Dallas Restaurant Guide

Texas steak... Sounds good to a starving New Yorker after a long day's work in Dallas summer heat. Who knew I'd be taken back to my days as a Manhattan waitress?! The Butcher Shop, in fairness, has excellent meat. (Which one is welcome to cook one's self, although it isn't recommended.) The atmophere is fine, though somewhat bland and stuffy, and the service during our visit was attentive and personal. We did get a bit more personal attention than expected, however, once the roaches began to arrive. The first, crawling up the back of the chair beside me, I swiftly smashed in a cocktail napkin, and tried to forget about. The following two, merrily scurrying about on the panel next to me, were enough for us to decide against dessert and pick our bags off the floor. By the time the fourth arrived, we were on our way out. I spared it from a swift death-by-napkin, so if you decide to visit -- watch out! It will probably have called in reinforcements. Because the manager of this establishment (who - amazingly - did not find it warranted to speak to us personally, but did take $25 off our check,) seems to have misplaced her Yellow Pages... Surely, just like in Manhattan, it lists EXTERMINATORS!