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Dallas–Fort Worth, TX

Norma's Cafe

American, Diner, Chicken Fried Steak

1123 W Davis St, Dallas, TX 75208, USA

1123 W Davis St, Dallas, TX 75208, USA

Hours
  • Mon7 AM – 8 PM
  • Tue7 AM – 8 PM
  • Wed · Today7 AM – 8 PM
  • Thu7 AM – 8 PM
  • Fri7 AM – 8 PM
  • Sat7 AM – 8 PM
  • Sun7 AM – 8 PM

From the local food press

Editor’s picks from published local guides
  • Pie Shops

    Norma's is the Dallas diner known for blue plate specials and Mile-High cream pies, and this Oak Cliff room is the original, ahead of the newer locations. The pie and cobbler menu covers coconut, chocolate peanut butter, chocolate and lemon pies, then pecan, pumpkin, apple and cherry, with peach and blackberry cobblers. Order a slice of the coconut or the chocolate peanut butter Mile-High pie.

    Picks from The Dallas Morning News, Dallas Observer, PaperCity Magazine, and D Magazine

  • Southern

    Norma Manis opened this Oak Cliff diner in 1956, and it has been a Dallas institution ever since for its chicken-fried steak, biscuits and gravy, and house-baked Mile-High Pies. The portions have stayed as generous as the reputation, and the original Davis Street room anchors a handful of locations.

    Picks from CultureMap Dallas, Dallas Observer, and The Dallas Morning News

  • Chicken Fried Steak

    A 1956 Dallas institution. Double-dipped chicken-fried steak is the most-ordered plate in the room.

    Picks from Dallas Observer

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