Frisco | September 2022

DINING FEATURE

BY KAREN CHANEY

THREE DISHES TO TRY

The filet mignon comes in two sizes, a 6 oz. ($51) and an 8 oz. ($54), with an optional Parmesan crust for $9. The filet is served with whipped potatoes, sugar snap peas, off- the-cob cream corn, ripe tomatoes and spring onions.

The III Forks Salad ($15) features toasted pecans, blue cheese, Granny Smith apples and a maple-pecan vinaigrette.

The crabcake ($24) is served with a Creole beurre blanc.

COURTESY III FORKS

III Forks Longtime Dallas restaurant nds home in Frisco C hris Vogeli, executive chef of III Forks in Frisco, has been with the company since its

unable to pay rent, ocials said. The Frisco location was formerly Silver Fox, which was established in 2006. Launa Wilkerson was the general manager of the Silver Fox steak house in Frisco and became the general manager of III Forks. III Forks is owned by Consolidated Restaurant Operations, which also owns Silver Fox and other eateries. Vogeli said before opening the doors to the business on North Dallas Parkway, he, III Forks founder Dale Wamstad and Warren LeRuth, a renowned chef from New Orleans, developed the recipes and created the menu with a goal of making a “grand steak and seafood place.” Customers often ask for the recipe for the steak marinade, but Vogeli said

the quality of beef used at III Forks is the key ingredient. “We have standards of the amount of aging we want on our steaks, and from there, when you have good age and good quality beef, then the rest is simple,” he said. All the entrees at III Forks come with whipped potatoes, sugar snapped peas and cream corn, which is noteworthy, Wilkerson said. “You’re not just getting a steak on a plate and then have to buy all your sides,” she said. The restaurant also aims to give back. For the last 13 years, III Forks has held a charity golf tournament benetting the Team Connor Pediatric Childhood Cancer Foundation. The next fundraiser will be held Sept. 26.

III Forks General Manager Launa Wilkerson and Executive Chef Chris Vogeli have been with III Forks for the past several years.

inception in 1998. While explaining how the business name was chosen, he debunked a common thought that it pertains to the number of eating utensils used by guests while dining at the restaurant. He said the name has ties to Texas history. “It goes back to the native Amer- icans who occupied the land before John Neely Bryan came,” Vogeli said. “They referred to this area as the three forks territory, which goes into the three forks of the Trinity River.” In September 2020, III Forks moved from its original location in Dallas to Frisco because COVID-19 regulations resulted in the owners becoming

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