Lucky’s Café is a little dinner on Oak Lawn with a
wide-ranging menu and a fun atmosphere. One thing on their menu that caught our
eye was the “Sleaziest, Cheesiest Grilled Cheese in Town”. With a name like
that, how can we resist...right? So off we went on a Sunday afternoon for a
Dallas diner experience we were excited to try.
Lucky’s is typically packed on the weekends, so when we
arrived parking was a bit of a struggle. After securing a spot down the street,
we headed in and only had about a 5 minute wait. No biggie. We were seated at a
large booth with red vinyl seats and ordered some coffee while we reviewed our
lunching options. Before arriving, we had noticed that the Grilled Cheese is
not on the Brunch menu, which is what Lucky’s uses until 2 PM on weekends. We
asked the hostess if they could make one anyway and she said yes. Score!
After trying to appease our seemingly impatient waitress, we
decided on the grilled cheese with fried okra as the side, and the grilled pork
chops and eggs with potatoes. Our waitress said they could MAYBE do a grilled
cheese since the griddle was being used up by pancakes and eggs, but she’d
check. We got our grilled cheese, thankfully. It came with onions, tomato,
green chilies, bacon, cheddar & swiss grilled on Texas toast. We really
can’t think of much else that could possibly make this sandwich better tasting.
Haley enjoyed it and commented on how much she loved the green chilies and the
crispy bacon. Her fried okra was also really good – fresh tasting, unlike some
places that taste like the okra has been reheated too many times.
My pork chop and eggs were good. It came with 2 grilled pork
chops, 2 eggs (I got them over easy) and breakfast potatoes that were heavily
seasoned. All in all the food was what I had expected. A little salty for my
taste, but wasn’t disappointing in the least. If I could do it again and
weren’t gluten free, I would have gotten the banana pecan pancakes or waffle
that was on the specials chalk board. C’est la vie!
When we went to the cash register to pay our check, I told
the man that I had 1.5 free entrée gift cards (because one of them may or may not be
expired), depending on what he wants to do with it. We were hoping that our humor might
win him over. He looked at our bill for a second and then said ok, you’re good.
We didn’t pay for anything, including our coffee! So nice – Lucky’s definitely
gets points for being so accommodating.
After brunch, we decided to swing by Tu-Lu’s bakery for a
gluten free cupcake (Haley indulged me on this one). We decided the mini cupcakes
were too cute to pass up so we each ordered 3. We tried the red velvet, the
chocolate with cream cheese icing, and the mint mojito cupcakes. Haley hated
the mint mojito, but I really liked it. The chocolate with cream cheese icing
was yummy. But (so disappointing) the red velvet minis were way overcooked. The
upside: we couldn’t tell they were gluten free despite the dry red velvet. Next
time, we will just get the normal sized cupcakes.
http://www.luckysdallas.com/
http://tu-lusbakery.com/
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