Had an amazing dinner last night at
Al Biernat's in Dallas. Shared some good laughs with my partners, Mike and Mike, Cody Lummus, Brittany Smith and our good friend Morgan Palmer. I hadn't been there in a while, but wow!, what a great call. We all shared the crab cakes, calamari and ..., get this... rabbit sausage with tortillas. The steaks were superb, we added scallops and lobster Mac on the side for good measure. This may be a new steakhouse favorite for me in Dallas. Waitress was awesome and a lot of fun... Overall just a great experience!
Now... On to the wine. The wine list was extensive and thoughtful. I mean I saw some selections you don't see most other places. Most of the selections were priced pretty reasonable, don't get me wrong, no fire sales going on, but too many places in Dallas are getting out of hand.
We started with a 2005
Eponymous, from Napa. I have had this before thanks to my membership at
Napa Wine Co., so I was familiar with the wine and super excited to find it on the menu. This was everyone's favorite of the night. For the money, this one is a big winner. We also had a 2007
Corison Napa Cabernet. I had recently visited Corison while in Napa and was also familiar with this one as well. Peschel liked this one the best. It is a nice big Cab, with plenty of fruit, which matched well with Peschel's "million once" monster ribeye. Our last bottle was a 2004
Heitz Cellars' Cabernet. A Napa classic, Heitz is consistently a good choice. Although this was a good one, consensus was: this was the least favorite of the night. Two thumbs up from all on the Eponymous.
