110 September 21 - 27, 2023 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER contents | shopping & services | Arts & entertAinment | Food & drink | sports & recreAtion for the New York Reuben. You can choose between corned beef, pastrami or turkey; it comes grilled on rye with sauerkraut and melted Swiss cheese and house-made Russian dressing served on the side. If that doesn’t sound appealing, there are more than two dozen other options. It’s a lot of food, and you’re barely going to be able to find room for cheesecake. Multiple Locations Cindisnydeli.com Best Grilled Cheese Heim BBQ Who doesn’t love a good menu hack? We kind of live for them. And while there are 101 good reasons to go to Heim BBQ, we recently spotted a simple grilled cheese on the kids’ menu. Below, it told us we could add brisket or bacon jam for just a couple bucks more. So, we ordered it and no one asked to see our ID. Cool. Then they asked us what side we wanted and we jumped up and down like a cheerleader and clapped for the green chile mac and cheese. The whole meal was less than $15. Gimme an H! Two slices of well-buttered, thick, homestyle toast hold two slices of processed cheese with a thick smear of bacon jam. Gimme a hell yeah! 3130 W. Mockingbird Lane 469-397-4346, heimbbq.com Best duCk under $100 Duck Fried Rice at Tomyumkung Thai Café Komodo in Dallas offers a Peking duck for $105, but for those wishing to sate a duck craving without having to cash in a savings bond first, we suggest the duck-fried rice at Tomyumkung Thai Café. On the menu it’s listed under “Chef specials,” and rightfully so. A mere $18 will get you a large plate of perfectly seasoned Thai fried rice topped with what seems like at least half a duck, juicy and tender with wonderfully crispy skin. You’ll find yourself gnawing on the bones to get every last delectable morsel of meat. 3030 N. Josey Lane, Carrollton 972-394-7999, tomyumkungthai.com Best restaurant with a Mission Café Momentum Café Momentum is a restaurant in downtown Dallas that offers an internship program that works in tandem with juvenile justice officials and community partners for young people who have been involved in the justice system. This nonprofit restaurant, which is really more of a “program,” has helped more than 1,200 participants turn their lives around by offering 24/7 case management, a full curriculum, a safe place to study and mental health services — and by pouring out basic love and respect. The concept has done so well, it’s expanding to other cities. Oh, the food? It’s phenomenal. 1510 Pacific Ave. 214-303-1234, cafemomentum.org Best wine ProGraM Sachet This Mediterranean restaurant on Oak Lawn Avenue has done something with its wine list that is rare enough that most restaurants its size don’t even bother with. In other words, Sachet’s wine menu is neither boring, trite nor cliched, and if it’s a bit pricey, it’s not silly pricey. How many restaurants forgo the same old half dozen bottles of California cabernet sauvignon and chardonnay in favor a Texas wine (Duchman), a Gascon white, a Kathy Tran BEST RESTAURANT WITH A MISSION Café Momentum
