Awards
The Dallas Morning News
The Best in DFW - Best Brunch 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Best by Cuisine (Mexican) 2008
"Blue Mesa has you covered for delicious Southwestern-inspired food."
"Gorgeous...worth a look" for Northwest Hwy. location
Dallas Observer
Reader's Choice Best Brunch, 2011
Best Brunch 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010
Best Tourist Attraction – Blue Mesa Taco & Tequila Bar, Terminal D/DFW Airport 2007
Best Happy Hour 2002, 2004
Best Margarita 2001
Best Interior Design
Best Guacamole
D Magazine
Best of Big D Reader's Choice Best Brunch - 2011, 2012
The Best Brunch Spots in Dallas - March 2012
"Cheap Eats" great deals around town featuring the Wednesday Lunch Buffet - February 2009
"Best of the Best" 2003-2009
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
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Best Happy Hour 2011 Reader’s Choice 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011
Best Cocktails Reader’s Choice Runner Up 2009
Best Sunday Brunch Buffet Reader’s Choice Winner 2006, 2007
"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
Fort Worth Weekly
Best Of – Best Brunch Readers’ Choice 2009, 2010, 2011
Best Of – Best Happy Hour Readers’ Choice 2008
Addison, the Magazine of North Dallas Corridor
Readers' Choice Awards - Best Happy Hour 2011
Readers' Choice Awards - Favorite Brunch 2010
Fort Worth Magazine
Best After-Work Cocktails 2012
Rise and Shine, 40 Places to Feed the Body and Soul with Breakfast - February 2012
Best Happy Hour 2010
Culinary Awards – Best Potato Chip 2009
Culinary Awards – Best Happy Hour 2009
WFAA Best Brunch 2010
Fort Worth Child
Best for Families: Kid-Friendly Brunch – 2008, 2009
Best of Citysearch Dallas
Best Brunch 2009
D Home
Restaurant Design Awards – Best Entrance (NW Hwy., Dallas) 2009
Zagat Survey - Texas Restaurants 2009
#12 Dallas/Fort Worth Most Popular Restaurants
The Travel Network – Best Tex-Mex 2009
International Restaurant & Hotel Awards
3rd place for our Best Brunch Award / Value Restaurants category 2008
Santé Restaurant Award for Spirits Hospitality 2008
Award for Restaurant Bar (Mountain/Southwest Region) for Blue Mesa’s Tequila Bar program, recognizing outstanding achievement in spirits service and hospitality.
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"
Dallas Furniture Bank
People’s choice Award for Fire Roasted Guacamole 2008
AOL City Guide’s Best
Best Brunch 2007
Best Weekend Brunch 2006
Best Healthy Dining 2005
#3 Best Margarita 2005
Texas Monthly
"The 63 Tacos You Must Eat Before You Die." for Street Tacos 2006
Park Cities People & Northside People
Best Sunday Brunch
Dallas Child
Best brunch spot in Dallas 2006
Gayot.com
Best Brunch 2006
Restaurants and Institutions Magazine
Ivy Award Best Restaurant Nominee 2003
Santé Magazine
Regional Restaurant Bar Award Winner 2003
OUR PEOPLE
Texas Restaurant Association Hall of Honor Inductee, June 2007
Jim Baron - owner, founder and president of Blue Mesa Grill
Texas Restaurant Association Best Regional Manager
Dennis McFarlin, Blue Mesa Grill, Fort Worth 2003
Karen Hartzell, Manager, Blue Mesa Grill, Dallas 2007
Texas Restaurant Association "Restaurant Neighbor Award"
for Blue Mesa’s Taco of the Month Program and outstanding community service. 2005
Woman of the Year in Food Service, Southwest Foodservice News, 2001
Liz Baron - co-owner and founder of Blue Mesa Grill
Les Dames d’Escoffier, Dallas Chapter President, 2001-02
Liz Baron - co-owner and founder of Blue Mesa Grill
