I’ve never worn cowboy boots. I’ve never ridden a horse, either. Guns terrify me. By my French friend Adam’s estimation, these facts mean I am not truly a Texan. “I thought all Texans are like John Wayne,” Adam once said. “You got your rifle, your horse and the boots with…
The last time I’d gone to Serious Pizza, in before times, I recall there was a birthday party spread across the dining room. Two huge silver helium balloons, “1” and “2,” bobbed at the head of the table. There were light pink accents spread around. Any question of whether the…
The Trove, the newest addition to the Bishop Arts District, is a treasure for those prone to indulge in shopping and drinks. Technically a mezcaleria, The Trove specializes in mescal. Bartenders liken the liquor to a smoky tequila. But unlike tequila, which can only hail from Jalisco, Mexico, mescal can…
Almost a year ago Mark Cuban tweeted, “How companies treat employees during this pandemic will define their brand for decades.” While we don’t agree with everything he says, the local basketball fan hit the nail on the head here. This statement endures. Flags are being flown as Texans sail into…
So, who needs a beer? One silver lining of Gov. Abbott’s “I’m so over this mask thing” announcement is that taprooms can now open. And while some local breweries applied for a food and beverage permit allowing them to operate as a restaurant over the past years, others have been…
It always starts to feel like spring in Dallas when the North Texas Irish Festival rolls around. It’s generally the first in a series of fun festivals, but this year is going to be different. With Texas businesses opened up, we could start to see more festivals scheduled in the…
From the streets of Mexico City, through a home kitchen in Dallas and then a food truck, Tacos La Gloria has landed a permanent home in Oak Cliff’s Tyler Station after getting off to a chilly start. The owners of the former food truck opened the location Feb. 6 only…
If you don’t observe Lent, there’s a surefire way to know when the season rolls around. Mardi Gras parties may have gone missing this year, but you can’t miss that every fast food place in town is offering fish sandwiches. A new one in the mix this year is Golden…
We’ve taken a lot of angles on AllGood Cafe over the years. We’ve talked about their breakfast, their burger and their place as a pioneer for the Deep Ellum music scene. Plus, Nick Rallo says their chicken-fried steak is the best in town, “no argument about it.” AllGood Cafe is a music…
It’s been almost an entire year since someone has cracked open a beer and sat back to watch a soccer game at Peticolas Brewing. Well, except for last week when owner Micheal Peticolas, riding out his frustrations on his skateboard, wound up at his brewery. “A friend texted me and…
Invasion was supposed to be primarily a sandwich restaurant, with occasional side gigs doing good for the community. Instead, in its first year this tiny East Dallas diner became a hub for goodwill, volunteering and feeding the needy. All that charity started the day before Invasion opened. On Monday, March…
In perhaps the most scrumptious sign that things will, in fact, get back to normal soon(ish), The State Fair of Texas recently put out the all-call for our craziest fried food concoctions. From now through March 31 they’re accepting applications from anyone interested in becoming a food or beverage vendor. The…
(Note: We’re revisiting some of Brian Reinhart’s picks for our annual list of Top 100 Dallas Restaurants to see how they’re faring in what we hope are the final months of the pandemic.) When the February snowstorm cut power at Joe Zavala’s house, he packed the kids in the car…
Very few positive things have come out of the past 12 months. Some hard lessons have been learned. Perhaps a few new hygiene habits could help us all stay healthier in the long run, which is certainly not a bad thing. However, there was one sparkly item highlight on the…
Winter months can be quite slow for restaurants, and with pandemic-related challenges continuing, we’re more likely to see closures than openings. Diners in Irving are mourning the loss of beloved Captain Nemo’s Steak Submarines, a presence in the city for nearly 50 years. Terra Mediterranean, home of a popular lunch…
It’s been 50 years since the home-cooking restaurant Celebration opened on Lover’s Lane, and while some things have changed with the times, others haven’t. After leading Dallas toward farm-to-table dining long before it was trendy, the restaurant continues to offer a rotating menu of fresh, local and sustainable food. Meals…
National Chili Day is today, and even if fake holidays are silly and winter’s bite left us almost as quickly as it arrived, it’s still a good time to eat a bowl of chili in Dallas. (In Texas, any day is a good day for chili.) I myself like to…
Last year when we met Brandon Howley at Happy Hollow Ranch in Willis Point, the birds were chirping, a red fox burrowed in the pasture and cattle hid from the sun under trees lush with leaves. Howley inherited this land from his tough-as-nails grandfather, former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley…
In a bit of good news, COVID-related hospitalizations are down. That means fewer people are critically ill. It also means that our frontline medical workers can perhaps catch a breather. Last October, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued Executive Order GA-32 mandating that any Trauma Service Area (TSA) that had seven…
What’s comforting to you? Getting an aging parent a second dose of vaccine is pretty damn comforting these days, so I suppose it can change with the times. But generally, comfort food is tied to what you grew up with or a dish that reminds you of a feeling of…
CocoAndre, the family-owned chocolate shop in the Bishop Arts District, has been open for business only eight days this month. COVID forced them to close the last week of January, so they set their sights on every chocolatier’s busiest day, Feb. 14, to help pull them through the winter. “Then…
Despite a great crop of mudbugs last year, COVID-19 restrictions crippled the industry as a whole; restaurants were slapped with COVID mandates, and packaging the crustaceans to-go was difficult. Last March, crawfish producer Gerard Frey of Acadia Parish told the LSU AgCenter they were only able to sell 10 to…
