Twisted Root - Downtown Dallas/Commerce St

Me and the wifey had bidness to tend to in downtown Dallas late afternoon, so there was nothing to do but get Twisted.

Twisted Root was rated one of the top 5 hamburgers in Texas and it is the best hamburger of all of the hamburger joints we hang out in. The Commerce street location is about 1/2 restaurant and 1/2 bar. The one in Richardson is all restaurant and just as good. It is always busy.

Our hamburger of choice is the Ranch Hand. This is a great tasting hamburger patty with swiss cheese, peppercorn ranch sauce and two pieces of bacon plus fixins. This is a great tasting burger. It is large enough to be a meal by itself. Givin the burger a 9.28

Of course you can't pass up the fried foods. The top of the line is the "Fried Ride". This is fried pickles, fried onion strings, fried sweet potatoes, french fries and fried green beans. We have taken the Fried Ride several times, however, it takes 3 or 4 days to get over having that much cooking oil in your body. It's like electrocution by fried foods.

So we chicken out and order fried pickles and fried onion strings. Fried pickles are always compared to Razzoos Fried Pickles which are the absolute best. The fried pickles here are a step down from Razzoos, but they are still very good. A Pickled score of 8.1.

The fried onion strings are as good as any I have eaten. They are thin cut with a good tasting batter. They are very good. The onion strings get an 8.35.

Overall, Twisted Root is a 9.0.

NOTE: You have to park at a meter. Before 6:00 parking is free, but beginning at 6:00, you have to feed the meter. Also, since it so popular, the parking is full along Commerce for blocks. We have found that if you go over to Main, you park at a meter there and can be within a block.

Also, the clientele for dinner looks like just normal Dallas folk. There are people from all walks of life. Most of them look almost as normal as I do. Of course tonight, there was one young woman that had all visible parts of her body tattooed to the hilt, this is actually an exception not the norm. I wouldn't recommend being here at 10:00 at night.

Mitcho
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