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2936 Elm St. Dallas, TX 75226-1596

214-752-7500 

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  • Eclectic, New American
    Tue-Sat 5:30pm-10pm
    $$$, $$$$
    All Major Credit Cards, Diners Club
  • Business casual
    Takeout, Private Party, Catering, Banquet Facilities, Wheelchair Accessible, Business Dining
    Dinner
    Full bar
  • Accepted, Recommended, Online Reservations Available
    Free, Lot Available
Description

The name Local has nothing to do with local food. Chef Tracy Miller wants the best ingredients to create a restaurant that becomes your home away from home -- your local. To accomplish this, she provides diners with a menu of contemporary American dishes in a simple but 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, an 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 thing – and it's one of Dallas' best burgers.







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  • 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 as fried green beans and pan-seared Maine lobster cake. Another old-school (and awesome) move by chef Tracy Miller: Hudson Valley foie gras. This isn't a little pâté spread on a tiny cracker: The foie gras is presented whole and seared as... 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 Boyd Hotel since 1997. Miller opened with the commitment to shepherd and develop Local in deliberately managed increments so as not to outrun her culinary (and financial) headlights. Since that time she has added a sleek yet comfortable wine lounge... 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 Jefferson. One of them is the Sluree, a blend of Rotari, an Italian sparkling wine, and scoops of house-made grapefruit-rosemary sorbet that quickly melt into the fizz. The Sluree is a good source of vitamin C as long as you don't fortify yourself into... More »

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  • Tracy Miller's Local Never Meant to Be #Local

    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

    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 »

  • Dallas' Five Best Macaroni and Cheese Dishes

    Dallas' Five Best Macaroni and Cheese Dishes

    By Scott Reitz | Fri, November 18, 2011

    Our love of mac and cheese is a deep-rooted affair, grown from a seed planted by our parents with a blue box and neon orange cheese powder. Velveeta upped the pre-fab ante, boxing up cheap pasta with ... More »

  • Dallas' Five Best Dishes To Eat In Front of Vegetarians

    Dallas' Five Best Dishes To Eat In Front of Vegetarians

    By Scott Reitz | Wed, November 9, 2011

    Everyone's got the right to make their own decisions when it comes to food choices, so why not take the opportunity to show all your vegetarian friends that you made the right one by eating Dallas' mo... More »

  • 100 Favorite Dishes: Fried Green Beans at Local

    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 particular... More »

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    txfilmguy | Dallas, TX | 3 Reviews

    | 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 | Dallas, TX | 451 Reviews

    | Mon, May 24, 2010

    Yummy!

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Main Menu
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Chef's Tasting Menu Petite Collection Of 7 Courses
$11.00
Local‘s  Fried Green Beans
creamy thyme + garlic infused dipping sauce
$11.00
Local Fried Yellow Tomato Salad
crisp la quercia pancetta, cornbread croutons + basil vinaigrette
$11.00
Early Heirloom Tomato Salad
shaved fennel, haricot vert, maytag blue,   red onion + thyme vinaigrette
$11.00
Balsamic Roasted Candy Striped Beets
eden creek arugula, paula's goat cheese  + toasted hazelnuts
$11.00
Three Cheese Scratch Ravioli 
teardrop tomato broth baby spinach toss + basil pesto
$11.00
Pure Ahi Tuna Tartare
english cucumber_radish slaw + handmade sesame seed cracker
$11.00
Pan_seared Maine Lobster Cake
crispy baby beet, carrot + frisse slaw + meyer lemon_dill cream
$11.00
Seared Hudson Valley foie Gras  
house_made texas toast comback creek vanilla_bean scented blueberry compote
$11.00
Cheese + Crackers
local’s evolving cheese collection, endive savoy cabbage slaw, fruit conserve, crostini + warm baguette
Tallorder
$20.00
Burgundy Pasture Beef  burger Basket
gruyere spiked, caramelized onions, yellow tomato, horseradish secret sauce, panko tator tots + warm housemade ketchup
$20.00
Hazelnut Mustard Crusted Halibut
grilled country bread, young spinach salad + thyme_scented chardonnay broth
$20.00
Tangelo Soy Glazed King Salmon
fava bean mash, spring pea reduction + daikon cucumber slaw
$20.00
Cornflake Panko crusted sea Bass    
creamy meyer lemon spring pea risotto,   herb beurre blanc + haricot vert sauce
$20.00
Slow Cooked All Natural Short Ribs
syrah pan jus, saute of texas greens  + anson mills white cheddar grits
$20.00
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
Dessert Order
$3.00
Texas Peach Crisp
brown butter amaretti ice cream
$3.00
Banana Pudding
bruleed bananas, whipped cream + housemade vanilla wafers
$3.00
Brown Sugar Almond
upside down cake, toasted pistachio praline + chocolate ice cream
$3.00
Blueberry + Lemon Semifreddo
greer farm blueberries + housemade graham cracker crumbs
$3.00
Dessert Cheeses
mini selection of this evening's cheeses + sweet conserve
$3.00
Community Donut Holes
cardamom spiced cake donut holes = by the dozen or 1/2 dozen
$3.00
Chocolate Composed
mini chocolate souffle, ovaltine_spiked chocolate shake + chocolate brownie cookies
$3.00
House Scoops Of Ice Cream
mint chocolate chip, vanilla_bean, espresso_chocolate chunk + vanilla_fudge swirl
$3.00
House Scoops Of Sorbet
grapefruit_rosemary, tangelo, sake_pear, strawberry, honey dew_mint + white peach_prosecco

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