Hopdoddy Burger Bar is an Austin-founded build-your-order burger bar at Preston Center Plaza, with thick-patty and smashburger options including grass-fed beef and bison.
Burgers are fresh-ground and served on scratch-baked buns, with handcrafted shakes rounding out the menu.
Goodnight Burger (grass-fed) · Roosevelt Burger (grass-fed bison)
Grass-fed, pasture-raised beef and bison as a standing chain-wide sourcing policy
Their sourcing page lists "grass fed pasture-raised, wagyu & heritage beef, responsibly raised" as a standing policy. The menu confirms it by name on the Goodnight burger ("100% grass fed pasture raised beef") and the Roosevelt burger (100% grass-fed, pasture-raised bison); not every burger on the menu carries the claim. · confirmed via hopdoddy.com: sourcing
Rodeo Goat is a DFW-founded burger chain with locations across North Texas, built around 44 Farms Angus beef.
The build-your-own burger menu runs on a single named Texas beef program, grain-finished rather than grass-finished.
Chaca Oaxaca Burger
44 Farms Angus beef, grass-fed and grain-finished, not grass-finished
Rodeo Goat's burgers are built on 44 Farms Angus beef. 44 Farms' own program is explicitly "pasture raised and grain finished" (no added hormones, antibiotics, or animal byproducts), not grass-finished. Listed per the grass-fed/grain-finished policy: grass-fed is confirmed, grain-finished is stated plainly rather than implied, and ranked below the fully grass-finished entries in this city. · confirmed via 44steaks.com: 44 Farms beef program
True Food Kitchen is a seasonal, wellness-focused chain with a location at Preston Center Plaza in University Park.
The grass-fed burger is a reliable pick on a menu built around seasonal, anti-inflammatory ingredients.
Grass-Fed Burger
100% grass-fed beef across all locations
Verde Farms' SVP told FSR Magazine (Aug. 29, 2023) that True Food Kitchen's beef, chain-wide, is "100 percent grass-fed on pastures where cattle roam free 100 percent of the time, no feedlots, ever." This Preston Center location, inside University Park, carries that same chain-wide beef program; nothing else on the menu is covered by the claim. · confirmed via FSR Magazine: True Food Kitchen's grass-fed beef partnership
Y.O. Ranch Steakhouse is a longtime Dallas institution in the Historic West End, built around beef from the owners' own Texas Hill Country ranch.
The wild game menu, including buffalo filet mignon, is as much a draw as the steaks. One of Dallas's longest-running steakhouses.
24-oz Porterhouse · Buffalo Filet Mignon
Grass-fed, free-range beef from the restaurant's own 48,000-acre Texas Hill Country ranch
Their own site states: "When you take a bite out of grass-fed meat, know that the animal has been organically fed and raised... free-range and have been able to graze. There's no force-feeding from our end." Beef comes from the restaurant's own 48,000-acre Y.O. Ranch in the Texas Hill Country. Established 1996. · confirmed via yoranchsteakhouse.com: 5 Reasons Why Our Natural Beef Is What's for Dinner
Frequently asked questions
Are there grass-fed beef restaurants in Dallas?
Yes. Y.O. Ranch Steakhouse (Historic West End), a Dallas institution since 1996, states on its own site that its beef is grass-fed and free-range, raised on the owners' own 48,000-acre Y.O. Ranch in the Texas Hill Country. Hopdoddy Burger Bar (Preston Center) and True Food Kitchen (University Park) carry the same chain-wide grass-fed sourcing policies confirmed elsewhere on this site. Rodeo Goat (multiple locations) runs on 44 Farms Angus beef, which is grass-fed but explicitly grain-finished rather than grass-finished, stated plainly here rather than implied. See each listing for exactly what's confirmed and by whom.
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