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  A Laotian Noodle Shop in East Dallas Is One of Texas’ Best New Restaurants

  March 12 at 4 a.m.

  Khao Noodle Shop, a casual new Laotian noodle spot in Old East Dallas, is more than just one of the city's best new restaurants: It's the new Dallas at its best.

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  Photos: Khao Noodle Shop Is Cooking Up Mind-Blowing Laotian Noodles In Old East Dallas

  March 12 at 4 a.m.

  Khao Noodle Shop is one of Dallas' best new restaurants — and it's also one of the city's tiniest and most casual spots. At this Old East Dallas noodle shop, two people can eat almost everything on the menu in one sitting — and you should. Read Food Critic Brian Reinhart's full review here.

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  Two New Temaki Bars in Dallas Compete for Handroll Sushi Supremacy

  February 26 at 4 a.m.

  At a handroll bar, diners tuck in to their sushi the moment it's made. Two casual new handroll spots just opened in Dallas, and they even have similar names. Which will come out on top?

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  A New Sports Bar in Irving Serves Traditional Nepali Food and Mango Lassi Vodka Shots

  February 12 at 4 a.m.

  Peak Restaurant, which opened on Belt Line Road in Irving last July, is a sports bar in a suburb with precious few places to drink. It’s also a proudly Nepali-Tibetan kitchen with stellar traditional food.

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  Cafemandu Brings a Taste of Nepal to Irving — Including Nine Kinds of Momo Dumplings

  January 28 at 4 a.m.

  It all started, in part, because of a chicken burger. Dipesh Acharya’s home country, Nepal, is in love with burgers. But Nepal is also 80 percent Hindu, so restaurants there can’t make patties out of beef. Local chefs responded with a logical new fusion food: a ground chicken burger graced...

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  Why Did Anybody Think Circo TX Was a Good Idea for a Restaurant?

  January 15 at 4 a.m.

  When I visit a restaurant, I sometimes imagine the conversations its creators had. What were they thinking? Why did they invest money in this concept? How did they miss the flashing neon orange warning signs that their business plan was doomed? My newest morbid fascination is Circo TX, a 25,000-square-foot...