Lake Highlands Café banana cake Photo by Mark Davis

Lake Highlands Café banana cake Photo by Mark Davis

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Oatmeal raisin cookies at Highlands Café

Oatmeal raisin cookies at Highlands Café

It’s possible to start taking neighborhood staples such as Highlands Café — in business eight years now — for granted. Don’t. Appreciate it. Love it. As V-Day approaches, hone in on the sweet treats owners Anita Siegers and Kathy Stewart offer, starting with the moist, melt-in-your-mouth, decadently frosted banana cake. Or go chocolate with a dense dark brownie, crave-creating cake or chipped cookie. Siegers favors the fat and flavorful oatmeal cookie, which just doesn’t get enough attention. Every dessert is cooler with a scoop of Beth Marie’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream, a locally made product that comes in flavors such as Turtle Torture (the perfect mix of vanilla, caramel and praline, Siegers extols), Dr Texas (made with Dr Pepper) and kid-favorite, Cupcake. The appetizers, including a sampler platter with hummus, pimento and guacamole or homemade fried chicken tenders, are a fitting prelude to dessert, as are the fresh wraps, soups, salads, sandwiches and specials (meatloaf, chicken-fried steak and pulled pork tacos, to name a few). Vegetarian options include a veggie burger, cucumber sandwich and Greek salad.

Highlands Café

9661 Audelia, 214.349.2233

Ambiance: Comfortably hip
Price range: Desserts: $1.25-$3.99; Menu: $6-$15
Did you know? Highlands Café’s tables are made from doors and other parts of its remodeled building.

 

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1 Cake Ball Company

The Lake Highlands-born cake ball makers now sell their sweet spheres online. Or opt to drop by the tiny shop where the nationally renowned magic happens.

10230 E. Northwest Highway, 214.559.5788, cakeballs.com

 

2 Momo Italian Kitchen

Romantic? Check. Perfect pasta? Check. But don’t even think about leaving this newly relocated Lake Highlands eatery without sampling the tiramisu, creamy panna cotta or the zabaione egg custard, complemented with strawberries and whipped cream. BYO wine.

8989 Forest, 972.234.6800, momoitaliankitchen.com

 

3 Chubby’s

Desserts are made fresh daily at this family restaurant. Try the lemon pie or Hershey’s chocolate cake.

11331 E Northwest Hwy # 105F Dallas, TX 75238 (214) 348-6065, eatatchubbys.com