Alo, new restaurant from owners of La Duni, set to open in July

kirk, says:

I keep wondering when the growing number of restaurants serving Peruvian food will start serving cuy. Maybe Aló will be the guinea pig?

By the way, somebody should rein in Mr. Borga's (or his PR firm's) use of gs. Hay una diferencia entre las riendas y el reinado.

In spite of my snarky comments here, I am looking forward to trying out this place!

DC, says:

I've never been much of a La Duni fan overall and I don't think this endeavour is going to change that much. As much as some of those dishes sound interesting, I all ready have issues:

Plates for sharing, aka: how to run up the bill and make sure noone actually gets what they want. I see the business sense to it. It offers the chance to charge the snot out of a side of asparagus and it makes plating easier and faster. To those that argue it's "fun" and "just like at home," actually it's not fun and if I wanted to eat at home, I would stay home.

I;m not going to get started on high class street food. Just go to Tacos Y Mas.

twisteddog, says:

Tom Cruise eats at La Duni.

DC, says:

I agree that at the Uptown place the food is reasonable if not necessarily exceptional and most of the menu is reasonably priced. I describe the McKinney location as a reasonable 'casual restaurant.'

However, it's the details that irritate me there. Charges for split cheques, the D Magazine endorsements and awards on the menu (like I care, just give me food), and the greater than thou attitude of the front staff all put me off from really enjoying the place.

When I see this "preview" I think that I probably eat out most days and nights of the week and a lot of that time is for two or four. So the "family style" places mean that if it's two we're going to either get too much or not enough and if it's for four, we'll spend as much on sides as entrees. Do this enough and it starts looking less like a great chef's idea and more like cash grab and kitchen convenience.

The whole downtown scene is an entirely different post.

Billusa99, says:

Always love it when TG posts about new stuff. My wife and I think La Duni is one of the best, high quality, most interesting places to eat in town. I can only hope that the pisco sour, at its native Peruvian Alo, will rock even more!

I'm sure the tapestries on the walls will sing, and the paint and chair coverings will glow with undiminished pride. The wall sconces and lighting will bathe the diners with charm. Above all, the glassware at the bar -- I'm sure -- will be perfectly proper, too.

Oh yea... and the food will be good.

DC, says:

Geez, Bill, isn't it a little early in the day to be getting started on the E?

Billusa99, says:

Actually, DC... I was runnin' high on full tank of BA when I wrote that.

But, my guess is that you'll miss that one, too... ;-)

DC, says:

"Studies of dogs and rats have shown that infertility and damage to testes can result from acute or chronic ingestion of boric acid."

Laduni, says:

Hola....

Thank you for your interest in Alo. Although it won't really be a Peruvian restaurant it will feature some great street foods from Lima. It will be primarily Mexican,featuring some dishes from Chihuahua.

La Duni DFW was indeed a license, the whole floor closed including La Duni. Unfortunately DFW did not planned to install an escalator in front of the restaurant and travelers did not wanted to carry lugage up 30 steps.....

Downtown La Duni is waiting for the Hotel to open as it will be it's primary source of business. It is also a license, but we will run it when it opens.

Northpark sould start construction in 60 days and the first of 3 venues (island between Neimans and Barneys)should open in September and hopefully the restaurant by November. Otherwise the restaurant won't open until the end of January.

For more info check our websites www.laduni.com and www.alodallas.com

Thank you all and hope to share a "Shaken Mariana" cocktail or any of our new flamed drinks with you at Alo soon.

Taco

kirk, says:

BillUSA: I got the Bill Addison reference, even if some of the other people on here assumed you were drinking eye wash for breakfast.

DC, says:

I sincerely hope everyone enjoys the DMN and Law Reviewers.

Billusa99, says:

Good on ya, Kirk. Some folks, like those inside the Beltway, are most often seen standing in a group of people wondering "why is everyone else laughing?"

Nobody ever expects the Spanish Inquistion.

DC, says:

Yes, it's true, Dallasites always live up to their reputation.