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…
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,…
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…
He’s been a bartender in Dallas for 15 years — nearly every bit of it behind the same bar — then Joel Morales found himself delivering burgers to doorsteps in the neighborhood. It was late in May when the Peak Inn reopened, and he was hunting for every angle possible,…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Blues Burgers wasn’t my first choice. Smokey John’s Bar-B-Que had been selling shoebox lunches, symbolic of oppression during the age of Jim Crow. I had intended to get…
Il Bracco’s signature cocktail is a frozen version a greyhound and is being offered to-go.
The North Texas Food Bank recently began a collaboration with Amazon to deliver groceries directly to the doorsteps of families facing food insecurity. Two food bank partners, Crossroads Community Service and Sharing Life Community Outreach, provide and prepare shelf-stable groceries and prepackage the foods in boxes. Amazon then donates the…
Historically speaking, when opening a new restaurant, owners wouldn’t typically plan for a pandemic. If there’s anything we’ve learned during COVID-19, it’s that optimizing a store for service during an international health crisis may be the new normal. Such is the case for Michelle Bonds, owner of Trova Wine and…
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…
There’s a segment of local bar owners who feel they are being unfairly restricted by Gov. Greg Abbott’s June 26 executive order that mandated they shut down. While restaurants are allowed 50% indoor capacity, outdoor seating, plus food and mixed-drinks to-go — several restaurants recently reported the latter has sustained their…
Porchetta is a signpost that leads to great things. In Rome, you’ll see them in the salumeria windows, some halved like a gemstone. The cross section reveals ores of fennel, garlic, rosemary, salt and pepper stuffed loin, wrapped and cinched in pork belly. It’s rolled up in the shape of…
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 in whicjhour food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. At one cute little diner, guests can enjoy burgers, sandwiches, hot dogs and milkshakes, all at an affordable price. Granted, Hunky’s Old-Fashioned Hamburgers has closed much of the…
As a way to support local business, the Brewers Association has designated July 3 as National Independent Beer Run Day, which should be self-explanatory, but in case it’s not, it means you need to hit a craft beer drive-thru. There are around 70 independent breweries around North Texas, and now…
Yelp updated its Local Economic Impact Report June 25 and reported that from March 1 to late June, 23,981 restaurants across the United States have closed. Locally, it doesn’t seem like we’ve seen the full spate of closings yet. In many cases, it’s hard to determine if a restaurant is…
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…
Bullion is giving us the chance to enjoy their cocktails from home.
The Nashville hot chicken sandwich party has officially started in North Texas, and Red Claws Crab Shack is front and center in the mosh pit keeping things stirred up. (Does that concert reference hurt a little bit? It does for us, too.) Red Claws didn’t initially set out to crush…
In the early days of the coronavirus crisis, many Dallas-area restaurants diligently wrote public alerts every time an employee fell ill with the disease. But as cases surge, hospitals fill and the government response falters, restaurant owners are facing a new logic: Cases may be too common to report. And…
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…
