Restaurant Buzz

Megan Welsh
Posted:
July 01, 2010

This just in: Eatzi’s is (finally!) opening the doors to its second market and bakery, at The Pavilion on Lovers Lane. It’s everything you love about the Oak Lawn locale — savory cuisine to go, a well-edited wine and cheese selection, gourmet sandwich and salad bars — duplicated at the new address, 5600 West Lovers Lane … Bijoux, one of our most-craved five-stars, is spreading its culinary gems in the form of new catering and box-lunch services. For your next event, call in executive chef and owner Scott Gottlich and his specially tailored seasonal fare. He’ll whip up an array of appetizers (baked brie, smoked salmon) or individual courses for intimate seated dinners. As for those boxed lunches? Think anything but PB&J and carrot sticks: Gottlich’s midday meals include elegant takes on vichyssoise and pâté, with a gourmet sandwich selection, too. What’ll it be: sliced lamb or beef tenderloin? For details, ring or write catering coordinator Mark Young at 214.350.6100; markyoung@bijouxrestaurant.com … We’ve spotted some rather stylish types at Bar Céline, the swank new Henderson Avenue establishment owned by Donald Chick and located directly behind his restaurant Park. Consider yourself warned, as the cocktails here pack a rock-star reputation. Hits are the LA Woman (Don Julio Anejo, crème de cassis, ginger, agave nectar, lemon) and the Velvet Underground (Mount Gay dark rum, Velvet Falernum, pineapple, lime, ginger ale). Cheers to 1921 Henderson Avenue; take a peek at barceline.com … A grazing craving? Point your Panamera west to Cowtown Diner, a new eatery at Sundance Square in Fort Worth by owner Scott Jones (Screen Door, Café Italia), where a hearty menu is served up in stylish down-home digs. We’re dying to sample exec chef Tom Slatt’s weekend brunch: duck breast atop cornbread waffles with poached eggs or a farmer’s frittata stuffed with a gamut of fresh veggies (305 Main St., 817.332.9995; thecowtowndiner.com) … Move over, whirled peas: We’re envisioning World Piece, the new incarnation of Uptown fave Watel’s. After 23 years, owner and executive chef Rene’ Peeters has moved his restaurant to Greenville Avenue and has given it a smart new name, Watel’s World Piece Café. Here, Peeters and his culinary team are spicing things up with global fare — seared and herbed rare tuna with ratatouille; grilled shrimp with muamba sauce — all in a casual atmosphere. What’s for dessert? The pear poached in spiced port (1802 Greenville Avenue, 214.720.0323; watels.com).

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