LA PARRILLADA
7660 Gaston Avenue
Dallas
214 327-5513
No Cover, No Minimum
While most of Dallas' Beautiful People are eating and partying in the expensive restaurants and bars throughout Uptown and the West End --not to forget Cedar Springs -- on Saturday nights, some of the finest music is being played at a small Mexican cafe on Gaston Avenue near the Spillway.
The marque says "Live Music Sat." And while my quirky sense of humor wishes that were the name of the group that plays there, I realize that's not the case. And if the group actually has a business name, it's not revealed anywhere inside.
Rosalinda de Leon is the keyboard artist. She spent forty years on the road accompanying and leading the orchestras for some of the biggest entertainers in the business. Her pedigree is even spectacular: University of North Texas degree in music and graduate degree from The Julliard.
Two brothers - Daniel and Lico Cisneros - easily
show strong music education as well.
Lico is the leader and the bass guitarist. Daniel plays drums. Both of them sing individually and as a duet.
Daniel Cisneros
The bill of fare would be most likely described as Latin Jazz. Gee wiz they're good. From Antonio Carlos Jobim's many bassa novas to the standard jazz tunes like "On Green Dolphin Street."
Let's talk about the menu. All of the food here is fresh and made there. None of this commissary stuff. In fact there is one hot appetizer, casserole style, that contains Mexican sausage. Our table of eight, a couple of Saturdays ago, noted that it came close to one of the best things we'd ever eaten, anywhere.
There is also a full bar.
Lico Cisneros
Try La Parrillada. This is one of Dallas' least known treasures.
BILL CHERRY,
REALTORS
DALLAS - PARK CITIES
Our 45th Year
214 503-8563
