The year was 1981.  Mary Beth (Babe) and Paul (Bubba) Vineyard brought traditional southern comfort food to the Park Cities area of Dallas, Texas.  Bubba bought an old 1929 Texaco service station across from SMU on Hillcrest Avenue and converted it into an Art Deco-style diner.  Babe perfected the recipes, and the customers came – AND they are […]

Somebody told me about Angela’s at the Crosswalk.  They couldn’t even remember the name, but they remembered that the pies at a restaurant in downtown Plano were delicious.  Since we have been on a pie circuit, we hunted out this fine establishment. Downtown Plano is happening, and we sometimes find ourselves headed north on Central Expressway […]

Going to new restaurants is fun.  It is exciting to try something new that maybe you my dear readers do not know about.  I love suggestions of places we should try.  BUT … Sometimes I forget to sing the praise of our tried and true restaurants.  The restaurants we continue going back to time and […]

Another eatery on the Square in McKinney, Texas was on my radar – Spoons Cafe.  Betty’s son Paul (an in-the-know foodie) gave me the recommendation.  So – before the organ concert at the courthouse theater, we took the opportunity to dine at Spoons. I am beginning to think it is my camera that takes crooked […]