Favorite Restaurants in the Dallas Ft Worth area Part II

Campisi's!  Another place I have gone to as long as I can remember!  My Mom and Dad's first date

was at the Campisi's on Mockingbird which is the original location.  When you drive up it says it's an Egyptian Restaurant but it's Italian!  They don't have your average round pizza it's more of a rectangle.

They have wonderful Italian dishes like their family Lasagna and rumor has it that Mr Campisi's was in the mafia so you know that Lasagna recipe is good!  FYI the Kroger across the street sells unbaked Campisi's Pizza so you can just bake it at home.  When you walk into Kroger it's on the far left side up against the wall that faces the street (they moved it there last time I got some).  Here is the website  http://campisis.us/ they now have 8 locations but I usually go to the original one at 5610 E Mockingbird Ln, Dallas, Tx, 214-827-0355

Patrizio's ~ this restaurant is in the Highland Park Village shopping center.  Again another restaurant I have gone to for years and they actually opened one near me in Cedar Hill!  I saw Troy Aikman once at the one in Highland Park eating dinner with his family.  We didn't bother him but we sure did want to get a pic!  They have really great Italian food pretty much anything I have ever gotten is delicious!  You have to get their garlic bread, they also have great pepperoni bread!   Website is http://www.patrizios.net/  address 25 Highland Park Village, Dallas 214-522-7878

Sam's Pizza ~ is just one of those places that has consistently good food!  It's fast service and pretty hard to choose what you are going to order because everything is soo good!  You walk up and there are freshly baked calzones, strombolis, stuffed pizza's and whole pizza's by the slice then you can order from many Italian dishes, their Lasagna is delicious!  They also have some of the best marinara!  It's in Cedar Hill's downtown which is not a very big downtown but has this great place and then Babe's Chicken across the street!  Cedar Hill has some great things to do if you ever want to venture that way!  If you like hiking the Cedar Ridge Preserves has 10 miles of trails (it is partly in Cedar Hill and partly in Duncanville)!  Off 1382 across from the Cedar Ridge Preserves is Joe Pool Lake which has a great road you can walk, run, roller blade, ride your bikes on that goes 3 1/2 miles one way.  No cars are allowed on the road although you might see a Park Ranger once in a blue moon.  The lake is right next to ya when you are walking giving you an awesome view!  Sam's Pizza doesn't have a website, their address is 601 Cedar St, Cedar Hill, Tx 972-293-0013

Italian Inn ~ is a fun place that has lively piano music and singing waiters. They definitely entertain you while you are there. We used to go here alot to celebrate birthday's! The Italian Inn has been open since 1967!  They have really good food and if you go on your birthday you get a free dessert!   You just don't find many salad bars anymore but they have a great soup and salad bar!  Here is their website http://www.theitalianinn.com/ and the address is 6323 Camp Bowie Blvd.,  Ste. 123,  Fort Worth, TX  76116-  (817) 737-0123  Ft Worth is a great town for sure!

Uno's Chicago Grill ~  Uno's has some of the best deep dish pizza!  I am a thin crust girl but I love their deep dish pizza.  Over the years it seems like they have incorporated so much more than pizza.  Their other food looks delicious but I will honestly have to say I always stick with the pizza!  The Uno's I go to is in downtown Ft Worth.  Ft Worth has a great downtown loaded with lots of really great restaurants! There is just so much to do in Ft Worth from the Zoo to the Botanical Gardens.  It's a big city with a small town feel.  Of course Ft Worth is known for the Stockyards!  Uno's website is http://www.unos.com/ and the address for the Ft Worth location is 300 Houston St, Ft Worth, Tx, 817-885-8667

Joe T Garcia's ~ Is in the the Stockyard area of Ft Worth.  I started going here when it was in a little house with a pool in the back.  I can remember sitting and eating in the house and also by the pool, like they still have a pool but back then it was as if you were in someones backyard.  Now you feel like you are in Cancun or Cozumel!  It's HUGE and beautiful!  They now have so many sections to the restaurant you feel like you are at a resort.  In the beginning they could seat 16 (in 1935) and now they can seat 1000!  Basically they have 3 items on their menu - enchiladas, beef fajitas and chicken fajitas!  They keep it simple and that works for them!  They also own a bakery that is a block away it's called Esperanza's Bakery and Cafe they have gone from just being a bakery to a cafe too!  Website for Joe T's is http://www.joets.com/  address is 2201 N Commerce St, Ft Worth, TX  817-626-4356

Rosa's Cafe ~ Home of the Tuesday Tacos, for just $3.69 you get 3 tacos, rice and beans. 

Rosa's has a hot sauce bar and they make their own tortillas!  My parents are the ones who actually told me about Rosa's. I hear their tamales are very good!  Oh and they have great Sopapillas! They now have 14 in the DFW area, I have only been to the ones in Ft Worth.  Website is http://www.rosascafe.com/

Oma's Jiffy Burger ~ is outside of the downtown area of Waxahachie. It's a total hole in the wall but they have some great hamburgers.  Oma's opened in 1970, you walk in and there are bar stools on the left and booths on the right.  You order at the counter from the menu on the wall.  The regular hamburger has 1 small piece of meat then a large has 2 or you can also get a 3 meat  hamburger. The meat is small but has the best flavor, they use really good meat.  It's a very well known famous place here in Waxahachie.  Waxahachie has a farmers market downtown which is just about 6 blocks from downtown. The Farmers Market runs from April to October.  Waxahachie also has a great walking path that is 3 1/2 miles long.  It's lined with beautiful trees and at one point you walk next to a pasture with some horses.  It's really beautiful!  If you park in the right spot you can leave your car downtown, go walking then stop by the farmers market then have lunch at Oma's.. Perfect day!  Website for Oma's  http://www.omasjiffyburger.com/  403 Water St, Waxahachie Tx 972-937-9190.

Fuel City Tacos ~ is at the edge of downtown Dallas on Riverfront Blvd inside a gas station, yes you heard me right!  I discovered this place years ago when I was leaving Children's Hospital after volunteering.  The traffic was awful so I drove down Industrial Blvd (which today has been changed to Riverfront Blvd) to avoid the highway and I stopped to get a Dr Pepper.  The smell of the tacos could be smelled when I got out of my car!  I got two and that was all I need to get me hooked!  Today the tacos are $1.40 each and if you can get there by 10:00 a.m. you can get breakfast tacos!  They warm up the tortillas and fill them with what ever type of meat you want!  Don't be scared of the area there are plenty of police and it's a fast pace place.  You have to try this place at least once but I promise if you try it once you will go back!  Website http://www.fuelcity-tacos.com/home.htm  801 S Riverfront Blvd, Dallas, TX

Norma's Cafe ~ The picture above says it all...this place has mouth watering food!  You got to love a restaurant that says...."Life is short. Eat dessert first"  They have breakfast, meat loaf, chicken fried steak, hamburgers, chicken an dumplings and the list goes on!  They have 3 locations in the Dallas area I go to the one off Riverfront Blvd which is just outside of downtown Dallas. Website is http://www.normascafe.com/  Norma's opened in 1956!