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*The Dallas Morning News has selected this location as one of the Top 100 Restaurants in D-FW.*
Opened Aug. 8, 2011.
Start with an assortment of spreads and olives and move on to small plates at this stylish Lebanese-Moroccan boîte in West Village. The menu’s modest, skewing more toward Lebanese, but the Moroccan dishes, such as a sweet tomato spread and a chicken pastila cigar, are among the best. Tiny kebabs, kibbeh and a salad called moutabal du jardin are lovely, too. Light bites and terrific cocktails are easy here, but if you want a full dinner, best to request one of the larger tables. Full bar. Smoking area on the patio. After 9:30 p.m., hookahs are available.
-Guide (10/21/2011)
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The atmosphere is Moroccan chic, the cocktails are smashing, and the small plates — like a perfect meze platter, a gorgeous moutabal du jardin salad, a cigarlike spin on chicken bastila, wonderful kefta kebab and more — are not just beautifully prepared, but well-priced, to boot. As grazing ops go, it doesn’t get much better than Sam Benoikken and Yaser Khalaf’s alluring spot where Lebanon meets Morocco in West Village.
3636 McKinney Ave. (in West Village), Dallas. 214-599-0707. baboushdallas.com. (Full review)
Walking into Baboush, a dreamy-looking boîte with the feel of one of the sexy, stylish riad hotels that are so chic right now in Morocco, is an instant mood changer. Slide into a banquette, if you can; it’s the best perch. Lean back against the pillows, order a cocktail and settle in to a laid-back evening of people watching and refined grazing. (Full review)