Dallas' Best Food Needs You: A Plea For Ater Input

By Nick Rallo Fri., Jul. 22 2011 at 7:00 AM

Alexander Flores

Earlier this month we teased the launch of our big ol' issue: Best of Dallas. Since the Rapture is rapidly approaching, we wanted your feedback on how to improve our Readers Picks' categories. We asked which food nerd categories you liked, and which needed to be thrown to the curb.

Turns out, you really weren't into some of the old categories. And some of you had some bad-ass suggestions for brand-spanking new categories. So, being lazy asses, we're asking you for more help. Below are some of our Readers' Pick categories, with the ones you obviously loathe crossed out. Do you like the remaining ones? Are you interested in knowing what your fellow Dallasite thinks in these categories? Or are there categories we're still missing?

Let us know in the comments, and look for the poll next month at dallasobsrever.com.

READERS' PICKS: THE CATEGORIES FOR FOOD & DRINK, 2010:

Best Appetizer

Best Breakfast

~~Best Cup of Coffee~~

~~Best Fancy Restaurant~~

~~Best Bagel~~

Best Sushi

~~Best Salsa~~

Best Pizza

Best Greek Restaurant

Best Wine List

Best Soup

Best Hamburger

Best Martini

Best New Restaurant

Best Late-Night Restaurant

Best Greasy Spoon

Best Seafood Restaurant

Best Indian Restaurant

Best Margarita

Best Fried Chicken

Best Barbecue

If you wanna see every year's best of on a nice little iPhone: we have a fancy pants "Best Of" App for you.

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Best of Dallas 2011

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larry

I would, but yuppies are like zombies! If we all leave then ya'll will be stuck with wooden huts, and eatin' beef jerky-you redneck fucker. Have a good day? If you know what a day is, you inbred F/tard.

BTW, the best thing(s) that ever happened to this area

-yankees-money

Welp, have a good day .

ps-if we didn't move here emasse, Texas would be part of the DEEP south.....or Mexico.

Kergo

lets be cool, and NOt make the natives upset! We have an opera house, and a fine art gallery. Now , do we have a navigatable river, and a cohesive plan for the city of Dallas? NO. Enough said.

ps-cities are built on culture; we are built on "da good ow boy network"......and, southern Dallas kick backs. Dallas rocks!

ps-Hello FBI!

jmoise

Best BYOB. Best dining adventure. Best huevos rancheros. Best EGGS!! Best place not to be seen.

Kergo 1 Spaceship

Methinks these are good points-salute'

brian

Best quiet dinner? so many noisy loud places

Nick R.

Nice one.

pmallett

I fully support removing the, "Best Bagel" category. As a New England transplant I can tell you there isn't anything resembling a great bagel in the DFW area.

Kergo 1 Spaceship

Dear pmallett,

As a fellow New England transplant (Stoneham Ma, Cape Cod Ma, Gilmanton, NH) no good bagels are to be had here-none! Pizza is meh. Italian is meh. Methinks a trip home to would be great. I suggest:

Evans in Sandwich, MassDipietro's in Medford SquareSantoro's in Stoneham Square.

Kergo 1 Spaceship

How bout best place without Yuppies? Or, best place to drown in a local lake while eating local fare? How about best trendy restaurant with one name, so tollway rats and $30,000. millionaires can be seen? I can see them now with the tribal tat's, tight Affliction shirts, and enough moxy to smother a gorilla! Congratualtions Dallas, you suck.

FakeBillyTubbs

Best Margarita is unnecessary. Same with Best Martini.

Amy S

Best beer list. Best Neighborhood Spot: Uptown, East Dallas, Park Cities, North Dallas, Oak Cliff, Suburbs.

Pablo

Best Tex-Mex

Eam0061

ummmm BEST HAPPY HOUR?

Tahini

best boobs

Jana

Best Food Truck, Best Pho (just bc there is so much hype), Best restaurant I was scared to try at first (could be anything from some sketch hole-in-the-wall or a very ethnic cuisine), Best buffet, Best Beer Joint, Best cheap eats, Best specialty cocktails

Tad Banyon

Best All-You-Can-Eat

Lynsi Trachta

Best Sandwich? Best Dessert? Best Variety?

New Guy

best crack house?

mani

Best Fish Taco

Lee

I still don't understand why Greek and Indian get their own categories but not Italian, Vietnamese, Thai, Chinese, etc.

With all the attention that COA gives to pho, I don't know why it's not on there. Brian's suggestion for best meal under $20, is great. How about best all-you-can eat? brunch? taco stand?

Nick R.

These are 10 more categories to add to our previous discussion that we're looking for your opinion on. There's many Readers Picks'Categories, but these are the "controversial" ones we'd like to discuss.