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Welcome to Celebration, Dallas’ original farm-to-table restaurant, located on West Lovers Lane between Inwood and Lemmon. In March of 1971 we built a restaurant out of real stone, wood, and copper where we could serve good food to good people. It worked – you came and came again. Over the years, we have added to the original restaurant two old houses, a full-service bar, and a wonderful patio, complete with a stone fireplace and fountain. Today, Celebration is a Dallas favorite where our valued friends and customers can enjoy freshly prepared, seasonal food in a comfortable atmosphere.

As Celebration enjoyed success over the years, we discovered a demand for the same great food and service off-site. In 1994, we started our catering business. Whether for corporate meetings or lunch service, school lunches, receptions, or special events, Celebration has the ability to meet your catering needs no matter the occasion.

In 2000, we opened Celebration Market next to the restaurant to serve our customers who prefer their meals on-the-go. Whether you enjoy eating in the comfort of your own home or are just in a hurry to put a meal together for your family, think of Celebration Market as your neighborhood kitchen.

As Celebration celebrates years of serving delicious, affordable, locally sourced food, we want to thank our friends and customers for your loving and loyal support.

Founder Ed Lowe

At Celebration Restaurant, Catering, and Market we remain committed to offering our customers the freshest, most flavorful, and whenever possible, local ingredients at an affordable price. Thank you for supporting Dallas’ original farm-to-table restaurant since 1971.

— Ed Lowe, Founder

Our Mission

Celebration Restaurant, Catering & Market is committed to providing a safe, clean and attractive environment for our guests and partners. We offer our guests the freshest, best-tasting, and whenever possible, local ingredients at an affordable price.

We offer our partners the opportunity for both personal and professional growth in a fun and supportive atmosphere.  We strive to become a leader in the Dallas environmental movement by supporting local farmers and vendors and by taking conscious measures to reduce our carbon footprint.

We are committed to giving back to the community which has supported us since 1971.

Responsible Sourcing

  • Our daily local products are featured on a chalkboard in our lobby. All are used in the Restaurant, Catering & Market. Check it out on your next visit!
  • Our menus feature flavorful, healthy, sustainably sourced:
    • Local, free-range, 100% grass-fed ground beef from Springerhill Ranch
    • No antibiotics ever, vegetarian diet, non-GMO verified, pasture-raised chicken and turkey from Perdue Farms
    • All of our seafood meets SeafoodWatch.org Best Choice or Good Alternative. Verlasso salmon is raised in the clean waters of Patagonia.
    • We use no artificial sweeteners, artificial colors, nitrates, nitrites, high fructose corn syrup, or preservatives.

Our Partners

Team Work

Celebration is nothing without our people, and that is why we choose to call each other Partners. Each day they work hard to ensure your dining experience is memorable, not to mention delicious. From our hosts to our chefs to the dishwashers to the back-office staff, all of our Partners understand that their individual jobs are important, but their work as a team is invaluable.

Awards

Television

  • Food Network — Top 10 Home-cooking Restaurants in the country 1999

Magazines & Newspaper Reviews

  • Dallas Morning News – March 2021
  • Faces of Influences — D Magazine February 2020

  • Taste of the South Magazine — January 2017 — Best Meat Loaf

  • Southern Living Magazine — November 2009

  • Texas Monthly — September 2005 & May 2008

  • Dallas Observer — Special Issue Oct 2003 – Best Fried Chicken

  • Dallas Morning News —January 2005

  • Gourmet Magazine — September 1996

  • D Magazine — August 1989 – July 2007
  • Best Home Cooking — D Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards

  • Best Family Dining — Park Cities People 1999

  • Best Fried Chicken — Observer Critic’s Pick -2003, 2007

  • Best Home Style — Observer Critic’s Pick & Reader’s Pick 2005

  • Best Homestyle Restaurant — Observer Reader’s Pick 2002-2009

  • Best Dining Al Fresco — Observer Critic’s pick 2002

  • Best Chicken Fried Steak — Texas Monthly 2005

  • Best Dallas / Fort Worth Restaurants — Zagat Survey 2006 – 2009

  • Faces of Influences — D Magazine February 2020

  • Taste of the South Magazine — January 2017 — Best Meat Loaf

  • Southern Living Magazine — November 2009

  • Texas Monthly — September 2005 & May 2008

  • Dallas Observer — Special Issue Oct 2003 – Best Fried Chicken

  • Dallas Morning News —January 2005

  • Gourmet Magazine — September 1996

  • D Magazine — August 1989 – July 2007
  • Best Home Cooking — D Magazine Reader’s Choice Awards

  • Best Family Dining — Park Cities People 1999

  • Best Fried Chicken — Observer Critic’s Pick -2003, 2007

  • Best Home Style — Observer Critic’s Pick & Reader’s Pick 2005

  • Best Homestyle Restaurant — Observer Reader’s Pick 2002-2009

  • Best Dining Al Fresco — Observer Critic’s pick 2002

  • Best Chicken Fried Steak — Texas Monthly 2005

  • Best Dallas / Fort Worth Restaurants — Zagat Survey 2006 – 2009

Community

brazos scenery

As the proprietor of Celebration Restaurant, Catering and Market, I have the privilege of working with a great team of professionals who make it possible for me to devote time to two of my other passions – Texas Water Trails, for which I am guide, outdoor educator and cook among other things, and the Friends of the Brazos River, a non-profit which I helped establish and currently serve as president. Through these two organizations, I invest my time and energy in two of our most precious resources: our youth and our natural resources. For several years I have taken groups of young folks from all socio-economic backgrounds canoeing, camping, hiking, and exploring the outdoors, teaching young people and adults how to enjoy the earth’s natural beauty as well as how to protect and preserve it. Introducing kids to a world that many of them have never experienced is one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. The mission of Friends of the Brazos River is to restore and ensure a clean, healthy Brazos River, the most beautiful piece of flowing water within easy driving distance of Dallas-Fort Worth, for present and future generations. Visit friendsofthebrazos.org to learn more.
—Ed Lowe