clock menu more-arrow no yes mobile
A tamale is on a plate and peeled, with some of it forked into. Its topped with corn and pico de gallo. Next to it on the plate is green rice and orange rice.
Order the Chicken Hatch Male Tamale at Urban Rio during August.
Urban Rio

Where to Get a Hatch Chile Fix in DFW

Pizza, burgers, margs, and more are all infused with New Mexico’s favorite pepper

View as Map
Order the Chicken Hatch Male Tamale at Urban Rio during August.
| Urban Rio

Hatch chili pepper season is in full swing, and to celebrate this crop of spicy green peppers from New Mexico, places across Dallas are spiking burgers, queso, pizza, and more with the fiery chiles.

Hatch chiles range from mild and slightly sweet to quite spicy, which means that it makes for a particularly versatile ingredient. Act quickly, though — Hatch season runs from early August through the end of September, so there’s no time like the present to check out one of these Hatch enhanced dishes.

Read More
Eater maps are curated by editors and aim to reflect a diversity of neighborhoods, cuisines, and prices. Learn more about our editorial process.

Mi Dia From Scratch

Copy Link

Mi Dia has an array of Hatch-infused menu items, all available until September 7. Order a bowl of Hatch chile queso and follow it up with your choice of fried chicken Hatch tacos, pork carnitas Hatch enchiladas or skirt steak and stuffed Hatch chile. Or go all in and order them all — just bring friends along to help eat it.

Blue Goose Cantina

Copy Link

It’s a real Hatch-a palooza at Blue Goose, with Hatch queso (make it a queso birria for $2 extra), Hatch Santa Fe quesadillas, a birria and Hatch queso taco, Augie’s Hatch stew (pork stew with Hatch chiles), Hatch pulled chicken enchidadas, a Hatch birria burrito (for when a taco just isn’t enough), Hatch street tacos, Hatch huevos for brunch, and most intriguingly a Hatch margarita that also comes in blueberry.

Urban Crust

Copy Link

Land a Hatch pizza at this excellent Plano pizza spot, with Hatch chiles, grilled sirloin, pepper jack cheese, and tobacco fried onions. Spicy.

Urban Rio Cantina & Grill

Copy Link

Order the chicken Hatch male tamale, filled with shredded chicken, hatch chiles, Monterrey jack, and hatch cream sauce. Or sign up for it’s Hatch chile dinner on August 22, with four cocktails and four courses for $54.90 per person.

Eataly Dallas

Copy Link

The Eataly marketplace will be dishing out Hatch items until August 27, including Hatch chile stuffed with flatiron steak and double smoked bacon, organic chicken marinated in house-made Hatch chile salsa verde, house-made Hatch chile brioche, and Hatch chile topped pizza with house-made sausage. In it’s restaurants, diners will find a Hatch chile daquiri at Terra, Hatch chile caramelle pasta at Il Pastaio, Neapolitan-style pizza by topped with roasted Hatch chiles at La Pizza & La Pasta.

Flips Patio Grill

Copy Link

Get Hatch on a burger with the New Mexican Hatch chile burger on Flip’s 50/50 patty, made from a with brisket-chuck blend. Then it’s topped with American cheese, Applewood-smoked bacon, and  Hatch chile sauce.

Central Market

Copy Link

No place goes all-in on Hatch season like Central Market. Head in up to August 22 and enjoy the widest array of Hatch-enhanced bites in the city. A few highlights this year include Maryland-Style Hatch crab cakes, Hatch pepper and brisket roasted corn dip, penne pasta with shrimp in Hatch sauce casserole, Hatch pepper meatballs, and strawberry and Hatch margarita mix.

Greenville Avenue Pizza Company

Copy Link

GapCo weighs in again this season with a Hatch pizza. It’s got Hatch chiles, chorizo, sweet corn, and hatch alfredo sauce. That sounds like a mouthful.

El Fenix

Copy Link

Hit up El Fenix for some Hatch chile fajita specials. It’s 2 for $22 menu can be paired with Hatch chile queso. And it’s offering a Hatch chile margarita.

Blue Mesa Grill

Copy Link

As always, Blue Mesa Grill is hosting its Hatch Chile Festival during the season. Try out Hatch infused dishes such as crispy Hatch strips with dipping sauces, pozole, Santa Fe stacked chicken enchiladas, a Hatch brownie sundae, and a pineapple Hatch margarita.

Mi Dia From Scratch

Mi Dia has an array of Hatch-infused menu items, all available until September 7. Order a bowl of Hatch chile queso and follow it up with your choice of fried chicken Hatch tacos, pork carnitas Hatch enchiladas or skirt steak and stuffed Hatch chile. Or go all in and order them all — just bring friends along to help eat it.

Blue Goose Cantina

It’s a real Hatch-a palooza at Blue Goose, with Hatch queso (make it a queso birria for $2 extra), Hatch Santa Fe quesadillas, a birria and Hatch queso taco, Augie’s Hatch stew (pork stew with Hatch chiles), Hatch pulled chicken enchidadas, a Hatch birria burrito (for when a taco just isn’t enough), Hatch street tacos, Hatch huevos for brunch, and most intriguingly a Hatch margarita that also comes in blueberry.

Urban Crust

Land a Hatch pizza at this excellent Plano pizza spot, with Hatch chiles, grilled sirloin, pepper jack cheese, and tobacco fried onions. Spicy.

Urban Rio Cantina & Grill

Order the chicken Hatch male tamale, filled with shredded chicken, hatch chiles, Monterrey jack, and hatch cream sauce. Or sign up for it’s Hatch chile dinner on August 22, with four cocktails and four courses for $54.90 per person.

Eataly Dallas

The Eataly marketplace will be dishing out Hatch items until August 27, including Hatch chile stuffed with flatiron steak and double smoked bacon, organic chicken marinated in house-made Hatch chile salsa verde, house-made Hatch chile brioche, and Hatch chile topped pizza with house-made sausage. In it’s restaurants, diners will find a Hatch chile daquiri at Terra, Hatch chile caramelle pasta at Il Pastaio, Neapolitan-style pizza by topped with roasted Hatch chiles at La Pizza & La Pasta.

Flips Patio Grill

Get Hatch on a burger with the New Mexican Hatch chile burger on Flip’s 50/50 patty, made from a with brisket-chuck blend. Then it’s topped with American cheese, Applewood-smoked bacon, and  Hatch chile sauce.

Central Market

No place goes all-in on Hatch season like Central Market. Head in up to August 22 and enjoy the widest array of Hatch-enhanced bites in the city. A few highlights this year include Maryland-Style Hatch crab cakes, Hatch pepper and brisket roasted corn dip, penne pasta with shrimp in Hatch sauce casserole, Hatch pepper meatballs, and strawberry and Hatch margarita mix.

Greenville Avenue Pizza Company

GapCo weighs in again this season with a Hatch pizza. It’s got Hatch chiles, chorizo, sweet corn, and hatch alfredo sauce. That sounds like a mouthful.

El Fenix

Hit up El Fenix for some Hatch chile fajita specials. It’s 2 for $22 menu can be paired with Hatch chile queso. And it’s offering a Hatch chile margarita.

Blue Mesa Grill

As always, Blue Mesa Grill is hosting its Hatch Chile Festival during the season. Try out Hatch infused dishes such as crispy Hatch strips with dipping sauces, pozole, Santa Fe stacked chicken enchiladas, a Hatch brownie sundae, and a pineapple Hatch margarita.

Related Maps