Rockfish Seafood Grill   

With dark, wooden tables and walls with exposed rivets like a cruiser's hull, the theme here can definitely get fishy; but it's still more sophisticated than the style at other Rockfish Grills. This restaurant stays ultra casual, with servers wearing golf shirts and jeans while they trod on concrete floors. You could roll in wearing just shorts and a tank top and still feel at home while you sip an icy brew. Since surrounding construction has slowed down, this restaurant has been reeling in the fans. Rockfish attracts a trendy college crowd from nearby Southern Methodist University, as well as working singles and families that live in not-too- far-off areas -- everyone and anyone who's after fresh, reasonably priced seafood favorites. Fried fish and waffle fries may be the choice of the guy at the table beside yours, but there are lighter menu items available, including boiled and spicy crawfish, grilled catch of the day and delicious shrimp-and-lobster-stuffed ravioli. Check the blackboards above the oyster bar for daily specials. -- Allison Hatfield