Eater Dallas
Stephan Pyles has forever cemented his place in the Metroplex’s food scene as one of the local chefs of legend. So when the announcement came that he was developing the menu for the Seeker, the restaurant inside roadside motel, the Interstate Inn, in Stephenville, a little town an hour south of Fort Worth, we had to know more. Like… why?…
Says Pyles, “I’ve done different cuisines, but we have a saying in Texas: ‘Dance with the one that brung you.’ I find most success in what I’ve come to be known for, which is Southwestern. Modern Texas. Modern Tex-Mex. It has 112 different names. When I do a restaurant it’s typically a combination of my greatest hits and something that ties in the local area. I like to get the local farmers involved and do something that you couldn’t do somewhere else. They are looking for local honeys and produce for a local crudite, which the owners requested. I thought we’d do it with three dips, like a moutabel and a labneh. My menus always have an influence of Turkey or Lebanon or something — I love that food.”…