As your thoughts shift to swimming pools, frozen cocktails and other ways to stay cool this summer, don’t forget the cold noodle dishes served at Asian restaurants like Tei An, La Han Bat and more around Dallas. Cold noodles are a great way to fill up without heating up, and…
Liza Garza and her partner Patton Roberts are opening a new restaurant downtown called Shelby Hall. Garza’s announcement contains no menu, no design info and no opening date, but it did contain this photo of Lisa Garza. Actually, there were a number of photos, but I liked this one the…
I got a tip about a duck recently, and based on the source and the fact that I haven’t had great duck in ages, I heeded the man’s advice within days. If you’ve had great Peking duck, you know that it is a revelation and one of the world’s very…
Meet Monarch, the classic American wheat beer by Grapevine Brewing. The brewery’s attractive packaging has drawn me in again, this time with a stylized butterfly on a patriotic background of red and white stripes. The last time I took a look at one of their beers, it was the Lakefire…
After a week filled with reschedules and delays, Nick Badovinus opened the doors of the new Off-Site Kitchen for the first time last Friday. Customers immediately spilled like running water through the front door and down a ramp to filled the dining room. The relocated Design District restaurant was supposed…
If you haven’t made the drive up to McKinney in a while, now may be the time to gas up your car. The quaint little town to our north is becoming almost as well known for its travel-worthy restaurants as it is for police assaults. The latest restaurant to open, which…
It’s hard opening a Mexican restaurant in a Tex-Mex town. Customers smell a whiff of cumin in the air and immediately expect frozen margaritas and free chips and salsa. Dallas has been serving up enchilada plates with refried beans for so long it’s taken over an entire culinary identity, which…
Fuel City, the gasoline-selling, taco-slinging, car-washing super station, will open a fourth location in Fort Worth. DFW.com reports owner John Benda says he hopes the location will be ready for next year’s summer driving season. In the meantime another Fuel City is expected to open in McKinney this fall. The…
If you love ramen but you hate eating while you stand at Ten in Sylvan 30, and if you crave chasu but don’t want to drive all the way to Raman Hakata in Addison, the next restaurant to compete for your ramen dollars will open on Greenville Avenue on June…
Get ready for it Dallas. STK is coming to Dallas and will open on McKinney Avenue in Uptown sometime next year. News broke yesterday that the lady-friendly meat den was coming after locations opened in New York, Las Vegas, Washington and other cities. What can we expect from STK when…
Everyone knows the most authentic banh mi sandwiches are served in the suburbs, where they come wrapped in paper and cost two dollars and some change. You could buy the whole office lunch at prices like that, depending on the size of your office and how generous you’re feeling, and…
Since open carry is all the rage these days, I picked myself up a six-pack of Revolver Brewing’s Sidewinder, the seasonal pale ale that hopes to become your new summer beer. I had the crazy idea that I’d go down to Dallas Police Headquarters and pull on a bottle out…
Most times when critic Daniel Vaughn writes up a notable brisket for Texas Monthly’s BBQ Blog, the story is prefaced by a tank of gas and a few hours behind the wheel. That’s great if you’re the kind of person who relishes a Sunday drive. Epic journeys make smoked meats…
When Scotch and Sausage was dismantled earlier this year and turned into the upscale taqueria Le Taco, we sent Nick Rallo to try the burger, because that’s what Nick does. The restaurant served a torta version of your typical burger experience topped with carnitas. Nick liked the burger. Thanks be…
Egg prices have been making news all over Texas in the past few weeks, as rising costs have put a squeeze on local businesses. Last week Whataburger temporarily restricted breakfast hours to conserve precious egg resources. This week HEB jumped in with a restriction on the number of eggs any…
My father has had Coors Light in his fridge for far longer than I’ve been on this planet. He keeps it in the bins at the bottom where most people keep their vegetables. While generally I’d consider him an open-minded drinker, his defaults leaned toward what most craft beer drinkers…
“I need one spicy mazemen ramen,” Matthew Hoa, the baby-faced executive chef at Dallas’ newest ramen shop, Ten, announced. Sous chef Christian Koelling cranked the heat on a sauté pan, spun around to the other side of the galley and started chopping roast pork belly. “Hai,” he offered, softly. In…
NorthPark Center will be getting a new restaurant this fall. Wait! Don’t go! This restaurant is actually interesting. Where you’d expect another moderately priced Phil Romano chain restaurant, this new spot looks like it could be reason enough for a trip to the mall whether you need a new pair…
There’s something about the heat of summer that makes the michelada more alluring. Beer is thirst quenching on its own, for the most part, and adding lime juice and salt helps get those salivary glands going. If it’s spicy enough to induce that sweaty, cooling sensation on the back of your…
Headed to Tallywackers? I have one piece of advice for you: take a sweater. While I didn’t see the dial when I visited recently, I’d guess the thermostat was set to meat locker, as evidenced not only by my own shivers but those of the scantily clad waiters that surrounded…
On-Premise opened recently in Deep Ellum. Of all of the remodels I’ve witnessed since I started covering the Dallas dining scene, this is by far the most transformative. Remember Lemongrass, the Vietnamese restaurant that served up an excellent bowl of pho in Deep Ellum? There isn’t a trace of that old…
Jefferson Boulevard continued its gentrification march earlier this week when Carnival Barker’s Ice Creams opened its first standalone business in the Jefferson Tower project. The small storefront with a walk-up window is now selling the crazy flavors creator Aaron Barker has become known for, and for the rest of this…
