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    March 18, 2013

    North Texas Taco Festival Books Top Shelf Taquerias and Some Notable Toques

    Last year taco blogger José Ralat-Maldonado announced his plans to host a pretty sizable taco party. This morning he released more details about the event, and things are starting to look good. Taquerias serving up tacos at the event include El Tizoncito, Velvet Taco, Rusty Taco, Revolver Taco Lou ... More >>

  • Dining

    December 13, 2012

    Our Favorite Dallas Dishes of 2012

    So much food, so little time

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    October 4, 2012

    Seven Awesome Tacos to Celebrate National Taco Day

    Today is National Taco Day, so thousands of free corporate tacos will inundate American bellies. Taco Cabana and Taco Bueno are giving tacos away, but why not visit a real taqueria and mark the made-up holiday with something that actually tastes delicious? Who needs free when most of these tacos wil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 2: The Turkey Sandwich At Bolsa Mercado

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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 turkey sandwich is undoubtedly one of the most boring creations to be housed betwe ... More >>

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    September 20, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 3: Chicken Shish Kebab At Pepper Smash

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Way back in February I blogged about a mystical chicken sandwich I've had in other cit ... More >>

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    September 19, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 4: Babaganoush At Baboush

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Typically, babaganoush is about a point or two higher than hummus on the boring scale ... More >>

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    September 18, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 5: Tortilla Soup At Fearing's

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. You have only seconds after the bowl arrives to take in the garnishes lying in the bot ... More >>

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    September 14, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 7: Jhinga Masala Nizami At Mughlai Fine Indian Cuisine

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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 name Mughlai Fine Indian Cuisine might refer to a style of cooking, but muddy, spi ... More >>

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    September 12, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 9: Grilled Pimento Cheese Sandwich At Highland Park Pharmacy

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. When Gretchen and Sonny Williams bought the Highland Park Pharmacy in 2006, they agree ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 10: Cochinita Pibil At Meso Maya

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. I may never find another cochinita pibil dish as good as the one I had in Austin, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 11: Scallop Ceviche At Stephan Pyles

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Ceviche may be one of Dallas' most abused dishes. Until a recent meal at Stephan Pyles ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 12: Berkshire Pork Belly with Japanese Plum At Sharaku

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Let's not get sucked into semantics of Kurobuta versus Berkshire when discussing this ... More >>

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    September 6, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 13: La Victoria's Breakfast Burrito (Smothered In Salsa)

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. You can get breakfast burritos all over Dallas but the only way you'll get to have bre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 5, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 14: Potato Pancakes At Kuby's

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Latkes? The first random thought that bloomed from my subconscious was that these pota ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 4, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 15: Zanata's Grilled Cheese And Tomato Soup

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Should you find yourself in need of a trip to downtown Plano on a three-day weekend yo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 31, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 16: La Duni's BLTA Pop Over

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. I know. Never thought I'd see back-to-back popovers on CoA's hundred favorites either, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 30, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 17: Pesto Chicken Salad on a Popover at Dream Cafe

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Chicken salad slides in right behind tuna salad for the most boring sandwich stuffer k ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 29, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 18: Paan At Taj Chaat House

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. A recent trip to an Indian grocery in Carrollton had me longing for paan. We'd just ea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 27, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 20: The Black Bean Dip At Gloria's

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. I've never had much control with chips and salsa at Tex-Mex and Salvadorian restaurant ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 24, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 21: Brisket Enchiladas At ME Lounge

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. When Monica's Nueva Cocina and ME Lounge opened a few weeks ago, I was anxious to see ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 26: The Jerk Chicken At Island Spot

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. If you've ever smelled jerk chicken smoking away on the grill, you know how captivatin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 27: The Fried Chicken Sandwich At Union Bear

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. My chicken sandwich list is weeks old, but I'm still on a chicken sandwich binge. Stuf ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 15, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 28: Hummus and Super Bread at Pepper Smash

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Before dining at Pepper Smash, the comic-book-themed-cocktail-den-restaurant-monster w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 14, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 29: Tom Kha Gai At Bambu

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Every time I've cooked with kaffir lime leaves, I've purchased big, thick, tough folia ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 10, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 31: The Crispy Duck At Bangkok City

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. I still regret my decision sometimes, when I sat at the table at Bangkok City and orde ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 32: The Pork Chop At Acme F&B

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. For a little while I tried to figure out whose pork chop was better. Jason Maddy's pre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 8, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 33: International Bakery Cuban Dulceria's Cubano

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. I took my first bite, and tried to figure out why Rita and Sara Vasquez, the owners of ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 34: DIY Fried Chicken Taco at Pollo Campero

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Don't look for this dish on the menu of Pollo Campero. If you want this taco, you're g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 6, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 35: Coffee and Doughnuts At Rosemont

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Remember that paper bag of mini doughnuts you bought from the grocery store? They were ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 36: Loukoumathes At Greek Fest

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. This one's a bit of a tease, since you can't have it till the end of September, but wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 37: The Brussels Sprouts Fritters At Snack

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Who cares if they aren't fritters, they're freaking deep fried aren't they? Jon Steven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 38: The Chile Relleno At Avila's

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. It was the brisket gordita that was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, but I thi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 31, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 39: The Large Tabouleh at Ali Baba

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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 last time I wrote about Ali Baba's tabouleh, I'd had a small order delivered to th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 40: The Nooner At Jonathon's Oak Cliff

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. No human with any semblance of self-respect, dignity or care for their cardiovascular ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 41: The Scotch Egg At Central 214

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. I've had my fair share of bad Scotch eggs. Usually the breading is greasy, the sausage ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 26, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 42: The Brunch Burger At The Grape

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. I spent a recent Sunday morning well into Sunday afternoon tooling around town looking ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 25, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 43: Pastor Tacos At La Banqueta

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. It took three visits to get to these pastor tacos from La Banqueta. On my first visit ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 44: The Lobster Roll At Rex's

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. I've written about the lobster roll at Rex's far too many times to not include it in t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 23, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 45: White Clam Pizza At Nonna

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. A New Haven fan would not be pleased. There's not enough garlic, not enough oil and wh ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 46: Pork Banh Mi At Nammi

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. You could drive all the way out to Richardson and buy an authentic banh mi, but it wil ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2012

    La Nueva Fresh And Hot: Come for the Tortillas and Bring a Fan

    I visited La Nueva Fresh and Hot twice before I added their guisado verde taco to the 100 Favorite Dishes list and there's a lot more than green pork tacos to make a visit worth it. In fact, the Webb Chapel road tortilla factory and take-out may be one of Dallas' most compelling taquerias. The "Ho ... More >>

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    July 19, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 47: Sour Cream Enchiladas At Mia's

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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 obsession borders on unhealthy. Sour cream enchiladas were new to me when I arrive ... More >>

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    July 18, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 48: The Fried Bologna Sandwich At Maple And Motor

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Maple and Motor gets a lot of attention for their burgers -- Jack Perkins has built a ... More >>

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    July 17, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 49: The Sloppy Taco At Off Site Kitchen

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. ​While I wait on my petition to have Off-Site Kitchen rebranded as the Dallas Observ ... More >>

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    July 16, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 50: Dolmas At Pera Turkish Kitchen

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. ​Dolmas get a bad name because so many pre-made versions are passed off as food at M ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 51: Sampler Plate With Samoon at Judi Bakery

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. ​Judi Restaurant and Bakery turns out a football-shaped Iraqi samoon that is almost ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 52: Fried Chicken At Sissy's

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Usually when I'm done with a review I'm done with a restaurant. For one, there are a m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 53: Ramen At Tei-An

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. There's a perception that there's no ramen to be had in Dallas, and it's wrong. You can ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2012

    100 Favorite Dishes, No. 54: CFS At All Good Cafe

    To prepare for this fall's Best of Dallas® 2012 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. All Good Cafe's Chicken-Fried Steak made last year's 100 Favorites list, and they're g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2012

    Eating Burger King's First Bacon Sundae

    So Burger King has a new bacon sundae on the menu. This means I have to eat it. And fast on the heels of a few hundred guisado verde tacos for lunch from La Nueva Fresh and Hot, I found myself in a Burger King drive-through. Nick was kind enough to drive and order for me but the lady working the int ... More >>

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