Executive Board Members of the Fast Casual Alliance, Paul Barron Chairman, Louis Basile President, Alan Hixon Vice President and Linda Duke Secretary, recently met in Dallas , TX to find some Fast Casual restaurant brands to visit for the Food Tour at the 2009 Fast Casual Summit scheduled for September. The team visited several brands and below are photos of some of the menu items and a tour of several brands in the Dallas area.
The first stop, la Madeleine, a fast casual French bistro, bakery and cafe, that serves elegant, healthy French cuisine and baked goods.
In store signage at la Madeleine promotes quick, fresh and healthy menu items for under $3.00
More in store signage promotes other healthy menu items branded "Smart Choices."
Beautiful (and cute!) fruit tarts
Quintessential French cuisine: croque monsieur, tomato bisque and quiche






Before the Third stop on the tour the team passed a new Vapiano under construction that will be on the tour in September. Then we were off to Central Market the most amazing gourmet grocery store! Within the walls of this mammoth store, it houses a restaurant, a cooking school and enough chef prepared food to make deciding what’s for dinner impossible! They carry over 1000 kinds of cheese, make 400 different bakery items fresh each day, and their meat and seafood counters total 1 mile in length. This is a foodie’s heaven on earth.
Fruits in front of Central Market
Everything is bigger in Texas: Mile Long Meat Counter at Central Market
What do you choose for dinner? At Central Market the choices truly are endless.





After the big burrio at Freebirds, we were off to see a new concept, Zoë’s Kitchen. This fast casual Mediterranean brand is clean and sleek. The restaurant has very minimal decor and is bright inside and out. We tried several menu items and sampled their various unique dishes. This is definitely a new concept to add to the tour in September.
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