Blue Mesa Recent Awards and Honorable Mentions
The Dallas Morning News
Best by Cuisine (Mexican) 2008
"Blue Mesa has you covered for delicious Southwestern-inspired food."
"Gorgeous...worth a look" for Northwest Hwy. location
Zagat Survey - Texas Restaurants
“A taste of Santa Fe” comes to Texas via this “popular” mini-chain drawing plenty of “crowds” for “affordable”, “palate-pleasing” Southwestern dishes, “addictive sweet potato chips”, “killer” blue margaritas and a “fantastic Sunday brunch buffet”; the vibe is “comfortable” and staff “accommodating to large groups”, so the only downside is that it “can be hard to get in.” Zagat review 2008
Ranked in the top 12 Most Popular Restaurants in the Dallas Fort Worth area 2006-07
"Exceptional Sunday Brunch"
"Famous Happy Hour"
"Love this Santa Fe transplant"
"Creative nuevo twists"
"Lots of choices for everyone from the very hungry to those in search of a little bite"
"To die for margaritas"
AOL City Guide's Best
Best Brunch 2007
Best Weekend Brunch 2006
Best Healthy Dining 2005
#3 Best Margarita 2005
D Magazine
"Best of the Best" 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003
Herradura Seleccion Suprema Tequila 2005
Best Brunch Buffet 2004
Best Margarita for the Dirty Margarita 2003
Best Free Meal for food served at Happy Hour
Best Tortilla Soup
Best Grand Entrance for Northwest Hwy. location
Best Tableside Theater for Tableside Guacamole
Texas Monthly
"The 63 Tacos You Must Eat Before You Die." for Street Tacos 2006
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Best Sunday Brunch Buffet 2007 Reader's Choice Winner
Best Happy Hour 2006
Best Sunday Brunch 2006
Best Happy Hour 2004
"We found the top-shelf silver margarita at the Blue Mesa Grill restaurants, perhaps the closest to a fresh, Austin-style margarita." -- Bud Kennedy 5/28/04
Dallas Observer
Readers' Choice "Best Brunch, Sunday or any other day" 2003, 2004, 2005
Best Margarita
Best Interior Design
Best Guacamole
FW Weekly
Best Happy Hour
Fort Worth Magazine
Best Brunch 2003
Best of Citysearch Dallas
Best Margarita 2006
Best Brunch 2007 (Audience and Editorial Winner)
Park Cities People & Northside People
Best Sunday Brunch
Dallas Child
Best brunch spot in Dallas 2006
Texas Restaurant Association "Restaurant Neighbor Award"
for Blue Mesa's Taco of the Month Program and outstanding community service. 2005
Texas Restaurant Association Best Regional Manager
Dennis McFarlin, Blue Mesa Grill, Fort Worth 2003
Restaurants and Institutions Magazine
Ivy Award Best Restaurant Nominee 2003
Santé Magazine
Regional Restaurant Bar Award Winner 2003
Gayot.com
Best Brunch 2006
Texas Restaurant Association Hall of Honor Inductee, June 2007
Jim Baron - owner, founder and president of Blue Mesa Grill
Woman of the Year in Food Service, Southwest Foodservice News, 2001
Les Dames d'Escoffier, Dallas Chapter President, 2001-02
Liz Baron - co-owner and founder of Blue Mesa Grill