September 17, 20214 yr After reading the D magazine top 50 restaurants list and laughing my ass off. I realized the esteemed members surly need our own list. Pretty sure we are too busy or lazy for 50, so 25 is the mark Nominations are open Discussion and debate are encouraged. Anyone in? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
September 17, 20214 yr Best bowl of pho I have had in DFW is in Haltom. Y'all can stay on that side of the river. Even though I found it by way of the Dallas Observer. HOP. That's all it says. Good luck. Edited September 17, 20214 yr by cactusflinthead Verb tense
September 17, 20214 yr Best Menudo -- The Original Herrera's Cafe, now located on Sylvan, south of the river. I've been with these guys since the early 1980s through three different locations on Maple before they moved to the current location. Very solid Tex-Mex, but the menudo on the weekends is just the best.
September 17, 20214 yr Best Menudo -- The Original Herrera's Cafe, now located on Sylvan, south of the river. I've been with these guys since the early 1980s through three different locations on Maple before they moved to the current location. Very solid Tex-Mex, but the menudo on the weekends is just the best. Their food is bland to me but I’ve been told that the location on Illinois in Oak Cliff is a lot better. Thoughts? Place is always packed though.
September 17, 20214 yr 25 minutes ago, Zepol87 said: Have to disagree. Best menudo is at Mis Cazuelas. Disagreement is good. Surly Menudo talk not going away! Edited September 17, 20214 yr by DalTxHornFan
September 17, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, cactusflinthead said: Best bowl of pho I have had in DFW is in Haltom. I'm still on team Mai's on Bryan Street for pho when I am in Dallas. Very cool that it is catty cornered from Jimmy's -- yet another great place, just a different food genre.
September 17, 20214 yr Vietnam Restaurant, also on Bryan Street, also has solid pho. Lots of options, including tendons, tripe, and meatballs, along with the traditional round and brisket beef.
September 17, 20214 yr 7 hours ago, conVINCEd said: Are we putting a little taco joint alongside a high end steak/seafood place? Yeah, this was exactly my first thought. I mean, it's doable, but we'll need some structure to it. Structure that I'm not sure Shaggy is capable of executing. Or Surly...or whatever. See, we can't even get the fucking name right half the time. 7 hours ago, PorscheGuy said: After reading the D magazine top 50 restaurants list and laughing my ass off. I realized the esteemed members surly need our own list. Pretty sure we are too busy or lazy for 50, so 25 is the mark Nominations are open Discussion and debate are encouraged. Definitely too lazy. Definitely not too busy. In keeping with your original premise, we could just start with D magazine's original categories? Although, as bad as that list is, I'm not even sure their categories are worth a damn. But it's a starting place. Quote Anyone in? I'm in. All joking aside, this actually seems like kind of a no-brainer the more I think about it. Good idea @PorscheGuy. Some thoughts off the top of my head... I guess we'll need to go on the honor system that we all vote based only on places we've actually been. And it probably needs to have been fairly recently. I see a lot of people weighing in on shit around here (not on the Dallas restaurant thread per se, but rather just the site in general) that they really have no business weighing in on. Along those lines, how do we keep it at least somewhat semi-private for legitimacy? Quickest way to ruin shit like this is when the ranking turns to shit because it's not a legitimate list (see D Magazine list that inspired this whole thing). I guess we're good hoping that we don't have a bunch of jackasses from San Antonio and Houston voting in our shit? We doing DFW or just Dallas? The whole damn DFW area seems too large for this type of thing to me. One, because I'd damn near never go to Fort Worth for just a meal and two, because Fort Worth and Dallas are two totally different cities. They're close geographically, but they're worlds apart in things like culture and a lot of the shit that makes up a restaurant scene. Here are those categories from D Magazine in the order their filter has them listed... JAPANESE NEW AMERICAN BRAZILIAN ECLECTIC THAI LAOTIAN ITALIAN MEXICAN VIETNAMESE MEDITERRANEAN STEAKHOUSES TACO JOINTS SOUTHERN BARBECUE INDIAN CHINESE SPANISH PIZZA FRENCH-CONTINENTAL HEALTHY-ORGANIC MIDDLE EASTERN And upon closer inspection, to no surprise, even their categories are kinda shitty. How does healthy-organic, which is more of a genre than an actual cuisine, get it's own category? How the fuck is there no tex-mex? List sucks. We could just use the existing categories that have organically grown over all the years of Surly via the Dallas Restaurant thread topics? Seems pretty logical to me. We may want to tweak the final list a little to fit this project, but I think that's a better start. Here that list, in order of recently posted in... Tacos Mediterranean BBQ Pizza Fried Chicken Tex Mex Steak Brunch Italian Sandwiches Wings Burgers Seafood Chinese Sushi Spanish Bagels Breakfast Tacos Ramen Kolaches And upon closer inspection, to no surprise, our categories are kinda shitty too (at least for this type of thing). Lines get pretty blurred between "best fill in the blank dish" and "best fill in the blank overall cuisine" and "best category for fill in the blank". Example...best burger in town isn't necessarily at the best burger joint, which isn't the same as the best place to watch football, drink beer, and grab a burger. Here are all of the OpenTable filters, which covers most everything I can think of (although at first glance, tacos are glaringly missing). There are definitely some on here that we do NOT need. Californian? Fuck outa here with that shit. American Italian Steakhouse Seafood French Mexican Japanese Chinese Spanish Pizzeria Fusion / Eclectic Barbecue Greek Tapas / Small Plates Comfort Food Argentinean Burgers Lebanese Brazilian Fondue Moroccan Vegetarian / Vegan Ethiopian Breakfast Meat European Southwest Latin American Mediterranean Contemporary French / American Continental Wine Bar Bistro Middle Eastern Pizza Bar Gastro Pub Speakeasy Global, International Lounge Sports Bar Tex-Mex Cajun Vietnamese Bar / Lounge / Bottle Service Contemporary Asian Asian South American Pan-Asian Cocktail Bar Beer Garden Contemporary Southern Contemporary European Farm-to-table Californian International Thai Anyway, there's a jumping off point. I'd say let's start with selecting categories and go from there. Need to be able to distinguish between an actual dish and a restaurant that serves that type of cuisine. And there are only a handful of dishes that deserve their own stand-alone category (i.e. we don't need a category for fancy Italian and casual Italian and pizza and spaghetti and lasagna and Italian grocery store, etc). We should probably also be willing to include some categories that have nothing to do with actual cuisines (i.e. best date night, best brunch spot, best sports bar, etc). I nominate @PorscheGuy to come up with the initial list of categories, and we can all weigh in and argue about it from there.
September 17, 20214 yr Author Sure, I’ll spearhead this endeavor. My initial thought was not necessarily high end restaurants. Sure, you can’t go wrong with monarch or pappa’s and they probably belong somewhere on the list in my opinion. But when I was thinking about what I would want in a top 25 list I immediately thought of place that have been consistently good in both food and experience. For example, R+D Kitchen is not super high end. I’ve been there probably 50 times and never had a bad experience. I don’t get a chance to hit up street taco/food trucks when I’m in the area, but if they consistently knock it out of the park, then they deserve a place on the list to debate. I like [mention]Landomatic [/mention] idea of creating some categories we can nominate to in order to create a master list and a set of criteria to rank from. I’ll have some time this weekend to develop a system and post it. Depending on how games go on Saturday will determine my productivity. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
September 17, 20214 yr 41 minutes ago, PorscheGuy said: Sure, I’ll spearhead this endeavor. My initial thought was not necessarily high end restaurants. Sure, you can’t go wrong with monarch or pappa’s and they probably belong somewhere on the list in my opinion. But when I was thinking about what I would want in a top 25 list I immediately thought of place that have been consistently good in both food and experience. For example, R+D Kitchen is not super high end. I’ve been there probably 50 times and never had a bad experience. I don’t get a chance to hit up street taco/food trucks when I’m in the area, but if they consistently knock it out of the park, then they deserve a place on the list to debate. I like [mention]Landomatic [/mention] idea of creating some categories we can nominate to in order to create a master list and a set of criteria to rank from. I’ll have some time this weekend to develop a system and post it. Depending on how games go on Saturday will determine my productivity. Monarch is (arguably) the #1 restaurant in Dallas right now. Probably by a pretty wide margin. Yeah, I'd say it definitely belongs somewhere on the list. Otherwise our list will be just as shitty as D Magazine's. Ironically, the obvious omission of Monarch on the D Magazine list was one of the first things that jumped out to me that their list was dogshit.
September 17, 20214 yr I think you definitely need to group this in categories. Honestly, you could take the ones we've got on this board and go that way: Steak Pizza Burgers Tex-Mex Asian/Thai/Chinese/Etc High End/Big Night Out Sandwiches Seafood Sushi Etc I think we nominate like 10 for each category or something and rank them from 1-10.
September 17, 20214 yr Author I think you definitely need to group this in categories. Honestly, you could take the ones we've got on this board and go that way: Steak Pizza Burgers Tex-Mex Asian/Thai/Chinese/Etc High End/Big Night Out Sandwiches Seafood Sushi Etc I think we nominate like 10 for each category or something and rank them from 1-10.Boom!This is it. Keep it simple. You got a week to enter submissions. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
September 17, 20214 yr 32 minutes ago, PorscheGuy said: Boom! This is it. Keep it simple. You got a week to enter submissions. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I would add Italian.
September 17, 20214 yr 9 minutes ago, conVINCEd said: I would add Italian. Definitely. My list was merely suggestions and nowhere near comprehensive
September 18, 20214 yr 6 hours ago, conVINCEd said: I would add Italian. And tacos. And Spanish. And breakfast tacos. And brunch. And some other stuff probably. And Chinese, Japanese/sushi and other Asian need to be separate. Sorry @PorscheGuy you’re not off the hook just yet.
September 18, 20214 yr 19 hours ago, DalTxHornFan said: Vietnam Restaurant, also on Bryan Street, also has solid pho. Lots of options, including tendons, tripe, and meatballs, along with the traditional round and brisket beef. I love this place
September 18, 20214 yr My cousins spot Petra and the Beast is pretty badass. Weird as hell sometimes and pricey but everything she has ever made me has always been amazing.
September 20, 20214 yr Author First we will nominate. If you want to do it in categories, that's fine, but it is not required. Once a master list of entries is established, I will post it. Looking for around 40-50 total. Anyone can then score each one on the list 1-5, 5 is the highest ranking, 1 is lowest. I add up the scores to create our rankings and then we can debate the results and re-sort if needed. You can score as many as you want any value 1-5. Categories: Steak 1 2 3 4 Barbeque 1 2 3 4 Pizza 1 2 3 4 Burgers 1 2 3 4 Tex-Mex 1 2 3 4 Italian 1 2 3 4 Asian/Thai/Chinese/Etc 1 2 3 4 High End/Big Night Out 1 2 3 4 Sandwiches 1 2 3 4 Seafood 1 2 3 4 Sushi 1 2 3 4 Etc 1 2 3 4 Again, if you just want to nominate and not fill in categories, please do. Let the nominations fly in! Cheers
September 20, 20214 yr Here's a first pass from me. Harder than I thought it would be. I'm sure I'm missing/forgetting some... Steak Al Biernat's Drake's Barbeque Cattleack Terry Black's Pizza PT Neighborhood Pizzeria Bona Pizza Burgers Al Biernat's Maple & Motor Hudson House Tex-Mex Mi Cocina (the one in Highland Park Village) Las Palmas Mesero Banditos Italian Monarch The Charles Taverna Japanese/Sushi Shinsei Oishii Chinese Alice Royal China Oishii High End/Big Night Out Monarch Al Biernat's Sandwiches Jimmy's New York Sub Seafood Hudson House Cafe Pacific TJ's Seafood Market & Grill Brunch Bistro/Lounge 31 Toulouse Tacos El Come Taco
September 20, 20214 yr On 9/17/2021 at 10:43 AM, C-Man said: I think you definitely need to group this in categories. Honestly, you could take the ones we've got on this board and go that way: Steak Pizza Burgers Tex-Mex Asian/Thai/Chinese/Etc High End/Big Night Out Sandwiches Seafood Sushi Etc I think we nominate like 10 for each category or something and rank them from 1-10. Add an outdoor dining category for COVID. I'm tired of Door Dash and Trinity Groves sucks. Maybe a vegan category for the younger generations? Edited September 20, 20214 yr by ShaggyBevo RIP
September 20, 20214 yr 5 hours ago, Landomatic said: Here's a first pass from me. Harder than I thought it would be. I'm sure I'm missing/forgetting some... Steak Al Biernat's Drake's Barbeque Cattleack Terry Black's Pizza PT Neighborhood Pizzeria Bona Pizza Burgers Al Biernat's Maple & Motor Hudson House Tex-Mex Mi Cocina (the one in Highland Park Village) Las Palmas Mesero Banditos Italian Monarch The Charles Taverna Japanese/Sushi Shinsei Oishii Chinese Alice Royal China Oishii High End/Big Night Out Monarch Al Biernat's Sandwiches Jimmy's New York Sub Seafood Hudson House Cafe Pacific TJ's Seafood Market & Grill Brunch Bistro/Lounge 31 Toulouse Tacos El Come Taco So I should try the burger at Hudson House? I’m thinking about my list, and agree that it’s harder than I would’ve thought.
September 21, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, conVINCEd said: So I should try the burger at Hudson House? I’m thinking about my list, and agree that it’s harder than I would’ve thought. I like it.
September 21, 20214 yr 16 hours ago, ShaggyBevo RIP said: Add an outdoor dining category for COVID. I'm tired of Door Dash and Trinity Groves sucks. Good call... Outdoor Dining Toulouse Bistro/Lounge 31 Taverna Quote Maybe a vegan category for the younger generations? Yeah, I got nothin' for this. Not sure there's much of a demand for this group.
September 21, 20214 yr 17 hours ago, conVINCEd said: So I should try the burger at Hudson House? I’m thinking about my list, and agree that it’s harder than I would’ve thought. Never had it either, now I will check it out.
September 21, 20214 yr SeafoodRex’sTJ’sTex mexAvilasItalianLucia (Trying the Charles this week, will report back)‘Asian’Uchi (or is this sushi?)LoroRoyal China
September 21, 20214 yr On 9/20/2021 at 8:09 AM, PorscheGuy said: First we will nominate. If you want to do it in categories, that's fine, but it is not required. Once a master list of entries is established, I will post it. Looking for around 40-50 total. Anyone can then score each one on the list 1-5, 5 is the highest ranking, 1 is lowest. I add up the scores to create our rankings and then we can debate the results and re-sort if needed. You can score as many as you want any value 1-5. Categories: Steak 1 2 3 4 Barbeque 1 2 3 4 Pizza 1 2 3 4 Burgers 1 2 3 4 Tex-Mex 1 2 3 4 Italian 1 2 3 4 Asian/Thai/Chinese/Etc 1 2 3 4 High End/Big Night Out 1 2 3 4 Sandwiches 1 2 3 4 Seafood 1 2 3 4 Sushi 1 2 3 4 Etc 1 2 3 4 Again, if you just want to nominate and not fill in categories, please do. Let the nominations fly in! Cheers These are my favorite places to go in general categories: ITALIAN The Charles, Fachini, Sprezza, Terrilli's (fuck off, I still like going there!), Taverna STEAK Al Biernat's, Drake's, Town Hearth PIZZA Cane Rosso, Bona, Zoli's, Rock City 'Za BURGERS Hudson House, Jack's Burger House TEX MEX/MEX Rafa's, Muchacho's, Avila's, Herrera's, E Bar, Eddie's BRUNCH Nova, Boulvardier, Meddlesome Moth, Rapscallion OUTDOOR DINING/DRINKING Truck Yard, Katy Trail Ice House ASIAN Uchi (also "big night out"), Royal China, Little Bangkok SUSHI Uchi, Yatuka, Shinsei FRIED CHICKEN/NASHVILLE HOT CHICKEN Lucky's, Palmer's, Celebration SANDWICHES Jimmy's Foodstore, NY Subs BBQ Cattleack, Terry Black's, Pecan Lodge SEAFOOD Lover's Seafood, TJ's, Rex's MEDITERRANEAN Sachet, Paradiso TACOS El Come Taco, Velvet Taco, Revolver Taco Lounge BISTRO??? Parigi
September 21, 20214 yr Bistro is a good category. I nominate Gemma. What do we do with a place like R+D Kitchen? I’m still working on my full list.
September 22, 20214 yr I’m a little further north than a lot on here, so some of my choices will reflect that. It’s also been a while on a few of these due to Covid. We’re not getting out as often as we used to. Especially big group meals, which for us would normally mean brunch on the weekend in proximity to someone’s birthday. Steak: Al Biernat’s (90% of my steaks are cooked at home). The local high end steakhouses are all pretty much the same to me. BBQ: Cattleack, Hutchin’s. I can no longer include Pecan Lodge and I haven’t dined at Terry Black’s yet. Pizza: Cane Rosso, ZaLat Burgers: Maple & Motor, Haystack Tex-Mex: OG Ojeda’s, Mariano’s, Lupe Tortilla Italian: Lucia, Carbone’s, Sprezza Sushi: Shinsei, Sushi Sake, Genroku (cheap) Big Night: Town Hearth, Uchi Sandwiches: Jimmy’s, The Great Outdoors Seafood: Hudson House, Rex’s, Nate’s Brunch: St. Martin, Breadwinners, Ozona (cheap and SMU ass on display, plus migas enchiladas). we also need a category that can include someplace like R+D Kitchen.
September 22, 20214 yr Okay, here's what's been submitted so far ( I think I got them all). I guess we need a category for New American? I've seen it on some other lists, which I think would include R+D Kitchen. First part are specific cuisines and the rest are more experiences. Obviously some repetition in here for places that fall under multiple categories. Keep them coming... Also, @C-Man I'm not sure what Little Bangkok is or which one you're talking about. I couldn't find it specifically, but there are several Thai restaurants that have "bankok" in the name. You got a link or address or something? Steak Al Biernat's Drake's Town Hearth Barbeque Cattleack Terry Black's Pecan Lodge Hutchin’s Pizza PT Neighborhood Pizzeria Bona Cane Rosso Zoli's Rock City 'Za ZaLat Burgers Al Biernat's Maple & Motor Hudson House Burger House Haystack Tex-Mex Las Palmas Mesero Banditos Avila’s Rafa’s Muchacho's Herrera's E Bar Eddie's Ojeda’s Mariano’s Lupe Tortilla Italian Monarch The Charles Taverna Lucia Fachini Sprezza Terrilli's Carbone’s Japanese/Sushi Shinsei Oishii Uchi Yatuka Sushi Sake Genroku Tacos El Come Taco Velvet Taco Revolver Taco Lounge Chinese Royal China Oishii Sandwiches Jimmy's New York Sub The Great Outdoors Seafood Hudson House TJ's Seafood Market & Grill Rex’s Lover’s Seafood Nate’s Other Asian (Thai, Vietnamese, Fusion, etc) Loro Alice Khao Noodle Shop Bangkok? Fried Chicken Lucky's Palmer's Celebration Mediterranean Sachet Paradiso New American Petra and the Beast R+D Kitchen High End/Big Night Out Monarch Al Biernat's Uchi Town Hearth Brunch Bistro/Lounge 31 Toulouse Nova Boulevardier Meddlesome Moth Rapscallion St. Martin Breadwinners Ozona Outdoor Dining Toulouse Bistro/Lounge 31 Taverna Truck Yard Katy Trail Ice House Bistros Parigi Gemma Bistro/Lounge 31 Toulouse
September 22, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, Landomatic said: Okay, here's what's been submitted so far ( I think I got them all). I guess we need a category for New American? I've seen it on some other lists, which I think would include R+D Kitchen. First part are specific cuisines and the rest are more experiences. Obviously some repetition in here for places that fall under multiple categories. Keep them coming... Also, @C-Man I'm not sure what Little Bangkok is or which one you're talking about. I couldn't find it specifically, but there are several Thai restaurants that have "bankok" in the name. You got a link or address or something? Steak Al Biernat's Drake's Town Hearth Barbeque Cattleack Terry Black's Pecan Lodge Hutchin’s Pizza PT Neighborhood Pizzeria Bona Cane Rosso Zoli's Rock City 'Za ZaLat Burgers Al Biernat's Maple & Motor Hudson House Burger House Haystack Tex-Mex Las Palmas Mesero Banditos Avila’s Rafa’s Muchacho's Herrera's E Bar Eddie's Ojeda’s Mariano’s Lupe Tortilla Italian Monarch The Charles Taverna Lucia Fachini Sprezza Terrilli's Carbone’s Japanese/Sushi Shinsei Oishii Uchi Yatuka Sushi Sake Genroku Tacos El Come Taco Velvet Taco Revolver Taco Lounge Chinese Royal China Oishii Sandwiches Jimmy's New York Sub The Great Outdoors Seafood Hudson House TJ's Seafood Market & Grill Rex’s Lover’s Seafood Nate’s Other Asian (Thai, Vietnamese, Fusion, etc) Loro Alice Khao Noodle Shop Bangkok? Fried Chicken Lucky's Palmer's Celebration Mediterranean Sachet Paradiso New American Petra and the Beast R+D Kitchen High End/Big Night Out Monarch Al Biernat's Uchi Town Hearth Brunch Bistro/Lounge 31 Toulouse Nova Boulevardier Meddlesome Moth Rapscallion St. Martin Breadwinners Ozona Outdoor Dining Toulouse Bistro/Lounge 31 Taverna Truck Yard Katy Trail Ice House Bistros Parigi Gemma Bistro/Lounge 31 Toulouse Sorry, I think it's just called Bangkok. It's the place over on the corner of SMU Blvd and Greenville, next door to Milo's. It's kind of a dump but they have terrific Asian curry.
September 22, 20214 yr Good list. Only things I would add not already mentioned would be Yard Bird to Brunch and/or Fried Chicken category. I've only been once for Brunch and we blew it out for my wife's birthday but that was a fantastic meal.
September 22, 20214 yr 46 minutes ago, Skipper said: Good list. Only things I would add not already mentioned would be Yard Bird to Brunch and/or Fried Chicken category. I've only been once for Brunch and we blew it out for my wife's birthday but that was a fantastic meal. Yard Bird has been added to the list of places I need to try.
September 22, 20214 yr 3 hours ago, C-Man said: Sorry, I think it's just called Bangkok. It's the place over on the corner of SMU Blvd and Greenville, next door to Milo's. It's kind of a dump but they have terrific Asian curry. Yea that place is awesome. Pretty solid list btw @Landomatic
September 22, 20214 yr 5 hours ago, Landomatic said: Okay, here's what's been submitted so far ( I think I got them all). I guess we need a category for New American? I've seen it on some other lists, which I think would include R+D Kitchen. First part are specific cuisines and the rest are more experiences. Obviously some repetition in here for places that fall under multiple categories. Keep them coming... Also, @C-Man I'm not sure what Little Bangkok is or which one you're talking about. I couldn't find it specifically, but there are several Thai restaurants that have "bankok" in the name. You got a link or address or something? Steak Al Biernat's Drake's Town Hearth Barbeque Cattleack Terry Black's Pecan Lodge Hutchin’s Pizza PT Neighborhood Pizzeria Bona Cane Rosso Zoli's Rock City 'Za ZaLat Burgers Al Biernat's Maple & Motor Hudson House Burger House Haystack Tex-Mex Las Palmas Mesero Banditos Avila’s Rafa’s Muchacho's Herrera's E Bar Eddie's Ojeda’s Mariano’s Lupe Tortilla Italian Monarch The Charles Taverna Lucia Fachini Sprezza Terrilli's Carbone’s Japanese/Sushi Shinsei Oishii Uchi Yatuka Sushi Sake Genroku Tacos El Come Taco Velvet Taco Revolver Taco Lounge Chinese Royal China Oishii Sandwiches Jimmy's New York Sub The Great Outdoors Seafood Hudson House TJ's Seafood Market & Grill Rex’s Lover’s Seafood Nate’s Other Asian (Thai, Vietnamese, Fusion, etc) Loro Alice Khao Noodle Shop Bangkok? Fried Chicken Lucky's Palmer's Celebration Mediterranean Sachet Paradiso New American Petra and the Beast R+D Kitchen High End/Big Night Out Monarch Al Biernat's Uchi Town Hearth Brunch Bistro/Lounge 31 Toulouse Nova Boulevardier Meddlesome Moth Rapscallion St. Martin Breadwinners Ozona Outdoor Dining Toulouse Bistro/Lounge 31 Taverna Truck Yard Katy Trail Ice House Bistros Parigi Gemma Bistro/Lounge 31 Toulouse La Banqueta for tacos. I'd add the Matt's in Lakewood to texmex. Latin Deli for sandwiches. Mesomaya is better than Mesero in my book. Also Toulose does great brunch if you want to double add. Others - Malai Kitchen - "other" Asian Blue Sushi - chain but great for the price point Edited September 22, 20214 yr by ztejas
September 22, 20214 yr 2 hours ago, ztejas said: La Banqueta for tacos. I'd add the Matt's in Lakewood to texmex. Latin Deli for sandwiches. Mesomaya is better than Mesero in my book. Also Toulose does great brunch if you want to double add. Others - Malai Kitchen - "other" Asian Blue Sushi - chain but great for the price point Latin Deli is one that came to mind last night. Thanks for the reminder. I don't have a problem with places being listed in two placed -- like brunch/bistro or big night out/steak or Italian. In fact, I think it's almost necessary.
September 23, 20214 yr Author Okay, here's what's been submitted so far ( I think I got them all). I guess we need a category for New American? I've seen it on some other lists, which I think would include R+D Kitchen. First part are specific cuisines and the rest are more experiences. Obviously some repetition in here for places that fall under multiple categories. Keep them coming... Also, [mention=298]C-Man[/mention] I'm not sure what Little Bangkok is or which one you're talking about. I couldn't find it specifically, but there are several Thai restaurants that have "bankok" in the name. You got a link or address or something?Steak Al Biernat's Drake's Town Hearth Barbeque Cattleack Terry Black's Pecan Lodge Hutchin’s Pizza PT Neighborhood Pizzeria Bona Cane Rosso Zoli's Rock City 'Za ZaLat Burgers Al Biernat's Maple & Motor Hudson House Burger House Haystack Tex-Mex Las Palmas Mesero Banditos Avila’s Rafa’s Muchacho's Herrera's E Bar Eddie's Ojeda’s Mariano’s Lupe Tortilla Italian Monarch The Charles Taverna Lucia Fachini Sprezza Terrilli's Carbone’s Japanese/Sushi Shinsei Oishii Uchi Yatuka Sushi Sake Genroku Tacos El Come Taco Velvet Taco Revolver Taco Lounge Chinese Royal China Oishii Sandwiches Jimmy's New York Sub The Great Outdoors Seafood Hudson House TJ's Seafood Market & Grill Rex’s Lover’s Seafood Nate’s Other Asian (Thai, Vietnamese, Fusion, etc) Loro Alice Khao Noodle Shop Bangkok? Fried Chicken Lucky's Palmer's Celebration Mediterranean Sachet Paradiso New American Petra and the Beast R+D Kitchen High End/Big Night Out Monarch Al Biernat's Uchi Town Hearth Brunch Bistro/Lounge 31 Toulouse Nova Boulevardier Meddlesome Moth Rapscallion St. Martin Breadwinners Ozona Outdoor Dining Toulouse Bistro/Lounge 31 Taverna Truck Yard Katy Trail Ice House Bistros Parigi Gemma Bistro/Lounge 31 Toulouse Thank you [mention]Landomatic [/mention] is picking jumping on this already. List is starting to look pretty solid. About to add my additions to the list now that I have a few minutes. Will let this run through the weekend do additional names, then post another master list and a last call before voting. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
September 23, 20214 yr Author Adding to our listPappa’s steakhouse. Location sucks, Houston one is better, still a great mother fucking meal every time. Nobu- yes, your probably over it, but it never disappoints on many levels. Rodeo goat. Great burger. Knife- for their pimento cheese burgerR+D kitchen. Officially on the listEllie’s- another great burger. The Charles Tei-an sushi Fearing’s. Dallas institution. Great restaurant. Dean might be the nicest chef in America Truluck’s - seafood. Neighborhood services. Needs to be on The Surly list to discuss. Haven’t been in a while, but had some great dinners there over the years. Mercat Bistro - brunchSaint Ann’s - not sure where to put this one. Really good outdoor dining, great drinks, food and people watching. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
September 23, 20214 yr 5 minutes ago, PorscheGuy said: Adding to our list Pappa’s steakhouse. Location sucks, Houston one is better, still a great mother fucking meal every time. Nobu- yes, your probably over it, but it never disappoints on many levels. Rodeo goat. Great burger. Knife- for their pimento cheese burger R+D kitchen. Officially on the list Ellie’s- another great burger. The Charles Tei-an sushi Fearing’s. Dallas institution. Great restaurant. Dean might be the nicest chef in America Truluck’s - seafood. Neighborhood services. Needs to be on The Surly list to discuss. Haven’t been in a while, but had some great dinners there over the years. Mercat Bistro - brunch Saint Ann’s - not sure where to put this one. Really good outdoor dining, great drinks, food and people watching. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Truluck’s and Eddie V’s both fill a space of hybrid seafood/Steakhouses. I realize the other high end steakhouses have seafood offerings, but the seafood is really emphasized at these two, which fits the bill on the occasion that I want some east coast oysters and a steak. I’ve eaten at 3 different Nobu locations, but never the Dallas location, despite the fact that I’ve lived here for most of my life. Neighborhood Services is top of the list when nobody is really sure what they want to eat. It’s Chili’s for adults. Hillstone is the same.
September 23, 20214 yr 54 minutes ago, PorscheGuy said: Adding to our list Pappa’s steakhouse. Location sucks, Houston one is better, still a great mother fucking meal every time. Nobu- yes, your probably over it, but it never disappoints on many levels. Rodeo goat. Great burger. Knife- for their pimento cheese burger R+D kitchen. Officially on the list Ellie’s- another great burger. The Charles Tei-an sushi Fearing’s. Dallas institution. Great restaurant. Dean might be the nicest chef in America Truluck’s - seafood. Neighborhood services. Needs to be on The Surly list to discuss. Haven’t been in a while, but had some great dinners there over the years. Mercat Bistro - brunch Saint Ann’s - not sure where to put this one. Really good outdoor dining, great drinks, food and people watching. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Fearing's is solid. I swear I've almost been to Neighborhood Services like 10 times but always wound up elsewhere.
September 23, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, ztejas said: Fearing's is solid. I swear I've almost been to Neighborhood Services like 10 times but always wound up elsewhere. You should fix that and get the meatballs for an appetizer.
September 23, 20214 yr Alright, here's the master list with the latest additions. I moved Steak down to the "experiences" section and called it Steakhouses. Seems like most of us are looking at it from more of an overall experience of a steakhouse standpoint than who actually technically serves the best steak. There are a ton of places that serve a good steak (most are cooked about the same and sourced from Allen Brothers), but actually having a good steak is just one small part of what makes up the overall steakhouse experience. If y'all disagree, we can put it back. ***SPECIFIC CUISINES*** Barbeque Cattleack Terry Black's Pecan Lodge Hutchin’s Pizza PT Neighborhood Pizzeria Bona Cane Rosso Zoli's Rock City 'Za ZaLat Burgers Al Biernat's Maple & Motor Hudson House Burger House Haystack Rodeo Goat Knife Ellie's Restaurant & Lounge Tex-Mex Las Palmas Mesero Banditos Avila’s Rafa’s Muchacho's Herrera's E Bar Eddie's Ojeda’s Mariano’s Lupe Tortilla Matt’s Meso Maya Italian Monarch The Charles Taverna Lucia Fachini Sprezza Terrilli's Carbone’s Japanese/Sushi Shinsei Oishii Uchi Yatuka Sushi Sake Genroku Blue Sushi Nobu Tei-An Tacos El Come Taco Velvet Taco Revolver Taco Lounge La Banqueta Chinese Royal China Oishii Sandwiches Jimmy's New York Sub The Great Outdoors Latin Deli Seafood Hudson House TJ's Seafood Market & Grill Rex’s Lover’s Seafood Nate’s S & D Oyster Company Truluck’s Eddie V’s Other Asian (Thai, Vietnamese, Fusion, etc) Loro Alice Khao Noodle Shop Bangkok Malai Kitchen Fried Chicken Lucky's Palmer's Celebration Yard Bird Mediterranean Sachet Paradiso Bistro 31 New American Petra and the Beast R+D Kitchen Fearing’s Neighborhood Services Hillstone ***OVERALL EXPERIENCES*** High End/Big Night Out Monarch Al Biernat's Uchi Town Hearth Steakhouse Al Biernat's Drake's Town Hearth Pappas Bros. Truluck’s Eddie V’s Brunch Bistro/Lounge 31 Toulouse Nova Boulevardier Meddlesome Moth Rapscallion St. Martin Breadwinners Ozona Yard Bird Mercat Bistro Outdoor Dining Toulouse Bistro/Lounge 31 Taverna Truck Yard Katy Trail Ice House Saint Ann’s Bistros Parigi Gemma Bistro/Lounge 31 Toulouse
September 23, 20214 yr 7 hours ago, DalTxHornFan said: Good job, guys. This all kicks the shit out of the D mag list. Right? If we stopped now without ranking any further, this list kills their shitty list.
September 23, 20214 yr Any categories we're missing? Couple I thought of, mostly because I don't really know of any good ones for many of these, but also not sure there are really enough great options to warrant their own category... Wings (different than fried chicken and I still haven't found any great ones in Dallas) Sports Bars (seems like I'm always struggling to find a great place to go watch games) Indian (I don't eat it, but I know it's popular with some people) Spanish (there are about 4 -5 total places I think and all seem about the same level...which is good, not great) Thoughts?
September 23, 20214 yr 4 hours ago, Landomatic said: Any categories we're missing? Couple I thought of, mostly because I don't really know of any good ones for many of these, but also not sure there are really enough great options to warrant their own category... Wings (different than fried chicken and I still haven't found any great ones in Dallas) Sports Bars (seems like I'm always struggling to find a great place to go watch games) Indian (I don't eat it, but I know it's popular with some people) Spanish (there are about 4 -5 total places I think and all seem about the same level...which is good, not great) Thoughts? Sure. I thought of Tapas the other day when I happened to drive by Cafe Izmir -- know it's not a true tapas place like Cafe Madrid, but still. @Landomatic, just FYI the new Texadelphia down the street from both of us on Mockingbird past the airport has a great setup for the viewing of sporting contests. We need to hit it up some Saturday afternoon since the weather is getting nice. Good patio, lots of TVs. Speaking of cheesesteak, I had an appointment down at Baylor/Dallas yesterday and was going to hit El Come Taco on the way home but called an audible since the weather was so amazing. I went to Truck Yard instead and got a cheesesteak. Hadn't been over there in a long fucking time. It was still pretty damn good.
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