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    News You Can Eat

    Crazy doughnuts and Chipotle steak lead this Dallas restaurant news

    Teresa Gubbins
    Sep 30, 2020 | 5:14 pm
    Sunday Supper at Perry's Steakhouse
    Perry's Steakhouse & Grille is doing to-go.
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    This roundup of Dallas restaurant news is brimming with all of our favorite new coronavirus-inspired routines: takeout, to go, and curbside pickup. But it's not all COVID-19. There's info about a new brunch, a new supper, new doughnuts, new coffee, and lots of new options to get your plant-based beef.

    Here's what's happening in Dallas dining news:

    Fajita Pete's, the fajita concept chain from Houston, has opened a new location in Dallas, in the Park Cities at 4441 Lovers Ln., in what was once a quick loan place and more recently a dry cleaning delivery chain called Mulberry's. Pete's, which opened a location in Carrollton in 2018, has a simple menu focusing on chicken, beef, or shrimp fajitas, plus quesadillas, chips, guacamole, and queso. They offer delivery and carryout options, with limited dine-in seating—perfect for the times we are in now, as they say.

    Hatchways Café at Victory Park is now serving supper. Like its breakfast, lunch, and grab-and-go options, the supper menu was developed by chef Keith Cedotal, who formerly ran the pastry program for Mirador, Americano, CBD Provisions, Sassetta, and Wheelhouse. The menu offers a wide selection of options, including vegan, vegetarian, and allergy-friendly fare. Keeping in mind that take-out is important, they developed the Supper menu so that everything would travels well. You can order online at hatchwayscafe.com and pick up inside the café or via Hatchways Café’s contactless curbside option.

    Menu items include:

    • Mexican shrimp cocktail with tangy cocktail sauce, avocado, pico de gallo, and tajin-salt whole wheat tortilla chips
    • Vegan Caesar Salad with whole wheat croutons on little gem
    • Enchilada Casserole with roasted corn and peppers, white cheddar, cilantro, and avo de gallo
    • Thai Steak Quesadillas with roasted peanuts, cucumber salad, and peanut dipping sauce
    • Whole Wheat Parker House Rolls baked fresh daily, served with salted whipped butter
    • Sweet Potato Gratin with Benton’s bacon, parmesan panko, and light béchamel

    Uchibā is bringing its Uncommon Ramen series back as a weekly curbside event. Every Monday beginning October 5, they'll showcase a different ramen, inspired by previous collaborations. Uncommon Ramen debuted in 2017 as a monthly pop-up featuring dishes created by renowned chefs from around the country in collaboration with Chef de Cuisine Alex Astranti. The schedule is as follows:

    • October - Tommy Lee's sesame tonkotsu, chicken chasu, pickled perilla leaves, egg ($15)
    • November - Tyson Cole's chicken shio, spicy chicken confit, pickled cabbage, radish, trinity herbs, egg ($16)
    • December - Don Angie's mortadella-cheese tonkotsu, chicken meatball, pickled mustard greens, ajitama egg ($17)
    • January 2021 - Chris Shepherd's Harissa-tahini tonkotsu, braised lamb, smoked beets, black lime, marinated egg ($17)
    • February 2021 - Aaron Franklin's pho broth, smoked beef, charred mushrooms, pickled red onion, marinated egg, herbs ($16)
    • March 2021 - John Tesar's beef broth, prime rib, charred onion, mayu, egg, pickled potato, horseradish ($18)

    The Monday menus will also include a recurring vegetarian ramen with mushroom broth, grilled king trumpet, bean sprouts, pickled honshimeji, mapo oil, and egg; plus the Arabiki Dog, which will vary from month to month. Phone lines open at 3:30 pm every day. Reservations can be made online up to a week in advance. Pickup is beween 5-10 pm.

    Zalat Pizza opens their ninth location on September 30 in Plano at 3909 W Parker Rd. This will function as another cloud kitchen, serving delivery via third party delivery apps or takeout through Zalat's website. It'll be open Monday–Saturday 11 am–12 am, Sunday 11 am–10 pm. Plano currently has two Zalat locations, in Downtown Plano and at Legacy and Independence.

    Cotton Patch Cafe has introduced a Curbside To-Go alcohol program at the majority of its locations, so you can order beer and wine to accompany your to-go food orders. Certain locations will have half-gallon Southern Sippers starting at $20 to include margarita, red wine sangria, hurricane, and Southern sweet tea, including Granbury, Burleson, Frisco, Mansfield, Denton, Flower Mound, Grapevine, Lake Worth, North Richland Hills, Watauga, and Wylie.

    Cotton Patch Cafe is also doing a Texas State Fare promotion through October 18, highlighting fried pickles, chicken tenders, and other dishes they say are synonymous with the State Fair of Texas.

    Elm & Good, the restaurant at the Pittman Hotel in Deep Ellum, has launched brunch every Sunday from 10 am-3 pm. Menu iems include shrimp & grits, smoked brisket hash with red onion, piperade, Yukon gold potato, and piquillo vinaigrette, and a French-style omelette with parmesan, chives, Yukon gold hash browns, arugula, and lemon vinaigrette.

    Perry's Steakhouse & Grille has a new Comfort Menu To-Go, available for curbside pickup daily featuring off-menu items in individual or family portions that include:

    • Roasted Lemon Chicken Oregenato ($35) – Airline chicken breast sous vide and roasted with lemon, oregano, leeks, shallots, fingerling potatoes and artichokes
    • Truffle Chicken Pot Pie ($29 or family-style serving for $89) – Chicken with black truffles, carrots, and peas, topped with a flaky crust.
    • Pork Lasagna ($25 or family-style serving for $89) – Seven-layered pork lasagna made with Perry's Famous Pork Chop, spinach ricotta, Parmesan and mozzarella cheese, and ratatouille-style vegetables, including zucchini, peppers, eggplant, tomatoes and garlic

    Order and pay online by visiting ordering.app/perryssteakhousegrille.

    They've also launched Perry's Steakhouse Online Market, where you can order the Famous Pork Chop and other items delivered nationwide at shop.perryssteakhouse.com.

    Fat Straws Bubble Tea Co. is offering three limited-edition boba doughnuts for the Moon Festival on October 1-3. The doughnuts will have boba mixed into the dough. The three flavors include: White Rabbit Milk Candy Boba, Ube Boba, and Pandan Coconut Boba. Pickup and delivery is available at www.fatstraws.co. Pre-order is available for half dozen or a dozen doughnuts. There are four locations including Richardson, Plano, and two in Dallas: Alpha Road by the Galleria, and Preston Road.

    Smoothie King has a new Vegan Mixed Berry Smoothie, which they're saying is "the perfect meal replacement to help guests remain committed to plant-based living." One might think that a smoothie would be automatically vegan but some of them contain dairy. The Vegan Mixed Berry offers a new twist with the addition of Califia Farms Oat Milk, a non-dairy alternative which they'll substitute into any smoothie on the menu. It also contains whole strawberries, wild blueberries, raspberries, banana, super grains, Sunwarrior organic plant-based protein, apple blueberry juice blend, and pear juice blend. That's actually pretty good. It has 13 grams of protein and half the recommended daily fiber in a 20-ounce serving.

    Maple Leaf Diner in North Dallas will offer a special menu from October 10-12 to celebrate Canadian Thanksgiving which is on October 12. A Thanksgiving Plate with turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, gravy, acorn squash, carrots, green beans, sweet potato tart, roll, and choice of soup or salad is $14.99. There's also a pumpkin pie shake for $6 and fried pumpkin pie with ice cream for $7.

    Vestals Catering, the Dallas catering company, has launched customizable meal kits with an instructional video that they say is perfect for team bonding. "By watching the instructional video, employees will learn to create specialty crafted cocktails that they can enjoy virtually with fellow team members." If that's not enough bonding, Vestals can arrange for a live group video call with chef Jordan Swim while everyone cooks together. To order, email catering@vestalscatering.com or call 972-803-3806.

    Chipotle Mexican Grill is bringing back Carne Asada. Available from late 2019 to early 2020, Carne Asada was Chipotle's fastest-selling new protein launch in history. It's grilled in small batches, seasoned, hand cut into tender slices, and finished with lime and hand-chopped cilantro. So many hands. The premium steak option will also return to the menu in Canada and make its debut in France. But who cares about them, this is Dallas we're talking about. They're saying it's a limited-edition item, but aren't specifying end date, other than they will "continue to explore options to add the protein option as a permanent menu item in the future." In other words, if it sells, it stays.

    Kung Fu Tea is releasing a seasonal Pumpkin Spice Series on October 5 with three special coffee drinks available at select locations:

    • Pumpkin Slush - Slushy swirl of pumpkin spice and milk.
    • Pumpkin Spice Latte - Pumpkin spice paired with Lactaid milk and cinnamon. Available hot or cold.
    • Pumpkin Coffee - Creamy blend of pumpkin spice, milk, and bold espresso. Available hot or cold.

    Corner Bakery launched two new menu items featuring meatballs made with Beyond Beef. These plant-based meatballs are hand-crafted - again with the hands - and combine Beyond Beef with herbs, garlic, Parmesan, and breadcrumbs. Corner Bakery tested these Beyond Meat menu items in December 2019 at five locations in Los Angeles. Now they go nationwide. The menu items are:

    • Beyond Meatball Panini – Beyond Beef meatballs, provolone, marinara sauce, grilled sourdough
    • Beyond Meatball Linguine – Beyond Beef meatballs, Parmesan, linguine, marinara sauce

    Beyond Meat has also introduced Beyond Meatballs that are pre-rolled and perfectly seasoned, is available at Target, Walmart, and Sprouts.

    Impossible Burger, the other plant-based meat, is rolling out at Target stores across the United States, either fresh or frozen in the meat aisle in 12-ounce packages.

    The SPCA of Texas is hosting "Dine to Donate," a month-lon progam in October in which supporters can dine-in or take-out at participating restaurants and a portion of the proceeds will be donated back to the SPCA of Texas. to find out which locations are participating and on which dates, visit www.spca.org/dine2donate. Generous participating restaurants so far include Dickey's Barbecue Pit, Azucar Ice Cream, and Panera Bread.

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    BBQ News

    Which BBQ joints from Dallas might make Texas Monthly's new top 10

    Eric Sandler
    May 23, 2025 | 5:03 pm
    Cattleack Barbeque
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    The world of Texas barbecue is shivering with anticipation. On Tuesday, May 27, Texas Monthly will publish its latest ranking of the state’s 50 best barbecue joints.

    Released every four years, the list is considered by many to be the definitive guide to Texas barbecue. Part of that authority comes from the effort Texas Monthly puts into traveling across the state in search of the best smoked meats, sides, and desserts. For the 2021 edition, the magazine enlisted 35 writers to visit more than 400 restaurants. While the numbers on the 2025 edition won’t be revealed until next week, readers can expect a similar, or perhaps even more exhaustive, effort this time around.

    In that spirit, let’s make some predictions about what the 2025 list may look like. While I don’t have any specific insight into the thinking of Texas Monthly barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn, I am a voracious reader of his work and a native Texan who enjoys a good barbecue road trip. The predictions below are based on my analysis of Texas Monthly’s previous lists and visits to most of the places I think will be in the top 10.

    Let’s be clear. The state of Texas barbecue has never been more competitive, because barbecue restaurants have never worked harder to impress diners. In 2017, a restaurant that served prime meats, cooked with wood, and made respectable sides had a high probability of making the top 50. In 2021, a lot of those places fell off in favor of establishments that both cooked a wider range of proteins than the traditional beef brisket, pork ribs, and sausage and put more personality into their sides, and, for the first time, desserts.

    In 2025, those restaurants are being challenged by places that go a little further. Many are open for lunch and dinner — something that was essentially unthinkable in 2017. More and more are incorporating flavors from a diverse array of culinary traditions, including Mexican, Vietnamese, Persian, and more. The best places are making their own breads, whether it’s dinner rolls, pita, or tortillas. Whatever Texas Monthly decides, vigorous debate will surely follow.

    Examining the changes from 2017 to 2021 provides a basis for predicting 2025.

    No sacred cows
    Barbecue joints do not earn a place on the list based on reputation or historical significance. In 2021, the magazine included a whopping 29 new entries, including five of the coveted top 10. Icons like Cooper’s in Llano and Kreuz Market in Lockhart gave way to newcomers like Austin’s Interstellar, which ranked No. 2 — pushing the legendary Franklin Barbecue to No. 7. Even a spot in the previous edition’s top 10 doesn’t guarantee a place in the new top 50.

    Youth will be served
    The magazine’s 2023 list of the The 25 Best New and Improved BBQ Joints in Texas provides some insight into who will make the top 50. Expect at least one member of the new top 10 to have opened since the publication of the 2023 list.

    Michelin who?
    Barbecue restaurants earned 28 of the 117 entries in the first Texas edition of the Michelin Guide, including four restaurants that received stars (out of 15 total). That probably won’t matter much to Texas Monthly, which uses its own criteria to evaluate barbecue joints. In other words, Spring’s CorkScrew BBQ may have a Michelin star, but it probably isn’t returning to the TxMo top 10.

    Expect surprises
    The magazine likes to lead opinions rather than follow conventional wisdom. That tradition goes back to at least 2008, when Snow’s in Lexington became the surprise No. 1. In 2021, both Goldee’s and Interstellar were surprise picks to rank No. 1 and No. 2, but they’ve both flourished in the spotlight created by Texas Monthly’s acclaim. Somewhere in Texas, a barbecue joint no one predicts is about to have its fortunes forever changed with a spot in the top 10.

    Predicting the top 10

    Similar to my predictions for the Michelin Guide, I decided to look at the Texas Monthly list from a sports betting perspective. Certain restaurants are more likely to rank highly than others, after all. In the spirit, I’ve divided the restaurants into three categories: Locks, Probably, and Fingers Crossed. Each category is presented in alphabetical order.

    Before diving in, a special shoutout to Bryan Norton and Andrew Martinez of the Tales From the Pits podcast. Outside of Texas Monthly barbecue editor Daniel Vaughn, no one I know visits as many barbecue joints or thinks as deeply about their quality. Listen to their recent episodes detailing their top 15 Texas barbecue joints and Texas Monthly top 50 predictions for more insight.

    Locks

    Burnt Bean Co.: The Seguin restaurant was less than a year old when it ranked No. 4 on the 2021 list. Since then, co-owners Ernest Servantes and David Kirkland have rolled out their essential Sunday breakfast service, where Servantes puts a barbecue spin on iconic dishes such as huevos rancheros and lamb barbacoa. It’s my current pick for the best in Texas.

    Goldee’s: The reigning No. 1 has only gotten better since 2021 as co-owners Jalen Heard, Lane Milne, and Jonny White have integrated the lessons they learned working at some of the state’s top joints with their own personalities. Located near Fort Worth, they do it all, from housemade bread to creative sides to adding international flavors like the Thai-style waterfall pulled pork I sampled on a recent visit.

    LeRoy and Lewis: Ranked No. 5 in 2021, the Austin restaurant moved from a food truck to a polished brick-and-mortar in 2024. Now open for lunch and dinner six days a week, the restaurant’s refined offerings include beef cheeks, whole hog, cauliflower burnt ends, and a top-flight burger. Its Friday night steak special, available by reservation only, is the stuff carnivore dreams are made of.

    Probably

    Barbs B Q: The restaurant brings new school cred to Lockhart. Not only did pitmaster Chuck Charnichart hone her skills at Goldee’s, she brings personality to the menu with touches like fresh lime zest on the pork ribs and the signature green spaghetti, a chile-spiced ode to her hometown of Brownsville. This is the restaurant from the 2023 new and improved list that seems most likely to crack the top 10.

    Cattleack: Ranked in the top 10 in both 2017 (No. 3) and 2021 (No. 6), it’s hard to imagine that the best barbecue in Dallas falls out of the top 10. The restaurant is open more days per week than ever before, and its menu remains as wide-ranging as ever, with seven full-time proteins that are joined by weekly specials.

    Redbird: Barbecue enthusiasts statewide have been making the pilgrimage to the East Texas town of Port Neches (near Beaumont) to try pitmaster Amir Jalali’s creations. Not only did he train at both Feges BBQ in Houston and Goldee’s, he’s embraced the full DIY experience with housemade dinner rolls, a Caesar salad-inspired riff on coleslaw, and a Persian-influenced beef koobideh sausage that’s served with housemade pita bread. Houstonians looking for a barbecue adventure — or a detour on their way to a Louisiana casino — should make the journey.

    Truth: Ranked No. 3 in 2021, the Houston location of Leonard Botello IV’s joint continues to expand its vision of Texas barbecue. The restaurant is now open for dinner, serves a first-rate burger, and recently added new tastes such as the cold smoked, cornmeal-crusted pork chop that’s absolutely can’t-miss. Houstonians might make Texas Monthly bonfires in the parking lot if it’s left off the list.

    Fingers Crossed

    Bar-A-BBQ: Located outside Houston in Montgomery, pitmaster Cooper Abercrombie earned a spot on the new and improved list for well-executed sausages, creative sides, and Saturday morning breakfast service that includes breakfast tacos and kolaches. This one feels a little like Tejas, where the magazine bets that an up-and-comer is ready to make the leap to barbecue royalty.

    Dayne’s: Since making the top 50 in 2021, the Fort Worth-area favorite has stepped up its game by moving from a food truck to a brick-and-mortar in the suburb of Aledo. Known for its creative sausages and award-winning burger, the restaurant may have done enough to force its way into the top 10.

    Interstellar: Ranked No. 2 and sporting a Michelin star, John Bates brings a fine dining pedigree and a chef’s knack for innovation to his Austin-area restaurant. Signatures like peach-tea brined pork belly and pulled lamb shoulder remain as vital as ever. Falling out of the top 10 would be pretty unlikely, but someone’s got to make room for the newcomers.

    Sabar: Like Barbs and Redbird, this Fort Worth-area food truck is led by a Goldee’s alum in Zain Shafi. The Pakistani-influenced menu broadens the range of Texas barbecue with dishes such as nihari burnt ends, tandoori turkey, and seekh kebab sausage. Goldee’s co-owner Lane Milne strongly encouraged me to add Sabar to my Fort Worth itinerary — maybe he was trying to give me a hint that its line was about to get a lot longer.

    Snow’s and Franklin: Arguably the two most famous Texas barbecue joints in the world, they topped the 2017 list and ranked No. 9 and No. 7, respectively, in 2021. No one’s saying they’ve gotten worse — just look at the massive number of people who still line up at both restaurants — but the newer joints are serving so much more expansive menus (at just as high a level of quality) that it’s hard to see both staying in the top 10.

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