To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we're counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there's a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me.
The other day we got a fresh batch of summer interns here at the Observer, and since I'm the resident food sherpa, they wisely approached me for lunch guidance. I advised that they should not take a lunch, but that the should work harder, longer and with intense passion so that they may one day earn the right to a real job. They stared at me silently.
"Off-Site Kitchen," I broke down and said, after I'd had all the awkward silence I could handle. I pointed out that it was close by and that the restaurant was cost effective, and that for some time the staff here had visited so often it might be considered the paper's official cafeteria.
The burgers are sublime, whether you order yours with restraint, or you do it "Murph style," which borders on such recklessness it should be only carried out on rare occasion. Bacon is not enough; let's make it bacon relish, along with melting cheese and a runny fried egg. Either way the patties are juicy, just greasy enough and better than any other fast burger option in town.
I was about to tell them about the sloppy taco, but I'd already lost them. For whatever reason they decided to go somewhere within walking distance. A bunch of zombie interns that don't even follow the advice that they've asked for? And they wonder why they don't get paid.
No. 100: Pastrami Egg Rolls at Blind Butcher No. 99: Chicken-fried Steak at Tom's Burgers and Grill No. 98: Pasta with Uni Butter at Nonna No. 97: Camarón en Agua Chile at La Palapas No. 96: The Wings at Lakewood Landing No. 94: Chicken Kebab at Afrah No. 93: Trompo Tacos at Bachman Lake No. 92: Fish and Chips at 20 Feet No. 91: Canelés at Village Baking Co. No. 90: Banh Mi from La Me No. 89: Cabrito and Masa at Smoke
