It was love at first listen. The first time cellist Alisa Weilerstein heard Sergei Prokofiev’s Sinfonia Concertante — on the radio in her parents’ car when she was 13 years old — she knew she needed to learn and perform it. She made her father buy the sheet music. Now,…
Sorry, butter. Nice try, olive oil. There’s a new best thing to put on bread. It’s called ezme. It’s spicy, garlicky, acidic and sweet-sour, a lightning bolt to the taste buds. At Tantuni Mediterranean Grill, the newest Turkish restaurant in Richardson, ezme arrives with bread in a small bowl, looking…
What an expressive name is Hello Dumpling. It’s short, sweet and friendly, and it holds out the promise of delicious dumplings. There’s only one problem with the name: This new restaurant’s noodles are even better. In the space formerly occupied by Good2Go Taco on the east side of White Rock…
At White Rock Lake’s newest Tex-Mex restaurant, culinary heritage runs in the family. El Vecino, on Buckner Boulevard just east of the lake’s sailing club, opened Oct. 16, but its heritage runs deeper than that. Owner John Michael McBride is a direct descendant of Miguel and Faustina Martinez, who founded…
Here are some facts you need to know. Carrollton has a Korean dive bar called Ddong Ggo, in the same shopping center as H Mart. Ddong Ggo is Korean for “butthole.” In the restaurant’s case, this refers to a chicken’s, which is why its logo is an angry chicken with…
This was supposed to be a traditional review of a trendy new Uptown restaurant. I planned to visit Hot Joy a few times, eat some food and write about whether it was delicious. It’s not delicious, but Hot Joy faces a bigger issue: race. Hot Joy is a clueless white-dude…
We’ve been waiting a long time for this. Chef Bruno Davaillon departed the kitchen at The Mansion two years ago, spending his time researching and preparing to open a new restaurant in the renovated 400 Record building. He traveled to France, tasting the latest and greatest foods of a new…
During Hidden Gems Week, the Observer food and drink writers are celebrating an abundance of diverse, delicious restaurants and bars around Dallas, places that don’t often (or ever) get mentioned by big-name food media, trendsetters, bloggers or chefs. We’re taking you outside of the ordinary to help you discover something…
During Hidden Gems Week, the Observer food and drink writers are celebrating an abundance of diverse, delicious restaurants and bars around Dallas, places that don’t often (or ever) get mentioned by big-name food media, trendsetters, bloggers or chefs. We’re taking you outside of the ordinary to help you discover something…
During Hidden Gems Week, the Observer food and drink writers are celebrating an abundance of diverse, delicious restaurants and bars around Dallas, places that don’t often (or ever) get mentioned by big-name food media, trendsetters, bloggers or chefs. We’re taking you outside of the ordinary to help you discover something…
During Hidden Gems Week, the Observer food and drink writers are celebrating an abundance of diverse, delicious restaurants and bars around Dallas, places that don’t often (or ever) get mentioned by big-name food media, trendsetters, bloggers or chefs. We’re taking you outside of the ordinary to help you discover something…
During Hidden Gems Week, the Observer food and drink writers are celebrating an abundance of diverse, delicious restaurants and bars around Dallas, places that don’t often (or ever) get mentioned by big-name food media, trendsetters, bloggers or chefs. We’re taking you outside of the ordinary to help you discover something…
During Hidden Gems Week, the Observer food and drink writers are celebrating an abundance of diverse, delicious restaurants and bars around Dallas, places that don’t often (or ever) get mentioned by big-name food media, trendsetters, bloggers or chefs. We’re taking you outside of the ordinary to help you discover something…
During Hidden Gems Week, the Observer food and drink writers are celebrating an abundance of diverse, delicious restaurants and bars around Dallas, places that don’t often (or ever) get mentioned by big-name food media, trendsetters, bloggers or chefs. We’re taking you outside of the ordinary to help you discover something…
During Hidden Gems Week, the Observer food and drink writers are celebrating an abundance of diverse, delicious restaurants and bars around Dallas, places that don’t often (or ever) get mentioned by big-name food media, trendsetters, bloggers or chefs. We’re taking you outside of the ordinary to help you discover something…
During Hidden Gems Week, the Observer food and drink writers are celebrating an abundance of diverse, delicious restaurants and bars around Dallas, places that don’t often (or ever) get mentioned by big-name food media, trendsetters, bloggers or chefs. We’re taking you outside of the ordinary to help you discover something…
Welcome to Hidden Gems Week. This week, the Observer food and drink writers are celebrating an abundance of diverse, delicious restaurants and bars around Dallas, places that don’t often (or ever) get mentioned by big-name food media, trendsetters, bloggers or chefs. We’re taking you outside of the ordinary, away from…
These are times that try chefs’ souls. Abacus, a Dallas landmark for 18 years, is facing its most difficult test yet. Challenges are coming from every quarter. Its former celebrity chef is suing the restaurant’s owners; its neutral-beige interior feels like a time capsule from 1999; its menu, an abrupt…
In honor of the 2017 Best of Dallas® issue, on newsstands now, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. The charred octopus appetizer at Sassetta has proven surprisingly divisive among Dallas’ food critics. Yes,…
In honor of the 2017 Best of Dallas® issue, on newsstands now, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Avocado toast? That’s so 2015. At Canary by Gorji, the future of fancy toast has…
In honor of the 2017 Best of Dallas® issue, on newsstands now, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. My kho dac biet, a house specialty at La Me, contains multitudes. It’s a bowl…
We’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Our Best of Dallas® 2017 issue premieres today. We could have chosen any of the fabulous foods at Mi Lindo Oaxaca, the Oak Cliff institution that is…
