El Mofongo

This restaurant is named after one of Puerto Rico’s most popular dishes, Mofongo. It’s a mound of fried mashed plantain stuffed with pork rinds, seafood or a combination of all of them. This Puerto Rican dish culture spawned from a combination of African, Taino (the natives) and European ancestry that continued to blend long after […]

El Pueblo

Some of the best enchiladas verdes in Dallas can be found here, and if you agree with us, you can order them in an enormous platter of six; or just get two as they come with sides of ride and beans. There are other hits on the menu too, including picadillo gorditas, lengua tacos and […]

El Ranchito

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 […]

El Rincon De Villa

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 […]

El Rincon del Maiz

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 […]

El Tizoncito Taqueria

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 […]

Elaine’s Kitchen

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 […]

Electric Shuffle

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Emporium Pies

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 […]

Enchilada’s

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 […]