INZO - Roanoke, TX

Overall Score:  ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
Kids' Menu: Yes
Proportions: ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

Shirley Temple: ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

Noise Level: Just right
Food:  
Ordered:   Cheese Pizza, Pepperoni Pizza, Gorgonzola Gnocchi, Shirley Temple
Taste: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎
Temp: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎
Looks: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎

Comments:  If you are looking for an Italian restaurant that's yum, go to Inzo's.  Their pizza is good and their servers are super nice.  And if you're crazy like my mom, they have food other than pizza you can eat... things like pasta, subs, salads, and all sorts of stuff.  This place is definitely several steps up from your average pizza chain.  And when you are done eating you are just a short stroll away from a pie/dessert store or a ice cream/candy store.  Sounds like pretty good dinner plans to me! -The Blackwell Boys

 

The Original Pancake House - Grapevine, TX

Overall Score:  ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
Kids' Menu: Yes
Proportions: ⭐︎(laughable)

Noise Level: Just right
Food:  
Ordered:   Kid's Pancakes with Bacon; Pancakes with Bacon; Eggs, Sausage and 3 Pancakes
Taste: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎
Temp: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎
Looks: ☺︎☺︎☺︎

Comments:  Be prepared to be amused if you order off the kid's menu here.  I highly suggest forgetting it exists.  If you choose not to follow my warning, your parents will have to give you some of their food just as they did for my brother and me.  Jacob and I both ordered the Kid's Pancakes with Bacon (3 teeny, tiny pancakes each just slightly larger than a quarter - we all laughed when they came out - the one piece of bacon looked HUGE next to them!).  My mom gave us each one of her pancakes leaving her only one.  Although the pancakes are very good, we all went home hungry and wanting more. -The Blackwell Boys

Hey Sugar - Roanoke, TX

Overall Score:  ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
Kids' Menu: No (But I think the whole store is pretty much just for kids!)
Proportions: ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

Noise Level: N/A
Food:  
Ordered:   Candy!
Taste: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎
Temp: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎
Looks: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎

Comments:  Yes, I would say this is one of the best places in the world.  Candy is everywhere.  They have everything.  They even have ice cream.  They have candy I have never even heard of.  My mom and dad laugh over candy they grew up eating.  They have giant Gummy Bears.  They have lolly pops almost bigger than my head.  They have candy with bugs in them!  (I'm not sure if they were real bugs or not cause there was no way I was going to find out for sure, but they looked pretty real to me.)  The next time I come, I'm bringing my wallet (this way I can get what I want!). -The Blackwell Boys
 

Oak St. Pie Co. - Roanoke, TX

Overall Score:  ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
Kids' Menu: No
Proportions: ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎ ⭐︎

Noise Level: N/A
Food:  
Ordered:  Maple Walnut Fudge, Cowboy Cookies, Cowgirl Cookies, Peanut Patties
Taste: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎
Temp: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎
Looks: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎

Comments:  Ok, I'm going to have to go back and take another look at the floor.  I don't remember it looking the way it does in the picture and I'm pretty sure I wasn't standing in the middle of a gigantic ice cream spill.  I could have been; there were lots of tasty treats to check out.  My mom thinks their fudge is the best she has ever had.  To this day she has only tried the Maple Walnut cause it's her favorite and she has to get it every time.  The cookies are good, and my dad always gets the peanut patties and the cowboy cookies and he has his eyes on the pies. -The Blackwell Boys
 

Freebirds World Burrito - Alliance, Ft Worth, TX

Overall Score:  ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
Kids' Menu: Yes
Proportions: ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎ (huge!)

Noise Level: Just right
Food:  
Ordered:   Burritos of course!
Taste: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎
Temp: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎
Looks: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎

Comments:  I love burritos and these are some of the best.  They are definitely the biggest I have ever had!  I usually get the steak with mine, my brother and dad go for the chicken, and my mom gets the grilled veggies.  My parents like this place because of all the fresh/never frozen ingredients.  My brother and I like this place cause it tastes good and a kids' meal actually fills me up and I don't have to pick off my brother's plate.  Kid meals come with a choice of chips or rice and beans.  Vitamin Water is one of the choices for the soda fountain.  That's always a plus.  If we're lucky, dad buys us one of their brownies.  They are soooo good!  They have a gooey sweetness in the middle of them.  Mmmm.  I want one right now! -The Blackwell Boys
 

Winewood Grill - Grapevine, TX

Overall Score:  ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
Kids' Menu: No
Proportions: ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

Shirley Temple: ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

Noise Level: Just right
Food:  
Ordered:   Salmon, Special Order: Sauteed Shrimp and Mac and Cheese
Taste: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎
Temp: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎
Looks: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎

Comments:  Just because a restaurant doesn't have a kids' menu doesn't mean you can't go.  I may only be 8, but my parents know I can eat an ENTIRE grownup meal.  That is why every once in a while we get to go somewhere really nice with our parents.  This place was awesome!  We got to drink out of actual glasses and not plastic cups (even my 5 year old brother Jacob!).  My salmon was very good and I really liked my brother's shrimp (he let me have a couple).  Typically my parents would just give my little brother some of all of our food instead of ordering him a meal, but this time Winewood made a special shrimp order (kid size) just for him.  We will definitely be back! -The Blackwell Boys
 

Campania pizza and more - Southlake Town Square, Southlake, TX

Overall Score:  ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
Kids' Menu: Not sure (we just split a pizza)
Proportions: ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

Noise Level: Quiet as a mouse (but we went at an off time, so not many people were there)
Food:  
Ordered:   Pepperoni Pizza
Taste: ☺︎☺︎☺︎
Temp: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎
Looks: ☺︎☺︎☺︎

Comments:  This is a great place to get your parents to take you after they have forced you to go shopping with them at Southlake Town Square.  The pizza was pretty good.  It was the thin crust kind.  It was kind of on the cheesy side, but the cheese tasted alright.  Our server recommended that we only get one pizza, so we did not end up with any leftovers.  I think we need to order two pizzas for our family of four in the future.  Two kids may make up half of our family, but one of those kids (me!) likes to eat a lot! -The Blackwell Boys

 

Kincaids - Alliance, Ft Worth, TX

Overall Score:  ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
Kids' Menu: Yes
Proportions: ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

Noise Level: Just right
Food:  
Ordered:   Corn Dog and fries, Bacon Cheeseburger with onion rings
Taste: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎
Temp: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎
Looks: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎

Comments:  This place is really neat inside; I felt like I traveled back in time.  There are a ton of old pictures, signs, and old articles hanging on the walls.  And...there's these cool giant blow up plastic things (a banana, a ketchup bottle, a chili pepper) hanging from the ceiling. -The Blackwell Boys


You order from the counter and then they bring the food to you.  My burger was about the same size as my dad's!  Of course I ate the whole thing.  I'd recommend the kid's cheeseburger over the corn dog and the french fries over the onion rings.  The crinkle fries are nice and salty.  The onion rings were a little too spicy and crunchy for me.  This place will definitely be added in our regular rotation. -The Blackwell Boys
 

Milwaukee Joes - Grmt Ice Cream - Southlake, TX

Overall Score:  ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎
Kids' Menu: Kind-of; they have mini sizes
Proportions: ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎

Noise Level:  N/A (We got our ice creams to-go and then took a walk to Southlake Town Square's fountain)
Food:  
Ordered:   Dr. Pepper Ice Cream, Oreo Ice Cream
Taste: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎
Temp: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎
Looks: ☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎☺︎

Comments:  We love ice cream!  And this place has some great flavors.  Dr. Pepper actually tastes like the Dr. Pepper you drink!  My parents liked that it came in mini sizes, but I'm sure we could have eaten even the largest of sizes.  We will definitely be back! -The Blackwell Boys