Restaurants in Dallas–Fort Worth
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Joe T Garcia’s
The most famous restaurant in Fort Worth, this fourth-generation place takes up a city block. Dinners (choose between fajitas or a family-style combo plate) in the candlelit walled courtyard are magical, as Mexican-tile fountains bubble among the acres of tropical foliage. On weekends the line (no reservations!) often stretches around the block.
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Angry Dog
Workers crowd in at lunchtime for the unbeatable burgers at this saloon, whose pedigree includes best wings, hot dogs, bar food and hangover therapy for several years running.
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La Duni Latin Café
- Dallas, USA
- Restaurants › Café
Fried plantains topped with black beans and beef are just the beginning. All the dishes at this upmarket, modern eatery have a Spanish accent, if not a specific country of origin. La Duni blends European traditions with Latin American soul.
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Esperanza's Panaderia y Café
Breakfasts here are real Mexican - pulled chicken tops the breakfast migas (eggs scrambled with tortilla strips) or you could have machacado (spiced dried beef) with those sunny side ups.
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Dream Café
Imagine a healthy, organic diner – one with quirky decor, a huge patio, a serene fountain and a playground for kids.
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Yutaka
Industrial loft meets minimalism at tiny Yutaka, where you can get some of the freshest sushi in town.
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Campisi’s Egyptian Lounge
Just off Upper Greenville, this Dallas institution has a throwback mafia vibe and good, thin pizza. But more interesting are the legends and conspiracies that surrounds this place: one, that the original Campisi had ties to Jack Ruby, who killed Lee Harvey Oswald. Two, that the two ate here together the night before Kennedy was assassinated.
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Zodiac
For more than 50 years, the classic downtown lunch spot for Dallas ladies who shop – and anyone else who wants to experience the tradition. Attentive waiters bustle about, soothing and pampering diners with hot consommé, popovers with strawberry butter and elegant salads. This is legit old-school Dallas, and it doesn’t need to put on airs.
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Bread Winners
If sipping a peach Bellini in a lush courtyard atrium is the reward for the agony of choosing what to order for brunch, then bring on the pain. Veggie Benedict or breakfast casserole? Bananas Foster waffle or raspberry cream-cheese-stuffed French toast? Lunch and dinner offer similar, though less tortuous, conundrums.
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Grace
Yep, even modest Fort Worthians occasionally strut their stuff, and there’s no better place to do it than at Grace, where local luminaries hold court (and martinis) on the couch-strewn outdoor patio. In the stunning dining room, a seasonal menu features, say, sweet-corn ravioli and diver scallops on potato cakes.
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Lonesome Dove Western Bistro
At Tim Love’s mod-Western dining experience, even the chefs wear cowboy hats. Start with a jalapeño–cucumber margarita, move on to a lamb-belly BLT or a roasted garlic-stuffed beef tenderloin, and keep your eyes peeled for a Dallas Cowboy or a country star feasting on the seared-ostrich nachos.
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Tillman’s Roadhouse
A mod hunting lodge for stylish cowboys features shotguns for door handles, faux stag heads, antler chandeliers and a gorgeous log bar. With all this offbeat charm, the wink-wink comfort food – chicken-fried hanger steak, white-cheddar mac ’n’ cheese, tableside s’mores – is surprisingly good.
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Hunky’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers
Reclaim your innocence (or at least get a damn good malt) in this throwback diner that’s a far cry from those themed places where waitresses named ‘Trixie’ snap their gum. No, it’s just an authentic neighborhood hangout with great burgers that make us nostalgic for good times in general.
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Smoke
A barbecue joint that grows its own veggies and smokes its own meats gets enough street cred to claim the motto ‘Raisin’ Hell from Scratch.’ The Northwoods-cozy dining room, featuring old barn walls and a fireplace nook, proves that ecofriendly can be drop-dead stylish.
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Hattie’s
Upscale Southern comfort food with a mod twist? Yes, ma’am. Dig into fried green tomatoes, low-country shrimp and grits, and pecan-crusted catfish. Amid butter-colored walls, glamazons in Louboutins get down and dirty with classic cocktails like grasshoppers and juleps.
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Reata
The proprietors also own their own cattle ranch, so the sizable steaks are worth their weight. But you might also try the Texas specialties such as tenderloin tamales, jalapeño-cheddar grits and the $49.95 billionaire margarita made with vintage 1942 tequila.
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Saint-Emilion
Perfect for capping off a day at the museums, this quaint Cultural District charmer serves rustic French food. The ‘menu classique’ dinner includes appetizer, main and dessert; try the lamb chops with French herbs and the fresh raspberry tarte.
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Bonnell’s Fine Texas Cuisine
This is totally Texan fine dining, featuring products from local farms and ranches: pepper-crusted buffalo tenderloin, ‘oysters Texasfeller’ and a local Texas cheese plate grace the interesting menu. Try the tres leches crème brûlée.
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Bread Winners Cafe & Bakery
Bread Winners is the perfect combination of upscale dining and casual friendly atmosphere. Whether you have the veggie melt for lunch, the tenderloin Eggs Benedict for brunch or nut-crusted fish for dinner, be sure to save room for cookies.
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Carshon’s Deli
Since 1928, Fort Worth’s only kosher deli has served up classic New York sandwiches (what do you want, chopped liver?). Half the fun’s in watching local movers and shakers make and break deals in between bites of corned beef on rye.
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Sonny Bryan’s Smokehouse
Sonny Bryan’s barbecue has been around in some form or another since 1910. Locals aren’t ashamed to admit they come all the way just for the onion rings, made fresh daily with Pearl beer. There’s also a branch at 2202 Inwood Rd.
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Spiral Diner & Bakery
One of the most inventive organic vegan restaurants in the South, this retro-feel diner actually draws sheepish meat eaters who rave about blue plate specials like a fig-and-fennel sandwich. All-you-can-eat pancakes on Sundays.
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Toulouse
This charming, angular cafe and bar transports us to France. Sit on the Euro-style patio and gloat over your bouillabaisse and chenin blanc at sunset as the gorgeous runners en route to the Katy Trail look on with envy.
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Nonna Tata
This is as authentic as Italian gets in Texas. Try the gnocchi alla Romana with butter and sage, and the fruit-laden, rustic desserts. Hope that the elegant owner might serve you herself. Cash only, euros accepted.
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Fearing’s
Press accolades keep pouring in for chef Dean Fearing’s four-star sensation. Choose to sup in the lively open-kitchen room, a glass-enclosed conservatory, a tropical courtyard or the white-table-clothed ‘gallery.’
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