Lucky you! Some rich relative of yours — maybe an uncle, or your little brother who got that job at Google, or long-lost cousins who feel bad about neglecting their family — is visiting Dallas for the holidays, and wants to treat you to a lavish dinner. Where to take…
The holiday season manifests itself in a variety of ways in the coffee world. There’s the endless, inescapable Christmas music in cafes, Starbucks’ annual war on Christmas and a concerning absence of Festivus poles. Perhaps you’ve noticed that many local coffee roasters are also offering limited, holiday-oriented coffee blends. While…
By all accounts, 2016 has been a real dumpster fire of a year. The abysmal election (and its depressing aftermath), the loss of creative forces like Prince and Leon Russell, the closure of some of Dallas’ most beloved restaurants — for many, this year has not been easy. This is…
We’ve had our fair share of bad news in the Dallas dining industry of late, but this one really stings: Luscher’s Red Hots, purveyors of Chicago-style hot dogs and the best damn burger in DFW, is closing after dinner service on Tuesday, Dec. 13. “Everyone is invited to come bid…
In this week’s DFW dining news round-up, new spots in Preston Center, a surprising re-concept and we hope you dig poke bowls: Two new restaurants are opening in Preston Center, D reports: Go Fish Poke at 6030 Luther Lane and Yolk in the space formerly occupied by LYFE Kitchen. Yolk is…
He’s the comeback kid. The semi-comeback kid. He’s something. John Tesar, Dallas chef and Top Chef’s own “step-dad” (as chef Brooke Williamson so gently put it) barely made it out alive during the first episode of Top Chef’s 14th season. Turns out, the judges didn’t particularly care for his take…
Cross over the threshold and Niwa’s sleek and understatedly seductive interior tells you that you’ve arrived. If the feeling doesn’t strike you immediately, it will no later than when you lay your first meat or veggie gently on the self-serve Shinpo down-draft grill sunk into the center of your table.
Shopping for foodie-types isn’t easy. Chances are, if there’s a curious dish in this city, they’ve tried it — twice. Their kitchen is stocked with homemade chicken stock and a sous vide machine, and you’ve never been able to recommend a hot restaurant that they haven’t already checked out. Even…
El Rincon’s Top Shelf Margarita takes the traditional margarita recipe and pluses it up a little salty, a little sweet, a lotta booze.
The holiday season is a time to be with family, to revisit favorite traditions and to make new ones. But perhaps more important, it is a time to consume festive alcoholic beverages. And what better way to mark the holiday season than with a mixology class at the Four Seasons?…
Since it opened shop in 2014, The Blind Butcher has won over critics and diners alike with house-made sausages, curated charcuterie and a poutine selection that sees a rotation of fatty, decadent meat toppings. A couple of weeks ago, executive chef Oliver Sitrin tucked four brunch items onto the menu. Brunch…
In the corner booth behind me, an elderly man sits by himself and talks to a younger woman at the table across from him. He’s got his iPad out, propped up, and plays a video for her. They’re talking politics. “There was a time when different beliefs could get together,”…
Seeing a woman chasing his train down on foot, a conductor ground the engine to a halt. He feared that tragedy had struck. But it was just Ashton Stauffer doing business. “It stopped for me about a half a mile down,” Stauffer said while seated at a poker table in…
One look at the menu and the awe-inspiring space, including a copper pizza oven that looks like it gave birth to C3PO and the stylishly illustrated wall of wine on tap, and you might think there’s little restraint at Sixty Vines. The menu promises a “cabernet-smothered local Akaushi patty,” caramelized…
The good news: Just a few months after opening their wildly popular brick-and-mortar, Heim Barbecue is opening another restaurant. The bad news (for us carnivores in Dallas, anyway): They’re opening it in Fort Worth. Owners Emma and Travis Heim announced the new location on Facebook today: … we are happy…
We certainly can’t say we saw this one coming: Remedy, the beloved modern soda fountain/purveyor of one of Dallas’ best burgers, is closing Dec. 31 after dinner service, “with plans to open an American/Chinese restaurant in its place late spring/early summer of 2017,” according to a press release. “Kirstyn Brewer…
2016 has been a year of change at Komali. In March, founding chef-owner Abraham Salum sold the Cole Avenue restaurant to John Broady and Emanuel Salinas, relative newcomers to the Dallas restaurant business. Salinas, born in Mexico City and raised in Acapulco, wanted to recalibrate the kitchen to focus on…
Both father Beto and son Julian Rodarte have spent portions of their careers very much inside the restaurant box. After starting Cozymel’s with Phil Romano, owner of Romano’s Macaroni Grill and Fuddruckers, Beto worked for restaurant giant Brinker for years, doing what he could from the corporate level for other…
Today, the downtown Fort Worth sports bar Frankie’s posted an oh-so familiar Facebook post: An announcement that the bar will be closing, effective immediately. But this social media announcement has an interesting twist: Owners say that the “proverbial straw” is the Affordable Care Act, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram first reported…
Is Richardson’s new Tricky Fish location, in the CityLine mixed-use development, a proto-chain brought to you by the same folks that gave us Razzoo’s? Yes, it is. Considering its namesake dish is basically a plate of tilapia and shrimp étouffée, could you cite Tricky Fish’s menu for a lack of…
Monday, Dec. 5, marks the 83rd anniversary of the repeal of the 21st Amendment — also known as Prohibition, or America’s bummer. Over the years, Repeal Day has become a bigger and bigger holiday, with cocktail bars in particular offering killer specials on Prohibition-era libations. You’ll find cheap, well made…
Small Brewpub is continuing its mission of being a neighborhood spot in Oak Cliff, but at the same time, it’s also getting a whole new kitchen staff, led by 23-year-old Alex Henderson, who has a vision of bringing more people through the restaurant’s doors. “We want it to be a…
