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  The Trompo- and Ham-Topped Cheeseburger at Mario Bros Tacos Is as Great as It Looks

  March 20 at 4 a.m.

  Sliced pork hisses on the flat top. Mario Moya emerges from the kitchen in his own restaurant’s uniform: a firetruck-red cap, the letter “M” surrounded by a white circle on the crown and a red-collared shirt with the same logo. Moya’s got a classic mustache, a tongue-in-cheek reference to the...

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  This New Bar Near Love Field Is Part Sports Bar, Part Burger Joint

  March 11 at 4 a.m.

  The new Maple Landing near Love Field is a sports bar that wants to make you a burger, but you may be better off flying off to Maple & Motor nearby.

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  The Perfect $7 Happy Hour Burger Lives in an Arepa at Shoals

  March 8 at 4 a.m.

  Deep Ellum's best new happy hour burger lives at Shoals and will cost you a whopping $7.

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  Flaming Burger Makes Beautifully Uncomplicated Burgers in a Lochwood Strip Mall

  February 15 at 4 a.m.

  Marco Vazquez smiles. He’s just finished plating a steaming double cheeseburger inside a plastic basket, sent it out to the quiet dining room, and he mentions that Flaming Burger is family-owned. It took a question or two later to determine that Vazquez, who calls himself the cook, is part of...

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  The Most Unpretentious $22 Burger in Dallas

  February 4 at 4 a.m.

  Tracy Miller walks through her restaurant. It’s 9 a.m., hours before staff will arrive, which means the only other sound is our footsteps causing the 100-year-old wooden floors to groan. She wants to make it clear that she didn’t grow up wanting to run something like this. Running a quiet,...

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  After Nearly a Decade, Maple & Motor Is Still One of Dallas’ Best Burgers

  January 7 at 4 a.m.

  You’re familiar with this origin story: It starts when two people build something from the bottom up in their garage. They start by reverse engineering the concept, deconstructing the way it’s been done before, analyzing the method, then soldering and searing new parts together. There are wisps of smoke and misfires. In...