While a number of restaurants are shutting their doors temporarily or permanently in response to the coronavirus pandemic, some are opening theirs for the first time. Here are new restaurants to check out, whether you’re taking meals to go, choosing to dine in or simply making a list of places…
Estimates are ranging for what COVID-19’s long-term effect will be on restaurants in Dallas, the state and the country. Messages have come through asking if we’ve heard people talking about one in four restaurants closing. One analyst predicts 10% of restaurants nationwide will close. It may be hard to have…
Every year, Meat Fight hosts events benefiting people living with multiple sclerosis. In normal years, there would’ve been a bike ride already. Now, the folks behind Meat Fight are launching a series of virtual “food-plus-exercise” events for the cause — participants are called to move a little bit and support…
It’s unassuming as you turn onto San Jacinto Street from North Haskell Avenue. The Old East Dallas spot nearly looks like it’s not open for business. But it is, and it’s scooping flavorful shreds of ice in to-go containers to keep us cool all summer long. Ruby’s Sno-Balls is serving…
For more than five weeks, aesthetically pleasing photos of sandwiches have been scrolling across Instagram for Dallas users. And every week, Sandoitchi, a new pop-up providing these Japanese sandwiches, has been selling out. It’s not a surprising phenomenon. This type of sandwich, popular for a quick meal in Japan, graced…
Fall is a time when we would usually expect a number of great things: cooler temperatures, the World Series, the State Fair of Texas and a number of festivals. Surely that first point will remain this year, but thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, the other three are looking differently this…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. For months now, chefs in town have been posting about a certain to-go container full of sauce-drenched meatballs from Il Bracco in University Park. That’s for good reason…
Texas’ Tito’s Handmade Vodka is pivoting to making hand sanitizer, specifically more than 44,000 bottles. People can pick these up for free from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Thursday at Gate 2 of Fair Park, 921 S. Haskell Ave. in South Dallas. Tito’s has been producing hand sanitizer since…
Pure Land Farm is in its third year of summer picking — people from around North Texas visit the McKinney Farm to get fresh fruits and vegetables straight from the ground. Organic growth in attendees is expected, but last year, the father-daughter duo who run the farm wasn’t expecting the…
For the last six years, Dallas chefs have gathered to cook and share plates with guests as part of the Dallas All-Star Chef Classic. The event would raise thousands for the Dallas 24 Hour Club, which works to provide safe, sober, transitional living for homeless individuals seeking sobriety. As the…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Bánh xèo can be an incredibly satisfying dish. The crispy rice pancake that’s stuffed with bean sprouts and frequently shrimp can be messy when you wrap it with…
Dallas chef Kent Rathbun is sharing his kitchen for the Dallas Observer at Home Series July 22. Not only can you join to learn a thing or two, but you can help benefit the American Heart Association. The four-time James Beard Award-nominated chef will welcome guests into his home, virtually,…
For July and August, we’re bringing Chilled to Go: weekly posts on the best things you can get for takeout to beat the heat. For $2 you can make your tongue turn orange, perk up with some sugar and cool the heck off in one of our summer afternoons. TC…
Months ago, just after critic Brian Reinhart had already visited and raved about the flavors coming out of Ka-Tip Thai Street Food, I tasted something I hadn’t experienced since sitting outside some restaurant in Bangkok years ago. The soup, rice dishes and appetizers we tried were wonderful, but the first…
It’s nearly eight months later than planned, but La Tarte Tropézienne is fully open in downtown Dallas. Fully open in the time of the coronavirus pandemic, that is, offering curbside takeout. But considering they were waiting on permits in mid-January for a place they had wanted to open in November,…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. There is something so wonderful about fulfilling a craving you’ve had for weeks. I’ve been thinking about mango sticky rice (khao neow ma muang) since Mother’s Day, when…
It’s July. While that would normally mean we could be at a Texas Rangers game succumbing to the employee who’s sweating in the heat yelling “Lemon Chill,” we’re at home. But it’s still hot: As of now, it looks like we could reach 100 degrees this week, something we know…
The novel coronavirus may have shifted the way we work out, eat and live, but it didn’t change the need some of us have for coffee. That’s evident based on the line of cars and people at White Rock Coffee in the Hillside neighborhood of East Dallas. The Lake Highlands-based…
Businesses are slowly bringing back some food events — which you can attend masked up and staying the heck away from other people — and whether or not you decide to be a patron at one of those, one can start to feel cooped up after 100 days in a…
There has been some talk about how the restaurant industry might look when we come out of the COVID-19 pandemic: Maybe QR menus should stay. What will happen to fine dining? Perhaps being able to purchase alcohol to-go from a restaurant could stick around. It’s entirely possible that months ago,…
Kick off your weekend by picking up a free Nutella crepe at Whisk this Thursday. No purchase is necessary, and they won’t ask you any questions about it. Just take the sweet crepe and go. What: Free Nutella Thursdays When: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday Where: Whisk Crêpes Café,…
As we get deeper into life amid a pandemic, simple pleasures are sweeter: a beautiful summer afternoon, a cooler morning with rain falling, an exceptionally friendly server who beams sincerity even though you can’t see his smile behind a mask. And ice cream. There are plenty of places to get…
