A little bit taller. Donald Trump. Pregnant. These are the wishes of diners of the past. They are zip-tied to the giant oak tree that shades the path to The Local Oak, the Bishop Arts District restaurant that loved the tree so much they decided to name the restaurant after…
Let’s face it: being an adult is awful. The closest we normally get to an Easter egg hunt is finding our keys, usually when we are late for work or when a child, still possessing some sense of joy and wonderment, has hidden them. But occasionally life returns a shred…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. The story of Ojeda’s Restaurant reads like the American dream: A couple works hard, raises a family,…
When Kent Rathbun severed ties last summer with his namesake restaurant group, he also had to walk away from his own name. According to court documents, in 2009, the high-profile Dallas chef signed over the rights to his name, image and likeness for restaurant-related marketing to his then-business partner William “Bill”…
The Scarborough Renaissance Festival serves up enough fare to make driving out to a dusty pasture in Waxahachie worth a foodie’s trip. But with so many choices, what shall a peasant do? Here are our six favorite ye olde eats from this year’s festival. Smoked salmon and goat cheese crepe,…
It’s noon on a Sunday, and the strip mall feels abandoned. Hidden away in a leafy residential corner of Plano, Prairie Creek Village is an unusual collection of businesses. There’s a closed, unfriendly looking office for the ride-hailing company Uber, an indoor bouncy castle venue and a series of closed…
There’s a subset of DFW dining that seems to place more emphasis on a restaurant’s design than the food itself, where Instagram-worthy decor, selfie-stations and patios with amazing views appear to take priority over what’s on the menu. On the opposite end of the spectrum, barbecue often eschews aesthetics in favor of…
From the outside, the Nest Cafe in Frisco looks everything like you’d expect a cafe in Frisco to look like. It’s part of an unremarkably designed beige retail strip beneath an apartment complex, and the matter-of-fact branding on the exterior doesn’t scream of raised expectations. When you step inside, however,…
On the corner of Cedar Springs and Reagan Street, in the heart of the gayborhood’s dining and nightlife core, is a sunny, bright space where Michael Martensen is trying again. “I have an affinity for Mexico and those ingredients and the beverages and everything,” Martensen says. “I’ve always been that…
It’s been a year since Earl’s 377 Pizza brought their impressive pies to Argyle. In our first look, we proclaimed Earl’s to be well worth the drive from all parts of DFW. Things are changing fast in Argyle. The management team behind Earl’s (as well as Denton’s LSA Burger and…
We’re headed into a busy season of openings in Dallas as locally owned concepts expand, new franchises open in the area and neighborhoods like the Design District see major changes in their dining scene. Here’s a look at the new restaurants you should check out right now: Revolver Taco Lounge2701…
Fresh off the opening of two of Dallas’ hottest new restaurants — Julian Barsotti’s Sprezza on Maple and Nick Badovinus’ Town Hearth in the Design District — Barsotti and Badovinus today announced a new joint venture in Highland Park Village, the frou frou Highland Park shopping center that boasts clientele…
As I made a trek to Whataburger to savor their new coffee shake, I had no clue what to expect from the cold, mysterious stranger. Would I have to choose between 40 different flavors? Would it taste like mocha? Would it be dense enough to hold its own upside down…
In this week’s food news round-up, Dallas gets its first Argentinian steak house and a story in the Oak Cliff Advocate has the neighborhood up in arms: Yeterday, the Oak Cliff Advocate wrote about a Birmingham developer that received approval from the City Plan Commission to replat 4.5-acres on Zang at Beckley…
Victor Tangos’s Andrew Stofko works salty squid ink into one of his new cocktails, the Seppuku Reale.
Savor Dallas is this weekend, which means food, booze and merriment will be out in abundance. Things kick off on Thursday with ‘Cue It Up ($55.) Held at the Marie Gabrielle Gardens, this event will feature an array of all things smoky and sweet. Friday means booze — and lots…
There are times when a meal calls for the exquisite and the refined: duck legs confit, passion fruit emulsions, oyster omelets. But there are also moments when nuance begs to be fallen by the dull ax of conventional, perfunctory experience. When cravings or nostalgia strike, it helps to keep it…
For the last several months, the Dallas City Council, working on recommendations from the Quality of Life & Environment committee, has been hosting public meetings seeking public input on two proposals: one that would require bars and restaurants with uncovered outdoor seating to provide more parking (currently, parking spot quotas…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. Bill Hensley says he’s been inside Fish Bone Grill about 12,200 times. That’s a lot of visits,…
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. On a recent afternoon at Hide, I was sitting at the…
It is, by ever-changing neighborhood standards, a small and understated space, just 49 seats and an open kitchen located across the street from Pecan Lodge. But for Regino Rojas, it’s the culmination of three years of hard work despite numerous setbacks. Tonight, beloved Fort Worth Mexican restaurant Revolver Taco Lounge…
A Cuban sandwich is one thing. A torta Cubana, though, is on a whole ‘nother level. Popularized in the markets and streets of Mexico City, the torta Cubana deviates from the famed formula of ham, cheese and pickles. Well, it does have all those things, but that’s because it has…
