Food & Drink

Westbound on U.S. 380, the pavement sweeps to the left as we crest a hill, and wind turbines sprout from the horizon. In our travels across the state, we’ve come to recognize wind farms as the surest sign that we’ve escaped the clutches of the big cities.

With the constant downpour of rain lately, a blue sky was a calling. A calling to get into the car and drive east to the latest addition to the North Texas barbecue scene,

After a year or so that must have felt like a comedy of errors to owners Jacob and Lindsay Sloan, On Rotation has finally moved into The Braniff Centre on Lemmon Avenue. The brewpub originally opened in the Lakewood area in 2015, but needed to find new digs.

Pinpoint Burger Bar recently opened on Lemmon Avenue near Mia’s Tex Mex. It’s a flash of new in an otherwise drab-ish strip of stores. As its name implies, the focus is burgers, some of which are locally appointed, like the Red Coat which is British-inspired.

A Legacy West favorite has made its way to Uptown. Earlier this month, Haywire opened its second location on McKinney Avenue in Dallas.

Loro Asian Smokehouse, the Uchi and Franklin Barbecue collaboration that hails from Austin, is finally set to open in East Dallas on Monday, July 5.

“No one knows what Cambodian food is,” the Cambodian-American chef Joseph Be says. “But if Thai food, Vietnamese food and Lao food can be popular, why can’t Cambodia’s food?” Good question.

This Friday, Top Chef alum Tiffany Derry will open Roots Southern Table in Farmers Branch. Known for her famous duck-fat fried chicken, Derry aims for her new concept to pay homage to her Louisiana roots.

If it’s not clear yet, we (and by “we” I mean me) are crushing on the new AT&T Discovery District in downtown. The vibrant open space is refreshing. Our offices aren’t far making it perfect for a lunchtime jaunt. Earlier this week, a pimento cheeseburger at Bobbers and Whips,

A new restaurant will soon open on Lower Greenville, offering an interactive Japanese dining experience called yakinuki. The Tokyo-based restaurant, Manpuku, which in Japanese means “to be happy with a full stomach,” was founded 70 years ago;