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    Top Dallas Burgers

    The 10 best burgers in Dallas: How can we pick just one winner?

    Teresa Gubbins
    Apr 24, 2015 | 12:56 pm

    It's time for another segment in our annual Tastemaker Awards, which honor the top talent in the Dallas restaurant industry. Over the next few weeks, we're dedicating stories to these champions-to-be, as a build-up to our grand tasting event on May 14, 7-10 pm, at the Empire Room in the Design District.

    To see what we've covered so far, check out our overview, and our nominees for Bartender of the Year and Bar of the Year.

    For our 2015 edition, we're devoting a special chapter to one of the most hotly debated food categories of all: burgers. Few foodstuffs have received as much attention as this simple ground beef patty, and that's even more true in the past few years as a wave of so-called "better burger" joints washed across Dallas-Fort Worth. Our list includes some of those players, who go up against some longtime classics.

    From these 10 finalists, a winner will be announced at our party (for which you can buy tickets here), featuring signature snacks from top restaurants and a cocktail face-off hosted by Herradura between our Bartender of the Year nominees.

    The Grape
    Veteran Greenville Avenue bistro has decades of history under its belt, renowned chefs, a legendary wine list, a stellar manager and its beloved cream of mushroom soup. But thanks to an award from Texas Monthly, The Grape has become known for its burger. This is a burger done chef-style: The meat is ground in-house; the bacon is cured onsite. Bibb lettuce, perfect red tomato, white cheddar and a mustard-mayo blend sit tall on a sweet, buttered, toasted brioche bun.

    Henry's Majestic
    Fancy sibling of Bread Winners boasts many good things, including serious cocktails and some intriguing dishes. Those include the marrow burger, one of the city's most distinctive specimens. The patty is made of well-marbled Akaushi beef, topped with a layer of flavorful marrow, just-melting aged cheddar, crisp strips of bacon and caramelized onions on a glossy, eggy brioche.

    Keller's
    American Graffiti-style drive-in comes literally straight out of the '50s, with old-fashioned burgers delivered via carhops and a fun car-culture vibe. Their burger is like a homemade version of fast food, with a thin patty, American cheese and shredded lettuce on a soft poppy-seed bun. At $2.35, the cheeseburger is cheap enough that you can splurge on a side of Tater tots.

    Knife
    This modern steakhouse in the stylish Highlands Dallas hotel does a modern, innovative twist on steak, featuring all kinds of beef, including some aged up to 240 days. You can get that in the dining room with a nice bottle of red. But as he proved at his now-closed One Arts Plaza restaurant The Commissary, chef John Tesar is the consummate burger flipper. His Ozersky burger is a winner: topped with slivered red onions and two slices of American cheese, placed just so.

    Liberty
    As a member of the famed Street family (Good Eats, Black Eyed Pea), Mariel Street is part of Dallas restaurant royalty. Rather than coast on the family name, she started her own Hopdoddy-style chain, with a dozen high-end burgers and wine by the glass too. Its best entries run healthy; the turkey burger topped with mustard on a wheat bun is sweet, and the veggie burger is a frequent best-list topper.

    Maple & Motor
    Do not sit at a table until after you order. The rules at M&M are very, very important. They must be followed. But if you comply, you will be rewarded. There's a homespun quality to the thick, juicy patties, cooked on a griddle until pink in the middle and set on a bun that's buttered and toasted. Topped with lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, mustard, cheese, bacon and griddled jalapeños, it's the perfect Texas burger.

    Off-Site Kitchen
    Cheap and no-frills — and, yet, in its own way high end — OSK is a chef's fantasy of what a burger joint is. It's where foodies go for a burger when they feel like "slumming" — i.e., the more industrial side of the Design District (which is hardly slumming at all). The price point is a draw; the renowned Locals Only burger is $4.75. It's a medium-rare patty, with thick bacon and a harmonious balance of ingredients that includes mustard, American cheese and jalapeño.

    Rodeo Goat
    First launched in Fort Worth in late 2012, this stab at the burger concept by the Wynne family (Flying Saucer, Meddlesome Moth) comes off nicely, with a list of fancy burgers and, of course, a firm commitment to craft beer. A Dallas branch, newly opened in the Design District, has a pretty patio and a menu of burgers with quirky titles such as the one named for Mayor Mike Rawlings with Irish cheddar. The classic remains the "Caca Oaxaca," a beef and chorizo burger with avocado, pico de gallo, queso fresco, Tabasco mayo and a fried egg.

    Swiss Pastry Shop
    Owner Hans Muller has recast this quaint Fort Worth diner as a burger destination, by deploying an ever-changing lineup of creative burger specials. He uses fancy meat, often Wagyu, adds a goodly dose of salt and pepper, puts it on a house-made bun, and tops it with all manner of things. Latest edition: a 12-ounce Wagyu burger ground with smoked bacon, topped with four slices of American cheese, "P.L.O.T." and a house-made "special sauce."

    Wingfield's
    D Magazine made this modest to-go joint locally famous when it pronounced the burger the best in 2006. Richard Wingfield mans the grill at this takeout-only, Oak Cliff joint wedged between a car lot and a mechanic's garage. The burger is big and sloppy, with a monster hand-molded patty, American cheese, shredded iceberg, sliced tomato and sharp red onion on a nothing-fancy bun. Even without bacon on top, it has a bacon flavor, but go ahead and get bacon.

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    Taco News

    Award-winning Dallas restaurant Taco Y Vino branches out to buzzy 'burb

    Teresa Gubbins
    Jul 1, 2025 | 4:16 pm
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    An award-winning taco restaurant in Dallas is bringing its taco magic to Garland: Taco Y Vino, the innovative gourmet taqueria and casual wine bar in Oak Cliff, is opening a second location in downtown Garland, in a darling storefront at 706 Main St. that was formerly home to Jim's Barber Shop.

    Taco Y Vino is the brainchild of the ultra-charismatic Jimmy Contreras, a hospitality veteran who cut his teeth at Pappas Restaurants then worked for more than 15 years in the wine industry, representing boutique wineries and helping restaurants build their wine lists.

    He developed the original idea of a restaurant doing a fine-dining twist on tacos, along with an affordable wine list, and opened Taco Y Vino in 2018. Its combination of good food and wine at low prices made it an instant favorite.

    "We always want to be affordable — a place you can go daily to grab bottle of wine and tacos, but also nice enough to bring out of town guests," he says.

    The menu features a "three tacos for $14" that lets you mix and match fillings like cochinita pibil (pulled pork braised in bitter orange & achiote), pork carnitas, carne asada, barbacoa, brisket guiso, ahi tuna, tempura catfish or shrimp, chicken tinga with guacamole, black bean & cheese, and fried avocado.

    Shareable dishes include jalapeno poppers stuffed with catfish and shrimp; and avocado "toastadas" — a witty twist on avocado toast, featuring corn tostadas topped with guacamole, pico de gallo, lettuce, and pickled onions.

    They do brunch — but it's every day from 11:30 am-3 pm, with dishes like Brisket Con Huevo, featuring stewed brisket and scrambled eggs on a flour tortilla.

    Everything about the place is much like Contreras himself: approachable, friendly, and fun, and has generated intense goodwill and loyalty for the restaurant among locals and foodies alike. There is no one who does not love Jimmy.

    Jimmy ContrerasJimmy Contreras with a glass of wine.Courtesy

    "Oak Cliff has been amazing to us," Contreras says. "We're so grateful for the support from neighbors, diners, and wine lovers, and we have great employees who give a sense that they're happy to be there, which has definitely been a big part of our success."

    With the original location humming along, Contreras began considering another location. It only took one visit to downtown Garland and he and his business partner Brian White were smitten.

    "We immediately fell in love," he says. "The area has great old buildings and businesses like Intrinsic Brewing, Fortunate Son, Rosalind Coffee, Latham Bakery, plus music-forward places like guitar shops and Dead Wax, the record store. It just felt like a cool place to hang out."

    Garland has been undergoing a major transformation, one that includes a big revitalization of the Downtown Garland Historic District.

    The building they're going into was built in 1928 and they're doing as little as possible to alter the original structure. It's 1300 square feet, with a front and back patio, patio being part of Taco Y Vino's DNA. (They even won a CultureMap Tastemaker Award in 2024 for Best Patio, hoo-rah.)

    "We did remove the stucco wall so that the original brick could come through, and we're putting in doors and windows from that timeframe to match," he says. "We just want to keep it as is."

    The menu will be the same, with one exception.

    "Garland will have not only wine but cocktails," Contreras says. "You would not believe how many people walk in and ask about margaritas. So we'll do a frozen margarita, a paloma, ranch water, a sage margarita on the rocks — but not a full bar."

    Their planned for opening date is the end of summer.

    Contreras' idea when he opened was to have a business where he did not always have to answer to somebody, to not have a boss. "But every person who comes in is my boss," he says. "I think that service ideology is something you can never lose."

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