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The 1885 Shelby County Courthouse on the downtown square in Center, Texas Center

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The Best Restaurants in Center, Texas

Eight Center restaurants checked against the City of Center dining guide, the Shelby County Chamber directory and Shelby County Today, with addresses.

8 picks
The 1925 Wood County Courthouse in Quitman, Texas Quitman

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The Best Restaurants in Quitman, Texas

Seven Quitman restaurants checked against the Wood County Monitor, state licensing records, KLTV and each kitchen's own site, with addresses and phone numbers.

7 picks
The Panola County Courthouse in Carthage, Texas Carthage

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The Best Restaurants in Carthage, Texas

Eight Carthage restaurants checked against the City of Carthage dining directory, Texas Monthly, Texas Highways and each kitchen's own listings, with addresses.

8 picks
Davis Street in downtown Gilmer, Texas Gilmer

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The Best Restaurants in Gilmer, Texas

Six Gilmer restaurants verified against Texas Monthly, CBS19, the Longview News-Journal, the Gilmer Area Chamber of Commerce and their own sites.

6 picks
The Kaufman County Courthouse in Kaufman, Texas Kaufman

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The Best Restaurants in Kaufman, Texas

Seven Kaufman restaurants verified against the Kaufman Chamber of Commerce visitor guide, their own websites and current public reviews, with addresses.

7 picks
Downtown Jasper, Texas, seen from Lamar Street Jasper

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The Best Restaurants in Jasper, Texas

Six Jasper restaurants verified against a Texas Monthly top 50 listing, a Lufkin Daily News review and current review records, in deep East Texas.

6 picks
Mineola Downtown Historic District Mineola

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The Best Restaurants in Mineola, Texas

Six Mineola restaurants verified against Texas Monthly, the Dallas Observer, KLTV and their own sites, in a Wood County town of about 4,500 people.

6 picks
The Old Mill Museum in Lindale, Texas, the town's surviving landmark from its canning days Lindale

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The Best Restaurants in Lindale, Texas

Nine Lindale restaurants verified against the chamber directory, the city list and their own websites, from a Texas Monthly pit to the Cannery complex.

9 picks
The old Forney High School building, a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in Forney, Texas Forney

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The Best Restaurants in Forney, Texas

Nine Forney restaurants verified against their own sites, the chamber directory and local reviews, from a Bishop Arts pizzeria downtown to Cajun catfish.

9 picks
U.S. Highway 80 running through Terrell, Texas, the old main road east out of Dallas Terrell

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The Best Restaurants in Terrell, Texas

Eight Terrell restaurants verified against the chamber directory, the city tourism office list and their own sites, from Tex-Mex on I-20 to downtown barbecue.

8 picks
The Houston skyline lit up at night, photographed from north of Minute Maid Park Houston

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The Best Late Night Food in Houston

Six Houston kitchens still cooking after midnight, with closing times taken from each restaurant's own site rather than a crawled review listing.

6 picks
Hanging lamps strung above an outdoor restaurant patio in the evening Dallas

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The Best Restaurants on Lower Greenville

Seven Lower Greenville restaurants worth the trip, ranked, with addresses, the nights each one is closed and an honest note on which rooms have changed hands.

7 picks
Restored brick storefronts of the Crockett Street complex in downtown Beaumont, Texas Beaumont

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The Best Restaurants in Beaumont, Texas

Ten Beaumont restaurants verified open in 2026 and ranked, led by the lunch-only barbecue joint that Texas Monthly has twice named one of the 50 best in Texas.

10 picks
North Main Street in downtown Conroe, Texas, looking north from the Simonton Street intersection Conroe

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The Best Restaurants in Conroe, Texas

Ten Conroe restaurants verified open in October 2026 and ranked, from the downtown tavern on Simonton Street to the catfish house that has fried since 1984.

10 picks
The downtown Lubbock, Texas skyline seen from the Marsha Sharp Freeway corridor Lubbock

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The Best Restaurants in Lubbock, Texas

Ten Lubbock restaurants verified open in 2026, led by a James Beard finalist kitchen downtown and a family taqueria that made both Texas Monthly lists.

10 picks
The 1878 limestone Old Post Office Building on a corner in downtown Round Rock, Texas Round Rock

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The Best Restaurants in Round Rock

Ten Round Rock restaurants verified open in 2026, from Michelin trained chefs doing Italian off I-35 to handmade pasta downtown and Peruvian charcoal chicken.

10 picks
A parade on 2nd Avenue in downtown Killeen, Texas Killeen

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The Best Restaurants in Killeen, Texas

Eight Killeen restaurants verified open in 2026, from a scratch kitchen taproom to the Puerto Rican cooking Fort Cavazos built, with addresses and hours.

8 picks
Main Street in downtown Temple, Texas, near the Municipal Building Temple

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The Best Restaurants in Temple, Texas

Nine Temple restaurants verified open in 2026, from a downtown steakhouse in a century old department store to a farm to table cafe and post oak barbecue.

9 picks
The downtown Midland, Texas skyline Midland

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The Best Restaurants in Midland, Texas

Ten Midland restaurants verified open in 2026, from the downtown Wall Street dining rooms to a 1958 Italian house, with addresses, phones and hours.

10 picks
The Ector County Courthouse in Odessa, Texas Odessa

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The Best Restaurants in Odessa, Texas

Nine Odessa restaurants verified open in 2026, from a Texas Monthly reviewed barbecue joint to a 1963 steakhouse, with addresses, phones and hours.

9 picks
The former Texas Theater in downtown San Angelo San Angelo

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The Best Restaurants in San Angelo

Nine San Angelo restaurants verified open in 2026, from a fine dining room in a 1927 bungalow to a diner running since 1959, with addresses and hours.

9 picks
Downtown Abilene, Texas, along Cypress Street Abilene

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The Best Restaurants in Abilene, Texas

Nine Abilene restaurants verified open in 2026, from the Cedar Street steakhouse to a James Beard winner 14 miles out, with addresses, phones and hours.

9 picks
The historic courthouse square in Denton, Texas Denton

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The Best Restaurants in Denton, Texas

Ten Denton restaurants verified open in 2026, from the 24 seat Italian room on West Congress Street to the off menu brisket burger on Industrial Street.

10 picks
The 1870 Waco Suspension Bridge over the Brazos River Waco

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The Best Restaurants in Waco, Texas

Ten verified Waco restaurants, from a chef-driven Southern kitchen downtown to a 1949 burger stand on the traffic circle and the Gut Pak that started it all.

10 picks
The historic Rockwall County Courthouse in Rockwall, Texas Rockwall

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The Best Restaurants in Rockwall, Texas

Eight verified Rockwall restaurants, from the rebuilt Culpepper steakhouse on I-30 to wood-fired pizza downtown and Cajun plates on the Lake Ray Hubbard shore.

8 picks
Shops on the town square in Granbury, Texas, at sunset Granbury

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The Best Restaurants in Granbury, Texas

Ten verified Granbury restaurants, from a steakhouse on the 1890 courthouse square to a German biergarten, a Cajun smokehouse and a grill you can reach by boat.

10 picks
Canton

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The Best Places to Eat in Canton, Texas

Ten verified Canton restaurants ranked, from a downtown square kitchen run by a Canton native to a smokehouse brewery and a chicken counter in a gas station.

10 picks
Kilgore

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The Best Restaurants in Kilgore, Texas

Ten Kilgore restaurants ranked and verified, from a 1939 rib joint out on FM 2767 to a downtown burger counter that buys its beef from a 1969 butcher shop.

10 picks
Athens

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The Best Restaurants in Athens, Texas

Ten verified restaurants in Athens, Texas, from a vineyard dining room and a lakefront grill to wood pit barbecue and a weekday-only birria taco counter.

10 picks
Downtown Lufkin, Texas Lufkin

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The Best Restaurants in Lufkin, Texas

Ten verified Lufkin restaurants ranked, from the dining room inside the historic Hotel Angelina downtown to the tamales at a working tortilleria on Raguet.

10 picks
The downtown historic district in Nacogdoches, Texas Nacogdoches

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The Best Restaurants in Nacogdoches

Nine verified Nacogdoches restaurants ranked, from an Italian room in an old railroad warehouse to the coffee-rubbed brisket at Brendyn's on East Main.

9 picks
Downtown Tyler, Texas Tyler

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The Best Restaurants in Tyler, Texas

Ten Tyler restaurants ranked and verified, from a Food Network chef on the downtown square to a lunch buffet running since 1949, with hours and price bands.

10 picks
Main Street in downtown Commerce, Texas Commerce

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The Best Restaurants in Commerce, Texas

A researched, ranked guide to the best restaurants in Commerce, Texas, from the highway grill with the biggest menu in town to a Nepali kitchen on Culver.

10 picks
Storefronts in downtown Bonham, Texas Bonham

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The Best Restaurants in Bonham, Texas

Ten verified Bonham restaurants ranked, from a burger that made statewide TV to Southern cooking on the square, with addresses and the days each one is dark.

10 picks
Main Street in downtown Denison, Texas Denison

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The Best Restaurants in Denison, Texas

Ten verified Denison restaurants ranked, from the Katy Depot wine list to a 1956 drive-in, with addresses, price bands and the days each one is dark.

10 picks
Kelly Square in downtown Sherman, Texas Sherman

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The Best Restaurants in Sherman, Texas

Ten researched restaurants in Sherman, Texas, from a rebuilt 1874 bar on the courthouse square to a competition barbecue pit and a scratch Italian kitchen.

10 picks
The U.S. Courthouse on the state line in Texarkana Texarkana

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The Best Restaurants in Texarkana

A researched, ranked guide to the best restaurants on the Texas side of Texarkana, from a wood-fired grill off Galleria Oaks to a barbecue born here in 1998.

9 picks
The historic Plaza Theater and storefronts on the downtown square in Paris, Texas Paris

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The Best Restaurants in Paris, Texas

Where to actually eat in Paris, Texas, from a farm-to-table plate on the downtown plaza to a beer garden patio and a burger stand with an eight-year streak.

6 picks

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