When leaving Tyler's Cowan Center after the Lyle Lovett show recently, I made a wrong turn and headed out the Old Henderson Highway. Realizing my mistake, I turned around in a driveway that led up to Villa Montez, the stately home that was once The Mansion on the Hill. The place was beautifully lit and the aromas so enticing, I decided to take my mom there on her birthday.
Northeast Texas foodies have 18-year-old Inge Strydom to thank for a unique South African-influenced dining opportunity. Inge's parents, Phillip and Jackie, are the owners of Liefie le Vine, a unique shop and restaurant at 302 North Main Street in Winnsboro, but it was Inge's idea to move from the Metroplex to Wood County.
In the five years since Duncanville native Gerald Jones hitched his wagon to the Los Pinos Ranch Vineyards as director of sales and marketing, the sleepy little winery at the back end of nowhere has experienced phenomenal growth.
“Something for everyone” is the motto for Greenville’s City Bistro, located inside Landon’s Winery in the former Kress building in historic downtown Greenville. On the day I visited the restaurant with the Bright Star Literary Society, the bistro’s motto was flying high.
When a plate leaves her kitchen, Los Pinos Executive Chef Dana Sneed says this to her staff: