Our Best of Dallas® 2012 issue is rolling out on the newsstands and online today, chock-full with our recommendations for great places to eat, shop and drink. This being The Election Year That Never Ends, we’ve package them all up in a nifty election theme, including debates between staffers over…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Typically, babaganoush is about a point or two higher than hummus…
Summer is gone, and standing beside a hot grill no longer feels like an act of torture. That means it’s time to fire up the charcoal, and one of the easiest way to coax the most flavor out of your kettle grill is by cooking top-notch burgers. Skip the preformed…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. You have only seconds after the bowl arrives to take in…
On a late Thursday evening, rain threatened but never delivered and customers poured out onto the Chesterfield’s patio, thankful for the respite from the heat. The downtown cocktail lounge had received a lot of attention from the press in months past — a chef departed, and an owner was removed…
At first it was hard for me to shroud my disappointment. Sure, I was drinking outside in nice weather with access to more beer than I’ve ever had at my disposal in one location, but the monkeys were missing. BrewFest moved to the Art’s District after last year’s Brew at…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Restaurant Y Taquería Cristina tacos may be greasy as hell, but…
Gloomy day in Dallas today, and the weekend promises to deliver more of the same. Perhaps a little liquid sunshine will brighten your weekend? I know I’m excited to try a few hundred beers while strolling around the Arts District. Before we start celebrating beer, though, we have a week…
If you were planning on dining at Campo this weekend you’ll need to find other plans. News of the restaurant’s closure is spreading like and Internet bushfire on Eater, Escape Hatch and other food blogs. Owner John Paul Valverde is quoted as saying the restaurant is not gone for good,…
If you shop at Whole Foods or any number of specialty shops like Scardello or Dude Sweet Chocolate around the Dallas area, you’ve likely seen a stack of Edible Dallas & Fort Worth on display for the taking. The free magazine is part of a network of more than 60…
When I wrote about a small tavern in Oak Cliff, I praised small menus, saying that kitchens tasked with too many dishes often end up with watered-down plates fraught with errors, or that the menus themselves are just a pain in the ass to read through. My last few meals,…
Most of the time my inbox is filled with boring invitations to big vineyard wine dinners, press releases about a restaurant’s seventh new menu and announements for new creations at Taco Bell. So when I got an email from Katharine Shilcutt, the food critic at our sister paper Houston Press,…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. The name Mughlai Fine Indian Cuisine might refer to a style…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. The best seats in Samar undoubtedly line the back bar. Many…
Downtown historic Plano has gained some character as of late. While dining at Urban Rio, the subject of this week’s review, I talked to Nick Rallo a ton about how Plano has changed since he grew up there. While West Plano had a resurgence that centered around Preston and Park…
See also: The Full Break Down on BrewFest Update: spotramer1, and JustSaying won the tickets. See you all at BrewFest! While scattered thunderstorms can always be a bummer, Saturday’s forecast high temperature of 77 degrees has me seriously excited about this weekend’s BrewFest. Weather aside, participating breweries range from corporate…
Ten years ago, downtown Plano was pretty slow as far as downtowns go. Jorg’s Café Vienna, serving delicate schnitzels and imported beers, had just opened, but there were no other interesting restaurants. There was a costume shop called the Queen of Hearts, but that would eventually close. There were (and…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. When Gretchen and Sonny Williams bought the Highland Park Pharmacy in…
See also: The Fried Food Finalists Coming to the State Fair of Texas 2012 The Amazing Sweets of the State Fair of Texas They say everything is bigger in Texas, and whoever the hell they is has it right at least as far as corn-chip filled snacks go — though…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I may never find another cochinita pibil dish as good as…
This small East Dallas diner moved locations a few years back and continues to endure, selling quick, low-cost breakfasts, cheap burgers and roast beef sandwiches. Order at the counter and wait for the owner to belt out your number, “two-thirty-nine!” before digging into a simple breakfast plate that hasn’t changed…
This past weekend The Mecca opened its doors after moving to its new location in East Dallas. On Sunday morning a line snaked out the door as customers waited to check out the ages-old diner that took over the Molly Maguire’s space on Skillman. Things inside the old pub have…
