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Cheesesteak House in Oak Cliff Is an Institution, Here's What to Order

By Lauren Drewes Daniels

Jul 11, 2025

The Padilla family has built a cheesesteak empire. The sandwiches are stellar, but the sauces pull it all together.

Eat This: A Two-Handed Chicken Sandwich in Irving

By Simon Pruitt

Jun 27, 2025

Nestled in the back of a busy Irving shopping center, Kitchen 101 is an unassuming hub for delicious (and huge) sandwiches.

The 10 Best Hot Chicken Sandwiches in Dallas, Ranked

By Lauren Drewes Daniels and Simon Pruitt

Jun 17, 2025

The hot chicken wave hath cometh. Left in its wake are copious amounts of spicy sandwiches and foreheads glistening with a light sweat.

How to Watch Every Dallas Restaurant on New Season of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives

By Simon Pruitt

Jun 5, 2025

The newest season of Guy Fieri's DDD is full of Dallas restaurants. Here's how to catch them all.

We Try Golden Chick's New Pimento Crunchwich; Is It Worth $5.99?

By Simon Pruitt

May 19, 2025

Billed as a sandwich you can hear, we had to stop by the fast food chicken joint to test for ourselves.

Go Eat This Muffuletta Sandwich Before It's Gone

By Lauren Drewes Daniels

Mar 18, 2025

Maybe if we riot, they'll add it to the regular menu. Who's ready to ride at dawn — for sandwiches?

Sorry, Victoria, But This Dallas Institution Has the Most Iconic Sandwich In Texas

By Lauren Drewes Daniels

Mar 13, 2025

After a list of the state's most iconic delis emerged, we did some digging (and eating).

Ruthie’s is Fueling More Good in South Dallas Neighborhood with New Cafe

By Melanie Hernandez

Feb 26, 2025

This food truck turned cafe is focused on catering to the community through food and second chances.

Ricky's Hot Chicken Continues to Slay the Nashville Hot Chicken Scene

By Aaren Prody

Feb 11, 2025

Ricky's is one of many great Dallas restaurants for Nashville hot chicken.

21 Ways to Celebrate the Best Thing Since Sliced Bread – the Sandwich

By Angie Quebedeaux

Nov 3, 2023

On National Sandwich Day, explore one of these tasty options.

Find Stellar Sliders at Son of a Butcher on Lower Greenville

By Nick Reynolds

Jan 25, 2023

In a world where we’ve been conditioned to assume that bigger equals better, especially when it comes to burgers, the sliders at Son of a Butcher have a way of swiftly dispelling that notion. But don’t get it twisted. These aren’t the pint-sized sliders of White Castle or Krystal. Robust...

First Look: Olivella's Italian Deli in Deep Ellum Pivots to the Lunch Crowd

By Doyle Rader

Jan 3, 2023

Everyone knows Olivella’s for their pizza. The Dallas-based franchise has been serving up Neapolitan and Roman-style pies since 2006.

Taste Test: The McRib Might Not Be Worthy of Worship, But It's Not Bad

By Danny Gallagher

Nov 7, 2022

Elusiveness has made McDonald's McRib an icon with a cult-like following. It's the D.B. Cooper of fast-food sandwiches. The fact that no one can get their hands on one right when they want it just makes people want it more. That's why McDonald's latest tour of its signature pork sandwich pretends...

With New Kitchen, Alexandre's Serves Chick-full-gAy Sandwich on Sundays Only

By Alex Gonzalez

Oct 7, 2022

At long last, one of Cedar Springs’ most eclectic watering holes serves food. Built out of an old doughnut shop next door, Alexandre’s new kitchen is serving up bar bites and plates equally as lush as its cocktails.

Wingstop Takes Aim in the Chicken Sandwich War

By Danny Gallagher

Sep 7, 2022

The chicken sandwich battle that brewed on the Internet between Chick-Fil-A and Popeye's Chicken a couple of years ago was an interesting

940's Kitchen and Cocktails: A Field Trip to Denton

By Hank Vaughn

Apr 11, 2022

The denizens of Farthest North Dallas often feel like the red-headed stepchildren of Dallas proper. Not really suburbia but also twenty minutes from Uptown,

Sando.Itchi and Midnight Rambler Host Pop-Up at the Giant Eye

By Lauren Drewes Daniels

Apr 6, 2022

Swamp Café: A Bit of the Bayou in Farthest North Dallas

By Hank Vaughn

Mar 21, 2022

Swamp Café, located at the Northwest quadrant of the Dallas North Tollway and Trinity Mills, is run by David Cui, a chef with over 30 years of experience. Originally from Shanghai ...

Popeyes' Flounder Fish Sandwich Bucks the Frightening Fare of Fast Food Fish

By Danny Gallagher

Mar 10, 2022

The English language is full of frightening words: spine-tingling, chainsaw, Filet-o-Fish. But few can top the horror that rises when these three seemingly innocent words are placed next to one another: fast food fish. We all know fast food in general isn't the healthiest thing we can eat in a...

Brown Bag Provisions Needs Help Saving the Best Pastrami Sandwich in Dallas from Extinction

By Angie Quebedeaux

Feb 14, 2022

On Friday, Brown Bag Provisions posted on social media that they were trying to reopen after falling behind on rent at their Design District location ...

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The PoBoy Shop Brings Texajun Po’ Boys to Dallas

Snarf's is Coming to Dallas

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The PoBoy Shop Brings Texajun Po’ Boys to Dallas

Snarf's is Coming to Dallas

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