<b>Find it:</b> 10477 Lombardy Lane, Dallas; 214-366-2000; <a href="Http://www.pappasbros.com." target="blank">www.pappasbros.com</a></p><p><b>The dish:</b> Yeah, so it comes from Houston but Pappas Bros. offers, without a doubt, the finest steak-eating experience in North Texas. The greatest bites come from the New York strip, a burly steak with compliant texture, best if cooked with a sear to the outside and red silk inside. You’ll dream about the butter-swept, salt-and-pepper crust long after your meal is history. Best of all: Pappas Bros. is all about lavish service for the pampered palate, but you don’t have to get all dressed up to partake. </p><p><b>Don't wander away without also trying:</b> The lobster bisque, riddled with pieces of tender shellfish, and hints of cayenne and cognac. As for dessert, the rich, classic cheesecake is served precisely as it should be, a little cool but never cold – a lovely, not-too-sweet, just a bit tangy flavor experience that you know could never be the insulting sort that comes right from the food-service truck.</p><p><b>You should know:</b> That 34,000-bottle wine inventory is overseen by Barbara Werley, one of two master sommeliers in Texas (and just one of fifteen sommeliers variety in the world). If she recommends a bottle, you’d be a fool not to drink it.</p><p><b>Honorable mentions:</b> <a href="http://www.delfriscos.com" target="blank">Del Frisco’s</a>, Fort Worth and Dallas; <a href="http://www.bobs-steakandchop.com" target="blank">Bob’s</a>, Grapevine; <a href="http://www.charliepalmer.com" target="blank">Charlie Palmer</a>, Dallas