New Year’s resolutions might persuade some North Texans to eat less in 2026, but we have a different strategy: Let’s eat smarter and spend less. This month’s Hot List includes restaurants across Dallas-Fort Worth at all price points that offer a discount or deal.
Keep in mind, however, that the best way to prove you love a restaurant in North Texas is by going there — and spending money. So, choose wisely. And spend wisely. Your favorite restaurants are counting on you in 2026.
Restaurants listed in alphabetical order.
Burger Schmurger in East Dallas
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One of the most popular orders at Burger Schmurger is the flagship cheeseburger, the Schmurger (pictured here).
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Casual Burger Schmurger near White Rock Lake offers a Monday through Friday lunch special for those in a hurry: It’s $15 for a burger, fries and a soft drink or iced tea. (For kids, a single-patty cheeseburger costs $7 any time of day.) If you tell ‘em you’ve gotta get back to work, they’ll move your lunch order to the front of the line.
Regulars are all too happy to share their favorite menu items, and mine’s The Maverick. It’s a double patty burger with two kinds of cheese, smoked bacon jam and good vibes. Doesn’t it sound like a great way to start your 2026?
Burger Schmurger is at 718 N. Buckner Blvd., Dallas.
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Cane Rosso — 9 restaurants in D-FW
Cane Rosso has nine locations in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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Visit Neapolitan pizza shop Cane Rosso at lunchtime, and a generous spread costs $16. Its pizza and salad combo includes one 10-inch pizza, a side salad and some rosemary-parmesan tater tots. If you’re dining with littles, kids pizzas cost $7 to $9, and fried mozz is priced at a cool $6.
Cane Rosso has restaurants in Arlington, Carrollton, Fort Worth, Frisco, Sachse and four in Dallas. Find one here.
Domodomo Kō in Uptown Dallas
Domodomo Kō in Dallas has an a la carte menu at lunch and dinner for those who don’t want a fixed menu.
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We’ve sung the praises of Korean-Japanese restaurant Domodomo Kō on The Dallas Morning News’ podcast, Eat Drink D-FW. Now it’s time for you to tuck into this serene restaurant yourself. Some might opt for the $49 per person sushi lunch or dinner — a great price for what you get — but let’s go lower. The dosirak, or bento lunch, costs as low as $17 for Korean fried chicken, miso soup, rice, cabbage salad and edamame. For a few bucks more, the entree changes to miso black cod, beef bulgogi or Korean spicy pork — but still with all those great sides.
Domodomo Kō is at 2681 Howell St., Dallas.
Dutch’s Hamburgers in Fort Worth
Dutch’s is a low-key burger joint on S. University in Fort Worth.
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One of the best deals in the region is Dutch’s half-price burger night on Tuesdays. Head over to TCU territory and you’ll pay as low as $5.50 for the restaurant’s signature cheeseburger. Tack on a buck or two more for the bacon-swiss-mushroom, the portabello veggie or the bacon blue cheese burger. That’s dinner for less than $10.
Dutch’s Hamburgers is at 3009 S. University Drive, Fort Worth.
Fortunate Son in Garland
Downtown Garland has some fun, new restaurants. Check out Fortunate Son, a pizza joint from the owners of Goodfriend.
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We love Fortunate Son for its New Haven, Conn.-style pizzas that are rare in this part of Texas. But while you’re grabbing a slice, plan your trip accordingly and you’ll find some great drink specials. Select glasses of wine are $4 at happy hour — 3 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. Discounts extend to beer, cocktails and frozen drinks. And, while you’re there, you’d better supplement the pizza and drinks with some chicken wings, which cost $9 to $18. Fortunate Son’s are some of the best around.
Fortunate Son is at 500 Main St., Garland.
Heritage Pizza and Taproom in The Colony
Heritage Pizza and Taproom opened in The Colony in 2017. The parent company does swift pizza business in Collin and Denton counties, with Cadillac Pizza Pub in McKinney, Taverna Rossa in Plano and Southlake, Heritage in The Colony and more.
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Your family of four can eat for $40 at Heritage Pizza, a kid-friendly restaurant in The Colony. The Heritage Homerun Family Dinner comes with sodas all around, pretzels and beer cheese, a large salad and a 14-inch pizza. If that isn’t quite enough for your gaggle of gourmands, visit on Thursdays for buy one, get one free pizzas at dinnertime.
Heritage Pizza and Taproom is at 3750 Plano Parkway, The Colony.
Hugs Cafe in Dallas and McKinney
The Chickie Hug sandwich at Hugs Cafe is made with cranberry pecan chicken salad.
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Dine at Hugs Cafe, a restaurant that employs adults with disabilities, and you’ll go home knowing you were part of a great community effort with great prices. Breakfast and lunch run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. every day except Sunday, and sandwiches cost about $13 each. Breakfast is even lower-priced. Bring your kids and tack on simple sides like potatoes, bacon or toast for just $4 each.
Hugs Cafe is at 2918 Live Oak St., Dallas, and 224 E. Virginia St., McKinney.
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Jaquval in Oak Cliff
Jaquval’s beer is brewed on-site, in Oak Cliff.
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If you’re not following Jaquval, a cozy pub in Dallas’ Bishop Arts District, on Instagram, do that. (The past few months have brought lots of inspo, like November’s Thanksgiving dinner sandwich for $16, pet photo sessions with Santa and details on the latest karaoke sesh.) As we move into 2026, turn to Jaquval on Mondays and Wednesdays for two filling deals. On Monday steak night, $20 will get you a rib-eye with blue cheese compound butter and hand-cut fries. On Wednesday all day, it’s $14 for a cheeseburger, fries and a pint of house-brewed beer.
Jaquval is at 312 W. 7th St., Dallas.
Kirin Court in Plano and Richardson
Some of the best-known dim sum in D-FW is at Kirin Court.
Recently, longtime D-FW Chinese restaurant Kirin Court expanded from Richardson to a second location, in Plano. At both, diners are in charge of their own fates, selecting plates off carts as they roll by. Plates range in price from about $4 to $8 and include dumplings, steamed buns, egg rolls and (so much) more. If you’re trying to keep lunch or dinner to a certain price, it’s easy — and delicious — to do at Kirin Court.
Kirin Court is at 1301 Custer Road, Plano, and 221 W. Polk St., Richardson.
Malai Kitchen in Dallas, Fort Worth and Southlake
Yasmin and Braden Wages own four Malai Kitchen restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth. They just opened Brya Zan, a fast-casual Southeast Asian restaurant, in Plano.
There’s lots to love at Asian restaurant Malai Kitchen. Go all day Sunday or during happy hour from 3 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and find appetizers for $7 each, or two for $12. Options include cucumber salad, fried spring rolls, spicy edamame, Vietnamese meatballs and more. Couple those with a $5 beer and you’re outta there for $20 per person.
Malai Kitchen has restaurants at 3699 McKinney Ave. (in West Village), Dallas; 6130 Luther Lane, Dallas; 1161 E. Southlake Blvd., Southlake; and 5289 Monahans Ave., Fort Worth.
Meridian in East Dallas
Keep an eye on chef Eduardo Osorio at Meridian in Dallas: He’s making great food.
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Meridian, the reborn modern American restaurant in The Village, wants to invite you to Sunday supper. For $99 total, four people can eat fried chicken, corn bread, pimento grits, broccolini and dessert. Meridian’s Sunday night deal is a shining example of what we expect to see more of in 2026: restaurants offering diners a reason to visit on a specific day, for a specific price. Even better, Meridian gives 20% of Sunday supper proceeds to Meat Fight, a local nonprofit that raises funds for multiple sclerosis research.
Meridian is at 5605 Village Glen Drive, Dallas.
Plank Provisions in Fort Worth
Two words: $1.50 oysters. Plank Provisions in Fort Worth has an excellent happy hour from 3-6 p.m., seven days a week. Options include $7 wine and sushi rolls, $8 cocktails and deals on snacks like beignet-style hushpuppies ($8), shrimp toast ($11) and redfish ceviche ($13). But before we order anything else, we’re getting an ice-cold order of oysters, right?
Plank Provisions is at 5289 Marathon Ave., Fort Worth.
Seven Doors in The Colony
So you’re looking for a nice night out north of Dallas. Seven Doors in The Colony’s Grandscape development does Thursday steak night every week. Diners get the cut of the day, a side of garlic fries and a drink pairing for just $19.99. Now that’s a deal.
Seven Doors is at 5774 Grandscape Blvd., The Colony.
Stoneleigh P in Dallas
The Stoneleigh P moved to a new street in Dallas, but much about it remains the same.
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Sometimes, you’ve gotta go where everybody knows your name. Enter the Stoneleigh P, the bar and burger joint open on Maple Avenue for more than 50 years before it moved to Lemmon Avenue. On weekdays at lunch, the P is selling its burger with a side of chips for $10. If you’re there on a weekend, brunch drinks like mimosas, screwdrivers, Bloody Marys and aperol spritzes cost $4 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The Stoneleigh P is at 4218 Lemmon Ave., Dallas.
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Taco y Vino in Garland and Oak Cliff
Three for you, three for me. And wine.
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If it’s date night, consider Taco y Vino. The restaurant’s long-loved special, which started in Oak Cliff, is $48 for six tacos and a bottle of wine. The deal continues at the new restaurant in downtown Garland, which opened in fall 2025.
Taco y Vino is at 213 W. Eighth St., Dallas, and 706 Main St., Garland.
3 restaurants in Dallas’ Devonshire area
It’s wine time at Shinsei, Lovers Seafood and/or Perch in Dallas.
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Pick a day, Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday, and three restaurants at Lovers Lane and Inwood Road in Dallas have a wine deal. It’s half-price wine at Shinsei on Mondays, at Lovers Seafood on Tuesdays and at Perch on Wednesdays. All three restaurants are owned by the same Dallas hospitality group, and they’re located right in a row near Dallas’ Devonshire/Bluffview neighborhood.
If it’s a martini you seek, look for Tiny Tini Tuesdays. (Say that three times fast.) Diners can order an espresso martini, a lemon drop, a martini inspired by James Bond himself or any other variety. It’s $7 for each Tiny Tini on Tuesdays at Perch.
Shinsei is at 7713 Inwood Road, Dallas. Lovers Seafood and Market is at 5200 W. Lovers Lane, Dallas. Perch Bistro and Bar is at 7709 Inwood Road, Dallas.
Yoichi Omakase in Fort Worth
New Japanese restaurant Yoichi Omakase is serving a 12-course dinner for $89. Now: That’s not a low-price dinner in our eyes, but it’s about $100 less per person than many of the other omakase restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth, like Shoyo, Sushi Bar, Sushi Kozy and Dallas’ only Michelin-starred restaurant, Tatsu. Yoichi is Fort Worth’s “best new restaurant, hands down,” according to Fort Worth Magazine. There are no reservations here, so show up as early as 4:30 p.m. to get a seat.
Yoichi Omakase is at 711 W. Magnolia Ave., Fort Worth.
Ziziki’s in Dallas
Our doctor said to follow the Mediterranean diet, and we’re hoping wine is part of that regimen. Greek restaurant Ziziki’s, which has two locations in Dallas, sells half-price bottles of wine on Mondays and Tuesdays. For lunch and dinner, you’ll find light but filling food that includes shrimp salad, lamb meatballs and salmon with couscous. Or, go for brunch and a generous Mediterranean spread costs $35 to $45 for diners 12 or older. Kids eat brunch for $14-20.
Ziziki’s is at 4514 Travis St. and 16661 Preston Road (at Forest Lane), both in Dallas.