The French Room, the storied restaurant at The Adolphus Hotel in downtown Dallas, only serves afternoon tea, but for a limited time it will open for dinner service once again. The restaurant is ...

In 1985, Connie Forbin took a bus to downtown Dallas and got off at a stop in front of the Adolphus Hotel. She had a bit of extra time to spare before she had to report to her job at a nearby daycare, ...

One night in February, the magic was back in The French Room. The white plaster walls of Texas’ most historic fine dining space gleamed in warm evening light. Pink rose petals were scattered across an ...

It’s early in The French Room. It’s filled not with diners but with music plucked and bowed from a string quartet. A harpsichord joins the jam. Later, “Musette” by J.S. Bach is played. On a harp. The ...

"Everything" has changed on Commerce Street in downtown Dallas in the past 110 years, says unofficial Adolphus Hotel historian Sam Tucker. "Except this place." The Adolphus is the oldest continuously ...