Dallas–Fort Worth, TX
Tolbert's Restaurant & Chili Parlor
American, Southwestern, Chili
423 S Main St, Grapevine, TX 76051, USA
423 S Main St, Grapevine, TX 76051, USA
Hours
- Mon · Today11 AM – 9 PM
- Tue11 AM – 10 PM
- Wed11 AM – 11 PM
- Thu11 AM – 11 PM
- Fri11 AM – Midnight
- Sat11 AM – Midnight
- Sun11 AM – 9 PM
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In Dallas–Fort Worth
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Editor’s picks from published local guides
Texas Monthly traces this chili parlor to Frank X. Tolbert, the Dallas Morning News journalist whose 1966 book A Bowl of Red was promoted with the first Terlingua cookoff in 1967. The magazine reports that his daughter Kathleen Ryan joined her brother and father in opening the family's chili parlors, and that a single restaurant remains, on Main Street in Grapevine. Ryan told Texas Monthly they serve north of the border chili there, adding the beans at the end of the cooking rather than simmering them in. Order that bowl of red.
Picks from Texas Monthly, The Dallas Morning News, and Dallas Observer
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