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Restaurant Review: Lucky’s Cafe

The old reliables keep us coming back for seconds at the Oak Lawn diner.
By Sarah Reiss |
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photography by Kevin Marple

You can be sure that the celebrity chefs responsible for Dallas’ popular high-low dining scene have spent plenty of time in the bona fide diners and dives that pepper the city’s culinary past. Some of these have faded into memory; some continue in the righteous tradition of the South, with a triumvirate of chicken-fried steak, biscuits, and iced tea that locals swear is as good for power lunching as it is for vanquishing hangovers. If Texas cooking has a backbone, a steady spine, it’s because of diners such as Lucky’s. With a waitstaff outfitted in tongue-in-cheek t-shirts and menu items that poke fun at heart healthiness—“sleaziest, cheesiest grilled cheese in town,” anyone?—Lucky’s shines brightest in the service and deep-frying departments. Chicken-fried steak and, even better, chicken-fried chicken are award-worthy. Sure, there are duds on the menu. Mom’s meatloaf, for instance, looks like it came out of a tin. But overall, the old reliables—including skin-filled mashed potatoes smothered in gravy, banana pudding, and the potato soup special on Fridays—keep drawing us back to this Oak Lawn legend.

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