Texas Caribbean Foods

Sweet-as-pie owner Ms. Jan serves it up spicy. Proper West Indian vittles just roll that way. There’s a smile, and then there’s flame shooting out of your ears. Case in point: the jerk chicken wings with rice and cornbread. The real treat here is the oxtail, which is available most of the time. But you […]

Texas De Brazil

This Brazilian espeto corrido churrascaria, or continuous-service grill house, with servers offering a variety of meats from skewers, has mostly good meat, but a few offerings are desiccated — especially the pork. The all-you-can eat salad bar is loaded with fresh stuff, and the wine list has a good selection with flavor descriptions.

Texas Discovery Gardens

The two-story conservatory with tropical plants, plus outdoor demonstration gardens of native and adapted trees and flowers, year-round exhibits on butterflies, bugs and botany in the historic Art Deco building.

Texas Theatre

The Texas Theatre is where Lee Harvey Oswald hid from police after he shot JFK. But that bit of history trivia is only one element in the landmark’s mystique, and the institution would be just as interesting without it. The theater offers impeccable film programming with classic films and art house gems, and its special […]

Tha Neighborhood Kitchen

This tiny restaurant (take-out only) in Joppa is serving some of the best home cooked and soul food plates in Dallas. Get the smothered pork chops, which will likely be the best you ever had. Even though these are billed as “smothered,” the crisp crust encasing each thick chop is perfectly seasoned. Two big chops […]

Thai Lotus Kitchen

This friendly restaurant puts the emphasis on service but also prepares well-spiced Thai-style vegetarian and seafood dishes. Lunch specials are offered Monday through Saturday.

Thai Opal

Try the chicken satay, a tender, curry-marinated chicken strips on skewers served with a rich but not overpowering peanut sauce on the side. We also like the glass noodle curry, a bed of long, skinny translucent noodles sauced in curry with bean sprouts, onions, egg and beef. On their own, these noodles have a neutral […]

Thai Thai Restaurant

The blue awning beckons customers to enjoy not just classic Thai dishes like the popular tom yum soup and house specialties like the spicy duck with red curry and fragrant jasmine rice, it also calls diners to order pan-Asian delights. Among them are listed gyoza dumplings and a teriyaki platter. Thai Thai is best known […]