Fort Worth chef Tim Love to open second branch of Love Shack in Dallas’ Victory Park

by Teresa Gubbins

If you live in Plano, you'll only have to drive to downtown Dallas rather than all the way to Fort Worth to get one of Love's awesome burgers.

DALLAS — Fort Worth chef Tim Love will open a second branch of his chef-driven burger joint Love Shack in the Victory Park complex near downtown Dallas, scoops Bud Kennedy at the Fort Worth Star Telegram.

A spokesman at the original branch in Fort Worth's Stockyards district said that Love is targeting April 1 as the opening date, and that there'll be more extensive seating than the funky picnic-bench setup in the courtyard next to the White Elephant Saloon in Fort Worth, with Victory Park to get outside seating and an inside glass-enclosed dining area.

Burgers are an always-controversial topic, but Love Shack's -- a 50-50 combo of tenderloin and brisket -- are among the awesomest ever. His Love burger comes with crunchy housemade pickles while his Dirty Love Burger has bacon, lettuce, tomato, "love sauce", cheese, and a fried quail egg. Their fries are bleh, but the shake has a constantly changing flavor-of-the-day, with Sunday's chocolate mint and Thursday's chocolate-espresso mocha -- with finely ground coffee beans mixed throughout -- at the top of the list.