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5 Bottles of Celebrity Booze Worthy of Any Texan’s Bar Cart
Plus, the best pop culture pairings for Travis Scott’s spiked seltzer, Matthew McConaughey’s bourbon, and more. Read Story
Salsa Macha Is Setting Texas on Fire
The unusual salsa has become the state’s must-have Mexican condiment. Read Story
The Ultimate Texas Tacopedia
Your guide to the many types of tacos around the state, where to find them, and how to enjoy them! Read Story
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Texas Monthly adds and updates approximately sixty restaurant listings to our Dining Guide each month. There’s limited space in the print issue, but the entire searchable guide to the best of Texas cuisine is at your fingertips online! Below are a few highlights from the new restaurants reviewed in our February 2021…
Walk-up sales have helped keep restaurants afloat in the pandemic—and they're likely to long outlast it.
This low and slow cooking technique locks in smoky flavor and juicy, tender meat.
Liven up your lunch (and breakfast, and midnight snack) with brisket and eggs, peanut butter and pickles, and more.
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Party of None: What I Miss About Restaurants
After her four decades of dining across Texas came to a halt in the pandemic, Pat Sharpe realizes that what makes a meal special goes way beyond the food.
Playing With Fire at Chef Kevin Fink’s Hestia
From the team behind Emmer & Rye, this new Austin restaurant is a work of hearth.
Kindling Texas Kitchen Brings Big-City Flavors to Cibolo
Set in a beguiling bungalow, this meat-centric restaurant makes you feel right at home.
Nixta Takes Tacos to the Next Level
After working at such restaurants as Pujol, in Mexico City, chef Edgar Rico brings his masa talents to East Austin.
At the New Salaryman, Ramen and Yakitori More Than Get the Job Done
After years of successful pop-ups in Dallas, chef Justin Holt opens a spot that's an homage to these two Japanese dishes.
MAD in Houston Shoots for the Moon with Both Cuisine and Decor
Almost nothing is as it seems at the new Spanish restaurant from the team behind BCN Taste & Tradition.
Salomé on Main Brings Elevated Mexican Cuisine to McAllen
A revelatory trip four years ago inspired chef Larry Delgado to go back to his roots.
Fort Worth’s Gemelle Showcases Love, Italian Style!
Tim Love's new restaurant takes a break (sort of) from Western cuisine.
Tacos
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The Taco Window Is the Future
Walk-up sales have helped keep restaurants afloat in the pandemic—and they're likely to long outlast it.
Birria Ramen Has Come to Fort Worth, and It Is Glorious
You might have to wait an hour to try this hearty, comforting broth, but it's worth it.
Taco News Roundup: Feast on Barbacoa in San Antonio and North Texas
Plus: the Houston Heights gets a new taco stand and Midland gets a Baja-style eatery.
Salsa Macha Is Setting Texas on Fire
The unusual salsa has become the state’s must-have Mexican condiment.
Dining Guide
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Dining Guide: Highlights From Our March 2020 Issue
We review more than sixty restaurants each month. Here’s a peek at what’s new!
Nancy’s Hustle
A hot-ticket EaDo eatery with a little space and a big reputation.
Olamaie
Austin's epicenter of the Southern food renaissance.
Ten Ramen
Noodle nirvana in West Dallas.
Barbecue
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Best Texas BBQ Bites of 2017
One 90 Smoked Meats, Dallas It was a big year for barbecue at Texas Monthly. We released a new Top 50 barbecue list, and we welcomed 30 of those highly regarded joints to our eighth annual barbecue festival in November. In compiling the list, which was released in the June issue, I ate plenty of great barbecue. Our Food Editor, Patricia Sharpe, and I visited about… Read Story
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Plus, the best pop culture pairings for Travis Scott’s spiked seltzer, Matthew McConaughey’s bourbon, and more.
Toast the long-awaited end to this year with any of these sparkling Texas wines, ciders, and even a ready-made cocktail.
Try your hand at gardening, stargazing, mixing the world's easiest cocktail, and much more with this handy guide.
From the classic (Matamoros-style tacos) to the adventurous (birria wontons, anyone?), these are the best dishes I sampled this year.
Instant Pot Recipes
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Recipe: Good Luck Instant Pot Black-eyed Peas
If we all make this New Year's dish, maybe things will get better soon. It's worth a shot!
Recipe: Instant Pot Turkey Tortilla Soup
The smoky, citrusy soup is the perfect way to use up leftover Thanksgiving turkey, and it includes a stock recipe you'll be using all year long.
Recipe: Instant Pot Queso Mac and Cheese
Yes, this is as good as it sounds. The secret, Tex-ifying ingredient? Spicy sausage!
Recipe: Instant Pot Texas Pot Roast With Sweet Potatoes
Shiner, jalapeños, fish sauce, and sweet onion put a Texas stamp on this easy, comforting dish.
Recipes
Sopaipillas
If Proust had lived in Texas, this fried pastry would have been his madeleine.
Chicken and Dumplings
Thickened soup for the post-election soul.
Pan de Campo
“Campfire cowboy, cook this bread, Doo-dah, doo-dah . . .”
German Potato Salad
Bring some oompah to your summer picnic.
Kolaches
You should really Czech out this recipe for the delicious pastry.
Bean Dip
It goes well with Fritos. And football.
Texas Sheet Cake
What could be better than a massive slab of cocoa, butter, sugar, eggs, and buttermilk?
Recipe: Chile con Queso
Let us now praise the large bowl of cheese, so simple and yet so satisfying.