In this week’s round-up of DFW food news, local rock stars announce plans for an East Dallas bar with a retro feel, a new brunch comes to Uptown and there’s a chef change-up out in McKinney: Dos Jefes, the new Mexican-Sushi-Tequila Bar-Tapas-Nightclub in Uptown, is launching brunch this weekend. Brunch service…
Stepping into the new Houndstooth at Sylvan Thirty feels like stepping into a cloud. The Austin-based coffee chain opened its second Dallas location this week in the trendy mixed-use development that’s also home to Ten Ramen, Whisk Crepes and Tacodeli. The new space is bright — lots of whites and…
Thin-crust pizza is taking Dallas by storm. In addition to old favorites Cane Rosso and Olivella’s, newcomers like Matchbox and Sprezza are hopping on the trend, each with their own interpretation of just how thin a crust should be. Up in Addison, Taste of Chicago isn’t changing a thing about…
Right now, we all want one thing: A/C. OK, actually we want two things: A/C and cold drinks. Victor Tangos has some serious A/C blasting, and their Cool Like That cocktail by Andrew Stofko satisfies the latter. We’ve never considered radicchio for a cocktail, but we’re glad that Stofko did…
Chimera Brewing Co. and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s Cafe Modern are teaming up for a five-course beer dinner. Each course will be expertly paired with a Chimera libation. Notable courses include a roasted halibut paired with Grodziskie, pork belly steamed buns with American pale ale and Super Farms lamb…
Nothing hits the spot after a night of bar-hopping quite like a good brunch — a meal with enough sodium and caloric load to make you feel like something that closely approximates a human being. But ideally this meal consists of more than salt and fat alone: The perfect hangover…
There’s nothing like a fresh, juicy peach at the peak of Texas peach season. This time of year, pastry chefs showcase its succulence in everything from cobblers to ice cream, and Kate Weiser Chocolate took the peach dessert to the next level with their limited-edition, life-sized chocolate peaches. These white…
There are a few things to know about the burgers at Dallas Beer Kitchen before walking through the door. There are two. One burger has a nearly-raw jalapeño, sliced into a canoe and chopped into big pieces, that delivers a punch across the face like Indiana Jones with heat. That…
It’s been a rough week for restaurants in downtown Fort Worth. On Monday, FW Market + Table, a West 7th district restaurant and grab-and-go spot specializing in “fresh and local foods,” announced via press release that it was closing, citing not enough foot traffic in the district. “We tried two…
Balcones Distillery in Waco last week released a small batch of Texas rum that the distillery says will slowly makes its way onto Texas shelves — and then quickly disappear. This particular batch of rum, Balcones’ third, started with Barbados-style and blackstrap molasses and was put away to mature in…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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 it comes to staples of Southern cuisine — or American fare in general — there may be…
Sprezzatura is a fun Italian word that means “studied nonchalance,” the art of preparing methodically but acting as if no preparation was necessary. A fashion-conscious friend says the word describes “a man who spends two hours doing his hair up so it looks like he just rolled out of bed.”…
When chef John Tesar recently left Apheleia Restaurant Group, walking away from high-profile restaurants like Oak and the Royale Magnificent Burgers, it made news, but there wasn’t a tantrum involved, nor did he curse anyone out on Twitter. “It’s hard to explain why a 58-year-old man would walk away from four…
The folks behind Fort Worth’s newest brewery, Wild Acre Brewing Co., aren’t screwing around. It’s true, they might be the seventh brewing operation in a three-mile radius centered roughly on the Sundance Square area, but Wild Acre is coming in hot, already having built up a cache of cans of…
Temperatures are expected to soar into the high 90s this week, and the humidity is off the charts. Though we really don’t want to admit it, summer has finally come to DFW, which means we’re on the lookout for summer-friendly fare at our favorite restaurants. Denton brewpub Barley & Board’s…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. It’s nearly impossible to mis-order at Deep Ellum’s Monkey King Noodle Company — the menu is small but…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. Some dishes we love because they combine differing primary tastes. Sweet and sour sauce, for instance, or sweet-spicy…
Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is a DJ, drummer for The Roots, late-night talk-show fixture and one of the most thoughtful leaders of modern hip-hop. He’s also an adventurous eater, as documented by his Tumblr Quest Loves Food and his Twitter account, cook4quest. Now he’s written a genre-busting, fascinating book, Something to…
No food empire is complete without the power of a real Jewish deli. A city needs at least part of the foundation to be paved with sour pickles, chopped liver, pastrami and tender, juicy corned beef. And Reubens. Everyone needs a Reueben sandwich in their lives. It’s science: Corned beef,…
After a long interview process, Dallas chef Kevin Ashade was sent to New York to film an episode of the Food Network’s Beat Bobby Flay that aired on April 14. Bobby Flay rarely loses. Other Dallas chefs have been on the show — including John Tesar and Tre Wilcox —…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. There are certain foods that might, at first, seem like magic. How are they made? Think about the…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. The menu at Goodfriend Package is not complicated. Pastrami and rye, roast beef, club sandwich, B.L.T — they’re…
