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Nicole and Michael Theodore in their Metro Bar & Grill, which opened Aug. 6 in the Twin Stacks Center, Dallas.

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I’m baaaaack!

After taking one week of vacation time, I have returned to work and will be updating my blog for your reading pleasure.

And today, I’m going to talk of my excitement for Metro Bar and Grill. The new restaurant in the Twin Stacks Center is owned by Michael and Nicole Theodore. The couple also owns the Arena Bar and Grill on Coal Street in Wilkes-Barre.

Arena is one of my favorite bars and restaurants in the area. They have a wide selection of beers you probably won’t find at a corner bar. The food is phenomenal with my favorite dish being the Mushroom and Swiss Burger. Happy hour includes $2 drafts, appetizers and house wines. Arena has always been the place to be on Fridays after work and Sunday evenings for a special happy hour from 9-11 p.m.

I feel that Metro is exactly what Dallas needed- a classy, affordable place both the young and old can eat and drink. Although I admit that I have not been there yet, I imagine it to be similar to Arena, except probably larger in size.

For people who just want to sit and drink, there aren’t many places in the Back Mountain to do that. Students often flock TC Riley’s for college night on Wednesdays and I’m told the place is a practically a Dallas High School reunion. As far as I know, other than Big Eam’s and Libations, there are only pizza places to drink. Misericordia University and Penn State Wilkes-Barre students now have somewhere new to enjoy drinks on their limited budgets.

Obviously, Metro Bar and Grill sounds like an amazing place. Given the success of Arena, I think the Theodores will do well even though restaurants have notoriously struggled at Twin Stacks.

My only issue is what will entice non-residents of the Back Mountain to make the drive to visit Metro when they can go to Arena? Will it be a new atmosphere? How about a different menu? Whatever be the reason, Metro needs to advertise to all of the residents of “the valley” and not just Dallas.

Best of luck to the Theodores and the Metro Bar and Grill. Stop by and let me know what you think. I plan to do so myself very soon.

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