IsThatBrothaMouzone?
Veteran
BBQ has never been all great in Dallas. I still say Carter's BBQ in South Dallas was the best we had by a mile but he's been gone for damn near 30 years. Haven't had any que ANYWHERE (St. Louis/KC, Austin etc) that was better. Breh even made his own sweet potato pies from scratch.
You live in Collin County. That's part of the issue right there. The only thing they do well is Asian, east and south....and even then it depends on where. Big difference between Richardson/Plano and Frisco/Allen. If you're deep in CC, it's all chain restaurants anyway.
Mexican (not Tex Mex) is tricky because different states specialize in different authentic cuisine. Like Cali would have a lot if Sinaloan food while Texas has stuff from Ojinaga, Matamoros etc. That can come down to what region of food you prefer. You DEFINITELY not getting good authentic Mexican in Collin County. It's possible in Garland, but more likely in north Oak Cliff. Gotta go where the Mexicans go. If you don't like menudo, tacos de cabeza and such...then you're not gonna like any of it.
Agree 100% on soul food. Dallas just doesn't do soul food at all. Only spot we have is Sweet Georgia Browns and thats...meh. We would need something like Breakfast Klub in Houston but to open up in Addison. Asians and Mexicans aren't gonna support it so it would have to be in an area with lots of whites and Blacks. Problem is that most whites here are transplants and would rather eat burgers and bullshyt over collard greens and hot water cornbread. All the southern whites are gone. You almost never hear a white Dallas person that even sounds southern anymore because most of em ain't from here.
Even with all that we still got a lot of good azz food but you gotta look at the type of food you want and then go to the places that do it best. Not getting authentic good Chinese in White Settlement and you're not getting good Indian in South Dallas.
