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  Can an Organic Market and Gas Station Serve Good Breakfast Tacos? Green Spot Says Hell Yes.

  September 10 at 4:02 a.m.

  All-American is a series that looks at beloved, long-standing North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. The first rule of Green Spot is: You should not feel bewildered by Green Spot. Stepping in,...

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  Tacodeli's Expansion into North Texas Is Both a Homecoming and Proving Ground

  September 10 at 4 a.m.

  For Roberto Espinosa and Eric Wilkerson, founders of Tacodeli in Austin, a taco isn’t just an amazing street food, it’s an art. For them, tacos are comfort food and family. After growing their chain to about a half-dozen locations in Austin, the two decided to bring their restaurant to North...

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  Quaint Taco Shop Taco Y Vino Adds Eggs to Everything, but Is it Brunch?

  August 20 at 4 a.m.

  Is it lazy, simple or efficient to take your regular menu, throw it over eggs and call it brunch? Let’s talk about that. There’s no doubt that Taco Y Vino offers a tranquil setting in its adorable little house in North Oak Cliff. And there’s probably not much more you...

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  Feed a Family for $10 by Knocking on This Taqueria's Back Door on Mondays

  August 13 at 4 a.m.

  Few things can allay the malaise of Mondays, but we found a surprising chicken special that does. It may sound a little weird, but Velvet Taco’s backdoor chicken special happens to be the best cheap meal in the city on Mondays. It includes a whole rotisserie chicken fresh off the spit, a...

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  By Eating at 48 Dallas Taquerias in 24 Hours, One Man Hopes to Help Addicts

  July 31 at 4 a.m.

  Through years of rehab, relapses and second, third and 40th chances, there is one life raft that parents of addicts cling to: hope. Hope that this counselor, this medication, this stint in rehab sticks. Hope that this rock bottom will be their offsprings' last, that they'll miraculously wake up one...

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  Cedars Socíal Opens a Funky Backyard Shipping Container Taco Stand

  June 27 at 4 a.m.

  Just after Valentine's Day, the Cedars Social, the Cedars' struggling neighborhood cocktail bar, became the Cedars Socíal, a modern Mexican restaurant helmed by a powerhouse trio: restaurateur Monica Greene, chef Anastacia Quinones and bar manager Leann Berry. The restaurant has been gaining a serious foothold in Dallas' growing modern Mexican food scene,...