Cafe Pacific Patrons Share in Celebration

Jack Knox

If you dined at Cafe Pacific on Saturday night and wondered why your server presented a complimentary glass of champagne, wonder no more. According to the lovely and talented Hillary Artzt Gilbert, spokeswoman for Highland Park Village, the bubbly was Cafe Pacific owner Jack Knox’s way of celebrating the fact that his establishment was the editors’ pick for Best Seafood Restaurant in D Magazine’s “Best of Big D” issue. Here are the other Park Cities winners:

Editors’ Picks (readers’ picks in parentheses)

Best Home Accessories Store: Nest (The Gypsy Wagon)

Best Children’s Clothing Boutique: Baby Bliss/Mini Me (Animal Crackers)

Best Sneaker Shop: Luke’s Locker (dual winner)

Best Children’s Furniture: Baby Bliss (Wee Dreamscapes)

Best Place to Buy Jeans: The Blues Jean Bar (dual winner)

Best Women’s Clothing Boutique: Elements (Melanie Gayle)

Best Custom Clothier: Hadleigh’s Bespoke (Lombardo Custom Apparel)

Best Bar Patio: Katy Trail Ice House (Bar Belmont)

Best Shoe Repair: Deno’s of Highland Park (dual winner)

Best Tailor: Park Cities Custom Tailors (Unique Tailor)

Best Dry Cleaner: D.D. French (Bibbentucker’s)

Readers’ Picks (editors’ picks in parentheses)

Best Butcher Shop: Kuby’s (Rudolph’s)

Best Toy Store: Froggie’s 5 & 10 (The Toy Maven)

Best Women’s Clothing Boutique: Melanie Gayle (Elements)

By Dan Koller Jul. 27, 2011 | 9:33 am | 3 Comments | Comments RSS
3 comments to "Cafe Pacific Patrons Share in Celebration"
  1. KR @ July 27, 2011 at 7:44 pm
    How is the Katy Trail Ice House located in the Park Cities?

  2. Dan Koller @ July 28, 2011 at 8:31 am
    My extension of the boundaries in that case was influenced by most of the owners being from the Park Cities.

  3. yvonne @ July 28, 2011 at 9:21 am
    Love cafe pacific for seafood and everything they serve.. the service is excellent, the food excellent and the restaurant is clean, cool and crisp with the white tablecloths. The people watching is as good as the food.. they are doing restaurant week.. best get your reservation or you’ll be out of luck.. A great meal and a helping a good good cause.. Win/Win

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