Village Bakery’s Boulangerie opened on Monday, and the entire block of Lower Greenville has broken into a feverish bout of Francophilia. The tables and chairs set outside of the bakery were all taken during a recent lunch hour, and more folks ate at a narrow counter than ran along the…
I haven’t exactly been thrilled with the Trinity Groves concept Kitchen LTO since it opened. I gave the restaurant a tepid review in 2013, and nothing that’s happened since has given me much hope. The whole concept has always felt flawed, because the restaurant draws from a pool of under…
If you glance over water, which seems more of a given than an actual drink, tea is the most commonly consumed beverage in the world. It beats coffee by a long shot, and it somehow outpaces beer, too. If you’re not a tea drinker, you’re firmly in the minority. With…
The second the seal on the brown paper wrapper is broken and Uncle Herky reveals himself, you know the next few moments of your existence are going to require focus and perseverance. Cheese clings to the paper, and bacon, if you’ve added it (which of course you did), protrudes from…
Sugar can present itself in different ways in different beers. Sometimes it’s overt, as is the case with several local beers that are brewed with honey — Four Corner’s Local Buzz carries a subtle, palate forward sweetness, while Revolver’s Blood and Honey could make Winnie the Pooh’s tummy grumble. Other…
On Saturday, things in the East Dallas strip that is home to Jimmy’s and Urbano Café got a little sweeter. A fresh coat of blue paint lapped the walls of the space that used to house the storied Spiceman’s FM 1410, and baked bread smells laced with citrus filled the…
Whole Foods is a series of contradictions. Back when things all got started at the Austin-based grocery chain, the expansive stores were a celebration of organics. Now when I shop for broccoli, I can choose the organic version for $2.99, but I have to walk past the conventional version that…
Back in February we told you that Scotch and Sausage was going to pad out their offering with some tacos, because everyone loves tacos. And because tacos and tequila seemingly belong together, the agave spirit was thrown in for good measure. It’s like some weird food double date, except that…
Scott ReitzNot bad for a tenderloin.Chef Peja Krstic has been asserting his creativity since taking over the kitchen at Mot Hai Ba. After the owners, Jeana Johnson and Colleen O’Hare, ceded control, the Serbian-born chef added grilled duck hearts, grilled mackerel and other adventurous ingredients to the menu. He’s taken…
The dining scene at the Buddhist Center of Dallas strikes me as one of those things you either haven’t heard about or wish you revisited more often, if you could ever remember that it existed. The temple doesn’t have a PR engine, they’re only open for noodle slurping one day…
If you worry about carbohydrates or prescribe to some variant of the paleo diet, please avert your gaze. There is nothing for you to see here except extra inches, belt notches and other setbacks to your rigorous wellness plan. For the rest of us, reach for the elastic banded pants…
The can is a filthy liar. The cowboy painted on the front of the saison from Fort Worth’s Martin House seems as relaxed as the river he’s fishing. The body of water could be a lake it’s so still, but pop open the top and you’re greeted with class II…
Sides are usually buried on some lower quadrant of the menu, only noticed after every appetizer has been fawned over and every entrée debated. Only when a particularly hungry member of a dining party asks, “Do you think we should get something for the table to share?” do eyes turn…
If there is one thing you need to know about CiboDivino it’s that they aren’t serving Neapolitan pizzas like they claim. I mean this as a compliment, really; Dallas already has enough “authentic” Italian pizza, and it was time for something new to spin through the air. What’s most important…
Campestre Chula Vista, in Fort Worth, is a massive ode to Michoacan cooking, the work of the same guys that brought you Revolver Taco and are expected to open a new restaurant in Deep Ellum later this year. The Deep Ellum location is still a ways off, though, and back…
If you’re like me, you left your recent visit to The Cultured Cup in an upbeat mood, with a bag of Don Fang Mei Ren in your hands and the hopes of finding stone fruits in the bottom of your next cup of oolong tea. But at home you read…
If you doubt for a second why Afrah is building a massive, new restaurant right next door to the original in Richardson, you only need to show up on a sunny day during buffet service. The lunch buffet is a long-standing tradition in office-worker, daytime-calorie maximization, but what happens at…
CocoAndre is a shop on West Davis Street in Oak Cliff that sells all manner of chocolate. Like many chocolate shops, you can get fancy chocolate bars studded with nuts or fruit or both. You can also get tiny truffles in no fewer than one million flavors. CocoAndre also sells…
“What is that abomination that looks like your kid dropped it on the garage floor?” Aside from the abomination part, I’d have a hard time disagreeing with the comment left on my Blue Bell alternatives post. The ice cream creation pictured above may have many desirable attributes, but beauty is…
I’ve never met a luchador in real life, but I’ve read a little about them. And after drinking a few beers for this story, I feel as though that’s plenty to make me an expert. The stories I’ve read tell of two-faced men, quiet and reserved in the real world,…
Every year I get to Iron Fork, the Dallas Observer’s annual tasting event, as soon as the doors open, I do my best to eat everything available and pick my top bites. I’m always pretty sleepy after the event, but this year’s featured more restaurants than any year before it…
For as much as texting has taken over our lives, there are a few human interactions where spoken dialogue is still standard. We may text friends a happy birthday message, but we don’t — we can’t — text our service provider, “WTF Time Warner?” when our bandwidth seems low and…
