A Tex-Mex institution in Oak Cliff, El Ranchito lives up to every mariachi-serenaded stereotype and has a kitchen to back up the bragging. One house specialty is cabrito – kid goat – but El Ranchito offers many more ways to celebrate the cuisines of Monterrey, northern Mexico and the Rio Grande Valley. Grab a portion […]
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El Rincon de Villa is housed in a bright yellow building with gun-toting, bandolier-wearing, sombrero-rocking dudes painted on the side. Don’t worry, though, the guys inside wield pencils and pads instead of pistols. When one comes to your table, order the chilaquiles, small pieces of fried corn tortilla with your choice of red or green […]
This is Gerardo Gullien and his wife Michelle Torres’ first restaurant; Torres is responsible for the entire menu and all the recipes that include a full breakfast, five different flavors of house-made tortillas, tacos, tortas, birria and a feast of vegan fare. In 2022, they were named by Bon Appetit as one of the 50 […]
The trompo, a vertical roasting spit common in Mexico, serves up the popular Alambres Al Pastor-a quartet of tacos served with the traditional toppings in corn tortillas. Although there are more than tacos at Leo Spencer’s El Tizoncito, don’t expect chips and salsas. Instead, find frijoles charros-black bean soup seasoned with epazote herb. Other crowd […]
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Traditional Caribbean or West Indian food isn’t relegated to Brooklyn, New York, and the island sources of the cuisine. Elaine’s Kitchen is proof. Formerly a closet of a restaurant with eternal standing-room-only status, Elaine’s has moved to a bigger space with sufficient seating for the droves that rush here for the volcanic jerk chicken and […]
Deep Ellum is full of options for a good time, some of which can get wild. But at Electric Shuffle, things get wild around the shuffleboard tables. So, get a headcount of fun people in your life and make reservations. It won’t take any time at all to learn to play shuffleboard, especially after the […]
Elephant East is a pan-Asian restaurant with a small but very intimate dining room, offering spots for small groups and dates. Start with an order of Bang Bang Shrimp or an umami rich lightly-fried soft-shell crabs covered in a spicy black bean sauce that same crisp napa slaw, which here was blessed with an umami-rich […]
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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 […]
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 […]
It must have taken some brass balls to open up a shop that sells nothing but pies at the tail end of the Great Recession, so if supporting the gumption of the lovely young ladies behind Emporium Pies isn’t enough to get you in the door of their Victorian bungalow on Bishop Avenue, perhaps the […]
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Tony and Cindy Waldrop have been serving Tex-Mex to loyal customers since 1979. This location is expansive (though you wouldn’t think so from the outside) with two floors and a patio. The latter is a favorite of the weekend crowd enamored with the 60-ounce margarita. But the name says it all. When at the colorfully […]
Since opening in the fall of 2020, Encina has become a chef’s restaurant: people who cook for other people for a living, dine here. The blue pancakes have become legendary, but the menu, which changes somewhat, offers tender wagyu beef cheek pastrami served with pimento cheese, a decadent turkey leg confit you could share (but […]
Eno’s Pizza Tavern in the heart of the Bishop Arts District, and has some delicious hunger-quenching gourmet pizza and a wide variety of craft beers to wash it down with. While regulars come for the pies, other dishes stand out: the filling bouillabaisse and the General Store salad, loaded with braised pork belly and local […]
Ephesus is the kind of restaurant where the first impression is misleading. Its atmosphere is peculiar, and its appetizers can be shaky, but dig deeper to reveal a kitchen turning out delightful Turkish comfort foods. The best starter choice is a sample platter of meze, the small dishes and dips that introduce a traditional Middle […]