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  Thoughts from Tacolandia: Fresh Tortillas Required, Envuelto en Queso Is Big and We’re Not Tired of Tacos

  October 8 at 4 a.m.

  On Saturday, City Council member Adam Medrano and I joined my Observer boss Taylor Adams to judge the taco entries at the best taco festival in North Texas, and several thousand of you were kind enough to be there, too. We gave five awards, and y’all picked a People’s Choice...

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  This Year’s Tacolandia Left Us Full, Sunkissed and Stoked for Dallas’ Taco Scene

  October 7 at 4 a.m.

  The Shed of the Dallas Farmers Market was packed by 4:06 p.m. for the Dallas Observer Tacolandia. It's time like these, one says, "VIP is always the way to go." That got us in at 3 p.m., and we were able to get through a good chunk of restaurants before...

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  Take Your Friends to Tacolandia with the 4-Pack Deal

  September 17 at 4 a.m.

  Get your tickets to Tacolandia before prices increase this Saturday.

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  Nuno’s Tacos and Vegmex Grill Brings Vegan Mexican Food to North Dallas

  September 17 at 4 a.m.

  After seven months of selling vegan tacos and burritos at the Dallas Farmers Market on weekends, Nuno’s Tacos and Vegmex Grill has opened a lunch and dinner location in North Dallas. Aurelio “Nuno” Arias Jr., formerly the co-owner of well-known El Palote Panadería in southeast Dallas, sold his shares of...

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  Behold the Sensational Chorizo Burger at Bo-Leo’s Taco Shack

  September 17 at 4 a.m.

  There was absolutely no way a burger was going to be on the menu. Nope. They would not be swayed by the gravity pull from planet beef. No way. The previous owner had a griddled cheeseburger on the menu of this taqueria for years in South Dallas — the building...

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  West Dallas’ Trompo Returns Home to Oak Cliff (with Sliders)

  September 9 at 4 a.m.

  For a while now, District 6 in Dallas has been home to some of the best tacos. Specifically, that’s right down to West Dallas. Part of that adoration goes to Trompo, a taqueria sitting on Singleton Boulevard that Bon Appetit named a best new restaurant in 2016. Today, Trompo owner...