Allen Restaurants

240 Legacy Dr., Plano, TX, 75023

Top-notch dim sum is served all day in this attractive dining room in a spiffy Asian strip mall. On weekends, carts make the rounds; during the week, you order from the menu. Standouts include steamed sticky rice with minced pork, steamed shrimp dumplings with garlic chives, char

2927 N. Henderson Ave., Dallas, TX, 75204

Consistently ranked among the best restaurants in Texas, Hibiscus is an upscale, pacific-influenced chophouse and grill featuring food and service of uncompromising, quality in a warm and energetic milieu. The cuisine at Hibiscus celebrates the bounty of premium meats, seafood an

3601 Dallas Pkwy., Plano, TX, 75093

Opened Nov. 29, 2010. a self-described farm-to-kitchen restaurant and bar in Plano at the tollway and Parker in the former Plano Tavern space. Co-chef John Franke says the emphasis is on local/regional, as opposed to the big Texas flavors of sibling Ranch at Las Colinas, wh

4710 W. Park Blvd, Plano, TX, 75093

The second outpost of Avner and Celeste Samuel’s “Euro bistro,” with a vibrant, modern bistro dining room. The cooking, care of chef-partner Jon Stevens, is sometimes wonderfully interesting, but more often just fine. Some of the best dishes are blackboard specials; fritters and

1628 Oak Lawn Ave., Dallas, TX, 75207

Hot plates coming through in the Design District! Chef Jason Maddy, whose résumé includes David Bouley's Danube in New York and the Mansion Restaurant here in town, has serious kitchen cred. The Danube influence touches the menu (beets with horseradish, fromage blanc and Styrian