Welcome to Eat Like a Local! From late-night burgers in Nashville to a life-changing date shake in Palm Springs, we traveled across the U.S. to find the spots that are really hitting home.
Pound for pound, Houston might be the most ethnically diverse eating city in the country right now. America’s fourth-largest metropolis is basically the United Nations of nosh. In addition to the restaurants run by bold-faced chefs, there are clusters of high-quality international spots, from Vietnamese crab shacks to Mexican taco trucks. Here, we trace the city’s global flavors through a single cut of beef: brisket, which is about as Texan as it gets. Except when it’s, you know, Salvadoran. Or Korean. Or...
Inspired by Salvadoran salpicon, chef Chris Shepherd layers braised-and-shredded beef onto crisp tostadas.
The iconic Vietnamese soup at this busy late-night spot features fragrant broth bobbing with hunks of “fatty” (in a good way) meat.
Nobody in town does BBQ brisket better than Greg Gatlin, who smokes it over hickory for 12 hours until blackened and fork-tender.
This Cantonese restaurant braises the cut in a rich stewing liquid of dark soy sauce, Shaoxing wine, ginger, garlic, and orange peel.
Kenny & Ziggy’s Deli man Ziggy Gruber piles corned beef—offered as either first cut (lean) or regular cut (fatty)—onto soft rye bread.
Czech immigrants introduced these yeasty pastries to Texas, where they’ve been updated with—you guessed it!
Koreans are grilled-beef masters who know their way around a brisket, slicing the meat paper-thin, then grilling it tableside.
If you’re lucky, this legendary truck will feature a special of sliced grilled (or stewed) brisket tucked into a hot corn tortilla.