The Company Cafe surprised fans of the Katy Trail location by announcing its closure on Facebook this week. The lease on the space is up and the owners have decided not to renew. The Facebook post reminds customers that all isn’t lost, though. The original restaurant is still open Company Cafe’s…
The moment comes after much build up. If you’re looking down at your own beggar’s chicken, you’ve called Mr. Wok in Plano at least two days in advance and likely spent at least that much time wiping drool from your chin as you replay the coming scenes in your head…
Don’t let your drinking game fall slack this summer. While everyone else breaks out the gin and juice, take the sunniest season as an excuse to embrace cocktails that show you’re a more sophisticated drinker. Louise Owens at the Windmill Lounge has come up with three summer cocktails you can…
If you’ve been missing Eddy Thretipthuangsin’s cooking since the chef left Pakpao, take heart. A replacement opened this week on Oak Lawn Avenue in the old Cyclone Anaya’s space. Especially loyal fans likely know that the first location of Thretipthuangsin’s Kin Kin Urban Thai opened in Fort Worth in March,…
For most Dallasites, kolaches are a rite of passage during a trip to Austin, and most stop in West, where a number of bakeries turn out the pastries for drivers hurtling up and down Interstate 35. But those same Dallasites don’t love kolaches enough to keep Bohemian Cafe open back…
For 30 years, The Dog Stop has been the go-to location for North Dallasites looking for a taste of Chicago. Hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches and other snacks are sold from the windows on either side of the tiny drive-up cottage built on the edge of the Hillcrest Village parking…
If you don’t keep close tabs on Society Bakery, the business will completely reinvent itself between visits. It was just over a year ago that I stopped in at the bakery’s new location on Greenville Avenue. The walls were painted in a rich red color and I took home cupcakes…
“We getting a Matchbox?” A guy two cubes down heard me chatting on the phone with a spokesperson from D.C. If you’re lived in Washington, or even just visited the place, and muttered the words “where can I get a decent pizza?” you’ve likely heard the name before. Cube Guy…
On the off chance you’re a beer drinker, you should know plans are underway to turn the Dallas Farmers Market into a massive beer garden with enough local beer to float a produce truck. BrewFest has taken over a few locations in Dallas, including the Dallas Zoo and the Arts…
Back in May we published a feature devoted to Dallas’ old dive bars. The story was prompted by a blog post I wrote after having a conversation with a friend about the closure of Club Schmitz. My friend and I were united in our love for bars with quirks, history…
One shot. Most dishes I encounter during my food explorations get one chance to make an impression before they’re captured in my notebook and churned into words. Dallas is filled with interesting restaurants and has too many menus with too many dishes for me to give mediocre plates a second…
After teasing pedestrians on Greenville Avenue with banners and signs for months, Rapscallion will at last open July 7. Brothers Brooks and Bradley Anderson and chef Nathan Tate, who run Boulevardier in Oak Cliff, say they plan to bring a new take on Southern cooking to the neighborhood. Bradley Anderson’s…
The only thing constant with respect to iced coffee is change. First cold brew coffee was all the rage — reveled for its fruity tones and subdued bitterness. Then slow drip contraptions from Japan wowed us all with subtle notes of chocolate and bourbon plus a highly caffeinated kick. Now…
“Humidity’s our friend,” Chuck Cole, owner of Corner Market said as a thin trickle of water rinsed compost from his hands. Cole had just given a tour of the garden he’s set up on the roof of his market and flower shop — a garden irrigated by rainwater runoff and…
Café Salsera quietly opened its doors this week, as employees scrambled to make last-minute adjustments. Plants were freshly mulched out front and new signs were hung. News that the restaurant was on its way came five months ago, as a construction crew set out to transform the dining room. The space…
Last week I stumbled on a story on The Washington Post, written by a disgruntled diner. The author had enough of restaurant employees with twitching fingers, snapping up plates the moment a fork hit the porcelain in defeat. He’s right. Cleared plates are a good thing — nobody wants to look…
It’s no secret that co-owner Sandra Bussey and her partners plan to open additional locations of their fast-casual Korean restaurant bbbop. Even though each of her two restaurants are a little different, you can sense the potential for scalability in the dinning rooms. That carefully crafted logo looks the part,…
Like any fan of tomatoes, I get excited when the weather starts to warm up each year. I have a ritual involving freshly baked bread, an absurd amount of mayo and an even crazier amount of tomato slices that I indulge at least a few times each summer. Sometimes I’ll…
Two Dallas-based chains hit up Wall Street for some capital recently, and they both came out of the gates on an upward trend. Wingstop and Fogo de Chao both went public this month, and both Dallas-based companies are now trading significantly higher than their initial public offering. Fogo de Chao…
I sat at the bar at DISH, trying to explain to my bartender what the last restaurant in DISH’s new space was like. Customers and servers swarmed around us like angry insects. A martini sloshed, and amber liquid swirled in a mixing glass. “It was called Soleo,” I told her…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 20 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Can Turkyilmaz. Look to the suburbs if you want to find good ethnic food. The rule holds true in most cities, and especially in Dallas, where if…
I was all excited to tell you about my recent run-in with Darryl Strawberry, but the story is moot. I ordered the sundae pictured above recently at Remedy — it borrowed the famous baseball player’s name. I was going to use the sundae to tell you a story about my…
