EASTER Sunday Brunch

"EASTER" Sunday Brunch ~ April 4

3 courses $65

COOKING CLASS ~ April 24, 2010

"April in Paris" ~ class includes 4 course lunch with wine ~ $95

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AURORA DALLAS

Walls of ultra-suede and exotic wood, the luxurious European inspired bar, Limoges china. Details infused within Aurora’s four walls will take your breath away. Step into the intimate 56-seat restaurant. You will notice the brilliantly displayed kitchen, a vision of stainless steel behind ornately etched glass. Tucked away is the elegant wine cellar, a crown jewel for that private lunch or dinner. This aura culminates with the splendor of the menu. An innovative display of French-influenced New American cuisine, the food is like a painting, but you get to eat it.

Eating on the cheap at Aurora in Dallas

A editorial by Teresa Gubbins of Pegasusnews

Eating on the cheap at Aurora in Dallas

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

DALLAS — After more than five years as one of Dallas' top-rated as well as top-priced restaurants, Aurora quietly changed its profile last year, by revising its menu and dropping its prices. The economy hadn't sunk like a stone yet, so it turned out to be a prescient move by owners Avner & Celeste Samuel.

Part of the do-over included a new lunch menu with a three-course prix fixe meal, for $18.95. Samuel says that it took customers nearly eight months to discover the deal, but these days Aurora is a hot ticket at lunch.

As a point of reference, three years ago, a friend and I had a 10-course or was it 12- vegetarian tasting menu at Aurora and it was $300 each. (It did include wine, which was about a third of the cost.) So how does that transform into "bargain lunches"? In some ways, the cutbacks are obvious. Samuel has trotted out "My Mother's Salad," consisting of chopped tomato, cucumber, and green pepper, dressed in olive oil and sprinkled with fresh parsley, a longtime favorite that's shown up at nearly all of his restaurants over the years. It's elegant and flavorful, but hardly costly to assemble.