Did you know that the Hilton Bella Harbor, a chic resort on Lake Ray Hubbard, is set to open after the first of the year? Well, color me stupid, I didn’t have a clue. So when I learned that Belo Mansion exec chef Steven Weir was hired to head up Mistra, the Hilton’s tony restaurant with an “eclectic cuisine without boundaries” menu, I was surprised. So pretty soon you can have your Texas venison with honey-braised mushrooms, duck confit lasagna rose with saffron pasta, or lobster stew with a macadamia nut sambal and watch the sun set over the yardarm. No boundaries? Bring it. (Candy or Eric, find me a foreclosure in Rockwall.)
Go there when it’s warm. This new center is one of the best places in the metro to get away without really going away.
I’ll check out the hotel, although the menu may be a little fancy for a regular guy like me.
As a resident of Rockwall, I can attest to the beauty of The Harbor at sunset. When the entire development was under construction I wasn’t quite sure how I would feel about it. But now that it’s there and beautiful, I can’t remember what life was like without it. It is a definite highlight of the East…