El Centro College hopes expanding its culinary, pastry and hospitality program to Northwest Dallas will offer even more students an education with one main goal. “Our role is a workforce development role,” says Steve DeShazo, director of the program. “Our job is to put people to work, serving the city’s…
Did you know many of Dallas’ top chefs received their culinary education from a community college? El Centro College’s Culinary, Pastry and Hospitality program has birthed several chefs and restaurateurs, many of whom have been in business for more than 20 years. Through hands-on instruction and service simulations, El Centro…
Keeping a restaurant open in Dallas is a bit of a challenge, given the high saturation of eateries in the city. However, at Miriam Cocina Latina, restaurant partner Miriam Jimenez is committed to boosting morale from within. As she says, when the employees are happy, the guests are happy. “You…
Even before you’ve had your first bite of food at Kendall Karsen’s Upscale Soul Food, you’re immersed in the family of its chef and owner, Kevin Winston. Look down at the tables. Into their tops, Winston carves names and numbers: the name of his grandmother, Aunt Lou, who in his…
Screw Dry January … we just found some cocktails that are a little better for us.
Maybe it sounds funny, but there are memories fused into Todd David’s bologna sandwich. He prefers it the old- fashioned way: Three-ish slices slapped onto white bread (the squishy, misted-with-whatever-chemical-that-makes-it-last-for-decades kind) with a swirl of spicy-sweet mustard. The best way to devour this version is in front of the open…
If you eat fast food on a semi-regular basis — and you’re reading a story about fast food so you probably do — you may have noted an uptick in bacon items over the last year or so. The conspiracy theory is that this is driven by tariffs. American pork…
The Whippersnapper likes to dress up in different themes every so often, such as Harry Potter and The Family Guy recently. Thursday night, they revealed their latest reincarnation as a Dunder Mifflin fantasyland. Most of the staff were dressed in character, including Dwight, Phyllis and Ryan. There were several TVs…
There was a whiff of rebellion in the air. Or maybe it was hopeful optimism. Late last decade, there seemed to be a growing number of people revolting against resolutions, seeing them as a trap. Akin to adulting. Then, my hopes were dispelled when headline after headline attempted to lure…
Going plant-based just got a whole lot easier — at least, if you’re in North Oak Cliff. At the new Lucky Mouth Grocery in the Bishop Arts District, customers can buy plant-based food, snacks and cleaning products. Lucky Mouth is from husband-and-wife duo David Miers and Adriana Martinez, having first started as an…
Spend a month in Vietnam, and you’ll fall in love with the people, the food and the landscape. The country will call you to return years later. At least, that’s how I feel about it. While that explains why I’m at places such as Sandwich Hag (and Mot Hai Ba…
Street’s Fine Chicken offers a Flu Shot cocktail featuring chicken stock and shochu.
While brunch can mean getting spiffy’d up to sip mimosas and be seen doing so, sometimes it’s a relief to head somewhere for the meal in a T-shirt and whatever pants you may have worn the day before. And if you’re in East Dallas, that might take you to Lake…
Just about two weeks ago, Teasom quietly opened in West Village, where founder Minji Son is hoping to bring Dallas a new kind of drink experience. “We want to be the gateway into the tea world,” she says. The space is appropriately small — at least, you’ll see it and…
Las Almas Rotas is hosting Jason Paul Cox, owner of El Destilado restaurant in Oaxaca and the Cinco Sentidos line of agave spirits. You can hear about his journey through the cuisine and spirits of Mexico and how the brand went from the restaurant to a unique line available in…
Open since September 2019, Westlake Brewing Company joins Deep Ellum Brewing Company and BrainDead Brewing in making the ever-evolving entertainment district of Deep Ellum as much of a top-tier craft beer destination as it has ever been. Unlike the larger Deep Ellum Brewing and the more food-focused Braindead, Westlake is…
Elaina Kay’s Cornbread and Country event returns for a second year, bringing along Graham Dodds (there is cornbread, after all). “We did the first one last year around this time at Garden Cafe. It was super fun, I think we had 100 people or so, actually way too many,” Dodds…
One Dallas restaurant and two suburban spots are on Yelp’s Top 100 Places to Eat in 2020. The restaurants close to home are Sky Rocket Burger in Dallas (No. 28), Tommy Tamale Market and Cafe in Grapevine (No. 16) and The Aussie Grind in Frisco (No. 30). The site has…
If there’s one thing we hear when talking to local restaurateurs, it’s this: Dallas loves brunch. To celebrate that, we’re all going to sip brunch cocktails and try the best brunch foods our city has to offer at the Dallas Observer’s annual Morning After festival. This event won’t take over…
Chef Brian Luscher, formerly of The Grape, and RM 12:20 Bistro’s chef Erin Willis are collaborating for a dinner Jan. 18. From 6 to 9 p.m., guests can have a four-course menu, with wine pairings, for $100. Considering the talents of both, it should be a good evening. “My husband…
Next month, a Dallas bus tour will be rebranding in time for Black History Month. The Soul of Dallas Food and Black History Bus Tour will now be the Soul of DFW Food and Black History Bus Tour, expanding to include Fort Worth within the tour. The bus tour was…
With the new year comes some big news for El Centro College, as its Food and Hospitality Institute is becoming the Culinary, Pastry and Hospitality program. We’ll soon have more to report on the program that occupies the spaces of the former Le Cordon Bleu facility in Northwest Dallas, but…
