
[speaker001:] on Central Expressway? *slash error
[speaker002:] Yes, actually they have one in Richardson that I've been to.
[speaker001:] Oh, okay. *slash error should be bk
[speaker002:] Uh, they have real nice lunches. Have you, have you been there for lunch? Or,
[speaker001:] Yes, uh
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] primarily lunch, well, and breakfast sometimes but, uh, during the week they often have, a, a limited menu choice but, uh, very reasonable complete dinners for six ninety-nine that included
[speaker002:] Really?
[speaker001:] the soup an-, or salad
[speaker002:] Really?
[speaker001:] entrees and accompaniments and dessert and, uh, the, my husband and I like veal, uh
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] a lot and their veal dishes have been good. We've tried different ones when they've had them as one of the
[speaker002:] The specials.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] Have you ever been to Biffin's?
[speaker001:] Huh-,
[speaker002:] I keep hearing about it. I keep hearing the advertisements of it
[speaker001:] I, yes, no,
[speaker002:] and, and they keep saying, you know, oh, it's wonderful, it's wonderful. I have not been over there and I was thinking, you know, it's supposed to be a family place over near Plano Super Bowl.
[speaker001:] Right. And,
[speaker002:] And, uh, I've, I've not been there.
[speaker001:] I haven't either, uh, one place, and I've only been there for lunch, but, uh, I went with a friend, and we met her husband, um, down on Greenville, down near the Highway Twelve area, is Gershwin's,
[speaker002:] [Sigh] I've been there.
[speaker001:] Oh, I, we just we-,
[speaker002:] That was nice [breathing] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] It was and we had the,
[speaker002:] [Throat clearing].
[speaker001:] uh, we both enjoy mushroom soup and Linda had told me they had the best mushroom soup and they did. It was wonderful but, uh, and we just had soup and salad so we could make room for the dessert [LAUGHTER],
[speaker002:] [LAUGHTER].
[speaker001:] which was a chocolate sack. I don't know if you tried but
[speaker002:] Oh
[speaker001:] or s-,
[speaker002:] I've heard of it. Where, where it's made, it's like, it's like a, it's all chocolate, like made like a paper bag
[speaker001:] Yes!
[speaker002:] and it's filled with what, whip cream
[speaker001:] It, yes *Shouldn't this end in a slash?
[speaker002:] and, and strawberries and something?
[speaker001:] it had a sponge cake * I really think this should be the start of a new slash unit.
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] and whip cream and it had strawberries, kiwis, and raspberries
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] in a raspberry, uh, puree and,
[speaker002:] [Breathing] [LAUGHTER] Oh.
[speaker001:] and [breathing] we shared one, the three of us and it was plenty because it was very rich but, uh
[speaker002:] Oh.
[speaker001:] I wished I'd had a camera. It was beautiful [LAUGHTER].
[speaker002:] Oh, I bet it was. I bet it was.
[speaker001:] Uh [very faintly].
[speaker002:] The last time we went to Cafe Pacific, it was Father's Day, and
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] we took another friend with us and, uh, [throat clearing] for dessert we thought we had just stuffed ourselves [LAUGHTER]. And so we had, they had, uh, like a berry assortment. It was, it was raspberries
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] and blueberries and, and strawberries on a plate with like a custard on the bottom. And, you know, they did, like the raspberry puree, just kind of like in a, in a decoration on the, you know, how they do the plates real fancy with the decorations and then
[speaker001:] Yes. Yeah [very faintly].
[speaker002:] piled the berries and shaved chocolate on top of it [NOISE]
[speaker001:] Oh.
[speaker002:] and it was outstanding.
[speaker001:] It sounds wonderful.
[speaker002:] It was really, really relatively simple but, oh, it was good. It was really good.
[speaker001:] Well, that's, uh, one of the things th-, that I do enjoy when you get a good restaurant. Uh, I love fresh berries. And, their, their fruits are always exceptional. I don't, I'm, know they must have a special source for getting them because even at the Farmer's Market, uh,
[speaker002:] You can't find them.
[speaker001:] you can't find them
[speaker002:] Yeah.
[speaker001:] like that and,
[speaker002:] [Talking] Yeah, yeah, yeah. [breathing] [LAUGHTER] You know, i-, I'm originally from Connecticut and, uh, I was home a few years ago and my sister and brother-in-law were going to take us out for dinner and, uh, I was really amazed, you know, the, the restaurants up there were kind of quaint. You know, they were real, real pretty but they lacked, [clicking] the service and they lacked the at-, the, just the, I don't know. The restaurants down here seem like they have, uh, I guess there's so much competition that they, [clicking] really have to be good.
[speaker001:] Uh-huh.
[speaker002:] And, I thought [clicking] I would really miss that.
[speaker001:] [Breathing] [LAUGHTER] I would, too, because,
[speaker002:] [Throat clearing].
[speaker001:] well, because we don't go out very often. When we do go out, um, in a way it's like a little mini vacation I guess, and, uh, it is, it's a whole experience. Of course you want the food to be good but the atmosphere and service I think, are important, uh
[speaker002:] Uh-huh.
[speaker001:] too.
[speaker002:] [Lipsmack] And, you know, in order to survive in this area [clicking], I think they have to be good.
[speaker001:] Yeah.
[speaker002:] Because the ones that aren't so good don't, just don't make it.
[speaker001:] [Breathing] [LAUGHTER] Um, that reminded me of a place for lunch that's a little off the beaten track but it is wonderful. It's called Cafe Max and it's at Plano Road and Campbell. They have the most wonderful salads. They do what they call a salad sampler which easily could feed two or three.
[speaker002:] Oh, really?