WHO WOU L D H AV E T H OUG H T ? The Lake Highlands dining scene is the real deal Story by LIESBETH POWERS | Photography by KATHY TRAN
A COU P L E O F Y E A RS AG O, neighborhood resident Sam Howard and a bunch of restaurant buddies were sitting around a swimming pool, and the discussion led to a concept for Cedar & Vines. “We said, ‘I’m sure it would be cool to put something like that in our neighborhood,’ because we felt like we would love to go eat at a place like this,” says Howard, co-owner of Cedar & Vine.
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“And that didn’t exist. And so we thought, ‘Well, now’s as good a time as any — why don’t we see if we can’t build that?’ ” Throughout Lake Highlands, this sentiment is being echoed by more and more restaurateurs, who are making our neighborhood an emerging dining scene. Shocked to hear the terms “dining scene” and “Lake Highlands” used in the same sentence? If so, you’ve
