Lauren Drewes Daniels

1 day ago | dallasobserver.com | Lauren Drewes Daniels

What an amazing time to be alive. Not only can we get tacos at almost every corner in Texas, but we can also read social media responses on our list of favorites. Recently, we did a very hard thing by trying to parse through the many options in Dallas to find the best tacos. We knew there'd be blowback, but we like to think we're thick-skinned at this point.Here are some of the suggestions from readers:jacobbuckles wrote:Actually, Tacos La Banqueta is absolutely on the list.

2 days ago | dallasobserver.com | Lauren Drewes Daniels

It started when a passenger packed 200 H-E-B butter tortillas in her carry-on bag.H-E-B said, "Hold my tortilla," and decided everyone (or a lot of people anyway) should pack warm butter tortillas in their carry-on luggage.On Friday at 10:30 a.m., a crew from H-E-B rolled up to the San Antonio International Airport (terminal A, departure gates) to hand out 5,000 warm, buttery tortillas.

3 days ago | dallasobserver.com | Lauren Drewes Daniels

Maurico Gallegos,opened a new carnitas spot in Farmers Branch. We're admittedly partial to his work. This spot is neighbors with Roots Southern Table and Radici from chef Tiffany Derry (another personal favorite), as well as Bankhead Brewpub.With this new location, Gallegos wanted to create a true tropical taqueria that, as the name implies, serves only carnitas, just as you'd find in Mexico. You can go to a taqueria for tacos, a birreria for birria or ...

5 days ago | dallasobserver.com | Lauren Drewes Daniels

"Birrieria" is a hard one to roll off the tongue. It's like a taqueria, but the specialty here is birria, which is slow-cooked meat that renders a flavorful broth (or consomme). It's tasty indeed, but the name is a bit tricky.Birrieria and Taqueria Cortez is in a primarily residential neighborhood in southeast Fort Worth. The restaurant has a stone facade with fire-engine accents and picnic tables outside. When you walk in, the first thing that hits you is the easy, fun vibe.

1 week ago | dallasobserver.com | Lauren Drewes Daniels

Full City Rooster was featured ontoday as part of their week-long series, "What Fills Your Cup." The crew at GMA was inspired by the cafe's local ties and community vibe, which we already knew all about, as demonstrated just a few months ago in our article, "Full City Rooster Coffee Roasting Studio Preserved Culture, Connection in South Dallas." Full City, which got its name after a typo (Rooster instead of Roaster, and they just went with it), opened a decade ago in the Cedars neighborhood.