This Weekend: Grapefest, Pride Brunch and a Hello Kitty Food Truck

The 32nd annual GrapeFest is a “Texas wine experience” that boasts that it’s the largest wine festival in the Southwest U.S. You’ll find the people’s choice wine-tasting classic, a grape stomp, the champagne terrace, kids’ world and the plaza wine experience with guest wineries from the northern coast of California…

The 10 Best Wine Lists in Dallas, 2018 Edition

If the average Dallas diner listed ways to get drunk at mealtime, wine might come in third. Any restaurant with any ambition at all has a list of house specialty cocktails, and the Texas craft beer revolution is still going strong — the region is opening at least 13 new…

This Weekend: Dallas Chocolate Festival, BrewFest and Okrapalooza

It’s the second Saturday of the month, which means the Dallas Farmers Market is welcoming Chef Jeramie Robison for a demo. Robison is the executive chef at the Adolphus’ City Hall Bistro, and this weekend he’ll use local ingredients from vendors in the Shed. What: Chef Demo with City Hall…

Goodnight, Sweet Prince: Dallas Restaurants That Closed This Summer

Summer in Texas ain’t easy — especially at restaurants, which often see a dip in the summer months as people head out of town, presumably to flee somewhere a person can comfortably exist in August. The last few weeks have seen a characteristic run of restaurant closures. As we transition…

The Wild Ride of Lucky Campbell

Decades ago on the first day of school, Eddie Campbell’s teacher asked students what they wanted to be when they grow up. While others presumably offered the standard answers — athletes, astronauts, president — young Eddie said he wanted to own bars and nightclubs. It earned him a trip to…

Hard Pass: New Deep Ellum French Fry Restaurant #GetFried

Fries covered in fatty, savory toppings sound like the perfect thing to have late at night in Deep Ellum. While you can get that at #GetFried, don’t expect it to be fast — or particularly delicious. And yes, the hashtag is part of the name. This chain fry cafe on…

Zoli’s Has a Sense of Humor, But Their New Double Cheeseburger Is Serious

Burgers begin, for chef Jeff Bekavac, with a Big Mac at grandma’s house. It’s his first cheeseburger memory. He was sitting at his grandparent’s table with the iconic, mountainous double cheeseburger with the special sauce and the sesame seed bun. Bekavac remembers ruining his appetite for grandma’s dinner by devouring…