Gene’s other Dallas-area favorite: a family-style Italian spot where big shared plates come out for the whole table — “it’s like family style, sort of upscale-ish, but not super upscale… about a $35 a head lunch kind of thing,” with locations “in all the big cities in Texas.” Gene actually blanked on the name mid-episode, so this ID is our educated guess based on that description rather than a direct quote: Maggiano’s Little Italy and its Classic Family-Style menu match almost exactly, with locations across Dallas, Houston, Austin, and San Antonio. Not a bad way to feed a group without going full white-tablecloth.
Find a location: maggianos.com.
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