Considering that brunch is Dallas’ favorite pastime — after complaining about the Cowboys and sitting in traffic on I-35 — there is never a shortage of hot new brunch spots to hit up. But in all the new and now, it’s easy to forget about the Dallas brunch institutions, the…
Stop into HIDE to check out their new food and drink menus, new for Fall.
In this week’s round-up of food news, a kitschy new eatery comes to The Star, Dallas gets a new East African restaurant and more: The Star in Frisco is getting a curious addition in December: Sushi Marquee, a “fun-loving Japanese-inspired concept” that’s serious about cocktails, sushi and ’80s/’90s pop culture…
While things have (finally) slowed down in this explosive sector of the ever-growing fast casual scene, there is one new poke joint coming that we’ve had an eye on since plans were announced seven months ago: Malibu Poke. The Turtle Creek Village restaurant has finally announced an open date: Tues.,…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their histories while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. Ground pork belly sizzles and crisps into Dunston’s house-made bacon bits. French bread is sliced and fried…
A lot has happened since a New American bistro by the name of The Grape opened in 1972. One president resigned and another was impeached. Jordache jeans took the roller-coaster ride of fashion, the smartphone was introduced, the human genome was mapped and dietary fat was first demonized, then praised…
Our hopes are high that the Toyota Music Factory comes together as a food and live entertainment destination. On the live music front, the venue has had something of a rocky start, with canceled shows and questionable plumbing, but the i-dotting and t-crossing appears to be wrapping up for upcoming events…
Ever since this gilded cage sprung up in downtown Dallas, the city has been falling all over itself to get a taste of Bullion, a new French brasserie from chef Bruno Davaillon. Now, they can: Bullion opens to the public on Friday. The 96-seat restaurant, boasting ample commissioned art and “contemporary…
Stretch that stomach out this weekend — those Thanksgiving leftovers aren’t gonna eat themselves — at some of these indulgent food and drink events. ***** What does WWE have in common with beer and wine? They all lend themselves to a good smackdown. Speaking of which, Scardello will referee a…
Hide owner Nick Backlund’s love for fast food flourished while he was an undergraduate student at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia. He played baseball for the school and, after each game, had a Chick-fil-A-themed meal of a fried chicken sandwich, a cookie and some chips. When Chick-fil-A’s spicy chicken sandwiches…
What an expressive name is Hello Dumpling. It’s short, sweet and friendly, and it holds out the promise of delicious dumplings. There’s only one problem with the name: This new restaurant’s noodles are even better. In the space formerly occupied by Good2Go Taco on the east side of White Rock…
Since Aug. 8, 2016, the city of Dallas has been considering a zoning tool called a late-hours overlay. If enacted, it would allow the city to require any business that wants to operate between midnight and 6 a.m. in certain areas — in this case, Uptown — to apply for…
In 2016, the Dallas City Council offered $3 million “to assist in development and/or location of one or more high quality grocery stores … within or adjacent to a southern Dallas food desert.” More than a year later, no major grocery stores have taken the bait, and the problem persists. One Southern…
As we reported in September, Sambuca restaurant has been dealing for several years with infrastructure issues with its building at 2120 McKinney Ave. Major plumbing and foundation issues led the restaurant’s owners, Restaurant Expert Management, to file a lawsuit in 2013 in an attempt to force the building’s owners into compliance with the terms of…
Even amid the chaos of downtown, Commissary is hard to miss. The new cafe, bakery, butcher shop and market at 1217 Main St. resides in a five-story building brightly decorated with 27,857 ceramic mosaic tiles, making the building stick out among the grays and browns of downtown architecture. As the array…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their histories while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. There’s a feeling that tugs at your heartstrings not long after finding a booth. You’re sitting with…
The Dallas dining scene takes itself a little too seriously sometimes. Lighten up with a visit to one of these new local bars, restaurants and cafes, places that can take a joke and dish one out, too. Bourbon & Banter The new speakeasy in the basement of the renovated Statler…
The Cedars has been trying for years to become a destination. The neighborhood adjacent to downtown and the convention center hasn’t tried to be the place to be, just a place to be. It’s worked to create a neighborhood identity and foster enough independent businesses to draw people in. In…
In this week’s round up of food news, a historic Oak Cliff home is saved from demolition and things heat up in Victory Park: This week, the Dallas City Council decided that plans for a restaurant in the former Oak Cliff home of late Dallas Mayor George Sergeant can move…
According to a sign posted to the front door, Alligator Cafe in East Dallas has, as of Nov. 8, been seized by the state of Texas for nonpayment of taxes. On Thursday morning, the long-running Cajun eatery in Casa Linda was dark, the sign taped to the door ominously warning,…
When we reviewed SpicyZest earlier this year, the Sri Lankan restaurant had been open for roughly one year. Now, just a few months shy of its two-year anniversary, this Farmers Branch establishment is introducing brunch. SpicyZest has proclaimed its brunch, featuring a bevy of Sri Lankan breakfast favorites, to be…
Downtown Dallas cocktail den, Midnight Rambler, is bringing back some old favorites from menus past and throwing in a soon-to-be fall favorite or two. One of their new tipples is the Hot Buttered Soul, a fall forward cocktail named for a Southern soul album by Isaac Hayes.
