RIGHT IN Dive

Hole-in-the-wall restaurants we love

Our neighborhood is a destination for fine dining. It’s home to one of the city’s two five-star restaurants, Lucia. And the Bishop Arts District draws brunch eaters from all over Dallas and the suburbs. But Oak Cliff also has a rich culture of lowbrow food — tacos, gorditas and pupusas abound. Ours is a neighborhood where you can find a good meal in a gas station or the back corner of a meat market. We toured Oak Cliff’s holes-in-the-wall and dive restaurants so that we could showcase a few of our favorites here and tell their stories.

Juan Contreras

El Padrino

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