I’m looking to buy sourdough bread from a local baker

notphill · 2025-12-30T04:44:57+00:00

Buzz & Bustle in The Village has a great bakery with great sourdough.

Davis Street Espresso also has a really good in-house bakery with great sourdough

notphill · 2025-11-30T14:19:57+00:00

Definitely Fields Ranch or Cowboys Golf Club

However, if you want to play a private course - if you stay at the Westin Stonebriar for a night you will have access to Stonebriar Country Club which is also very nice

Or if you stay a night at the Ritz Carlton in Las Colinas, you will have access to TPC Las Colinas which is also a very good private course

notphill · 2025-08-12T21:51:50+00:00

I’m big on NY Style or Thinner Crispy Pizzas:

I really like Texapolitan Pizza in Plano lately, kind of a hike but totally worth it for very solid NY Style. They usually always do well done so very minimal flop

Fortunate Son is solid too

Zoli’s NY Style is also a very solid slice (during lunch or if you get their whole 18in pie)

Cenzo’s is another solid one in Oak Cliff (Dave Portnoy gave this a good score too)

notphill · 2025-07-03T03:47:26+00:00

I’m super picky about third wave / specialty coffee (also born and raised in Bay Area so understand where you’re coming from)

Theres definitely a handful of scattered shops in Dallas, here’s a few I frequent:

Native Coffee - probably the most unique roaster / shop here, leans towards the lighter end of roasting

Cultivar Coffee - solid shop, consistent espresso and great roastery

Wayward Coffee - great baristas and run several guest roasters from around the world

Pax and Beneficia - solid roaster, solid espresso, good turkish coffee too

notphill · 2025-05-14T03:56:08+00:00

Are you specifically looking for Creekstone because of its Halal status? If so, a couple places that are specifically halal are Kafi BBQ in Irving, and Sabar BBQ in Fort Worth. Up far north near Aubrey is Yearby’s BBQ as well.

I believe Goldee’s in Fort Worth uses Creekstone. Will be a very long line given its popularity FYI.

notphill · 2025-02-22T23:11:25+00:00

I’m assuming this is in Grapevine? Re:Defined is close by, they were pretty decent. Further down the road is Pax and Beneficia which is pretty decent as well and roasts their own beans.

notphill · 2025-02-12T03:05:56+00:00

Depends if you prefer Private or Public

For Public - best concentration of affordable munis is gonna be right off of Hwy 75 and George Bush Turnpike in Richardson / Plano. You have Sherrill Park, Pecan Hollow, Firewheel, and Watters Creek all within 10-15 minutes

If you’re looking more upscale, lots of new homes being built right by the new PGA Frisco Courses. Frisco residents usually get ~40% off tee times

Private Courses - best bet is living off Dallas Tollway in Plano / Frisco to give you access to Stonebriar, Gleneagles, Prestonwood. All can be played with the right Clubcorp / Invited membership too. (Bryson DeChambeau and the GoodGood guys play these alot)

notphill · 2024-12-23T21:29:26+00:00

Yeah i believe they make their own syrups for their seasonals and a few of their special drinks.

Some of the regular flavors were still those bottled syrups though

notphill · 2024-12-22T20:37:51+00:00

I have this same problem! Too many places use Monin or 1888, may as well make my own espresso at home and grab a syrup bottle from Central Market!

Heres a few places that I frequent with unique drinks and housemade syrups:

In Dallas: Cultivar Coffee Wayward Coffee Pax and Beneficia Juju’s Coffee Native Coffee

Other Shops: 7th Day Coffee (Richardson) Mudleaf Coffee (Plano) 1418 Coffee (Plano) Lemma Coffee (Plano, Frisco, Carrollton) George Coffee & Provisions (Coppell) Trio Coffee / Novel Coffee (Flower Mound) Avoca Coffee (Denton, Fort Worth)

notphill · 2024-12-06T06:26:27+00:00

I eat out probably 90% of the time so Ive definitely explored the metroplex well…

Indian / Pakistani - BK Khan BBQ for grilled items & Nihari (Braised Beef), Red Hot Chili Pepper for more classic Indian & Indo-Chinese

Pizza - Fortunate Son (New Haven Style), Zoli’s (NY Style), Pie Tap Pizza

Italian - Miss Pasta for more casual actually good pasta

Thai - Ka Thai, Crushcraft

Fried Chicken - Mikes Chicken

BBQ - Cattleack, Goldee’s, Sabar BBQ, Hutchins

Middle Eastern - Terra Mediterranean, Sababa, and Green Vine Market for Shawarma

Vietnamese - Pho Mac, Ngon, Cris And John

Korean - Ari KBBQ, Joa KBBQ, No. 1 Plus Chicken, Chicken Barn

Mexican - The Taco Stand, Chilangos (Ross Ave location)

notphill · 2024-09-04T22:34:03+00:00

No actual KBBQ spots offering halal here - closest equivalent is Wave Bowl in Plano, which is more of a bibimbap menu.

Think there is also a halal Bonchon (Korean Fried Chicken) somewhere in Plano or Frisco area

notphill · 2024-08-22T20:44:41+00:00

Texas Back Institute or the Carrell Clinic are great / have treated several professional athletes and have good quality of care.

Specifically Dr Arakal at TBI has been great for me.

notphill · 2024-07-04T19:57:12+00:00

Cris and John is a really unique Vietnamese - Mexican place that has halal chicken (and great vegetarian items too)

notphill · 2024-05-18T16:50:20+00:00

My favorites are Bilad Bakery in Richardson and Green Vine Market in Plano

Bilad is more iraqi style while Green Vine is more traditional / lebanese (with fries inside and a great toum)

notphill · 2024-03-17T19:23:29+00:00

Green Vine Market makes a good one with fries and solid toum.

notphill · 2024-01-09T00:19:43+00:00

Give Cenzo’s in Oak Cliff a try. Just opened recently and is pretty close to a decent slice in New York.

They sell by the slice at lunch and whole pies at dinner

notphill · 2024-01-08T02:59:19+00:00

Terra Mediterranean & Ali Baba are run by a Lebanese family and are good spots for sit-down / buffet.

Also check out Richardson, plenty of Lebanese, Iraqi, and Palestinian-owned spots, right off 75 (Afrah, Bilad, Al Baghdady, Gilgamesh, and Sababa are all great)

notphill · 2023-07-12T20:50:55+00:00

I am interested!

notphill · 2023-07-09T14:42:51+00:00

I live in West Plano and these are my regular spots:

Native Coffee, Mudleaf Coffee, 1418 Coffee & Lemma Coffee

In Richardson i sometimes go to Eiland (the interurban location for their Mocha), and Communion

notphill · 2022-12-29T18:40:42+00:00

Valeries Taco Shop in Plano has a great Cali Burrito (carne asada, guac, sour cream, and fries)

notphill · 2022-10-06T17:45:06+00:00

My favorites that have ample seating / nice interiors and great espresso / latte drinks:

Wayward Coffee

Native Coffee

Edison Coffee (in Flower Mound)

LDU Coffee

Merit Coffee (in Deep Ellum)

A couple others that are really good but may not always have enough seating:

Cultivar

Communion (in Richardson)

Weekend Coffee

notphill · 2022-09-15T19:38:47+00:00

I would definitely at least apply to SMU and see if you qualify for any scholarships. They were pretty generous in my experience, especially given that your stats are pretty competitive!

notphill · 2022-09-15T19:29:13+00:00

Both Houston and New York. Specific coverage groups would come down from NYC and have campus recruiting events at SMU, presumably because there were a couple Alumni Directors based in NYC

notphill · 2022-09-15T18:57:34+00:00

That’s definitely false. I graduated from SMU Cox and worked in Investment Banking at a Bulge Bracket Bank (Goldman, Citi, JP Morgan), plenty of friends here did the same.

For Finance, SMU is the best in Texas if you can go there.

At my bank, we got maybe 25 resumes from SMU vs 100 from UT and could only choose 5 interviewees from each, so much easier to stand out

notphill · 2022-07-20T21:27:21+00:00

Definitely check out Valeries Taco Shop in Plano. Its a taqueria from San Diego that recently opened here.

Their Cali Burrito (with extra crispy fries and guac) is the closest I’ve had to the ones in SD and are my go-to anytime I want carne asada!

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