Burgers

Burger Bubble: Two New Concepts Coming to Garland and Richardson

I'm reminded of the dot com internet boom every time I see the announcement of a new burger restaurant cropping up somewhere in Dallas. As Internet stocks exploded, pundits listed myriad reasons why traditional valuation methods did not apply to these new companies that had no revenue but were still ... More >>

Patio Drunk: Ten Of Dallas' Best Patios

Editor's note: we originally published this list last fall, just as summer's swelter faded into blissfully cool September weather, but this guide works just as well for the spring. Get ready for the weekend, Dallas. Oh, and the first cold one is on you. Goodfriend (pictured above) OK, so the view i ... More >>

Dallas' 10 Best Bars For Drinking

The last bar list I put together was all about food. But if you've finished up your dinner or ate an entire hot mess for lunch, you don't always need a bar that serves up a great burger. Sometimes you just want a drink. Sometimes you just want several. See also: - The 10 Bars Serving the Best Bar F ... More >>

Dallas County Would Like to Sell You a Pot-Bellied Pig

When Dallas County commissioners meet on Tuesday, they will decide whether to part with a rather unusual piece of county property: a black, 75-pound pot-bellied pig. The swine, identified only by his serial number, 12-167125, is being kept at the Kennedy Livestock Center outside Hutchins, where the ... More >>

Rooster's Masochistic Hell Burger: Today, I Am a Man. Just Don't Ask About my Bowels.

Rooster's Roadhouse in Denton has a burger called the "Hell Burger," which contains ghost chilies, the second hottest chilies available, apparently. This makes them hot. Hotter than a day out with Scarlett Johansson on the surface of the sun. Hotter than a sunbed in a volcano. Hotter than a December ... More >>

Burger Smackdown: North Dallas Class, Liberty Burger Vs. Hopdoddy

Of all the smackdowns I've ever done, none has been so crystal clear. I stopped by Liberty Burger first and ordered their namesake topped with cheese and bacon. Each cost me an extra buck, and the cheese I received was American. As I paid, I watched the cooks behind the counter squish the burger p ... More >>

Burger Smackdown: Deep Ellum Full Service Class, St. Pete's Vs. Angry Dog

I'm perplexed. The first time I had an Angry Dog burger more than a year ago, I was really disappointed. The meat was way over-cooked, the cheese wasn't melted and gooey, and I walked out of the restaurant smelling like a teenager who had just put in a double-shift at McDonald's. I was sure St. Pete ... More >>

Liberty Burger Cuts the Mustard While We Cut in Line

In her never-ending quest to find cheap, non-lethal lunches, Alice "Cheap Bastard" Laussade ventures as far north as Forest Lane, within spitting distance of the 'burbs. She's a fearless bastard too. See also: *The Cheap Bastard's Ultimate Guide to Eating like a Total Cheap Bastard in Dallas Mom c ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

This Week's Best Food Deals, Starring Cheap Mooyah, Mucho Queso and THE CLAW!

Our inboxes fill each day with a metric shit-ton of offers, flash sales and discounts. Here are some of this week's foodfull best. KGB Deals: $7 or $10, for $15 or $20, respectively at Mooyah There are the fast-food burgers, like Whataburger and In-n-Out; there are high-level, restaurant-served bu ... More >>

Bell's Better Burger Serves Up a Good One. And Maybe a Nap, Too.

Out on the eastern edge of Dallas yesterday, I punched my location into my Dive-Burger Finder App and Bell's Better Burger popped up. Bless those satellites orbiting the Earth finding burgers for me. Bell's Better Burger, at 2610 Peachtree Road in Mesquite, is strictly a drive-in. There are two la ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

I'm About to Spend $50 on 24 Oz. of NYC's Finest Burger Meat. Does That Make Me Weird?

Want a devastatingly good burger? (Of course you do.) First read this, which teases out literary meat porn over five pages. The article focuses on a New York City meat supplier that provides many of Manhattan's greatest burgers. It's great stuff, and re-reading it this morning has solidified my dinn ... More >>

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 >>

Stackhouse on Gaston Opens with Big Burgers and an Even Bigger Rooftop View

Stackhouse Burgers​Stackhouse Burgers on Gaston opened this week in a refurbished house near Baylor, with James Rose formerly of Bob's Chop House at the helm. In addition to juicy burgers, one of the standout features of this new place is the amazing view of downtown Dallas from the upstairs ... More >>

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 >>

Southern Hospitality Makes Up For a Dry Burger at Maple and Motor

Scott ReitzBurger with everything, cooked pink​It was just after noon and the mercury was well into its death march upward as I walked up to Maple and Motor, looking for a cheap and decent meal that was close to the office. Out front under an overhang that produced a scant 12-inch strip of sha ... More >>

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 >>

Ketchup, Uptown's New Burger Bar, Follows the Trends to Feed the Trendy

Twisted Root's Special Off-Menu Fries Should Stay Off

There's a good reason some items aren't listed on menus, like Twisted Roots "fancy" fries.​With all the excitement surrounding the grand opening of In-N-Out Burger last Wednesday, it's only natural that competitors are looking to capitalize on the hype. That's exactly what local burger joint T ... More >>

On In-n-Out Day, Five Tips for Enjoying Your Maiden Meat Voyage

​Happy In-n-Out Day, Dallas. Decades from now, when you're stuffing your face with a Triple-Triple (we get fatter in the future) and wondering if anyone called while you were out (cell phones, the internet -- it's all going to stop working soon, I swear), we'll remember the days leading up to ... More >>

Revolving Doors: April Showers Bring New Eateries

​We can all agree today that April showers don't bring May flowers, and stormy April was particularly unkind to Metro Diner as the bacon and eggs institution shuttered their doors last month. But the month wasn't completely clouded by these unfortunate closures, and several new, mostly casual ... More >>

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 >>

First Look: Elevation Burger Not Scaling New Heights

​Burgers and fries will never be good for you. But the conceit behind Elevation Burger, a small chain that recently opened its first of three planned DFW locations in the Hillcrest Shopping Center, is that fast food could be good for the earth.Elevation Burger claims to be the only franchised burg ... More >>

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 >>

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 >>

Burger Girl: Get Your Beef With a Side Order of Boobs

He's No Dummy

Review: Keller's Drive-In

Burgers With Balls

Another great burger joint blossoms in Deep Ellum

Mud Stuck

Mud Bugs needs some of that old black magic--or at least a better cook

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What's in a name?

Hunky's serves up a great burger--hot buns, too

Barfly burger

Snuffer's serves the best late-night hamburger in town

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