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206. I vaguely remember Farrel's

Thu Feb 7, 2013, 06:33 PM

Feb 2013

I didn't get to the Town East mall that often though. In high school I worked at Red Bird mall outside of Duncanville. I left TX in the early 80s and have only been back twice and took the opportunity to visit some favorite BBQ places. Nothing like BBQ brisket smoked over mesquite wood for a day!

lol, I just remembered my best friend and I going up to K-Mart for lunch all the time because they had an actual diner in there making meatloaf and burgers and other diner food. Cheap and good!

And I wish I could remember the Dallas chain that had the fantastic chicken fried steak...I don't think they had more than 5 or 7 stores around Dallas but that's another place my friend and I went. They had brown gravy for the CFS and I loved that way better than the cream gravy. I can't remember their name but their version is what I shoot for whenever I try to make it at home...

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Interesting Art_from_Ark Feb 2013 #46

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Wuv's KamaAina Feb 2013 #131

Borden Burger! Auggie Feb 2013 #136

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best worst fried clam strips ! Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2013 #142

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A new one in LaPlata, huh? Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2013 #192

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