Restaurant Guide Sudoku Making a Difference

2621 McKinney, Ste A 214-953-0599 Renfield’s Corner 2603-A Routh St. 214-397-0300 Trinity Hall Irish Pub 5321 E. Mockingbird Ln. 214-887-3600

Italian & Pizza California Pizza Kitchen 8411 Preston Rd. 214-750-7067 CiboDivino Marketplace & Cafe 1868 Sylvan Ave. 214-653-2426 Dough

11909 Preston, #1444 972-788-4600 Holy Ravioli

4446 W. Lovers Ln.

214-696-3993 I Fratelli

2815 Allen St., #124. 214-720-0070 Italia Express 111 Continental, #300

214-748-2700 4000 Cedar Springs 214-521-3300 Joe’s Pizza, Pasta & Subs 4343 W. NW Hwy, #347 214-272-9007 Lover’s Pizza Pasta & Grill 5605 W. Lovers Ln. 214-353-0509 Mimi’s Pizzeria

6807 W. N.W. Hwy. 972-215-7290 My Family’s Pizza

10720 Preston Rd,#1014 214-363-6122 Olivella’s

3406 McFarlin Blvd. 214-528-7070 Penne Pomodoro

6815 Snider Plaza 214-373-9911 11661 Preston Rd, #143

214-368-3100 Rocco’s Uptown Pizza & Pasta 2717 Howell St. 214-871-9207 Sal’s Pizza Rest. 2525 Wycliff 214-522-1828 Taverna Pizzeria 3312 Knox St. 214-520-9933 Tomato Pie

11661 Preston Rd. 214-750-8743 Villa-O Rest. 4514 Travis, #132 214-707-3848 Latin American Gloria’s

3223 Lemmon Ave. 214-303-1166 Zaguan Latin Cafe 2604 Oak Lawn Ave. 214-219-8393 Meals To Go – Catering The Festive Kitchen – Snider Plaza 3404 Rosedale Ave. 214-520-6888 Short Stop – Food To Go 6025 Royal Ln., #101 214-265-8828 6918 Snider Plaza 214-360-0311 Mediterranean Baboush

3636 McKinney, #160

214-559-0707 Fadi’s Mediterranean Grill 3001 Knox St., #110 214-528-1800 Zoe’s Kitchen

6025 Royal Ln., #104

469-341-0123 Mexican & Tex-Mex Bandito’s Tex-Mex Cantina 6615 Snider Plaza 214-750-6100 Campuzano Mexican Food 2618 Oak Lawn 214-526-0100 Chipotle Mexican Grill 2705 McKinney Ave. 214-871-3100 4502 McKinney Ave. 214-302-2500 Digg’s Taco Shop

6309 Hillcrest Ave. 214-520-0155 E Bar Tex Mex 1901 N. Haskell, #120.

214-824-3227 El Fenix

5622 Lemmon Ave. 214-521-5166 6811 W. NW Hwy. 214-363-5279 Fuzzy’s Taco Shop

4740 W. Mockingbird

214-352-8226 Manny’s Uptown Tex-Mex 3521 Oak Grove Ave. 214-252-1616 Mario’s Mexican & Salvadorian Rest. 5404 Lemmon Ave. 214-599-9744 Mattito’s – Centrum 3102 Oak Lawn Ave. 214-526-8181 Meso Maya

11909 Preston, #1426

469-726-4390 Mi Camino Restaurante 3830 W. N.W. Hwy. 214-888-0055 Ojeda’s Mexican Restaurant 4617 Maple Ave. 214-528-8383 Qdoba Mexican Grill 5600 W. Lovers Ln. 214-352-2277 Rafa’s Café Mexicano 5617 W. Lovers Ln. 214-357-2080 Taco Diner

3699 McKinney, #307

214-521-3669 Torchy’s Tacos

5921 Forest Ln. 972-720-9200 Urban Taco

3411 McKinney Ave. 214-922-7080 Middle Eastern Food From Galilee 6710 Snider Plaza 214-750-0330 Moroccan Souk

3011 Gulden Ln, #114

469-458-2233 Natural–Gluten-Free –Organic Company Cafe 3136 Routh St. 214-468-8721 Kozy

4483 McKinney Ave.

214-219-5044 Southpaw’s Organic Cafe 3227 McKinney Ave. 214-754-0100 6009 Berkshire Ln. 214-987-0351 New American City Café

5757 W. Lovers Ln. 214-351-3367 Luck

3011 Gulden Ln, #112

469-250-0679 Natalie’s Restaurant 5940 Royal Ln. 214-739-0362 NHS Bar & Grill

10720 Preston Rd. 214-368-1101 Seafood Amberjax Fish Market Grille 3011 Gulden Ln., #107

469-513-9088 Dive-Dallas Coastal Cuisine 3404 Rankin St. 214-891-1700 Half Shells Oyster Bar & Grill 6617 Snider Plaza 214-691-8164 Hook, Line & Sinker 3103 Lemmon Ave. 214-965-0707 Lovers Seafood and Market 5200 W. Lovers Ln. 214-351-6363 Rockfish Seafood Grill 5331 E. Mockingbird

214-823-8444 11661 Preston Rd, #153

214-363-7722 Shell Shack Uptown 2916 McKinney Ave. 877-434-1411 St. Pete’s Dancing Marlin 2730 Commerce St. 214-698-1511 Spanish Café Madrid 4501 Travis St. 214-528-1731

Steaks Dee Lincoln Steak & Burger Bar 2626 Howell St. 214-754-4949 Dunston’s Steak House 5423 W. Lovers Ln. 214-352-8320

Thai Best Thai

5959 Royal Ln., #540

214-373-8113 CrushCraft Thai Street Eats 2800 Routh St., #150

972-677-7038 Malai Kitchen – Thai & Vietnamese 3699 McKinney, #319

972-591-3387 Naga Thai Kitchen & Bar 665 High Market St. 214-953-0023 Sabaidee Lao & Thai Street Food 5200 Lemmon, #100.

214-520-6868 Saucy’s Thai Pho 5944 Royal Ln. 214-378-8424 Turkish Café Istanbul

5450 W. Lovers, #222

214-902-0919 Vertskebap

7949 Walnut Hill Ln. 469-726-2855

Vegetarian Cosmic Cafe 2912 Oak Lawn 214-521-6157

Miss Chi Vietnamese

Wine Bar Dream Cafe

2800 Routh St., #170.

214-954-0486 Two Corks & a Bottle – Quadrangle 2800 Routh St., #140

214-871-9463

Yogurt, Smoothies & Juices The Gem

5915 Forest Ln, #360

214-792-9928 I Heart Yogurt

5450 W. Lovers, #143 6305 Hillcrest Ave. Nekter Juice Bar

6712 Snider Plaza 469-418-4029 Smoothie Factory

2817 Howell, #210 214-954-0900 Smoothie King

6061 Forest Ln. 972-404-1852 Tropical Smoothie Cafe 4560 W. Mockingbird

214-351-7037

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attention and emotion, passionate love also reduces cognitive control. However, the same passionate love leads to enhanced attention toward the beloved. Many people have reported that they expend 85 percent of the time they're awake thinking about their beloved.

Serotonin levels dip when a person falls in love. And this depletion of serotonin precipitates intrusive, vexingly preoccupying thoughts. When the link between cognitive control and passionate control was examined among a group of students who recently were embroiled in a passionate relationship, it was deduced that the increased intensity of passionate love correlated with their reduced cognitive control efficiency.

Strengthens empathy. A romantic relationship activates the human brain's emotion and empathy-processing centers. It also makes the individual less self-focused. Falling in love, like meditation, increases the brain's grey matter volume, which is linked with emotion processing. However, this empathy is a lot more toward the person one is in love with and not necessarily for other people around them. When in love, a person would be able to feel the pain of their romantic interest a lot more earnestly than anybody else and will also willingly forgo anything for the other person. Differential impact. The impact love has on the human brain varies with the actual stage of love the concerned person is in. MRI scans can help accurately ascertain the stage of passionate or romantic love the individual is in, based on their cerebral activities. If someone has recently fallen in love, their brain's reward center gets activated since it's experiencing a significant amount of pleasure. This also produces a variety of emotional and physical responses, such as racing hearts, flushed cheeks, sweaty palms and feelings of anxiety and passion. The reward center experiences a decline if the person in love breaks up with the other person, causing a dip in the associated pleasure. At this stage, there is also a sharp reduction in functional connectivity and activity.

Lifelong impact. With everlasting love, people invariably do not fall out of love and stay connected with the individual for the rest of their life. This explains why some couples – who fell in love early in life - remain in love even during their 60s, 70s and beyond. According to a 2011 study, certain regions of the brain among happily, long-time married couples exhibit similar activity. When one of the two is not around, the other person feels irritable or restless. They may resent friends and family even though they spend pretty much all their free time together. When love is in the air, things look beautiful, everywhere you look. Close your eyes and think back to John Paul Young singing “Love Is in The Air” or Google it!

A Fox News Radio contributor, Richardson has spent her educational and professional career learning human behavior. She holds a Master of Science in Counseling from the University of North Texas and is working to integrate cognitive behavioral therapy into the treatment programs for many clients. In April 2009, Richardson opened The Brain Performance Center.

THIS WEEK’S SUDOKU SOLUTION Most of us love our community and want the best for it. It's our home. It's where we live, work, learn, play and raise our families. And yet, it's easy to go about our daily lives without ever stopping to think, “What can I do to make my community better?”

We are all busy and it's easy to assume that someone else will do what needs doing. But if there's one thing I've learned from my work with communities across the U.S., we are all owners. We don't need an official title, be assigned a task or have to be wealthy. We all have gifts to share and the ability to make a difference in the lives of others.

My dream is that every citizen would do just one small thing to make their community better. We all know that random acts of kindness have positive ripple effects that reach far and wide, often unexpectedly so. Could you imagine the amazing results if everyone took part in a mass outpouring of love and positivity?

Start by taking a slow drive around the city. What do you see that needs to be repaired or replaced? Is there a field that needs to be mowed? Does a city park need some shade trees? Do flowers need to be planted? Is there an empty lot that needs trash hauled away or a dangerous road in need of a crosswalk?

Consider what resources you have at your disposal. Maybe you have the skills or the funding to fix something or know someone who does. There are always potential reasons why something "can't" be done, but it's often amazing what can happen when we just ask.

Maybe your way of showing your community some love is to serve on a local board, head up a "housing for the homeless" committee or to spend a day at your local food pantry or animal shelter. It helps and may inspire you to get involved on a deeper level.

You don't have to join an organized effort. Individual acts of love and kindness are meaningful, like cleaning up

a cluttered yard or place a bench under a tree at the park. Put your skill set to use. Could you train entrepreneurs to better manage their finances or market themselves? Mentor someone inside your company? Tutor students who are struggling? Think broad and then narrow your scope.

Finally, we can all express our gratitude for what's right in our community. We can write a letter to the editor who celebrates the bright spots in our community. We can send a heartfelt thank-you note to the hospital that took care of our loved one. We can thank a maintenance worker for keeping the streets clean.

Positivity and gratitude are contagious. They make a difference. And it feels good to practice them.

Quint Studer is author of Building a Vibrant Community: How CitizenPowered Change Is Reshaping America and Wall Street Journal bestseller The Busy Leader's Handbook: How to Lead People and Places That Thrive. By Quint Studer