The Mansion on Turtle Creek, now managed by Rosewood Hotels, was built in the early 20th century by a local cotton magnate named Sheppard King. In the early 1980’s it was converted to a hotel and remains to be one of the top hotels in Dallas.
After longtime chef (over twenty years) Dean Fearing left to open a restaurant bearing his name at the Ritz Carlton Hotel he was replaced by well-known New York chef John Tesar and a complete redo of the dining room followed, converting the dining space into three distinctive sections: the main dining room featuring à la carte items, a more luxurious area with a choice of prix fixe menus, the Chefs’ table where Tesar cooks what he fancies on any given evening (six persons only). Blue jeans, a Texas staple, are now finally permitted; and we especially enjoyed seeing them on the young, local Dallas women that tend to congregate here in the evenings.