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Pamper Your Palate

WHEN YOU COME TO CENTRAL 214, leave your diet at the door. This is, after all, the place you come to indulge in delightfully sinful dishes like chicken-fried Kobe steak and mac-and-cheese made with smoked gouda and Serrano ham, all masterminded by Blythe Beck, the self-proclaimed “naughty chef” because she never skimps on flavor, or the calories. She’s lightening it up a bit this summer with options like fresh diver scallops, but don’t worry, she’s still keeping it naughty with a side of corn-bacon succotash and crispy fried barbecue onions. You can pamper that palate out on the recently refurbished patio, which includes a new fireplace all just in time for the Sunday night outdoor movie series, which fires up in June. —MARLENA CHAVIRA-MEDFORD

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Pictured: Diver scallops with corn-bacon succotash and crispy barbecue onions

Three more spots to splurge

No matter what you have a hankering for — roasted duck, rack of lamb, filet mignon, lobster or jumbo prawns — this place will leave you satisfied. GREENVILLE & VANDERBILT

214.826.0940

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Indulge in something a little different, like softboiled goose eggs, venison chili and pan roasted sturgeon. On Wednesdays York Street also opens for lunch.

LEWIS & LIVE OAK

214.826.0968

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If the 14 oz prime strip isn’t enough, finish with the “Bailey’s Boozie”: a brownie topped with Irish cream liqueur ice cream, homemade hot fudge, roasted almonds, brandied cherries, whipped cream and Heath bar chunks.

PARK LANE & CENTRAL 214.750.8100

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