El Paso-based Split Peas Soup Cafe opening in Uptown Dallas location vacated by Urbano Paninoteca

by Teresa Gubbins

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Menu has 15 soups, including an eponymous split pea.

DALLAS — Split Peas Soup Cafe, a small El Paso-based restaurant chain, is opening a branch in Dallas, in the location on McKinney Avenue in Dallas' Uptown that was vacated by Urban Paninoteca (which is in the process of relocating to Fitzhugh).

Aside from the extra S in its name (Split PeaS?), what else is there to know about Split Peas Soup Cafe? Let's go to the Web site (with wise-ass italicizing on words and phrases that seemed deserving of italicization):

Those bold, sophisticated dinner entrees include "Fillet mignon" (hey, that's how they spell it on the menu), grilled chicken breast, seared duck breast, pork chops, lamb chop, shrimp fettuccine, and grilled salmon "served with potatoes and veggies". Prices run from $17.95 to $32.95 (for the "fillet mignon", which is served with Mushroom Blue Cheese Sauce).

The signature soup is -- of course -- pea soup, which not everyone seems to love. But you can't please everyone. And besides, they have 14 others, such as clam chowder, cream of broccoli, chicken noodle, French onion, and lobster bisque.

They also offer beer and wine, coffee, and gelato, and are slated to open by early summer.