Deep Ellum Burger Roundup

A couple months ago I made it back to Local for their fancy buffalo burger. Completely worth the $22 listed on the menu, the meat, special sauce, yellow tomatos, lettuce and caramelized onions were perfectly matched with the recommended Chimay. Delicious.

Also returned to Twisted Root, this time retrieving fries that were quite good. Would be much better if I dined in.

So that's the belated Deep Ellum Burger roundup. We'll be lucky if they're still open next month at the rate everything is closing there. Thank you Dallas city council.

Car smash / Shrimp tacos

I have returned for a quick post. Today, after I was nearly murdered on 635, I was unsurprised when a car rear-ended me at the Mockingbird exit on the Tollway.

The shrimp tacos at Fernando's are mighty tasty.

I almost carjacked someone

This morning my carpool was supposed to pick me up outside my building. I was waiting out by the curb as usual when the familiar gray Honda Accord coupe pulled up. There was a lot of traffic behind her, so I hurried around to the passenger side. I was about to pull the door handle when she drove off and turned left at St. Paul!

So there I am, standing in the middle of traffic wondering wtf just happened. "She must have circled the block because she didn't want to hold up traffic," I think to myself.

A few minutes later, the gray Honda Accord coupe pulls up. I get in and ask, "Have you already been here this morning?"

"Uhhh no."

Whoops!

Matt's last Thursday

I forgot to mention I went to Matt's on Thursday. It was officially okay. I think I might have had a better experience had I ordered something besides the flautas. On the other hand, the entrees on the menu weren't that expansive and I was told to stay the hell away from the steaks.

The upsides: Huge list of appetizers, including the "Bob" dip. Bob is a queso loaded with brisket or some such beef. Quite tasty.

Drinks included margueritas the size of your head.

Really great neighborhood the Lakewood is. Large old trees, small streets reminds me of downtown Denton. If you're into jazz, Matt's is also next to the Balcony Club.

I am retarded / Twisted Rootless Burgers

After double-checking the Twisted Root site, I discovered that they are not open weeknights except Thursday and Friday. I purchased two burgers, fries, and shakes over the phone and drove over. There were many a rock-show-goer gathered on the sidewalk out front but plenty of spaces in the car lot next door. There weren't any shows next door, and these folks were just milling about. Don't know what that was all about, but hey it's Deep Ellum.

Got the food back home, but no fries! Honest mistake I suppose. Burgers were rather tasty - I'm deducing it was all in the meat, although the sesame-seed bun was quite delicious. Shakes made from homemade ice cream is a bonus. Would have liked those curly fries though.

On the whole, I'm very glad that there is a tasty burger location nearby. My wife says we can even walk there when the sun is shining. Don't walk there at night because people want to kill you.

Twisted Root Where Are You?

Didn't feel like cooking tonight so I stopped by Twisted Root Burger Co in Deep Ellum on the way home. They were not open, but the internet tells me they should be open.

Does this mean they're defunk too?

Thomas & Leggitt fin

Thomas & Leggitt is not remodeling. Some Mexican kitchen-type restaurant is opening soon in that location instead.

I liked the T&L concept: a downtown pub for food and beverage elitists. Unfortunately, they didn't really follow through, since parts of the menu were desperately lacking, in addition to at least one keg tapped at any given visit. Place didn't last 6 months. I don't think the demographic was there either. They were better off as the Metropolitan.