Antoine’s Foods

An inexpensive lunch combo of a made-to-order sandwich, a bag of chips and a drink makes for an old-school deli attractive to workers from the nearby Scottish Rite Hospital and hotels as well as UT Dallas students. Better still, the bargain-price lunch special is just one of things that distinguishes this shop from other sandwich […]

Baker Bros. American Deli

Founded by Ken Reimer and Tom Dahl (the Baker brothers), the fast-casual salad and sandwich chain opened its first store in 1999. This location is in the Old Town Shopping Center and offers the company’s signature salads, like the Santa Barbara, Texas Cobb and Asian-inspired Kowloon. The sandwich favorites include the Texas Star (roast beef […]

Central Market

Central Market is Mecca for foodies, plain and simple. Whether it’s single-origin coffee beans, orange blossom water, 10-year-aged cheddar or $120-a-pound Iberico ham you seek, this maze of a grocery store has it all. A behemoth of a produce section offers no fewer than 10 different kinds of potatoes, not to mention fresh juices, pricy […]

Cenzo’s Pizza & Deli

In a converted gas station at the corner of Tenth and Jefferson in Oak Cliff’s Winnetka Heights neighborhood, Cenzo’s has quickly woven itself into the fabric of the neighborhood. Co-owners Chad Dolezal and Vinnie Sherman live nearby and wanted to open a restaurant they could bring their families to, and the neighbors have followed suit. […]

Cindi’s NY Delicatessen Restaurant & Bakery

Peruse the book-like menu of Cindi’s N.Y. Deli and it’s possible you could find whatever it is you’re craving. Breakfast-wise, the pancakes and French toast are light and fluffy. Want a good poached egg? Cindi’s can serve it right up. Patty Sunday: 7:00 am – 9:00 pm melt or giant pastrami sandwich? Yes and yes. […]

Cindi’s NY Delicatessen Restaurant & Bakery

Peruse the book-like menu of Cindi’s N.Y. Deli and it’s possible you could find whatever it is you’re craving. Breakfast-wise, the pancakes and French toast are light and fluffy. Want a good poached egg? Cindi’s can serve it right up. Patty Sunday: 7:00 am – 9:00 pm melt or giant pastrami sandwich? Yes and yes. […]

Cindi’s NY Delicatessen Restaurant & Bakery

Peruse the book-like menu of Cindi’s N.Y. Deli and it’s possible you could find whatever it is you’re craving. Breakfast-wise, the pancakes and French toast are light and fluffy. Want a good poached egg? Cindi’s can serve it right up. Patty Sunday: 7:00 am – 9:00 pm melt or giant pastrami sandwich? Yes and yes. […]

Corner Market

This isn’t the type of café where you can meet your friends for a post-dinner Americano (Corner Market closes at 8 p.m.), but if you want a tortellini plate as high as the Dolemites, then this is your café. Walk in and get overwhelmed by the variety of salads and sammies, among them the Mockingbird […]

Deli News

When you look out the window at the popular, noisy Deli News, your eyes may say “North Dallas strip mall parking lot,” but your stomach says “Brooklyn Bridge.” The giant menu is loaded with authentic Russian-Jewish favorites such as latkes, kugels and mozza ball soup, plus hybrids such as challah-bread French toast. The triple-decker sandwich […]

EatZi’s Market & Bakery

Popular isn’t a sufficient adjective to describe this shop specializing in chef Jay Valley’s prepared eats. During lunch, Eatzi’s seems to be nothing but lines. There are long lines at the counter; there are long lines for the cash register. Yet, the customers brave it all, deeming it all worth it. The Box Lunches are […]

Einstein Bros Bagels

It’s a little-known fact that Albert Einstein had two carb-loving brothers who chose to devote their lives to bagels instead of physics. OK, we’re lying. In reality, Einstein Bros. Bagels was created by the Boston Market company in 1995 as a way to market breakfast food; it now holds the title of the largest retail […]

Empire Baking Company

Odds are if you’re in a mid-range restaurant or in an eatery with aspirations above the middling range – even a food truck – you’re eating bread from Empire. This artisan bakery is the go-to bread and pastry joint in Big D. It has been so since owners Robert and Meaders Moore Ozarow opened it […]

Goodfriend Package

In the land of Goodfriend Package, meat is king. The breakfast and lunch menus are big and bold: Sausage or bacon biscuit sandwiches, corned beef and hash, pancake (literally singular), a road-house looking scrambler, and – wait for it – scrapple. Scrapple! Scrapple is, typically, a loaf of meat made from leftover pork parts. Good […]

Cafe Izmir

This shop boasts it has the best hummus in Dallas, but what it really gives you is the option of teleportation to the Mediterranean or New York when you enter under the yellow awning. Customers can order myriad mezze at this sister joint to Caf

Jason’s Deli

Just who is this Jason fellow, anyway? Jason’s Deli was founded by a guy named Joe in Beaumont, Texas in 1976, so no clues there – but whoever Jason is, he’s obviously got a penchant for salad bars and soft-serve. All 200-plus locations of the fast-casual deli chain showcase the aforementioned offerings, plus a large […]

Jimmy’s Food Store

Jimmy’s is an East Dallas institution, a grocery store with a deli counter that pulls double duty cranking out the best sandwiches in the city. The Italian Stallion sandwich is one of the biggest, baddest sandwiches around, loaded with just about every meat this superb shop has in its cases. The other sandwiches are formidable, […]

Kuby’s Sausage House

While predominantly a meat market, Kuby’s is as close as you can come to experiencing a stripped-down, Old World delicatessen. It also offers customers a dining experience. Among the most popular is wurst teller, a sausage plate with homemade sauerkraut, German potato salad and red cabbage. The dinner menu also includes a rotating selection of […]

Ojeda’s Mexican Restaurant

Ojeda’s is unabashedly Tex-Mex, without even a hint of “Fresh-Mex,” “Mod-Mex” or any other such stabs at upscale Mexican and/or healthy food. Sometimes you just gotta have a chili relleno or some enchiladas smothered in greasy chili, and if that’s what you’re craving, Ojeda’s is the place for you. Other menu options include tacos, fajitas, […]