If you plan ahead, BYOB restaurants can be a lot of fun. Not only can they save you a lot of green, but they also put an endless variety of booze at your disposal and the potential pairings are limitless. Come with growlers full of beer, bottles full of wine…
Last July, Sarah Lombardi, daughter of Alberto Lombardi, who’s behind a seemingly endless array of Dallas restaurants, announced she was getting into the business too. Sarah signed a lease in Bishop Arts and planned to open a space distinctly her own and separate from the family business. Look at this…
Here’s pulling for great weather next Friday. Students from the culinary program at the Art Institute of Dallas are planning an outdoor event to raise money for Patriot PAWS. The nonprofit organization provides service dogs free of charge to disabled veterans. The event will pit two teams from the culinary…
Yesterday I was back at La Banqueta for lunch. While I was waiting for my plate of suadero tacos, I chatted with a few guys who’d stopped in to give the place a try. One of the gentlemen had obviously fallen in love with La Banqueta’s delicious street tacos previously,…
Hopefully you made it to Iron Fork last night. Hopefully you dressed lightly. While massive blowers at the front of the venue did their best, the back of the Dallas Contemporary was quite warm. I’m half convinced that Matt McCallister’s sweat was the magical ingredient that propelled the young chef…
Ah, Mother’s Day — the one day of the year that actually surpasses the restaurant dog and pony show that is Valentine’s Day. According to the National Restaurant Association, it’s the busiest restaurant day of the year. If you don’t believe them just ask anyone you know who works in…
The recipe for Craft and Growler’s existence was simple. Husband and wife owners Kevin Afghani and Catherine Kinslow fell in love with the recently exploding local craft beer movement in Dallas — so much so that they personally invested in the Deep Ellum Brewing Co. as it got off the…
To phrases like jumbo shrimp and government intelligence, Dallas is adding a new oxymoron: permanent pop-up. Kitchen LTO (Limited Time Offer) is slated to open later this summer at Trinity Groves in West Dallas. The gimmick here is that Kitchen LTO won’t offer a singular dining experience, but instead a…
The local beer scene needed a place like Craft and Growler. Until husband and wife owners Kevin Afghani and Catherine Kinslow opened up their beer filling station in Fair Park, the only place you could get many locally brewed beers was at a bar. See also: Patent Pending at Craft…
The state health department just released a warning for Texan seafood lovers. Fish examined from the northwestern Gulf of Mexico contained mercury at concentrations that exceed health guidelines. That means if you’re pregnant (or even thinking about it) or under the age of 12 — no more wahoo for you…
Every now and then Food & Think, the edacious blog of Smithsonian Magazine, delves deep into the history of some food thing and the results are usually good. Just a few weeks ago they devoted a column to the history of the kolache in Texas. Today they tackle the history…
Have you read Daniel Vaughn’s book, The Prophets of Smoked Meat? You probably have not. The first book released on Anthony Bourdain’s Ecco imprint won’t be available until May 14. Flimsy, black-and-white, pre-release copies known as galleys of the book went out to various media outlets in March, and reviews…
Until last summer, low-income people who received federal assistance to purchase nutritious food could use their benefits to buy a Pepsi from the local corner store. A fresh bell pepper at the Dallas Farmers Market, however, was off limits. The Dallas Farmers Market administration couldn’t be bothered with the card…
It’s almost here. This Wednesday our Iron Fork competition and food celebration will descend on the Design District. If you attended our Artopia event you’ll remember the Dallas Contemporary as a top-notch venue with plenty of space for exploration. We’re excited to fill the same venue with more than 30…
It’s 2:30 in the morning at some bar in Uptown, and as you drag a ballpoint pen across a credit card slip, feeling the grain of the bar beneath, you become aware of a rumbling from within. It’s impossible not to be hungry. Most bars close their kitchens down by…
I think this might be the best spring I have ever encountered. There have been a few cold snaps here and there, but I find them invigorating. And these sunny days that are mixed in here and there are amazing. It’s great weather for a vacation, which I intend to…
A quirky little restaurant opened in Shed 2 of Dallas Farmers Market about six weeks ago. Owner Luis Rotundo and his father, Luis Senior, call the restaurant The Right Choice Dallas and serve up rotisserie chickens laced with Venezuelan flavors, tiny arepitas and pita sandwiches. The marketing is a little…
The third location of Norma’s Cafe is a few steps closer to opening. The new Frisco location was set to open its doors in April, but things never seem to work that way around here. The restaurant is now expected to open closer to the end of May, though that…
There are two types of home cooks in this world: those who have trudged down the path to pizza perfection and those who have not. If you’re in the club, you intimately know the struggles for ever-higher oven temperatures and endless experimentation to determine the optimal placement of your pizza…
The announcement that Whataburger condiments would be available at H.E.B. stores next month was a welcomed one. For whatever reason the news item was one of our most popular posts this week. Seriously. See also: Whataburger Condiments Now Available at Grocery Stores People freaked out about Spicy Ketchup in seemingly…
While everyone focuses on whatever this library thing is at SMU, I’d like to take a brief moment to discuss hot dogs. Free hot dogs, actually, which are yours for the taking at Wild About Harry’s, the almost-too-casual restaurant marked by a 6-foot carnival wiener giving a thumbs up to…
On the surface, Sarah Perry seems like an unlikely advocate. She has a quiet, almost passive demeanor and no interest in whipping up conspiracy theories even though the city of Dallas has given her a good reason to have some. All she wants to do is run a simple farmers…
