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| Entrance to Lantana |
Lantana is a community that was developed around
the Lantana Golf Course. There is not much history to it since it was established
in 1999. Near-Normal Traveler, Dave, discovered it when he met a group of men
to play golf at the course there. What neither of us realized, until we
explored the area, was that is site ‘cheek by jowl’ with Bartonville.
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| Indian Paint Brushes |
Bartonville
does have a bit of a history. Chinn's Chapel settlement was started in the
mid-1850s by Elisha Chinn. The colony eventually split into four small
communities with Bartonville remaining in the original site. Named for T. Bent
Barton, the town had 25 residents, a post office, general store, grist mill and
cotton gin by 1890. Six years later there were 100 people who called the town
home, but the village continued to grow slowly. Fearful of annexation by Irving
in the 1960s, Bartonville incorporated, but a few years later dis-incorporated.
This lasted until 1973 when the development of the Dallas/Fort Worth
International Airport supported residential development in the area. It, like
Lantana, is a bedroom community that supports the economy of the DFW Metroplex
and Denton. This is still a rather rural area with ranches and farms providing
a rather pastoral feel to the community. As you get closer to the entrance of
the golf course, urbanization takes place with ubiquitous eateries, stores and
pharmacies dominating the landscape.
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| Four carrots |
In looking for local restaurants for lunch in
Denton, I came across information about Savory
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Top L to R: Menu, Fresh bread, Panini
Bottom L to R: Pasta, Salad |
Bistro (2650 FM407 #165, Argyle, TX 76226, 940-584-0255), which was why we
went on this adventure. We were pleasantly surprised at the décor and the menu.
I had read that they will provide complete dinners that you take home and put
together, so I expected something that resembled a market. This is not the
case; it’s a very nice restaurant with a full bar. As soon as we sat down our
very nice waitress brought us hot bread with garlic butter; delicious! Dave had
the special of the day, rotini with Italian sausage in a cream sauce; he would
have preferred a thinner sliced sausage with more spice, but he did like the
dish. I had a panini with prosciutto, kale, and goat cheese. I also had a kale
salad with blue cheese, granny smith apples, candied pecans, and a lovely vinaigrette
dressing. I thoroughly enjoyed both the salad and the sandwich. We’ll be going
back to this restaurant very soon.
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| Fountain at the Town Square |
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