DALLAS
ITALIAN
Lucia Dallas
Italian · Candlelit · Bishop Arts District
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David Uygur's Bishop Arts restaurant has been one of Dallas's most quietly important Italian destinations for over a decade — a James Beard semifinalist (Best Chef Southwest) running handmade pastas in a tight 36-seat room. The cooking is rigorous and uncompromising; the menu changes daily; reservations book out months in advance. Less buzzy than the Design District destinations, more about the discipline of one chef's vision. For Italian dining in a city that needs more of it, executed at the level it deserves.