Cool Casual Bday Dinner in Dallas

June 20, 2009 1:15 PM

CoolCasualNotExpensiveEatinginDallasFilter: Its my wifes bday today and a few of us want to go out to dinner to celebrate. Unfortunately none of us have alot to spend. Any Suggestions? Looking for a cool place to eat with good food, good drinks, and good atmosphere. We are coming from Richardson also so we dont want to drive to far. No further than downtown. Thanks in advance. Also....The average age of all of us is 31.
posted by flipmiester99 to food & drink (5 comments total)

Patrizio used to be fairly reasonable when I lived in Dallas...especially given its location (Highland Park Village). And I always liked the food,atmosphere and drinks but it's been awhile.
posted by murrey at 2:18 PM on June 20

Luna de Noche is a nice little mexican restaurant chain, though I can't speak for the quality of their drinks. There's one at Jupiter and Lookout, and two others I can't recall off the top of my head.
posted by internet!Hannah at 2:57 PM on June 20

How about Mi Cocina? Great drinks, not too expensive, lots of locations. The mambo taxi is the perfect birthday drink. Gloria's is good too, the location on lower Greenville has a good margarita drinking patio.
posted by LolaCola at 4:48 PM on June 20

I always enjoyed Taco Diner (owned by the same people as Mi Cocina)... there's one at Legacy and the Dallas North Tollway (I think the shopping centre is called The Shops at Legacy?), and there's one in the West Village, across the street from the Magnolia. There's also one in that big shopping centre at Northwest Highway and Preston, although I never liked the atmosphere at that one.
posted by transporter accident amy at 1:12 AM on June 21

La Duni in Oak Lawn.
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 5:14 PM on June 21