Brian Reinhart

Now's the time to plan your Friday lunch around the meatball sub at @ilbraccorestaurant. Our sandwich scribe and American hero @nickrallo recently listed five great meatball sandwiches in Dallas for the @d_magazine website, and I had to check his work. This is incredible stuff. Great sesame-covered bread (made in house), gooey cheese, the herby pesto is a clever touch too. Less

Got to try Walkers' for the first time, including the Gorgonzola burger that has everyone melting, some wonderful preps of seasonal veggies, vodka-battered onion rings, and cavatelli as chewy as tteokbokki. This was also the very last steak I tried in Dallas for our October issue of the magazine, which will be all about steaks...from good to well done. Less

Going live on our website in just a few minutes: fresh reviews of four top Dallas restaurants. Featuring such questions as: why is Billy Can Can so good these days? (It's modernizing Southwestern cuisine with more freshness and a reflection of the diversity of today's Texas.) Did Tei-An always have a tomahawk steak and a huge jug of truffle oil? (Seasonally yes, and no but they did pour some.) Is Shoyo better for first-time omakase goers or more experienced Japanese food lovers? (It's ideal for first-timers.) Pictured: shrimp and cucumber aguachile at Billy Can Can, served with potato chips to remind you it's a saloon. Less

Pastrami brisket is back on at Cattleack this week, and beef cheeks with lime chimichurri on Friday. In case you needed a little PSA. I don't post here much anymore. Every time I resolve to get back to it, the platform annoys me some more. No, I don't need to add a song to my picture of barbecue. No, I don't want to reach more people, necessarily. Anyway. That's some seriously hot mustard they're serving! Less