Roast Beef News

Midwest chain Beef-A-Roo now serving roast beef sandwiches in Dallas

Roast beef sandwich and onion rings from Beef-a-Roo. Beef-A-Roo

A restaurant from the Midwest that loves it some roast beef is now open in the Dallas area: Called Beef-A-Roo, it's a small family-owned chain with its only location in Texas at 1021 W. Belt Line Rd. in DeSoto, where it's serving roast beef sandwiches in a variety of flavors, along with its iconic cheese fries smothered in "liquid gold" (American cheese).

Beef-A-Roo is a 56-year-old quick-service restaurant brand founded in 1967, with 17 locations across the Midwest, including its home base in Rockford, Illinois, plus Missouri, Little Rock, and DeSoto, which notably is company-owned, and not a franchise.

The roast beef sandwich lineup has kind of an Arby's vibe. It includes:

classic roast beef
beef & cheese
Wild West with BBQ sauce and onion rings
mushrooms and Swiss cheese

There are also burgers, chicken and turkey sandwiches, wraps like turkey BLT and Buffalo chicken, soups, and salads like Santa Fe chicken salad and chicken Caesar — plus a brand new category: breakfast.

The new Beef-A-Roo Breakfast menu is offered daily from 7 am-10:30 am, and features breakfast sandwiches, breakfast "B*A*Rritos," breakfast bowls, breakfast sides, coffee, and hot chocolate.

Breakfast options include:

Croissant sandwich with egg, cheese, and choice of avocado, bacon, chorizo, ham, or sausage
Biscuit sandwich. Same as croissant sandwich but on a biscuit
Avocado smash sandwich. Smashed avocado, tomato, "artisan" lettuce, feta, everything bagel seasoning, and Balsamic on grilled panini bread
Roast beef breakfast sandwich with caramelized onion, egg, American cheese, and maple aioli

The sandwiches are priced from $4.50 to $5.

The bowls feature scrambled eggs topped with scrumptious options like black beans, homestyle potatoes, gravy, and even grilled chicken. Burritos are $6 to $6.50 and come in four options: a classic with eggs, cheese, and choice of breakfast meat; Southern-style with sausage gravy; vegetarian; or roast beef.

There are also muffins and bite-sized pancakes which you can dip into a ramekin of maple syrup. Cute!

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Trendy vegan Mexican food truck debuts in Dallas' Bishop Arts

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A food trailer specializing in vegan-Mexican food is open in Dallas' Bishop Arts: Called La Combi-gotes, it's open at 111 N. Bishop Ave., near the Camp Bishop complex at the corner of West 10th Street.

This is a second life for La Combi-gotes, which was originally founded in Keene, Texas during the pandemic by owners Carlos Linares and Victor Prieto, who wanted to do a veggie version of their native cuisine. They closed the location in Keene in 2022, and relocated to Dallas. On August 10, they celebrated their grand opening in a co-op park, set back from Bishop Avenue, that's home to food trailers such as Lovie’s Kitchen, a soul food concept, and Me Enloteces, an elote shop.

The name La Combi-gotes is playful mix of words, combining their love for the Volkswagen Kombi, the vintage VW bus built in Mexico; with "bigotes," the Mexican word for whiskers or mustaches. (Their logo features a cute drawing of an aqua VW bus with a mustache in front.)

Their menu has Mexican plates with rice and beans featuring vegan beef and chicken fajitas, flautas, and nachos. There are five tacos with vegan beef, chicken, fish, and portabella mushrooms; plus burritos, bowls, and quesadillas.

There are also burgers, and appetizers like cauliflower wings. Prices range from $10 to $18.

They make their own sauces, patties, aguas frescas, and flour tortillas, so there is a homemade taste in the food they serve.

The duo did not have previous restaurant experience; Linares is a truck driver, and Prieto is a T-shirt printer. They met at church, where they were greeted with a wellspring of support, both on the business side and the food side, as well.

"People from our church shared recipes and helped us with the menu," Linares says.

They join one of the biggest vegan trends to emerge in recent years — vegan Mexican — a trend not only in Dallas but in other cities like Los Angeles. Dallas was on the forefront, with pioneers such as El Palote Panaderia, a nationally recognized vegan Mexican restaurant that opened in 2016.

La Combi-gotes is open Sunday-Thursday and Friday, but they close on Saturday. They have a few tables outside, and also do lots of orders to go. Customers can call beforehand to place their order or else order online.

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