On an inventory of “Best New Restaurants of 2024″ compiled by Yelp, two Dallas steakhouses made the reduce.
Ah, sure: Let them eat steak. Isn’t that the expression right here in Texas?
The two Dallas eating places honored by Yelp are downtown Dallas’ Wicked Butcher, ranked at No. 6, and Far North Dallas’ Casa Pollastro, at No. 20.
Two different Texas eating places made the record of 25: Little’s Oyster Bar and Katami, each in Houston.
While Yelp has ranked eating places of all sorts for years, lists like this in Texas are significantly newsworthy proper now, lower than a month after Michelin made its Lone Star State debut. Notably, not one of the 4 eating places on Yelp’s record have been additionally on Michelin’s, however the two entities will not be utilizing the identical algorithm. For Yelp’s “best-of” 2024 record, employees pulled a database of high-ranked eating places that opened after Jan. 1 2023. All have been required to be full-service spots with passing well being scores. The remaining step was a look-see by Yelp Trend Expert Tara Lewis — which makes it totally different than some Yelp lists up to now that appeared collated by a pc.
The high three eating places on Yelp’s record are Mēdüzā Mediterrania in New York City, Noko Nashville in Music City and Meesh Meesh in Louisville.
Let’s dig into the 2 eating places in North Texas:
Wicked Butcher
This downtown Dallas restaurant opened in early 2024, changing Dallas Chop House, which had been closed for the reason that begin of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yelp calls Wicked Butcher a “palatial Dallas steakhouse,” and certainly, it’s a good-looking place with an impressive bar. The menu contains “complimentary popovers the dimensions of a child’s head” (what a visible!), plus dry-aged cuts of beef and a large tomahawk steak, Yelp reviews. The white truffle Caesar and inexperienced curry salmon are two different goodies.
The restaurant began in Fort Worth and expanded into downtown Dallas when the operators have been searching for a brand new identify and design for this nook restaurant in the midst of the Central Business District.
“Getting acknowledged for high quality and excellence by any visitor on Yelp is fantastic, as that’s what we try for — to supply a wonderful expertise for every visitor,” stated Nafees Alam, CEO of DRG Concepts, which owns Wicked Butcher.
Wicked Butcher is at 1717 Main St., Dallas.
Casa Pollastro
Casa Pollastro’s successful characteristic is the mounted worth of $20 per individual at lunch, $35.99 at dinner. That’s a deal for all-you-can-eat meals. Its Brazilian-Italian restaurant menu has 4 programs: bread or soup; salad or an appetizer; rotisserie rooster and pasta (or steak or lamb, for an upcharge); and dessert.
It opened in early 2023 in Far North Dallas, changing Nico’s MX Pizzeria on the sting of the Dallas North Tollway. It was beforehand beloved restaurant Picasso’s Pizza, which we known as probably the most heartbreaking restaurant closures of 2020.
Casa Pollastro is at 18160 Dallas Parkway (close to Frankford Road), Dallas.
Find Yelp’s full record right here.
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