This article was originally from Pegasusnews.com. Teresa Gubbins is a Senior Writer for PegasusNews.

Parlour Cafe & Wine Bar takes it to the suburbs, specifically the northern edge of Richardson in the Shire shopping center built by Dale Wamstad that also houses Silver Fox, Main Street Bistro, and a coming-soon branch of Scalini's Pizza & Pasta.

Parlour was opened at the beginning of '07 by Wayne Cummins, who learned the ropes by working at nearly every wine bar in town. He was previously manager at Mercy, worked at the original Cork, as well as Liberty Noodle and the Green Room; but music fans might remember buying CDs from him back when he worked at legendary record stores such as Bill’s and Pagan Rhythms.

His New Orleans birthplace made the connection for him at the Shire -- "Dale Wamstad is a New Orleans guy, too," Cummins says.

Chef is Jason Wade who graduated from the Art Institute of Dallas, and who Cummins met while they both worked at Mercy; Wade also worked at Nana. The menu has full-scale entrees but also plenty of bites and starters including Cummins' family gumbo recipe, plus "savory beignets" such as potato-leek with "rosemary sugar."

The wine list has about 60 by the glass, and they host a wine dinner every Tuesday night, three courses with wine for $50. They also do flights and tastings, such as the Tuesday night special, 6 to 9 p.m., with 4 wines and a cheese board for $20.

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