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. Despite what it may say when people are looking, Dallas loves toast — and why not? It’s quick,…
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. God damn, it’s hot out there, and it’s only June, which means we’ve got many sweaty miles ahead…
In this week’s North Texas food news round-up: D releases its list of Dallas’ best restaurants, the team behind Wayward Sons is planning a barbecue restaurant with a Ferris wheel (sure, why not?) and a Louisiana sports bar chain announces North Texas plans: The team behind Wayward Sons is planning…
The menu items at Komali are reminiscent of Mexican talavera pottery; bright, colorful and playful. Recently, new ownership team James Broady and general manager Emanuel Salinas revamped this restaurant by keeping an upscale, yet laid back climate. After previous owner Abram Salum decided to sell, executive chef Geovanny Arredondo re-imagined…
A relative to tequila has been showing up of late on cocktail menus all over Dallas. Mezcal is a spirit made from agave, but with some seriously smoky notes. For the uninitiated, Abacus’ Smoke on the Water is the perfect gateway drink to the smoky spirit, thanks to tequila infused with…
Deep Ellum venues on Main Street open their doors every third Thursday evening for Wine Walk. This event is perfect for the art-lover whose resveratrol levels could use a little pick-me-up. For $10 you get a specially designed wine glass which will be topped off as you meander through participating…
Picture the quintessential brunch spot. What does it look like? Tucked into the heart of East Dallas’ Junius Heights neighborhood, the idyllic Garden Cafe spot fits right in with the surrounding historic homes. Inside, a friendly staff awaits to take customers’ orders from the menu written with adoring detail by…
After nearly a year in business, the lunchtime word is out in East Dallas on One90 Smoked Meats. The unassuming location on Northwest Highway — with just a five-barstool dining room — is home to unique barbecue sandwiches and some of the best chicken tacos around. The lunch rush on…
A great burger has returned. A few weeks ago, in the final hours before Midway Point closed down, the feeling inside the unpretentious sports bar just off LBJ Freeway was intensely bittersweet. Next door, In-N-Out Burger’s line swelled with cars. Midway’s menu, a sheet of Xeroxed paper, had items blacked…
Cedar Spring Road’s newest restaurant, Cedar Grove, is taking over the spot that was formerly Dish. But the executive chef says this Oak Lawn spot will be far from the former place. “It’s night and day in difference from what it was, and that’s a very good thing. I don’t…
This week, Tales of the Cocktail — one of the country’s biggest festivals for bartenders and the bar industry at large — announced nominations for the Spirited Awards, which highlight the country’s most promising bars, bartenders and industry pros. One nomination will surprise no one who’s familiar with Dallas craft cocktails:…
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. Down at Pecan Lodge, putting cheese on top of brisket is heresy. But put them together in a…
It was raining cats and dogs. I was sitting with Alan Govenar in Mis Cazuelas in East Dallas. We were waiting for Kaleta Doolin, his wife. Govenar is an author, filmmaker and founding director of the upcoming Museum of Street Culture — among other things. Doolin is a brilliant artist,…
Revolver Taco Lounge, the beloved Fort Worth taqueria with a long-awaited Deep Ellum location in the works, announced today that the taco spot is moving its original location at 2822 W. 7th St. to a new space at 2418 Forest Park Blvd., the former home of Sera Dining and Wine. …
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 getting to be that time of year when the idea of eating a full meal before setting…
The Dallas Museum of Art’s north entrance has a new outdoor pavilion with a crepe café. Socca is named after the style of crepe it serves, a chickpea-based savory pancake popular in the far south of France. Pronounced “SOAK-uh,” rather than the way Bostonians say “soccer,” the socca originates in…
Vivo 53’s new, insane, topping-covered, confection-filled sundaes are every Instagrammer’s dream come true, which is probably why the restaurant is encouraging customers to upload and tag photos of their own sundae experiences for a chance to win a sundae a week for the next year. They likely won’t have any…
Simple, yet fancy. Cheap, yet luxurious. Tiny, yet hugely flavorful. Sweet, tart, fatty, puckery. Lucia’s most famous appetizer costs only $1, but it contains multitudes, and we recommend ordering multitudes of it. It’s the foie gras-stuffed prune, a treat that sounds like the territory of one-percenters but costs less than…
I’m passionate about tacos: their history, their culture, their variety, their everything. I’ve explored and written about them from coast to coast, but it’s here in Dallas, where I started Taco Trail at the Observer, that tacos continue to thrill me, be it at old favorites or new operations ranging from fast-casual concepts and family-friendly…
The French Room in Dallas’ historic Adolphus Hotel is special. If your family ever made a reservation there, there was a good chance you were marking a celebration. The grand chandeliers, preserved murals and perfectly set tables — knife rest included — all made you sit up a little straighter…
In a city of shrines to meat — barbecue joints, steakhouses, burger bars, bacon tastings — the Blind Butcher is one of the most holy. Its rotating selection of house-made sausage is justly famous, as are the poutines, pastrami egg rolls and bacon-studded ice cream sandwich. But in 2016, chef…
On my first trip to Luscher’s Red Hots, the Chicago-style hot dog spot in Deep Ellum, I went with a Luscher’s veteran, someone who’s had everything on the menu at least once. Of course, she said, you obviously have to try Luscher’s Post Oak Red Hot, the flagship dish. But…
