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Chef Tracy Miller wants the best -- the best in quality and the best in local foods. With these things, she provides diners with a menu of contemporary American (ergo, diverse) dishes in a simple, albeit elegant, space. The restaurant, opened in 2003, is housed in the historic Boyd Hotel in Deep Ellum. Each meal is book-ended with a bantam bowl of warm, spiced nuts and a Lilliputian amuse-bouche soup and a cranberry thumbprint mignardise. It's difficult to nail specialties at Local because the offerings are driven by seasonality. However, it's Texas, so it's safe to say that the burger basket made from locally sourced Burgundy Pasture beef is a sure deal. For the best of the best, customers are advised to request the chef's tasting menu (seven courses for $70, $100 with wine pairings).

Cuisine(s): Eclectic, New American

Hours: Tue-Sat 5:30pm-10pm

Price: $$$, $$$$

Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, Diners Club
Attire: Business casual

Features: Takeout, Private Party, Catering, Banquet Facilities, Wheelchair Accessible, Business Dining

Serving: Dinner

Alcohol: Full bar
Reservations: Accepted, Recommended, Online Reservations Available

Parking: Free, Lot Available

2011 | Best Dish To Guiltily Eat In Front of Vegetarians

Maybe it's annoying to say it, but Local is old-school. Real old-school. There are no moose heads on the wall or annoying string quartet playing the Titanic theme on repeat. It's honest. Also, they have small but perfect portions of dishes such... More >
2007 | Best Dining Diamond in the Rough

Local is a slowly evolving organism, one that seems to thrive creatively on the cusp of its own extinction. Chef/owner Tracy Miller brought forth her restaurant in 2003, an offshoot of the catering operation she's nurtured in Deep Ellum's classic... More >
2003 | Best New Restaurant

There are a lot of good things that can be said about Local, the tiny boutique restaurant that opened in the heart of Deep Ellum in the historic Boyd Hotel, one-time stopover for Bonnie and Clyde, Huddie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter and Blind Lemon... More >

Dallas Observer Reviews and News

Tracy Miller's Local Never Meant to Be #Local

By Scott Reitz | Fri, November 25, 2011

The locavores in Dallas have always had it tough. While Tom Spicer may be pushing the envelope of urban gardening, and farms outside of Dallas deliver great product, their offering can't be described More >
At Deep Ellum's Local, the Food Outshines the Trend

By Scott Reitz | Thu, November 24, 2011

Local, the sleek little restaurant in Deep Ellum, opened late in the winter of 2003. It was met with tempered praise from this newspaper, which lauded the elevated simplicity of chef-owner Tracy Miller's modern American cooking, touting her brilli... More >
100 Favorite Dishes: Fried Green Beans at Local

By Kristy Yang | Thu, June 17, 2010

As a countdown to the Dallas Observer's "Best of Dallas" 2010, City of Ate is serving up 100 of the favorite dishes we crave, savor and hope to scarf down again soon. These dishes are in no par More >
Vice Grip

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, January 01, 2004

It was the year of smoke. So many Dallas restaurant landmarks went up in the stuff in 2003, and so many Pall Malls and Partagas Churchills didn't, at least not within restaurant walls. And walls will be the most crucial culinary consideration in D... More >
Cosmopolitan Reach

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, July 31, 2003

Tracy Miller and Alice Cottrell believe their restaurant is haunted. They've heard stories from construction workers, toiling well into the wee hours, telling of eerie sounds humming through the spaces in the historic Boyd Hotel where their restau... More >

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txfilmguy

| Fri, July 23, 2010

Pricey, but this is one place you get what you pay for! Try the filet mignon.

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Mallory19

| Mon, May 24, 2010

Yummy!

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Dinner Menu

Shortorder
$11 - $17. Chef's Tasting Menu: Petite Collection Of 7 Courses. This Evening's Soup

Local‘s Fried Green Beans
creamy thyme + garlic infused dipping sauce

Local Fried Yellow Tomato Salad
crisp la quercia pancetta, cornbread croutons basil vinaigrette

Early Heirloom Tomato Salad
shaved fennel, haricot vert, maytag blue, red onion + thyme vinaigrette

Balsamic Roasted Candy Striped Beets
eden creek arugula, paula's goat cheese + toasted hazelnuts

Three Cheese Scratch Ravioli
teardrop tomato broth baby spinach toss + basil pesto

Pure Ahi Tuna Tartare
english cucumber_radish slaw + handmade sesame seed cracker

Pan Seared Maine Lobster Cake
crispy baby beet, carrot + frisse slaw + meyer lemon, dill cream

Seared Hudson Valley Foie Gras
house made texas toast comback creek vanilla bean scented blueberry compote

Cheese Crackers
local’s evolving cheese collection, endive savoy cabbage slaw, fruit conserve, crostini + warm baguette

Tallorder
$20 - $34

Burgundy Pasture Beef Burger Basket
gruyere spiked, caramelized onions, yellow tomato, horseradish secret sauce, panko tator tots + warm housemade ketchup

Hazelnut Mustard Crusted Halibut
grilled country bread, young spinach salad + thyme scented chardonnay broth

Tangelo Soy Glazed King Salmon
fava bean mash, spring pea reduction + daikon cucumber slaw

Cornflake Panko Crusted Sea Bass
creamy meyer lemon spring pea risotto, herb beurre blanc + haricot vert sauce

Slow Cooked All Natural Short Ribs
syrah pan jus, saute of texas greens + anson mills white cheddar grits

Grilled Grass Fed Tenderloin Filet
panko_crusted tator tots, baby arugula toss + tawny port balsamic finish

Side Order

$7.00

Mascarpone Mac + Cheese

$7.00

Sautéed Texas Greens

$7.00

Sautéed Asparagus

$7.00

Panko Crusted Tator Tots + House Ketchup

$7.00

Spring Pea Risotto

$7.00

Anson Mills White Cheddar Grits

Dessers
$3 - $12

Texas Peach Crisp
brown butter amaretti ice cream

Banana Pudding
bruleed bananas, whipped cream + housemade vanilla wafers

Brown Sugar Almond
upside down cake, toasted pistachio praline + chocolate ice cream

Blueberry Lemon Semifreddo
greer farm blueberries + housemade graham cracker crumbs

Dessert Cheeses
mini selection of this evening's cheeses + sweet conserve

Community Donut Holes
cardamom spiced cake donut holes = by the dozen or 1/2 dozen

Chocolate Composed
mini chocolate souffle, ovaltine spiked chocolate shake + chocolate brownie cookies

House Scoops Of Ice Cream
mint chocolate chip, vanilla bean, espresso chocolate chunk + vanilla fudge swirl

House Scoops Of Sorbet
grapefruit rosemary, tangelo, sake pear, strawberry, honey dew mint + white peach prosecco

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2936 Elm St.
Dallas, TX 75226-1596

214-752-7500 | Website

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2011 | Best Dish To Guiltily Eat In Front of Vegetarians

2007 | Best Dining Diamond in the Rough

2003 | Best New Restaurant

Dallas Observer Reviews and News

Tracy Miller's Local Never Meant to Be #Local

By Scott Reitz | Fri, November 25, 2011

At Deep Ellum's Local, the Food Outshines the Trend

By Scott Reitz | Thu, November 24, 2011

100 Favorite Dishes: Fried Green Beans at Local

By Kristy Yang | Thu, June 17, 2010

Vice Grip

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, January 01, 2004

Cosmopolitan Reach

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, July 31, 2003

User Reviews

2 User reviews

txfilmguy

Mallory19

Looking for another city?

Local

2936 Elm St. Dallas, TX 75226-1596

214-752-7500 | Website

More Downtown & Deep Ellum Eclectic Restaurants >

2011 | Best Dish To Guiltily Eat In Front of Vegetarians

2007 | Best Dining Diamond in the Rough

2003 | Best New Restaurant

Dallas Observer Reviews and News

By Scott Reitz | Fri, November 25, 2011

By Scott Reitz | Thu, November 24, 2011

By Kristy Yang | Thu, June 17, 2010

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, January 01, 2004

By Mark Stuertz | Thu, July 31, 2003

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2936 Elm St.
Dallas, TX 75226-1596

User Reviews

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