Do you love authentic Japanese food? Do steeping kelp and fermented skipjack tuna sound like your idea of a fun time? Do you sub out the lyrics of Nikki Minaj songs to fit your Japanese food obsession (“and if he got an uni then I buy him some dashi(ki)”)? If…
For those not familiar with pierogis, their textbook definition can sound more like a wet blanket than comfort food. What’s so great about a boiled potato dumpling? Everything, actually. Growing up on a Northeast Ohio peninsula, my only native foodstuffs came from Lake Erie — how I miss fried perch…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Yes, you’ll look like a tourist eating it. Yes, someone at your table will try to Instagram it…
Every week, it feels more official: Dallas has expertly somersaulted into the golden age of cheeseburgers. We’ve reached such a high point that enjoyable burgers can be found at restaurants that focus solely on fried chicken. Street’s Fine Chicken, a poultry-themed restaurant wherein a mural of American Gothic with chickens…
Texas Monthly’s newest BBQ Top 50 is out; how did DFW fare?
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. We didn’t expect to come to a Taiwanese noodle restaurant and fall in love with kimchi. But Wu…
Houston import Little Woodrow’s has had an eventful six months in Dallas. In November 2016, less than two months after opening, the craft beer and sports bar on Ross Avenue came under fire after the company’s legal counsel told the media that the bar “would just prefer not to serve…
It was one of those restaurant visits so bad, you start to wonder if you’re on “Candid Camera.” It started with a server wearing less than what most people wear to the beach; her lacy lingerie top (a black bra with sheer black lace covering a small portion of her…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. When we first heard about this burger, we were pretty skeptical. The meat is soaked in cabernet sauvignon?…
When it opened Tuesday, May 16, not much information was publicly available about José. The Mexican restaurant, on Lovers Lane just west of Inwood Road, had a Facebook page that featured pictures of its exterior and some cacti, with no other information. The official website was a single brightly colored…
There’s an old Irish proverb that reads, “A good friend is like a four-leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have.” The same could be said of business partners, and luckily for Matt Tobin and Josh Yingling — co-owners of Goodfriend Beer Garden & Burger Bar, Goodfriend Package and…
Looking for a new place to grab a cup of coffee? The DFW craft coffee scene is expanding rapidly, which means you have more new options than ever — and a lot of those options are easily accessible to those outside of Dallas proper. XO Coffee Co. 1023 E. 15th…
Bowen House jumped on the matcha trend with their Matcha Do About Nothing that pairs the brightly-hued tea powder with smoky mezcal.
Dee Traylor’s exuberance can border on overwhelming if you’re not prepared for it. By the time you’re done introducing yourself, you’ll more than likely be enveloped in a massive bear hug. His nickname, Walt Deezy, is a variation of an earlier nickname, Easy Deezy, and Walt Disney, a company with a hospitality-centric nature…
On a sunny Sunday afternoon — one of those pre-summer days that’s hot but not quite the surface of the sun — cyclists have swarmed Deep Ellum. They may not outnumber the patio-seeking brunch crowd, but there are dozens of them. These are not the typical bikers who are mashing…
Crawfish. Crayfish. Mudbugs. Bro-roaches. Whatever you want to call them, Rex’s Seafood will be in no short supply of the little buggers for its 1-Ton Crawfish Boil. In addition to plenty of crustacean-cracking goodness, there will also be live music and ice-cold beer; $30 buys all-you-can-eat crawfish, potatoes and corn…
Lovers Seafood and Market is part of a milieu of boutiques, juice bars and high-end nurseries that stud a short strip of Lovers Lane. These places act as pit stops on the road to income disposal for nearby Highland and University Park residents and nonresidents alike, granted they have beefy credit…
You may have a few questions as the Santana, one of Blues Burgers’ new burgers, arrives on its metal tray. Those questions likely include: “Why are they doing this to me?” or “What have you done?” or “Am I going to be OK?” Why so many questions? Because you’ve ordered…
The red tape of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission can be peeled back but slowly, so when the agency’s soon-to-be-ex-executive director Sherry Cook lifted the ban on the retail sale of crowlers in March, makers and partakers of Texas craft beer rejoiced. Two months in, you can now secure an…
Settle Up is a column that critiques cocktail bars with the same gravitas that food critics apply to restaurants, exploring Dallas cocktail concepts, menus, execution and service and steering discerning imbibers toward all the booze that’s fit to drink. There is a time and place for everything. If it’s 2…
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. Everything you need to know about Angry Dog is in the nachos. The dish is a scatter…
The owner of a Plano diner has been arrested by the Collin County Sheriff’s Office and charged with possession of child pornography, according to the department and various media outlets. Richard Butterly is one of 15 men arrested as part of Operation Medusa, “a weeklong multi-agency investigation into the online…
