This Week's Hot Headlines

Good and bad Dallas dining news feeds this week's 5 most popular stories

Editor’s note: Another week has come and gone, and there’s a lot we all probably missed. But we’re looking out for you, kid. Here are the most popular stories from this past week:

1. The 12 best restaurants in Dallas to take out-of-town guests. When the holidays come, so do out-of-town guests. At some point during their visit, you will inevitably be eating out. Choosing the right restaurant is key. For inspiration, we turned to our Top 100 list of the very best restaurants in Dallas and pulled out 12.

2. Burger joint with a view pops up in unexpected Dallas-area location. A new restaurant in Grand Prairie offers views from here to the horizon with its burgers. Called Radial Cafe, it's located at the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport, giving diners a bird's-eye view of aircraft in the sky.

3. Where to eat in Dallas right now: 10 top restaurants with cozy fireplaces. When the temperature drops below 50, it's imperative to take advantage and find a cozy spot to sup. Fire's what you need — a blazing fireplace you can gaze at while dining on casseroles and other wintry foods. Here are 10 options.

4. Nationally recognized hot dog joint quits Deep Ellum. Luscher's Red Hots, the Deep Ellum hot dog joint from Dallas chef Brian Luscher, served its last meal earlier this week, after two years in business. In 2015, it was a contender for Bon Appetit's best new restaurants in America.

5. Master list of Hawaiian poke restaurants flooding Dallas. If you like seafood and fiendishly follow dining trends, you already know about poke, the raw fish sensation from Hawaii. If you do not, then get ready for the invasion of the poke bar, which will hit Dallas hard in 2017.

Fireside dining at III Forks is as cozy as can be.

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Burger News

Austin favorite Hopdoddy Burger Bar to open location in McKinney

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Austin's favorite burger is coming to McKinney: Hopdoddy Burger Bar, a pioneered of the better burger movement, is opening a location in Mckinney at 8565 W. University Dr. in the West Grove development.

According to a release, it'll open in mid-November.

Founded in Austin, Texas in 2010, Hopdoddy Burger Bar pioneered the better burger trend — doing better versions of a burger than what you'd get at a fast-food restaurant, and with an in-house bar.

The McKinney location will observe Hopdoddy’s standard menu with not only burgers, but also fried chicken, hand-cut fries, and loaded Brussels sprouts.

Their most popular items include:

The Cadillac Burger: half-pound Wagyu beef, Swiss cheese, bacon, fried onions, steak sauce, truffle aioli, roasted tomato, arugula, on house-baked bun
The Goodnight / Good Cause Burger: Grass-fed beef, Tillamook cheddar cheese, caramelized onions, jalapeños, caffeinated BBQ sauce, Mayo, lettuce, tomato
Wagyu Smash: Double Wagyu beef smash patties, American cheese, shaved onions, pickled jalapeños, HD secret sauce
Crispy Chicken Bacon Ranch: fried chicken, bacon, white American cheese, crispy onions, ranch slaw, chipotle aioli, pickles
Parmesan truffle fries: tossed with truffle oil, Parmesan, chives, truffle aioli
Hot Honey and Sage Brussels Sprouts: Brussels sprout leaves tossed with hot honey sauce and fried sage

Every month, Hopdoddy introduces a "Burger of the Month," which in November will be the Mountain Moon made with an elk blend burger, Swiss cheese, braised rotkohl red cabbage, whole grain mustard aioli, microgreens, and cumberland sauce (spiced red wine jelly) on a coriander seed bun. McKinney will be open in time to serve this creation.

Hopdoddy’s bar serves boozy drinks, draft beer, and milkshakes such as frozen margaritas, tres leches shake, boozy double chocolate brownie shake spiked with Frangelico Hazelnut Liqueur.

Hopdoddy has 47 locations and counting across Texas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida and Louisiana including Uptown Dallas, Addison, Euless, Fort Worth Alliance, Fort Worth Left Bank, Uptown Dallas, Preston Center, and Plano.

“We’re thrilled to bring Hopdoddy up north to McKinney,” said Hopdoddy Burger Bar CEO Jeff Chandler. “North Texas has always shown tremendous love for our brand, and we can’t wait to share our signature burgers and craft cocktails with even more guests in the area.”

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