Excellent article, Osso. And for goooooood Tex-Mex Herrara's can't be beat. However, there are plenty of other good Tex-Mex restaurants in Dalas. Cantina Laredo and Mi Cocinna, in that order. You can actually get good Tex-Mex on every corner in Dallas. I don't know about Irving. I make it a point to never go there unless it's a matter of life or death.
And if the barbecue is made of the people at Dickey's it's likely of food NPR listening liberals. Because it's sooooo sweet.
Oh oh, and don't forget Kuby's in Synder Plaza in Highland Park. Excellent choice and quality of German food, including yummy German bread.
Those are my opinions for today.
For Linkat, not every resident of Irving is unlikable, just the majority of them. So I'm sure your friends there are quite nice and must be suffering as Thomas will be if he lives there. I agree with Thomas, it's housing developments and giant Malls, except for the University of Dallas, with which I am so unimpressed.
Sorry to be such a cynic. But I just don't like Dallas much.