Garland

With no dining room but a robust ghost kitchen offering curbside pickup, Troy Gardner pours his culinary training into vegan comfort food. Think chicken-fried “steak” with garlic mashed potatoes and pizzas with toppings that range from oyster mushrooms to cashew-based…

Chef Kevin Ashade might be best known for his televised smackdown of food celeb Bobby Flay (yes, you can get the coq au vin that bested the TV chef). But Ashade’s French-honed skills shine across his globe-spanning menu of jerk-spice…

Down a rambling stretch of Miller Road, Pupuseria Lilian is renowned for its all-day breakfasts and, more specifically, its pupusas. Platters feature pools of crema, refried beans, scrambled eggs, craggy cassava, and fudgy fried plantains; but try the revuelta pupusa,…

You feel you’re among family at Nam Hua. The name means “fifth daughter” (a reference to the owner); tchotchkes adorn the register. People come here for the lunch buffet or for the vast menu of homey, hard-to-find, rustic Vietnamese dishes.…

When you slip into a yellow plastic booth at this humble, no-frills outpost tucked in a Garland strip mall, what awaits is a Salvadoran breakfast that’s as good and authentic as it gets. Styrofoam plates hold pools of flavorful, puréed…

Creative Water Gardens has more than an acre of primo ponds, waterfalls, fountains, and pottery to choose from, not to mention a great variety of water lilies and a dazzling selection of koi. Disappearing fountains are the current trend, but…

Dallas Bonsai is a mail-order shop in a forlorn shopping center in Garland, but it is open to the public and has every kind of bonsai tool, pots, fertilizer and soil mix imaginable. Call ahead to make sure someone will…

The butcher shop that David Harris has owned and operated since 1982 may not win many style points, but Harris lets the product inside his retro meat cases do the talking. Choose from a variety of USDA Choice, corn-fed Iowa…

Much like the fashion line, home decor at Fendi Casa is both cutting edge and timeless. Lucky for us, the international fashion brand brought its home furnishings collection to Dallas in a gorgeous—and local—showroom. If you can’t get enough of…