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Northlake

There are four little towns close to us with related names: Southlake, Westlake, Eastlake, and Northlake. And of course I’m curious about all of these little towns. With this blog we’ve visited three of the four. To find what we learned about Southlake and Westlake, take a look at Two Sides of Southlake, Food in Southlake, and Wet in Westlake. Now on to Northlake!








What I could see of Northlake as we drove through it was interesting; it’s on the North Texas high prairie with views of Alliance Airport. The shape

Former ranch lands

of the land in the original town looked a great deal like children’s blocks hooked together by string. The blocks were small ranches and the strings were roads. Back in the late 1980s several small ranches remained, but now these are mostly gone, replaced with business areas and housing developments. The incorporation was completed in December of 1960 and meant that the cities of Denton and Fort Worth could not take over the area, imparting their government on the residents who wanted to protect the rural nature. Until 1999 city business was either conducted out of a private home or from a leased space in Justin (see Just in Justin); this ended when the Town Hall was built. Northlake is still a small place, but it is growing rapidly.

While we didn’t eat anywhere in Northlake, there are plenty of places to eat nearby. For information about my rating system, see Reading the Reviews.

Three carrots

The Beacon Café on Beach (10760 N Beach St, Keller, TX 76244, 817-337-3262) is only open for breakfast and lunch, so it was a perfect place

Top L to R: Menu, Migas, Soft tacos
Middle L to R: BLT, Chicken fried steak, Breakfast
skillet
Bottom L to R: Biscuits and Gravy, Pulled pork

for us to try for our family breakfast; Dave and I had actually tried the lunch menu about a week earlier. The restaurant has been there a while and is run by two lovely people. They had tried to open a branch of this restaurant, but found that it was much too much work for just two people. Their menu offers the typical breakfast/lunch foods and drinks. For our lunch, Dave had soft tacos and I had a pulled pork sandwich. The tacos were okay as was the side of queso. The sandwich was pretty good and the fries were, as well. Neither meal had anything wrong with it, they just weren’t special. Breakfast also fell into this category. The gravy covering the biscuits was actually pretty good. There was lots of sausage and the sauce didn’t taste doughy or over cooked. The biscuits were a bit tough. The grits tasted like those that come out of a package; there was no seasoning. The BLT had plenty of bacon, but was a bit short on the bacon. The flavor was good, though; the potato chips were just chips. The chicken fried steak had a soggy crust and tough meat. There wasn’t much to the egg, and the hash brown potatoes were nothing special. The migas were well prepared, but didn’t have any spice; the hot sauce was not particularly hot. The skillet breakfast with eggs, potatoes, avocado and bacon was good. This was a nice mix and had a good set of flavors. Prices were good and we might go back if we’re in the area.

Northlake Police Department

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