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This card shop has some of the most overpriced paper I have ever seen. Looking for a $6 thank-you note? You can easily find it here. What makes their cards expensive are the hand-made ribbons,...
This card shop has some of the most overpriced paper I have ever seen. Looking for a $6 thank-you note? You can easily find it here. What makes their cards expensive are the hand-made ribbons, glitter, and other materials carefully applied to the cardstock. If that's what you're looking for, they have similar products at the nearby Barnes & Noble for a cheaper price. Here you can also buy expensive wrapping paper, ribbons, and small gifts. You can also get custom-made invitations here.
Frankly, I just don't think there's anything that special here. Any Hallmwark will give you much cuter similar items that I think people will appreciate just as much or more than these things, which may end up costing you more than the gifts you wrap.
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This Middle Eastern restaurant in Snider Plaza provides an interesting change from the rest of the Italian, barbeque, seafood, and Mexican restaurants in the area. Unfortunately, it's also pretty...
This Middle Eastern restaurant in Snider Plaza provides an interesting change from the rest of the Italian, barbeque, seafood, and Mexican restaurants in the area. Unfortunately, it's also pretty mediocre. Dinner isn't bad; they dress up the area, dim the lights and provide candles, and you order from a menu sit-down style while Arab music plays in the background. The dinner menu includes falafel, shwarma, cabbage rolls, and gyros, and it's really not bad.
Lunch however is a different story. You go up and order from the counter and wait for them to bring you your meal. They also offer regular sandwiches at this time. The falafel I had tasted like hish-puppies, and the salad was boring. The lunch is served on styrafoam plates and they play tunes from KVIL. By far not the best in the area in terms of Middle Eastern food.
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Books Nippon is one of the many Japanese bookstores in Little Tokyo. They have a number of magazines, cookbooks, and other typical fair, but what they're really excellent for are artbooks. Towards...
Books Nippon is one of the many Japanese bookstores in Little Tokyo. They have a number of magazines, cookbooks, and other typical fair, but what they're really excellent for are artbooks. Towards the back of the store you'll find a large bookstand with several artbook titles from popular (and not-so-popular) manga and anime series. That is about the only thing that's remarkable about this little store. Otherwise, I'd say nearby Kinokuniya has the better selection.
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This pizza joint is popular with the college crowd. With the return of late-night $1-slices, they may be getting back more ofthe crowd they lost when they cut down their hours and briefly...
This pizza joint is popular with the college crowd. With the return of late-night $1-slices, they may be getting back more ofthe crowd they lost when they cut down their hours and briefly eliminated the $1-slice deal.
Stromboli specialises in thoroughly greasy, thoroughly American pizza, in many different varieties. It's thin so you can eat a lot of it. If you order a whole pie, you can get unusual cheese-only pizzas (w/o tomato sauce and with many different types of cheese) and any number of peppers, jalapenos, and olives to add onto it. Single slice orders are limited to cheese only, or meatball.
They also offer a tasty calzone, which is kind of like an inside-out pizza with a delicious bready exterior. Unless its chicken you're wanting, I suggest ordering it plain with just cheese and then adding the free olives and peppers they offer separate, rather than paying more for them to put olives in them. Then, they have the usual salads, and a limited number of pastas whose selection seems to have dwindled somwhat. As far as drinks go, they offer sodas and beer. Generally I'd say they're vegetarian-friendly.
It's a dimly-lit restaurant that's usually buzzing; they have a couple of TVs turned on and pop/rock music playing. It's pleasant and a great place to dine with a group of friends.
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This small desi store in Richardson is pretty much a typical grocery for South Asian goods. They sell a number of spices, vegetables, and imported drinks like Pakola and Maaza, as well as other...
This small desi store in Richardson is pretty much a typical grocery for South Asian goods. They sell a number of spices, vegetables, and imported drinks like Pakola and Maaza, as well as other more conventional imported foods like Nutella (it's cheaper here than at a standard grocery, too). They have a halal meat market off to the side as well as a small restaurant, and also a media shop selling and renting (mostly pirated) Indian DVDs. There's also a number of newspapers for sale in Bengali, Urdu, English, and maybe a few other languages, and some of them are free also. The people who work there are nice enough. I wouldn't say the selection is as good as some of the bigger stores not that far away (notably Taj Mahal Imports and Subzi-Mandi), but they do offer a bit of a different selection in that they cater more toward Pakistani customers. It's convenient to a lot of the Chinese and Vietnamese businesses in the area.
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The Benetton empire has not made many inroads in the Dallas area, after the NorthPark Center closing several years ago. A branch has recently opened at the Galleria, however, finally making the...
The Benetton empire has not made many inroads in the Dallas area, after the NorthPark Center closing several years ago. A branch has recently opened at the Galleria, however, finally making the brand available again in the Metroplex. This particular store only carries women's clothes, from casual to work-suitable ensembles, and coats as well. It seems to lack the selection of other Benetton stores, but it's still just as expensive, at around the same level as Banana Republic. It's got some nice stuff though, worth stopping by every so often.
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Zara
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Retail Shopping
Dallas, Texas 75201
(972) 392-0622
This hip Spanish chain finally found its way into North Texas last October, and boy are we happy to have it. Zara carries clothing that looks straight off the runways but at a much lower price. I...
This hip Spanish chain finally found its way into North Texas last October, and boy are we happy to have it. Zara carries clothing that looks straight off the runways but at a much lower price. I purchased a really nice cream pea coat there for only $90. They have men's and women's sections right now, carrying casual as well as workplace-appropriate dress clothes. The interior is large and sleek in mostly black and white.
Most of the clothes fit well, but it's odd how the women's jeans seem extremely long. Even one of the salespeople there had hers cuffed because they were too long for her small frame.
Though it hasn't got the same variety as its stores in Europe, Zara still brings its fashion sensibility to Dallas's renowned shopping selection. I suggest it for anyone shopping the Galleria.
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One of the nation's few Paul Frank shops is located right here in Dallas, at West Village shopping center. Here you can find several different styles of the popular multi-colored character tees for...
One of the nation's few Paul Frank shops is located right here in Dallas, at West Village shopping center. Here you can find several different styles of the popular multi-colored character tees for men, women, and children, priced at around $18 for adults. They also have hoodies for around $40, plus wallets, pillows, and many other accessories for personal and home use. They even have a Julius bicycle!
It's a narrow but colorful store with two exits. Lots of fun if you're a fan of the brand. Their middle-range prices mean you can pick up a couple of things while you're there. Accessible by the Dart from Cityplace Station.
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As iTunes and other online music stores gain in popularity and people continue to download songs "illegally", it seems the record store is on its way out. Still some, like Virgin Megastore, have...
As iTunes and other online music stores gain in popularity and people continue to download songs "illegally", it seems the record store is on its way out. Still some, like Virgin Megastore, have maintained a foot-hold. The Virgin Megastore at Mockingbird Station is incredibly popular and people wander in to look around during its late hours on weekends. They offer a broad selection of music; in fact, the largest selection of "world" music I've seen at any brick-and-mortar store, divided up into Latin, Reggae, European, Middle Eastern, Celtic, and Asian, and maybe a few other categories. Other categories are also well-represented. The listening stations let you tune into music from the latest releases; unfortunately, you can't sample any of the other CDs.
Virgin also carries a sizeable movie selection, as well as a number of kitschy books and music-related publications. They have a well-stocked magazine section, and a number of music accessories, a selection of apparel (by names like Ben Sherman), and iPods with accessories.
This is a great store to wander; employees are helpful, sometimes overly so when there's not a lot of business. Things are on the expensive side, so check out their sales. Forget the frequent-buyer punch-card or whatever... in the end, you'll end up forcing yourself to buy 10 CDs/DVDs within 3 months just to get the one free, and they're picky about how much that one can be worth and how much you have to spend on the others.
This is best as a store for browsing rather than buying,
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This is the ultimate grocery store, carrying every kind of food you could ever want, but selling mostly organic, imported, and specialty foods. Here you can find French cheeses, vegetables still on...
This is the ultimate grocery store, carrying every kind of food you could ever want, but selling mostly organic, imported, and specialty foods. Here you can find French cheeses, vegetables still on the stem, soft drinks from all over the world, and more fun things like that. They have a large selection of pre-prepared foods like cakes and other pastries, as well as a wide variety of wines. A restaurant is available in case you get hungry while you shop.
Of course, the big drawback is that none of this comes without a cost, and groceries here are fairly expensive. I would strongly recommend this store if you desire ingredients hard to find in standard grocery stores, and as far as "ethnic" foods go I would try ethnic markets first. Still, this is a great place to have it all at once, and it's a lot of fun to shop in.
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