Nearly 2,500 people converged on Centennial Hall at Fair Park last night for the ninth annual Dallas Observer Iron Fork, which showcased 40 of the city’s best restaurants — and a particularly delicious array of Texas-produced spirits. There was incredible food throughout the room.

There was a whole lotta great beef last night, including the steak au poivre on bleu cheese puff pastry from Fleming’s, and we loved One90 Smoked Meats‘ brisket, as usual. Like Five Sixty, Luna Grill‘s plating was over-the-top pretty, but their falafel tasted even better than it looked. Sundown at Granada served a creative and delectable banh mi “loaf” — topped with Profound Farms microgreens — that we would have eaten twice, had we any room left in our stomachs.

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