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MORE OF OAK CLIFF’S BELOVED DINING DIVES

When we featured three of our favorite Oak Cliff hole-in-the-wall restaurants in the February issue, we didn’t realize how controversial that would be. Many readers lamented that we didn’t list their favorites. We included all the dives we could fit in print, but Oak Cliff is so full of delightful restaurants that we wouldn’t pretend to be including all of them. We tried to choose a few, diverse places scattered around the neighborhood. By the wait for a taco or a table during peak times at El Si Hay, El Jordan and Gonzalez, we know you already know about them. But here are a few more Oak Cliff dive restaurants we love:

TIENDA SANTA ROSA:

This Salvadoran restaurant recently added a new location at 611 S. Hampton, and it is as much of a winner as the one on West Davis near Cedar Hill Avenue. Excellent pupusas served with outstanding curtido and addictive hot sauce.

LOS TORRES TAQUERIA:

This is probably no longer an unknown, actually. The Taco Trail launched it into the spotlight several years ago, and it recently made a list of best taquerias from the Dallas Morning News. But still, homemade corn tortillas, braised goat, Sinaloa-style barbacoa. Don’t forget they’re closed on Tuesdays, but if you do, head down Clarendon to Fito’s or Tacoqueta.

THE DOG HOUSE:

This is in West Dallas, and maybe they have hot dogs. I don’t know. But they for sure have one of the best tortas I’ve ever stuffed in my maw.

RESTAURANT Y PANADERIA LATINA:

Another great, affordable Salvadoran place.

—Rachel Stone