116 September 19 - 25, 2024 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER CONTENTS | READERS’ PICKS | SHOPPING & SERVICES | ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT | FOOD & DRINK | SPORTS & RECREATION Best Breakfast Crickles & Co. As if we weren’t already won over by the $15 mimosa carafes and house-made jams, the consistently low-to-no wait times on weekends make Crickles & Co. the best of the best. Open seating and the self-serve coffee bar make for an unpretentious dining experience. Everything is made from scratch, which is obvious from the first bite of buttermilk biscuit. The spicy bacon ciabatta, topped with bacon, fried eggs, tomato jelly, cheddar cheese and jalapeño aioli, was voted the best breakfast sandwich in Texas by Love Food. 4000 Cedar Springs Road 214-306-9568, cricklesandco.com Best Sourdough Loaf Oak Cliff Bread Croissants, cinnamon rolls, rye bread: it’s all delicious at Oak Cliff Bread, but the sourdough loaves are the name of this bakery’s game. The locally owned shop started out as a cottage bakery selling out of the Dallas Farmers Market and moved into a Tyler Station storefront last fall. The sourdough loaves are toasty on the outside and squishy on the inside and made fresh on the three days of the week (Thursday – Saturday) Oak Cliff Bread is open. Sourdough has become the trendiest loaf in recent years thanks to pandemic-era social media trends, but if you’d rather let the professionals handle bread baking, nobody does it better. 1300 S. Polk St., No. 230 512-540-2235, oakcliffbread.com Best Place to Pregame an Event at the AAC Tequila Social Located near the Katy Trail’s famous Ice House, Tequila Social is just a hop, skip and a jump from the American Airlines Center. TVs and frozen margaritas are ideal for sipping through a pregame breakdown, and the crispy chicken flautas are some of our favorites anywhere. Tequila Social isn’t the easiest to access by road, but if you’re traveling to the AAC via The Katy Tail you won’t miss the large, dog-friendly patio. 3100 McKinnon St., No. G100 945-910-9728, tequilasocialdal.com Best Bakery Delivery Girl With Flour You might have to work for this one, but it’s well worth the effort. Girl With Flour bakes indescribably delicious sourdough bread, croissants, focaccia, fougasse (the French version of focaccia), “pop tarts” that will make you forget all about that outfit in Battle Creek and lots of other goodies. GWF (also known as Erika Lam Radtke) doesn’t have a storefront but she delivers to an area that includes southern McKinney, Allen, Plano, Far North Dallas, Castle Hills and Frisco. Otherwise, if you’re lucky, you can catch her at a pop- up such as White Rock Market (1450 Old Gate Lane, East Dallas) on Saturdays. instagram.com/girlwithflour and hotplate.com/ girlwithflour Best Chilaquiles Taco Y Vino It’s the perfect hangover meal. Actually, we can’t think of a time when it isn’t perfect to have a plate of chilaquiles. And no one does chilaquiles better than Taco Y Vino. Since opening in Bishop Arts in 2019, Taco Y Vino has been named to pretty much every Dallas outlet’s “Best Restaurants” list. The tacos and wine have received endless acclaim, but it is the chilaquiles, served daily until 3 p.m., that we are highlighting here. Crispy, bite sized chips are tossed in your choice of red or green salsa and loaded with your choice of protein and eggs over medium or scrambled. 213 W. Eighth St. 469-372-0022, tacoyvinodallas.com Best Cereal White Rock Granola If you’ve grown weary of avocado toast for breakfast, it’s time for White Rock Granola. It’s made right here in Dallas, and you couldn’t duplicate it if you tried. Choose from lots of flavors, but be sure to try the C4 Explosion, made with cinnamon, cashews, cranberries and a touch of cayenne pepper. It will make you want to get out of bed earlier than usual. Available online and from various Central Markets, Jimmy’s, Opening Bell Coffee and, naturally, Rooster Home & Hardware James Naples Girl With Flour// BEST BAKERY DELIVERY
