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Women rock the Dallas dining scene: These 10 restaurants have female chefs and owners 

One doesn't have to look far to find high-profile Dallas restaurants that are both owned by women and have female chefs.

In the run-up to International Women's Day (March 8), which this year was also a "Day Without Women," The Boston Globe published a story celebrating the strong female chef and restaurateur culture in that city.  "But it is an exception in an industry where a macho culture can still sometimes relegate women to the 'pastry box' and other background roles, and family-friendly policies like parental leave aren't always on the table," wrote The Globe's Beth Teitell.

In Dallas, one doesn't have to look far to find high-profile restaurants that are either owned by women or that have female chefs. Here are 10 restaurants in and around Dallas that have both: