Can you orbit a Star? These restaurants do
The Star in Frisco is many things to many people.
Dallas Cowboys fans are crazy about the mock football field and monster digital screen that flanks the Ford Center, a 12,000-seat athletic facility that’s home to Frisco ISD football, and about the fact that here lies the world headquarters of America’s Team.
But the 91-acre campus also plays home to a variety of restaurants — it will sport more than 30 dining options when finally complete — from uber-upscale Dee Lincoln Prime to the fast-casual mecca that is East Hampton Sandwich Co.
Besides Zaytinya, here are some of the current best bets:
Dee Lincoln Prime
This gorgeous 8,000-square-foot spot is part steakhouse (naturally — Lincoln is known as the “Queen of Steaks” and co-founded Del Frisco’s Double Eagle Steakhouse), part sushi den. Whether your reserve a spot at the exclusive six-seat sushi bar for sushi chef Mark Tungcmittrong’s omakase or enjoy a steak (sourced from Allen Brothers, a “premier purveyor of prime meat”) from executive chef TJ Lengnick (Stephan Pyles, Shinsei), you can’t go wrong. There’s also a dramatic tequila wall/library that stocks some 32 types of tequila, from Riazal ($15 per 1.5 ounce) to Patron Lalique ($950).
6670 Winning Drive, Suite 400, Frisco, 214-387-3333, https://deelincolnprime.com. Hours: 4-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 4-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday, closed Sunday
Neighborhood Services
This offshoot of the lovable Lovers Lane location from chef Nick Badovinus features the same bistro-esque fare, but just inside the Star’s Omni Hotel. With a view of the football field, fans can rally behind swoon-worthy starters like the Jonah Crab and Sonoma Jack gratin ($15), and crispy asparagus with lemon dill creme fraiche ($10) and then tackle a Wedge My Way salad (spiced pecans, bacon and Point Reyes blue cheese, $12) or cheer(fully take) on the London Broil steak frites ($26).
11 Cowboys Way (Omni Frisco Hotel), Frisco, 469-287-0400, https://www.omnihotels.com, 6:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 6:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday
Tupelo Honey
This 17-year-old concept out of Asheville, N.C., brings its fresh twist on Southern fare to its first location in Texas, offering blueberry champagne pancakes and cauliflower steaks, but also a menu full of crowd-pleasers, like fried green tomatoes and steak and eggs. For brunch, make sure to get a couple of orders of bacon pralines ($5), two thick strips of fatty pork covered in candied pecans and caramelized sugar. The menu toes the line from the somewhat healthy — avocado toast with a field greens-n-beets salad ($14) — to the diet-busting Honey Dusted Fried Chicken ($24).
6725 Winning Drive, Frisco, 469-403-2160, http://tupelohoneycafe.com
Cow Tipping Creamery
Soft-serve ice cream is front and center at this small walk-up, just the third location of a business that started as an ice cream truck but was acquired a couple of years ago by Jay Jerrier, founder of Dallas-based Neapolitan pizza chain Cane Rosso (which also has a location at The Star), who opened locations in Carrollton and Frisco. Try a stacker, which is like a parfait, featuring loaded-up ice cream with such tantalizing ingredients as birthday-cake crumbs and lemon curd. Who can resist the At the Ritz (a small cup is $5), which has your choice of ice cream along with brown-butter Ritz crackers, brown-sugar hot fudge and rummy caramel sauce? Sweet, salty and out of bounds (in a good way), it’s a terrific ending to any meal at The Star.
3685 The Star Blvd., Suite 201, Frisco, 214-430-5227, https://www.cowtippingcreamery.com
This story was originally published February 20, 2018 at 2:02 PM with the headline "Can you orbit a Star? These restaurants do."