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"At a Garland smokehouse, a signature "chicken fried brisket" reimagines the comfort classic: a 3/4-pound thick slice of oak-smoked brisket is breaded in craft beer–infused batter, fried, and served with fluffy mashed potatoes smothered in burnt-end white gravy. The dish has been reinstated as a regular Tuesday offering (served from 5 p.m. until close or until it sells out), and the restaurant is even promoting itself as the "Home of the Chicken Fried Brisket." The owners developed the item as a deliberate response to what they see as chicken fried steak becoming too mainstream, and diners in a promotional video praise it as quintessentially Texan." - Adele Chapin