The Top 100 Places to Eat Near Gar Hole
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Rank 1. Harvest at the Masonic
American
A restored Masonic Lodge in McKinney's historic square is an unusual home for a farm-to-table American restaurant, but the vaulted ceilings and warm multilevel space make the whole thing work. The kitchen sources tightly from local farms and ranchers, and live music fills the room most nights. An American wine list leans toward small producers. The Michelin Guide has it on their radar, as does Eater's list of essential Dallas restaurants.
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- Dallas Observer 2024 · Best Restaurant in Frisco · Best of Dallas
- Eater The 38 Essential Dallas Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Texas · Rich Vana
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Rank 6. EBESU Robata & Sushi
Modern Japanese
- D Magazine #18 · The 50 Best Restaurants
- D Magazine 2023 · Best Sushi · Best of Big D
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Texas · Koji Yoshida
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- Dallas Observer Neighborhood Staples and Gems · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
- D Magazine 2025 · Best Chinese · Best of Big D
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Rank 14. Yearby’s Barbecue & Waterice
Texas Barbecue
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Rank 17. Smoak Town BBQ
Texas-Style Barbecue
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- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- Dallas Observer 2024 · Best Bakery · Best of Dallas
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Breakfast · Best of Big D
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Rank 26. Starship Bagel
NY-Style Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- Bon Appétit The Very Best Bagels in the US (Yes, Outside New York)
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
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- Dallas Observer 2024 · Best Chinese · Best of Dallas
- D Magazine 2025 · Best Dumplings · Best of Big D
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Dumplings · Best of Big D
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- Dallas Observer Classic Dallas Restaurants · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
- D Magazine 2023 · Best Fusion in a Wrap: Phorrito · Best of Big D
- Dallas Observer 2024 · Best Fusion Food · Best of Dallas
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Rank 39. Partenope Ristorante
Neapolitan Pizza
- D Magazine #25 · The 50 Best Restaurants
- D Magazine 2025 · Best Pizza · Best of Big D
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Sandwich: The Super Jeff · Best of Big D
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Rank 45. Cattleack Barbeque
Barbecue
The line wrapping around the building is the first sign; the smell of oak and hickory smoke is the second. Cattleack is a beloved Dallas BBQ shop with a Michelin Bib Gourmand and a spot on Texas Monthly's 50 best list, where pitmaster Andrew Castelan runs brisket and pork ribs as the anchors but keeps daily specials, like wagyu pastrami brisket, for the regulars who know to look. Tangy house sauce sits on every table, not because the meat needs it.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Texas Monthly The 50 Best BBQ Joints in Texas
- D Magazine #10 · The 50 Best Restaurants
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- Dallas Observer 2023 · Best Restaurant With No Extra Fees · Best of Dallas
- Dallas Observer Classic Dallas Restaurants · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
- D Magazine 2023 · Best Place to Celebrate an Anniversary · Best of Big D
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- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best New Restaurant · Best of Dallas
- Dallas Observer Splurge Worthy Spots · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
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- Eater The 38 Essential Dallas Restaurants
- D Magazine 2023 · Best Fried Chicken · Best of Big D
- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best Fried Chicken · Best of Dallas
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- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best Desserts · Best of Dallas
- D Magazine 2025 · Best Mediterranean · Best of Big D
- Dallas Observer 2023 · Best Mediterranean · Best of Dallas
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Rank 59. Starship Bagel
NY-Style Bakery
- Bon Appétit The Very Best Bagels in the US (Yes, Outside New York)
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
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Rank 61. Roots Southern Table
Modern Southern
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Best Chef: Texas · Tiffany Derry
- Esquire #19 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 62. MĀBO
Omakase Sushi
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
- Texas Monthly #3 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- Esquire The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 64. Zoli's Pizza
Pizza
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- Texas Monthly #2 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- Dallas Observer 2024 · Best New Restaurant · Best of Dallas
- Dallas Observer Neighborhood Staples and Gems · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
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- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best Chinese · Best of Dallas
- Dallas Observer 2024 · Best Dumplings · Best of Dallas
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- Eater The 38 Essential Dallas Restaurants
- Eater Local Legend
- Dallas Observer 2023 · Best Dumplings · Best of Dallas
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Rank 70. Georgie
Contemporary New American
The dining room runs peach and carrot tones with a retro-meets-modern feel that signals a proper occasion, and the uniformed servers confirm it. This is upscale New American with a wink: potato "churros" with caramelized onion dip, roasted chicken with sauce vin jaune, a chocolate candy bar for dessert. The chef is a James Beard Emerging Chef nominee, and the Michelin Guide has taken notice. Prices are serious, but so is the kitchen.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Emerging Chef · RJ Yoakum
- Dallas Observer 2024 · Best Chef · Best of Dallas · R.J. Yoakum
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 72. Mamani
Contemporary French
The chef behind this Contemporary French bistro spent nearly a decade running the kitchen at Restaurant Joël Robuchon in Vegas, and the sauces here will remind you why that matters. Mamani holds a Michelin star, and the room is glitzy enough to justify the à la carte prices. The menu skews shareable and French-classical: Dover sole, a veal Cordon Bleu, a Paris-Brest that arrives looking like it was sent from Paris to make a point.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Texas Monthly Dishes We Wanted Seconds Of: Rosa Sposa · The Best Things in Texas
- D Magazine The Best New Restaurants in Dallas
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- D Magazine The Best New Restaurants in Dallas
- Dallas Observer New Restaurants on the Observers’ Top 50 · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
- D Magazine 2025 · Best Day-to-Night Combo · Best of Big D
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- D Magazine #13 · The 50 Best Restaurants
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Tacos · Best of Big D
- D Magazine 2023 · Best Vegetarian-Friendly · Best of Big D
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Rank 76. Gemma
Contemporary New American
A warm raisin scone arrives before you've even looked at the menu, which tells you everything about the priorities at this intimate neighborhood bistro tucked into Henderson Avenue. The contemporary American cooking leans seasonal and unfussy, and the hospitality earned a James Beard nomination to prove it's not an accident. The Michelin Guide gave it a Bib Gourmand, and the room fills with the kind of regulars who stopped reading the menu months ago.
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Outstanding Hospitality
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- D Magazine #19 · The 50 Best Restaurants
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- Texas Monthly Honorable Mentions · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- Eater Sleeper Hit of the Year
- D Magazine The Best New Restaurants in Dallas
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Rank 78. MộT Hai Ba
Vietnamese
Tucked behind an auto repair shop on Lewis Street, this narrow Vietnamese restaurant with exposed brick and wood floors is easy to miss and hard to forget. A Serbian-born chef runs the kitchen, which tells you something about the cooking: contemporary Vietnamese with French technique and Texan instincts folded in. The Michelin Bib Gourmand recognizes what regulars already know. Bao, brisket, nuoc cham, and coconut lemongrass panna cotta somehow all belong on the same table here.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- D Magazine #7 · The 50 Best Restaurants
- Eater The 38 Essential Dallas Restaurants
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Rank 79. Starship Bagel
NY-Style Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Outstanding Bakery
- Bon Appétit The Very Best Bagels in the US (Yes, Outside New York)
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
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- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Junior Borges
- Dallas Observer New Restaurants on the Observers’ Top 50 · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
- D Magazine 2023 · Best Latin American · Best of Big D
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- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best Hot Chicken Sandwich · Best of Dallas
- Dallas Observer 2023 · Best Hot Chicken · Best of Dallas
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Rank 85. Tatsu Dallas
Sushi
Ten counter seats inside a renovated gin building, and getting one of them is genuinely the hard part. This is an intimate edomae omakase, Michelin-starred, where the chef sequences around fourteen nigiri pieces so the flavors build steadily from delicate to deep. The rice comes from Hokkaido, the movements are unhurried, and the chef will quietly adjust the size of a piece if you ask. Everyone sits down together, so don't be late.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Omakase · Best of Big D
- Dallas Observer 2024 · Best Omakase · Best of Dallas
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Rank 86. Quarter Acre
New American
The forest-meets-island room on Greenville Avenue hints at the chef's New Zealand upbringing before a single plate arrives. Quarter Acre is an intimate fine dining spot offering both à la carte and a multicourse tasting menu that moves from delicate raw and seafood preparations toward bolder, fire-driven dishes. Classical European technique runs underneath cooking that roams pretty freely across the globe. A Michelin Selected Restaurant, and the kind of room that makes a Tuesday feel like an occasion.
- Texas Monthly #3 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- D Magazine 2025 · Best Tasting Menu · Best of Big D
- Dallas Observer 2025 · Best Chef · Best of Dallas · Toby Archibald
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Rank 87. Fearing's
Southwestern New American
Dean Fearing's restaurant inside the Ritz-Carlton looks like a traditional steakhouse until the food arrives. It's a polished Southwestern dining room where the menu wanders confidently into buffalo and antelope territory alongside filets, and a carpaccio riff assembles tuna, wagyu, salmon, and barbecued eel into something resembling stained glass. The kind of place that earns a Forbes Four Star and still manages to serve a baklava s'more without embarrassing itself.
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Rank 88. Ngon Vietnamese Kitchen
Vietnamese
Carol Nguyen's Lower Greenville Vietnamese restaurant pulls its menu straight from Hanoi street food, the kind of cooking where portions are generous and every bowl arrives already fragrant. Rustic wood, a lively room full of families and groups, and a kitchen that keeps things bright and balanced. The Michelin Guide gave it a Bib Gourmand, which tracks: this is the neighborhood Vietnamese spot Dallas didn't know it needed until it had one.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- D Magazine #31 · The 50 Best Restaurants
- Dallas Observer Neighborhood Staples and Gems · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
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Rank 90. José
Jalisco Mexican
- Eater The 38 Essential Dallas Restaurants
- D Magazine #30 · The 50 Best Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
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- Dallas Observer 2023 · Best Café · Best of Dallas
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Coffeehouse · Best of Big D
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Rank 92. Partenope Ristorante
Neapolitan Pizza
The dough here is made by hand in the Neapolitan tradition, soft enough that a margherita lands on the table looking almost too relaxed to be pizza. Partenope is a full-sit-down Italian restaurant on Main Street, the kind of place that takes its time with both the pasta and the service. It landed on 50 Top Pizza USA, which for Dallas is a meaningful data point. The room feels warm rather than scene-y, which in this city counts for something.
- 50 Top Pizza #18 · 50 Top Pizza USA
- 50 Top Pizza 2026 · Made in Italy · 50 Top Pizza USA Special Awards
- D Magazine #25 · The 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 93. The Mansion Restaurant
French New American
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Rank 94. Via Triozzi
Italian
- Texas Monthly #8 · Texas’s Best New Restaurants
- D Magazine The Best New Restaurants in Dallas
- D Magazine #36 · The 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 96. Knox Bistro
French
A French team runs this relaxed bistro on Knox Street, and the room reads more neighborhood than tourist trap, with no beret-shaped light fixtures in sight. Classics like duck à l'orange and rabbit in mustard sauce anchor the dinner menu, while lunch keeps things simpler with oysters and fish rillettes. The Paris-Brest is the kind of dessert you order, then immediately resent whoever you brought with you. The Michelin Guide has it selected.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- D Magazine #27 · The 50 Best Restaurants
- Dallas Observer Neighborhood Staples and Gems · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
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Rank 98. Mister Charles
Italian-influenced French
The baked Alaska arrives tableside with the kind of theater that makes you glad you dressed up. Mister Charles is an Italian-influenced French restaurant in Dallas where the room is sweeping and the menu runs from fusilli with caviar to wagyu beef Wellington, with canapes and showy presentations filling the space between. The wine list is substantial, the cocktails are deft, and nobody here is pretending this is a casual Tuesday.
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Place for Dessert · Best of Big D
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- D Magazine #9 · The 50 Best Restaurants
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- James Beard Awards 2025 · Nominee · Best Chef: Texas · Regino Rojas
- D Magazine 2024 · Best Tasting Menu · Best of Big D
- D Magazine #1 · The 50 Best Restaurants
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Rank 100. Tatsu
Omakase Sushi
- D Magazine #4 · The 50 Best Restaurants
- Dallas Observer Splurge Worthy Spots · The Top 50 Restaurants in Dallas Right Now
- Eater The 38 Essential Dallas Restaurants