With Wine Sales Skyrocketing, Why Not Help Out Local Businesses?

Apparently, online alcohol sales in the U.S. have jumped 243% during the coronavirus pandemic. Specific to wine, online sales are up 66%. Har, har, people like wine and they’re consuming more of it while they’re “working from home” all day, every day as we try to flatten the coronavirus curve…

Drink This: Gabe Sanchez Is Making Bloody Mary Mix

Gabe Sanchez is one of the best people in town you could have making you a drink. Of course, he’s not doing as much of that since Deep Ellum’s Black Swan Saloon is closed along with all the other bars to help stop the spread of COVID-19. In the meantime,…

Get Your Easter Meal To Go From These Dallas Restaurants

Whether or not it feels like it, Easter is coming up for those who celebrate it. While big family gatherings or brunch out may be part of your routine, that — and any other habit of normalcy, really — is changed this spring because of the coronavirus. Just as restaurants…

Chefs and Restaurant Operators Respond to Dallas’ Stay-Home Extension

On Friday, Dallas County Commissioners (most of them, anyway) voted to extend the county’s Public Health Emergency through May 20, and County Judge Clay Jenkins announced the shelter-in-place rules would continue through April 30. Of course, Dallas restaurants have evolved drastically since in-house dining was stopped March 17. Shelter-in-place rules…

How to Take Out: A Guide By Someone Doing a Lot of It

I’ll start with a disclaimer: I’m not a doctor. I have no expert knowledge about the coronavirus or COVID-19, the illness that results from it. But I am someone eating takeout every day at this point (it’s my job now, after all), exploring as many tips as possible on how…

Iron Fork Reschedules for August

Out of an abundance of caution and in order to follow the guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Dallas Observer is postponing its scheduled Iron Fork 2020 date (April 29) until Aug. 12. All tickets purchased for the prior date will be honored.

Once Dependent on Selling to Bars, Peticolas Moves Forward With a New Plan

Peticolas Brewing Company has an excellent process for curbside pickup, probably the best I’ve experienced. And though its owner is grateful for the chance to keep business flowing because of that curbside plan, the company isn’t immune from coronavirus-fueled economic anxiety. On March 16, when Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced…

Good to Go: Brick and Bones Is a Must for Takeout

What we love about restaurants is evolving these days, and one new important aspect is how well the food travels. For that well-accomplished task alone, you should add Brick and Bones in Deep Ellum to your list of places to get takeout. First note: It has the city’s amended emergency…