Fare: LOCAL

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 LOCAL is the type of restaurant where the owner-chef Tracy Miller still answers the phone. The Dallas-born epicure sticks to what makes the former hotel so special―its hand-wrought menu. Fried green beans, foie gras on Texas toast with fig-Madeira compote, panko-and-cornflake-crusted sea bass, and her macaroni and cheese. She’s a star among 21st-century Southern chefs, and I recommend calling her.

Local Thought: “In Deep Ellum [the neighborhood due east of downtown], we are destinational dining,” Tracy says. “People love the mystery of finding somewhere.”

Info: 2936A Elm Street; www.localdallas.com or (214) 752-7500

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