Best Local ChefStephan Pyles In January, Stephan Pyles — the don of Southwestern cuisine — announced his retirement from the restaurant business after 45 years as king of the kitchen.
So what a wonderful send-off that readers still voted him their favorite local chef. And why not? From The Bronx to Routh Street Cafe to Baby Routh to Star Canyon to AquaKnox to Stampede 66 to Flora Street Cafe, Pyles probably fed Dallasites a thousand times over, started dozens of impressive careers and celebrated