D Magazine's Best New Restaurants 2024

[C-Man 27594]

Interesting group. The D Mag cover art comes from Miss Pasta, which I raved about in the "Dallas | Italian" thread. It's fantastic in every way but one -- it's a loooooong way from my house.

Here it is:

• Goldie's -- Lake Highlands bistro that went in space where RM 12:20 was located
• Tacos El Metro -- Mexico City-inspired taqueria next door to Step Up Lounge on Walnut Hill (where Goldie's couldn't be further away from, El Metro couldn't be closer)
• Sanjh -- Indian restaurant located in Irving
• Nikki Greek Bistro & Lounge -- on Lovers right by the Tollroad, brought to you by former Inwood Tavern/current The Ivy owners Nikki & Tom Georgalis (been meaning to check it out)
• Goodwins -- Middle Greenville joint that went in where the OG Blue Goose was for many years; neighborhood restaurant (leadership team has ties to The Grape, Neighborhood Services, Town Hearth, etc)
• Bali Street Cafe -- tiny Indonesian restaurant in Oak Lawn
• Pizzeria Carina -- great little pizza joint in Preston Center, owned by incredibly nice Ukrainian guy (I've hyped this place in the "Dallas | Pizza" thread)
• Mabo -- $200/person culinary experience/show from former Teppo head chef Masayuki Otaka in the Park Cities; would love to experience this once, I think
• Miss Pasta -- wonderful, no-frills Italian in Richardson from former food people behind Mille Lire (this place is just fantastic and I'm waiting for more locations closer to me -- I think the plan has always been to make this a multi-location concept) -- you stand in line to order and pasta comes out in paper bowls
• Nuri Steakhouse -- $20M personally-funded steakhouse on Cedar Springs from Smoothie King founder Wan Kim
• Meat Papi -- small BBQ operation over in Design District fusing Texas BBQ flavors with owner/chef's Venezuelan and Chicago roots; it's part of the Outfit Brewing group (definitely gonna check this place out

[Firemans4Horn 18485]

Haven’t been to most of those places. I’ll work my way through the list. Thanks for the share. 

[royiv 9580]

4 hours ago, C-Man said:

 

• Mabo -- $200/person culinary experience/show from former Teppo head chef Masayuki Otaka in the Park Cities; would love to experience this once, I think

This one was mentioned in a CultureMap Houston article today about Esquire’s best new restaurants list. On one hand, I’m intrigued and on the other I’m skeptical about a $200 yakitori omakase.

Edit to add: I’m generally skeptical of omakase experiences these days. At least in Houston, omakase has become played out with every Tom, Dick and Harry doing an omakase.

Edited December 3 by royiv

[DDD Dad 14536]

Went to Goodwin's for DDD's birthday earlier this year.  Food was excellent albeit pricey and was a lot of fun.  Ended up in the speakeasy bar in the back after dinner for cocktails and dessert.