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May 1, 2012
Restore Your Meat-Pummeled Body with Ali Baba's Tabouleh
It's a bit tiresome to hear a critic gripe about all the food they're forced to eat. (There are worse ways to make a living.) After reviewing near back-to-back southern comfort restaurants, though, I felt pretty pummeled with fat and meat. I needed a break. While interviewing an Italian chef back i ... More >>
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April 27, 2012
Breaking Down Mooyah, Dallas' Second-Favorite Burger. Allegedly.
Last week the Dallas Morning News tallied the votes and crowned its burger king. Angry Dog, the Deep Ellum grease pit with a loyal following, beat out Mooyah Burger, the Dallas-based burger chain built on double-meat patties and french fries with a cooking process you need an engineering degree to u ... More >>
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April 23, 2012
NAAN's $4 Cheeseburger is Truly Amazing. Not the Best, and Not Good, But Amazing.
So there's this burger. A burger that lives inside a sushi restaurant. Its creator claims its fame to every customer who will listen. The claim is that it's the best in town. A co-worker told me about it a while back. I'd been to NAAN before, and it's fine. Nothing to write home about. But the tal ... More >>
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April 12, 2012
I Just Ate Twisted Root's Beaver Burger and Everything Is OK
If you saw the story we published yesterday (after we published it the day before), you know Twisted Root is currently selling beaver burgers. The company announced that it had purchased 60 pounds of river rodent to be offered up as burgers for $7.99 each. I dropped in to order one just after they o ... More >>
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March 28, 2012
At the Commissary, a New Chef, a New Burger
When the Commissary first opened, John Tesar's burgers were all the rage. Big, luscious hockey puck-shaped patties, cooked a rosy crimson all the way through, helped earn the him a Best New Restaurant award in D Magazine. The burgers were so good the Jedi of self promotion even got a pass on his not ... More >>
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February 28, 2012
Chop House Burger is Open on Main Street
Downtown's newest palace of meat, Chop House Burger, opened quietly on Monday afternoon, exactly one day ahead of schedule. CHB is brought to you by DRG Concepts, the group behind Dallas Chop House and Wild Salsa, and is located in the Kirby Building on Main Street, across from Chase Bank and jus ... More >>
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February 27, 2012
Better Burgers Opens at Lemmon and Inwood, Because What This Town Needs is More Burgers
Sam and Kathy Vergos, whose family also owns Original Market Diner on Harry Hines and the Circle Grill on Buckner, have opened a new spot, Better Burgers, at the southwest corner of Lemmon Avenue and Inwood Road. The menu has the standard sandwiches, like a single, double, chicken, mushroom, BLT a ... More >>
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February 9, 2012
WhataFail: How Some Dallas Restaurants Treat Their Employees
Restaurant Opportunities Centers United has released a new restaurant guide. The 52-page guide makes no mention of food quality, ingredient sourcing, or a customer's dining experience, but instead focuses on how well restaurants treat their employees. Wages, benefits and advancement opportunities ar ... More >>
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January 30, 2012
Liberty Burger is Open and Slammed in North Dallas, and is Already Talking About Expansion
The wife and I were doing some house-hunting on Saturday morning and, after an unsuccessful showing, our realtor asked whether we wanted to try a new burger place. Being that I edit a blog that's more or less devoted to chronicling every sizzle produced by every patty of wet meat from Waco to the Ok ... More >>
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January 5, 2012
French Fast-Food Chain Introduces the Star Wars Burger Line, Including One on a Black Bun
So here's what you're looking at: the Frenchy-Belgiany fast food chain Quick, in honor of the Star Wars: Episode One Phantom Menace Shit Show in the Three Dimensions, is producing a line of Star Wars burgers. They will be available January 31, according to Eater. Tracking down what the hell is exac ... More >>
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December 13, 2011
Today at Burger House: 60-Cent Burgers. Does it Really Matter Why?
Burger House turns 60 this month and is celebrating today with contests, giveaways and the only thing you really care about: 60-cent cheeseburgers. The deal will be available at all Burger House locations across Dallas, Plano, Rockwall and Lubbock throughout the day. The Observer has long had a bit ... More >>
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December 7, 2011
Won't You Be My Neighbor, Goodfriend?
Sara KerensWhen is a burger joint more than a burger joint? When it's a damn good bar, too. While burger restaurants have been popping up around town like meth labs in East Texas, many aren't the type of place you can put in a solid session on a bar stool. Not so at Goodfriend, the new beer ... More >>
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December 6, 2011
Behold, the (Allegedly) Perfect Hamburger
A simple Commissary burger (that's not so simple) Just about everyone knows that John Tesar has a pretty bang up burger at the Commissary. Those grass-fed patties get treated like a Park Cities trophy wife at the spa, bathing sous vide until cooked rare before receiving a final sear on the gr ... More >>
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November 17, 2011
Dallas' Patio Culture Continues To Shine at SWIG, the Subject of This Week's Review
You may remember this bowl of greens. I blogged about SWIG's namesake salad just after they opened in the old Park space on Henderson. I had just finished reviewing Tillman's Roadhouse and was filled to the gills with chicken-fried steak. I was also in the midst of research for Dallas' Five B ... More >>
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October 18, 2011
The Patty Shack Takes It Slow But is Worth the Wait
In a fuzzy confusion of city limit lines, Patty Shack Burgers sits at 510 East Avenue K, just off Hwy 360 in either Euless, Grand Prairie or Arlington. It depends on which site you look at. Tucked away in an obscure strip of stores behind an old restaurant, it's not a place one stumbles upon, ... More >>
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October 13, 2011
Dallas' Five Best Burgers
Sara KerensPicking the best burger is a bear. It's not that the work isn't fun -- my waistline is a testament to my enthusiasm -- it's just that there are so many types of burgers to choose from. Is the burger served at a top-end steakhouse better that what you'd pull out of a greasy paper sa ... More >>
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October 6, 2011
Tonight at Meddlesome Moth, a Lesson in the Combined Power of Twitter and Burger Cravings
Raise your hand if, when your spouse is out of town, you plan your meals like you've just been released from prison? Okay, put your hands down. This perplexes me. Honestly, does your spouse normally restrict or mandate what you eat? Why does where we eat become the biggest decision we make when th ... More >>
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October 4, 2011
Twisted Root Plants In Arlington, Along With (Yet Another) In-N-Out Burger
As part of Arlington's Re-identification Program, Twisted Root Burger Company is opening today at 300 E. Abram Street in the original downtown area of the city. By renovating an old furniture store, this Reader's Pick for Best Burger has quietly flown in under radar to this newest location. Just a ... More >>
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August 5, 2011
Eat This: NHS Tavern's Cleaver & Block Burger
This burger's been my albatross. I had it just a few nights after arriving in Dallas, and I've been searching for a better burger ever since. I'm not finding one. I'm not saying NHS serves the best burger in the metroplex (yes, there's an app for that), but it's definitely the best burger I've ha ... More >>
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August 3, 2011
Velvet Taco Blogging Frenzy: Don't Believe the Hype
Bloggers be crazy. Myself included. Pegasus threw up a headline yesterday announcing that the much-hyped Velvet Taco restaurant (destined to become a soul-sucking chain) is open. The story itself says the restaurant will open this weekend, and links to a series of other stories drinking the PR Ko ... More >>
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July 25, 2011
LA Burger: Korean, Mexican and American Food Make Grand Alliance in Irving
After months of drooling over the hedonistically obscene images of burgers, tacos and other meat and carb pornography my friends had been sending me, I finally had the chance to check out the source of their obsession: LA Burger.Along with a whimsical selection of traditionally western burgers, ... More >>
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July 14, 2011
In-N-Out Vs. Whataburger: A Petty Patty Smackdown
In the beef between Whataburger and In-N-Out fans, you win by not playing.
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July 8, 2011
Peachy Week in the Food Blogosphere
He did it for America.This week in food blogs, peach desserts were a big hit, ketchup haters learned to love Ketchup and Taco Cabana introduced different-tasting tacos. Read on. City of Ate Even Jenny Block, who doesn't like ketchup, enjoyed Ketchup the restaurant. In her review, she said th ... More >>
Dining
July 7, 2011
Ketchup, Uptown's New Burger Bar, Follows the Trends to Feed the Trendy
He did it for America.This week in food blogs, peach desserts were a big hit, ketchup haters learned to love Ketchup and Taco Cabana introduced different-tasting tacos. Read on. City of Ate Even Jenny Block, who doesn't like ketchup, enjoyed Ketchup the restaurant. In her review, she said th ... More >>
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June 21, 2011
In-N-Out Burger Dallas Location To Open Thursday, Reports Say; Cue the Meat-steria
Patrick MichelsScenes from In-N-Out's opening in Frisco.Fill the basement with canned goods and line the windows with aluminum: reports are coming in regarding the In-N-Out Burger location in Dallas. Park Cities People has a memo from the tenants of 8080 N. Central that details the security In- ... More >>
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May 11, 2011
In-N-Out Burger: Worth the Wait, But Not the Fuss
First bite of the first fry by the first customer in Allen. Soon to be followed by two double-doubles.Stay tuned to the Observer's food blog, City of Ate, for more from the In-n-Out opening.In-N-Out Burger is the best hamburger. Period. The end. When I'm in Oxnard, California for Co ... More >>
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April 25, 2011
Chop House Burger: Ready to Feed the Right Starving Artist
Let's warm up with a game. You have to be quick. Ready...go! Say my name. Lauren. Ha! Beat you. Say your name. Suck-ah. Ha! Beat you again. High five for the winner (I'm the winner). OK, let's be serious now. Remember the last time you were in central Arlington and you wanted a good bu ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
Heart Attack Grill Opens In May. Yay?
Heart Attack Grill is scheduled to open in the West End on May 13. This video, posted in 2010, features Blair River -- the 575-pound guy who used to be the spokesperson for Heart Attack Grill's location in Arizona until he died in March at the age of 29. And here's a clip from Nightline. My favo ... More >>
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March 28, 2011
Kincaid's Rescues Cats Fans From Diet of Peanuts and Cracker Jack
Kincaid's Hamburgers, a Fort Worth institution that perennially appears on lists of the nation's best hamburger joints, is planning to reopen its concession at LaGrave Field during this year's minor league baseball season. Kincaid's sold its burgers at Fort Worth Cats games from 2005-2008, b ... More >>
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March 14, 2011
Food & Wine Puts One Texas Burger on Top 25 List
Burgers are so popular in Texas that state Representative Dan Flynn recently proposed making the hamburger the state's official state sandwich, but Food & Wine could only find one example worthy of including on its new "25 Best Burgers in the U.S." list. Sara KerensNot one of the best burgers in th ... More >>
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December 30, 2010
Twisted Root, Mooyah and Burguesa Make List of "Burger Chains to Watch in 2011"
The burger industry publication, Burger Business, has named Twisted Root Burger Co. as one of 11 "burger chains to watch in 2011," a designation the Dallas-based chain's owner doesn't dispute. Reached by phone this morning, Jason Boso said he was out late last night celebrating the hiring of his fr ... More >>
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December 14, 2010
Joe Flowers of the Dallas Taco Bracket
To Open the Dallas Burger Bracket
From classic institutions like Burger House, which has been serving paper-thin patties since 1951, and The Grape's version, named the best example of the food by Texas Monthly in 2009, to the Dallas Burger Tour, burgers are big business in Big D. It's no wonder, then, that mere months after t ... More >>
Blogs
November 30, 2010
Because We Can't Go Too Long
Without an In-N-Out Reference
In-N-Out's local opening may still be months away, but fast food fans willing to drive to Austin can feast on a sandwich being touted by burger bloggers as an Animal Style alternative. 4x4 Animal Style a contributor to the website GrubGrade who presumably knows his In-N-Out patties, is calli ... More >>
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October 20, 2010
Five Horrible Novelty Burger Trends
Via EaterWe'd like to six-shoot that Nacho Whopper outta here.Dear Burger King, we'd like to request to live outside test markets. The fast food chain currently is testing its "Nacho Whopper" (comes in a double) in the Netherlands, and we couldn't be happier. Keep that nacho thing away from us. Y ... More >>
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October 13, 2010
Brian Luscher: Nice Guys Can Cook
Robert BostickThe Grape is celebrating its 38th anniversary this month, which makes it the perfect time to chat with chef and owner Brian Luscher. When the restaurant's previous owners, Kathy McDaniel and Charlotte Parker, decided to give up the Dallas institution, they tapped their former e ... More >>
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September 22, 2010
Maple & Motor's Jack Perkins:
He Does it His Way
Photo by Robert BostickMaple & Motor's Jack PerkinsThis week, Three-Course meal interviews burger meister Jack Perkins, who grills up one of the city's most popular patties at Maple & Motor. Tomorrow, we throw a Q&A Perkins way, and Friday he hands us the keys to the kingdom, showing us step ... More >>
Dining
September 2, 2010
12 Burgers: Beef Patties are the Devil's Plaything.
Photo by Robert BostickMaple & Motor's Jack PerkinsThis week, Three-Course meal interviews burger meister Jack Perkins, who grills up one of the city's most popular patties at Maple & Motor. Tomorrow, we throw a Q&A Perkins way, and Friday he hands us the keys to the kingdom, showing us step ... More >>
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September 2, 2010
Am I Blue: Stumbling Across the Best Cheese
For a New Mex Burger
Spending Hatch chile season in Santa Fe means eating plenty of green chile cheeseburgers, a topic of intense debate among New Mexican food lovers. Who makes the best version? Is green chile really a better burger condiment than red chile? And should there be anything on a burger besides gree ... More >>
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August 27, 2010
Burger Battle Round Two: Farnatchi vs. Square Burger
Square BurgerEarlier this year Toque brought you the throw-down between up-and-coming chain Five Guys Burger and the Oak Cliff standard, Wingfield's Breakfast and Burger. It was a messy proposition that actually took us to many burger fronts all in one day. We visited Smashburger and Mooyah, as t ... More >>
Dining
June 3, 2010
Burger Girl: Get Your Beef With a Side Order of Boobs
Square BurgerEarlier this year Toque brought you the throw-down between up-and-coming chain Five Guys Burger and the Oak Cliff standard, Wingfield's Breakfast and Burger. It was a messy proposition that actually took us to many burger fronts all in one day. We visited Smashburger and Mooyah, as t ... More >>
Dining
June 26, 2008
What's in a Name
Square BurgerEarlier this year Toque brought you the throw-down between up-and-coming chain Five Guys Burger and the Oak Cliff standard, Wingfield's Breakfast and Burger. It was a messy proposition that actually took us to many burger fronts all in one day. We visited Smashburger and Mooyah, as t ... More >>
Dining
February 21, 2008
Review: Keller's Drive-In
Square BurgerEarlier this year Toque brought you the throw-down between up-and-coming chain Five Guys Burger and the Oak Cliff standard, Wingfield's Breakfast and Burger. It was a messy proposition that actually took us to many burger fronts all in one day. We visited Smashburger and Mooyah, as t ... More >>
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November 29, 2007
Burgers With Balls
Another great burger joint blossoms in Deep Ellum
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January 23, 2003
Burger Meisters
Are expensive hamburgers worth the price?
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November 28, 2002
Horton Heard What?
Find out Who's Who at Romano's latest venture
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October 10, 2002
Mud Stuck
Mud Bugs needs some of that old black magic--or at least a better cook
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October 3, 1996
What's in a name?
Hunky's serves up a great burger--hot buns, too
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May 18, 1995
Hot Dish
Hunky's serves up a great burger--hot buns, too
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December 8, 1994
Hot Dish
Hunky's serves up a great burger--hot buns, too
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