Two restaurants marking a decade in business announced permanent closures this week, both pointing to the coronavirus pandemic for the cause. After 10 years of providing excellent cocktails in Deep Ellum, Black Swan Saloon’s Gabe Sanchez announced Wednesday the bar was closing. “I’ve drug my feet trying to figure out…
Around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, Haute Sweets Patisserie owner Tida Pichakron was preparing Christmas sweets in the kitchen with two employees when a Toyota 4Runner slammed through the building’s facade. “All of a sudden, just a crash came through, I felt myself being literally pushed to the other side of the…
We’ve offered you a lot of Thanksgiving information: Where to go if you want to dine in, some restaurants offering great takeout meals and must-go-to spots if you’re cooking. With whatever you choose, you’ll need dessert. It’s 2020, we’re in a pandemic and it’s a holiday – do you need…
A fantastic and thoughtful restaurant in Bishop Arts has closed. Salaryman, where just before the pandemic we were loving the ramen and meats coming off the yakitori, was the brainchild of Justin Holt, who now has another focus. The chef was diagnosed with leukemia in early October and had to…
Introducing another pivot for the year 2020: outdoor-ish dining, this time in a yurt. Reservation app Resy released word Monday that “yurt villages: a one-of-a-kind outdoor dining experience” is going to be available at 13 restaurants across the U.S. this winter. The collection of heated tents is popping up at…
Just one county to the south, there’s a little trailer filling paper boats full of mini-doughnuts. These aren’t your typical fried rings of dough, but more cake-like treats designed to be topped with sweets before they’re devoured. And devouring is just the way to eat these little things from Romeros…
As the temperatures chill and many of us work from home, starting the day with a hot cup of coffee suddenly sounds even more attractive than usual, when it’s simply necessary. If you’re into pumpkin and super-duper-fall flavors, check out this list. This writer’s a black coffee drinker and a…
Sommelier Glen Bosswell will lead an interactive wine tasting discussing holiday entertaining and how to select wines to share. Or, let’s face it: If you’re keeping to yourself to avoid the spread of COVID-19, this can be useful to find wines to just plain enjoy this holiday season. Instructions for…
At first we saw the news release and thought, “Really? Dallas is getting another hot chicken joint?” No. This one’s going to Plano: Hot Chicks Nashville Hot Chicken plans to open in just a month. This spot brings scratch-made, halal, dairy-free, peanut-free hot chicken with varying heat levels. We’re excited…
There have been numerous times during the past eight months of the pandemic that a plate of comfort food has made the world seem better for at least 15 solid minutes. Three of those occasions have been at Cuquita’s Restaurant. While you get chips and salsa here, wait just a…
There are plenty of articles we’ve had over the last eight months that have included the message, “support your favorite restaurants.” It’s something that could be said in any era since the industry isn’t the most stable from a business standpoint, but during the pandemic, we’ve all seen small businesses…
Just because (this version of) the State Fair of Texas is over, that doesn’t mean we can’t continue to indulge in corn dogs. The real deal, Fletcher’s, is still doing pop-ups around town, and they’re headed to a Design District brewery Friday. From the corn dogs experts: Credit card only,…
It was the day after November’s time change, and suddenly nighttime felt a lot earlier. It seemed sleep should arrive much sooner and, admittedly, there wasn’t much motivation of any kind to get things rolling for the upcoming week: Sitting around doing nothing and possibly ordering some food of any…
Over the weekend, some more facades of businesses downtown were boarded up. It’s not an unfamiliar sight at this point after the riots last summer, but now more businesses have glass covered in preparation for Election Day. Jan Marien, co-owner of La Tarte Tropézienne on Main Street, says he was called…
The folks at Meat Fight are leaning into the worst year ever. Meat Fight is an annual event where teams of chefs stretch their skills into barbecue and compete for quirky trophies, feeding guests and raising money for people living with multiple sclerosis along the way, usually to the tune…
Walk down North Bishop Avenue on a Saturday, and it may seem like things are almost normal. Of course, they’re not. You’re actually in the new normal that’s seemingly here to stay. People are wearing masks, patio tables are spilling into parking spaces and you might be dodging groups of…
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has suspended permits for four establishments in Dallas: Shuck N Jive, Alamo Club, Bungalow and High Fives. “These violations represent a very small number of the more than 20,000 licensed businesses inspected by TABC since the beginning of May,” TABC Chairman Kevin J. Lilly said…
While restaurants usually have to have one parking spot per 100 or 200 square feet of usable space, that’s now not the case for their patio areas, at least for a little while. The Dallas City Council approved a resolution Wednesday temporarily authorizing covered, unenclosed patio areas to to be…
There’s a Texaco gas station just south of White Rock Lake, not far from the Hollywood/Santa Monica neighborhood, where all seems pretty typical except for some signage at the peak of the building: “Pupusas to-go.” We’re betting that the $1.39 pupusas from this place will make you pretty happy. There’s…
There are some festive sweet goods coming out of Bishop Arts this weekend worth breaking a keto diet. The Salty Donut, the doughnut shop bringing breakfast goods of total excess, has announced a few items to get us in the Halloween spirit, and we’re willing to get a sugar overload…
Brooke Brooks has a full-time job as lead information architect at Southwest Airlines. Yeah, it’s a brainy thing. She’s wicked smart, but that gig isn’t what we’re here to talk about today. We’re instead focusing on her other passion, from eyeball Jell-O shots at neighborhood Halloween parties to cupcakes the…
We’ve liked plenty about El Pueblo in North Oak Cliff. Three years ago, critic Brian Reinhart said the restaurant “has Mexican food so good, six enchiladas might not be enough.” On a recent morning with shockingly cold temperatures (relatively), another dish offered wonderful comfort: chicken mole. Whole pieces of chicken…
