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Dallas restaurants did not land on 'Bon Appétit' 10 best new restaurants list

If you thought Luscher's Red Hots in Deep Ellum and Small Brewpub in Oak Cliff were your little secrets, think again. Both were named nominees in Bon Appétit's list of the 50 best new restaurants in the U.S.

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[UPDATE at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 18: While they landed on the magazine's larger list in early August, neither made the top 10 list released Aug. 18.]

Luscher's is an order-at-the-counter shop from chef Brian Luscher, who co-owns the Grape in Dallas. The restaurant pays homage to Luscher's Chicago roots but in fact is better than a cheap Chicago dog, BA says. (Fightin' words?) Patrons will find Green River soda and Goose Island beer, both beloved Chicago beverages.

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The magazine gives Luscher this honor: "You've seen all the menu items before ... but rarely have you seen them done so flawlessly."

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Small Brewpub is the beer bar doing exciting, sometimes odd food. Chef Misti Norris has served fried chicken feet, "goatwurst" and veal heart tasso, among others. Our restaurant critic Leslie Brenner gave Small a three-star review, praising its adventurousness.

The BA writers seemed to like the food and love the atmosphere. "Any of these dishes could come from a 'fancy' fine-dining restaurant, but something about eating them in a room that feels like the love child of a German beer garden ... and a Parisian hideaway ... makes them taste even better," the magazine says. They recommend jazz on Tuesdays. (And hey: It's Tuesday!)

The list of 50 restaurants, each which have "truly original, innovative, and unexpected cooking," came from writers Andrew Knowlton and Julia Kramer. The final list of 10 names Al's Place in San Francisco as the country's best new restaurant.

Others on the top 10 list came from three California cities, plus Chicago; Seattle; Indianapolis; Brooklyn, New York; Davidson, North Carolina; and Austin.

The famed Austin restaurant is Dai Due, a "butcher shop and supper club," according to its website, in East Austin.

To see The Dallas Morning News' list of the top 10 new restaurants in 2014, click here.

Small Brewpub in Oak Cliff is on Bon Appétit's list of notable new restaurants. Here's chef...
Small Brewpub in Oak Cliff is on Bon Appétit's list of notable new restaurants. Here's chef Misti Norris' pig totter, photographed in early 2015.(Allison Slomowitz)