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VOTE for LEFTY'S! We're pleased to announce that we're once again Finalists in The Best of Big D Reader's Choice Poll. Click on over to D. Magazine to vote for us. You can vote once a day - every day - until March 25! Thanks!!!

Menus? We don't need no stinkin' menus!

Many Lefty's regulars don't even want a menu, ordering instead off the "Specials" sheet - the Chef's delicious creations made from the freshest seasonal ingredients.

So, what do you want to eat?

Photo (c) C. Andrako 2011 All Rights Reserved

Coconut Dream Pie

Our made-from-scratch Coconut Cream Pie is catching up with our best-selling Key Lime Meringue pie in popularity. Many of our Coconut Cream connoisseur customers claim it's the best they've ever had.

Come in and have a slice.

Photo (c) C. Andrako 2012 All Rights Reserved

Italian Dinner Week!

People always ask me where I go for great Italian food.

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND

"Lefty's Italian Dinner Week"

 Monday, Nov. 14 - Sunday, Nov. 20

Get together with your family and friends for:

Saltimbocca, Osso Buco, Lobster with Vodka Sauce, Fresh Pasta, Meatballs and Sausage

"If 'Living Well is the Best Revenge' then 'Vengence is a Meal Best Served at Lefty's!"

Bill Hale

1921 - 2011

Lefty's bids a fond farewell to our good pal, Bill Hale - a character actor and stunt man during the Golden Age of Movies and Television who shared the screen with legendary stars Elvis, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, and John Wayne. 

Bill was also the bandleader of his own combo in Rat-Pack era Las Vegas.

We all looked forward to Friday nights at Lefty's when Bill and his lovely wife, Gladys would join us for dinner, drinks, and laughs.

So long pardner...We will miss you.

Top photo courtesy of memphisfilmfestival.com  Bottom photo (c) C. Andrako

Bite Me!

The weather is changing and so are Lefty's specials. Come check out our Fall Lunch and Dinner Specials.

Let's Go Rangers!!!

"HAPPY HALLOWEEN"

photo (c) C. Andrako 2010 All Rights Reserved

Cheers!



Chris at McSorley's Old Ale House - NYC



I made New York City my home for years and whenever I go back to visit family and friends we usually wind up in one of the great old bars of New York.

 Some nights we'll go from one tavern to another, many being well over 100 years old.



Chris checks in with Lefty's on his cell from McSorley's, NYC.



 I didn't move to New York until the late 70's so I missed great saloons like Toots Shor's and the Stork Club, however I spent years roaming the city looking for old joints to have a few drinks.

 Old bars have character...and they attract characters.

 Some of the best times I've had have been at the bar. Lefty's has the most interesting and diverse clientele. Artists, musicians, sports figures, restaurant workers, business people - all mingling together, enjoying good food and conversation, getting a buzz, and hopefully getting lucky. Now that's what I call social networking.



Tattoo artist, Jay Strange, sets up his easel for a little late night painting at Lefty's.





Old Town Bar - NYC


Chris' Recommended NYC Bars



 Old Town Bar

McSorley's Old Ale House

Fanelli Cafe

21 Club

The Ear Inn

Click on each bar to visit their websites.

All photos (c) C. Andrako All Rights Reserved

Photo of Old Town Bar by Peter Sylvester Photography. Available for purchase on Old Town Bar website.

Welcome New Facebook Friends!

Welcome new friends!!! It's always great to see new faces in the Lefty's crowd.

Just like our steaks, we're sizzling every night with cool music, hip comfort food, and old school ambience.

Tell your friends: "Let's meet at Lefty's!"

Photos (c) C. Andrako for Lefty's

Catch of the Day: Lefty's Video #1

Travels with Chris: Paris

Paris is the most beautiful city I've ever seen. It is filled with generations of independent family-owned restaurants, cafes, and historical culinary landmarks.



Au Lapin Agile in Montmartre

Hanging out at Rodin's house

The heart and soul of France is the art of food and wine. I feel at home anyplace that has the same passion for dining as my family and I do.

Shopping at J. Dupeyron, specializing in Vintage Armagnac since the 1700's

We stayed for a while in a country house with a garden not far from Champagne. I loved visiting the villages, shopping for local wine and cheese, getting recipes and advice from the butcher, and smelling the fresh baked bread and pastries from a family bakery.

 A friend's dog - Farfel- takes me on a tour of the village.

Bringing our bounty home, picking vegetables in the garden still warm from the sun, cooking boeuf a la bourguignonne and.....

fresh apple Tarte Tatin and dining outdoors as the French countryside turns from day to night -

It doesn't get any better than that.

 It's good to be King.

Photos (c) Chris Papageorge All Rights Reserved