Redfield’s Tavern has its grand opening this weekend, where we can check out what it’s going to bring to the Medical District. Of course, this area has seen some change in recent years (not that this differs from other parts of Dallas). While it’s home to medical professionals, of course,…
Go through a sampling of Texas whiskeys, specifically those from right here in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Brandon Choate from Five Points Distilling will be there to talk through each flavor and answer questions about the distilling process. The chef will have passed appetizers to complement the tasting, which will…
Zaytinya, by celebrity chef José Andrés, has closed in Frisco. Head chef Jon Thompson announced it in a Facebook post Monday. Escape Hatch broke the news first. The restaurant opened in the Star in February 2018. Observer critic Brian Reinhard visited that spring, noting some successful executions with some pitfalls: “Zaytinya,…
The Biscuit Bar, which opened its first location less than two years ago, is opening its third location near the heart of Dallas, in the western end of Deep Ellum. “When we first envisioned the idea of the Biscuit Bar, it was so much work, we thought we would not…
For the first time, Dallas is one of the top 10 vegan-friendly cities in the United States, according to PETA’s ranking this year. It might come as somewhat of a surprise, because it’s hard to go a week without someone who’s vegetarian or vegan telling me Dallas doesn’t have enough…
Five years ago, the Deep Ellum neighborhood and others rallied to save Murray Street Coffee. The quirky coffee shop on the eastern side of the area needed $10,000 fast, and it ended up getting it, living happily ever after. So far, so good, at least. Since then, we’ve seen an…
The James Beard Foundation will host one of its Taste America dinners next year, and Dallas is part of the lineup come March. The event will be at 6:30 p.m. March 1 at 3015 Trinity Groves, where we’ll see a menu created by a James Beard Foundation winner and Virginia…
In just a few weeks, Dude, Sweet Chocolate will sell its treats in a snazzier spot. Nothing against the Bishop Arts spot we know and love. The new place is just going to have Neiman Marcus, Forty Five Ten and the Joule Hotel around it when Katherine Clapner opens another…
OK, we’re still on wings, we’re just changing the bird. But you’d want to, too, if you’re either at the Crafty Irishman downtown, the Playwright Irish Pub in the Dallas Arts District or Cannon’s Corner Irish Pub in North Oak Cliff. For the purpose of this report, we stopped by…
It’s been a big year for Dallas food, thanks to the national acclaim from Bon Appétit, so we might as well keep promoting our city for what us locals already know: We have incredible people doing incredible things in the restaurant industry. Now’s the time you can nominate for the 2020…
Over the summer, Full Circle Tavern made the move from the Cedars to Lakewood, taking over a space that some of us remember as Angelo’s but was more recently the Ginger Man. And with that move came a new brunch spot for the neighborhood, one that offers decent gravy but…
If you’re looking to avoid cooking and cleaning and have someone else feed you this Thanksgiving, just head out to a restaurant that’s open. You don’t have to go with a random 24-hour place or whatever hole you stumble upon that has lights on; plenty of Dallas restaurants are open…
Ah, Thanksgiving. That time when we all come around a table and visit with people we might see every week or just once a year, right around this time. While some may worry about conversations of politics or religion bringing down the vibe, others focus on the food. So if…
The Perle on Maple is hosting an event with light bites by executive chef Wade Burch, Heaven’s Door whiskey cocktail samples and — really — an interactive blacksmithing experience. Apparently Heaven’s Door has partnered with Bob Dylan, and each bottle shows the work of Dylan’s welded iron gates from his…
Getting tacos from an unnamed place in a Chevron and finding some incredible barbacoa is like discovering you’re able to sense something in the future. Stumbling on something so unexpectedly great is like you’ve discovered you have a superpower. We’re not claiming anyone at the Observer has superpowers, but we…
Last night, little piggies went home with winning chefs. Pigs that were painted gold and had wings, that is. The annual Meat Fight competition was Sunday night (really requiring the majority of the weekend for chefs to get meat in tip-top shape). One of my favorite bites of food was…
Village Burger Bar recently recruited students from four public schools to help produce healthier items for its kids menu. Last week local Texas ProStart culinary students competed in the menu invitational, working with Medical City Hospital to meet specific caloric requirements while using the restaurant’s ingredients. “We will select two…
If you’ve been to one of the night markets occasionally hosted by Sandwich Hag in the Cedars, there’s a special looking wing on a stick you’ll find there. It comes butterflied and skewered on a wooden stick, cooked over a yakitori: Japanese techniques by the hands of Nick Tran and…
Happy Veterans Day to those who have served our country. As always, you can find restaurants giving their thanks to you by offering various deals, from free meals to discounts. Most have a special offer for veterans (and active military) today, and we’ve rounded up a number of them to…
We’ve covered the Popeyes chicken sandwich when it first arrived and when it returned after a hiatus. We did that because people care, obvious by the long lines and the chain running out of capacity to produce them. But as a line of cars continues to spill onto Ross Avenue…
When going through what makes a good chicken wing, we can look at a few things: how much meat is on the piece, how juicy and tender the meat is, how crisp the exterior is, how well flavors complement the chicken and what the condiments are like. We visited Sabaidee…
It’s pumpkin season, that time of year when food fans take to the internet to debate the old existential questions. What exactly is a pumpkin? Is that stuff that comes in a can really pumpkin, or is it some other kind of squash? Frankly, if you stick it in a…
