A good lunch in Dallas doesn’t have to come with a valet stand or a wine list. Some of the best midday meals in town still come off a charcoal grill, a flat-top or a smoker that’s been running for decades, and you can walk out full without wincing at the check.
These are the places we keep going back to when we want a real lunch at a fair price. They’re not new, and none of them are trying to be. That’s a big part of why they’re still here.
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There’s a reason people have been hauling their own food through the gates of the State Fair of Texas for as long as the gates have existed. The fair food is part of the deal — the corny dogs, the fried everything, the Big Tex Choice Award winners you’re going to stand in line for no matter what. But by mid-afternoon, when your feet hurt and the sun hasn’t moved and you’ve got three more hours before anyone’s ready to leave, having a real lunch spread waiting in your bag changes everything. It costs less, it gives you a moment to actually sit down, and it’s the oldest trick in the book at Fair Park.
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Brunch here has drifted toward the reservation, the bottomless carafe and the seventy-dollar table for two. Some mornings do not call for any of that. Five Dallas rooms where the coffee keeps coming, the plates land fast and nobody upsells you a thing.
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by Steven Doyle
Probably not a week goes by that a reader asks where to find a good haunch of beef. We invariably tell them one of the many steakhouses across the Dallas skyline depending on where they live. We love Nick and Sam’s. It could be that they pass out caviar like it was candy, and sincerely… isn’t it? We also love Pappas Brothers in all their wine goodness.
Knife has some awesome steak values plus some amazing, aged beef. Chamberlain’s Steak and Chop House also is a staff favorite, and we love the cigar room. Plus, you get Richard Chamberlain, and that always makes for fun evening. SER is reopening, so there’s that. Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
Looking for a smart deal on some decent tacos tonight? We have a few choices where you can dine like a Mayan god on he cheap. It’s taco Tuesday! Continue reading
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by Steven Doyle
Probably not a week goes by that a reader asks where to find a good haunch of beef. We invariably tell them one of the many steakhouses across the Dallas skyline depending on where they live. We love Nick and Sam’s. It could be that they pass out caviar like it was candy, and sincerely… isn’t it? We also love Pappas Brothers in all their wine goodness.
Tonight several craveDFW staffers will be at Del Frisco Double Eagle for a wine dinner. We love somm Jennifer Jaco and never bypass a moment where we can visit with her even for a few minutes. Chamberlain’s Steak and Chop House also is a staff favorite, and we love his cigar room. Plus you get Richard Chamberlain, and that always makes for fun evening. Continue reading
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