Best Chicken Fried Steak In DFW
The one thing that defines Southern cooking is fried foods. Fried chicken has been a staple in Southern households for centuries. Expanding on the South's love or fried foods has given rise to the chicken fried steak. Battered, breaded and deep fried, a thin steak usually the size of a platter is served with traditional sides like mashed potatoes with gravy, corn, green beans or okra, a biscuit or fluffy white dinner roll. If you are looking for this popular dish, look no further than this list of the Best Chicken Fried Steak places in the DFW area.
Bubba's Cooks Country
6617 Hillcrest Ave.
Dallas, TX 75205
(214) 373-6527
www.bubbasdallas.comMary Beth and Paul aka Bubba Vinyard wanted to share the family recipes they grew up enjoying from their West Texas upbringing. From mid-morning until close, this University Park eatery serves chicken fried steak with two sides and two rolls. The steak is certified Angus beef from a local supplier. The Hillcrest Ave. location boasts a drive-thru. While Mary Beth has passed on, the time-honored recipes live on at nine Metroplex locations including Babe's and Sweetie Pie's Ribeye. To round out your meal, make use you try the cherry cobbler.
6617 Hillcrest Ave.
Dallas, TX 75205
(214) 373-6527
www.bubbasdallas.comMary Beth and Paul aka Bubba Vinyard wanted to share the family recipes they grew up enjoying from their West Texas upbringing. From mid-morning until close, this University Park eatery serves chicken fried steak with two sides and two rolls. The steak is certified Angus beef from a local supplier. The Hillcrest Ave. location boasts a drive-thru. While Mary Beth has passed on, the time-honored recipes live on at nine Metroplex locations including Babe's and Sweetie Pie's Ribeye. To round out your meal, make use you try the cherry cobbler.
Ellen's Southern Kitchen & Bar
1701 N. Market St.
Dallas, TX 75202
(469) 206-3339
www.ellenssouthernkitchen.comIn Downtown Dallas' West End, Ellen's Southern Kitchen & Bar recently relocated from 1718 N. Market Street. The new location is only a block away from his previous location and has more seating and a private event space. For the chicken fried steak, Ellen's starts with a cube steak, breaded and fried to order and served with homemade sausage cream gravy and two fresh vegetables. They offer a plethora of vegetables and sides including asparagus, Swiss chard with ham, sweet potato fries, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, green beans with tomatoes and bacon, black-eyed peas, fried okra mac and cheese. Vegans can actually find something to eat at Ellen's with the Swiss chard available without ham and four salads that can be easily veganized.
1701 N. Market St.
Dallas, TX 75202
(469) 206-3339
www.ellenssouthernkitchen.comIn Downtown Dallas' West End, Ellen's Southern Kitchen & Bar recently relocated from 1718 N. Market Street. The new location is only a block away from his previous location and has more seating and a private event space. For the chicken fried steak, Ellen's starts with a cube steak, breaded and fried to order and served with homemade sausage cream gravy and two fresh vegetables. They offer a plethora of vegetables and sides including asparagus, Swiss chard with ham, sweet potato fries, mashed potatoes, corn on the cob, green beans with tomatoes and bacon, black-eyed peas, fried okra mac and cheese. Vegans can actually find something to eat at Ellen's with the Swiss chard available without ham and four salads that can be easily veganized.
Cat City Grill
1208 W. Magnolia Ave.
Fort Worth, TX 76104
(817) 916-5333
www.catcitygrill.comCat City Grill takes upscale dining and makes it into a comfortable fun experience. Known for crab-stuffed trout, bacon-wrapped quail and chateaubriand sliced tableside, Cat City Grill makes a chicken fried steak served with a lightly breaded beef cutlet seasoned, fried, served with peppered cream gravy. For lunch it comes with french fries and Texas toast; for Sunday Brunch, it is served with scrambled egg, potato hash and Texas toast, and for dinner it is served with mashed potatoes and Brussels sprouts. To top off dinner, one should consider French Press coffee or a Cat City Kiss (an ice cream drink blended with Frangelico and Crème de Cacao) with a PB&J Cristo – Texas toast filled with peanut butter and jelly, dipped in pancake batter, fried, dusted with powder sugar and drizzled with chocolate syrup.Related: Best Burgers In North Texas
1208 W. Magnolia Ave.
Fort Worth, TX 76104
(817) 916-5333
www.catcitygrill.comCat City Grill takes upscale dining and makes it into a comfortable fun experience. Known for crab-stuffed trout, bacon-wrapped quail and chateaubriand sliced tableside, Cat City Grill makes a chicken fried steak served with a lightly breaded beef cutlet seasoned, fried, served with peppered cream gravy. For lunch it comes with french fries and Texas toast; for Sunday Brunch, it is served with scrambled egg, potato hash and Texas toast, and for dinner it is served with mashed potatoes and Brussels sprouts. To top off dinner, one should consider French Press coffee or a Cat City Kiss (an ice cream drink blended with Frangelico and Crème de Cacao) with a PB&J Cristo – Texas toast filled with peanut butter and jelly, dipped in pancake batter, fried, dusted with powder sugar and drizzled with chocolate syrup.Related: Best Burgers In North Texas
Tillman's Roadhouse
324 West 7th St.
Dallas, TX 75208
(214) 942-0988
www.tillmansroadhouse.comLocated in the Bishop Arts District of Oak Cliff, Tillman's Roadhouse offers down home Texas cooking. Sara Tillman, along with her husband Ricky, opened their signature restaurant in 1992. Ricky a chef worked in some of Dallas' best-known establishments The Kings Club at the Adolphus, The Fairmont Hotel and the Mansion on Turtle Creek. Five years after opening Tillman's Corner, Ricky passed away and Sara continued the tradition of fine down home Texas cooking. Shawn Haygood, a Pleasant Grove native who believes that bacon is a food group and eats vegetarian every Sunday, incorporates fresh, local ingredients to the dishes he creates -– which include charred baby back ribs, shrimp 'n grits and a Roadhouse classic of chicken fried steak. The chicken fried steak starts with tenderloin which is cut into three, two to 2.5 ounce medallions, which you can order rare, medium or well-done, cooked in a cast-iron Dutch oven instead of a deep-fryer and comes with buttermilk whippers (light and fluffy "mashed" potatoes with roasted garlic and shallots) and bacon braised green beans with charred poblano gravy. Finish your dinner with tableside s'mores with completely house made ingredients including chocolate, cinnamon graham crackers and a variety of marshmallow flavors: maple, cotton candy, coffee, coconut and orange (which change weekly).
324 West 7th St.
Dallas, TX 75208
(214) 942-0988
www.tillmansroadhouse.comLocated in the Bishop Arts District of Oak Cliff, Tillman's Roadhouse offers down home Texas cooking. Sara Tillman, along with her husband Ricky, opened their signature restaurant in 1992. Ricky a chef worked in some of Dallas' best-known establishments The Kings Club at the Adolphus, The Fairmont Hotel and the Mansion on Turtle Creek. Five years after opening Tillman's Corner, Ricky passed away and Sara continued the tradition of fine down home Texas cooking. Shawn Haygood, a Pleasant Grove native who believes that bacon is a food group and eats vegetarian every Sunday, incorporates fresh, local ingredients to the dishes he creates -– which include charred baby back ribs, shrimp 'n grits and a Roadhouse classic of chicken fried steak. The chicken fried steak starts with tenderloin which is cut into three, two to 2.5 ounce medallions, which you can order rare, medium or well-done, cooked in a cast-iron Dutch oven instead of a deep-fryer and comes with buttermilk whippers (light and fluffy "mashed" potatoes with roasted garlic and shallots) and bacon braised green beans with charred poblano gravy. Finish your dinner with tableside s'mores with completely house made ingredients including chocolate, cinnamon graham crackers and a variety of marshmallow flavors: maple, cotton candy, coffee, coconut and orange (which change weekly).
Lucile's Stateside Bistro
4700 Camp Bowie Blvd.
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(817) 738-4761
www.lucilesfortworth.comOffering breakfast, lunch and dinner to local North Texas residents, Lucile's Stateside Bistro has been a Fort Worth institution for the past 23 years. A certified angus beef cube steak is battered in seasoned flour and deep fried to a golden brown crispness, topped with country gravy and is served with your choice of mashed potatoes, sweet potato fries or hand-cut French fries and a roll is Lucile's chicken fried steak. Save room for the black bottom key lime pie.Related: Best Apple Pie In DFW
4700 Camp Bowie Blvd.
Fort Worth, TX 76107
(817) 738-4761
www.lucilesfortworth.comOffering breakfast, lunch and dinner to local North Texas residents, Lucile's Stateside Bistro has been a Fort Worth institution for the past 23 years. A certified angus beef cube steak is battered in seasoned flour and deep fried to a golden brown crispness, topped with country gravy and is served with your choice of mashed potatoes, sweet potato fries or hand-cut French fries and a roll is Lucile's chicken fried steak. Save room for the black bottom key lime pie.Related: Best Apple Pie In DFW
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