On a recent Friday evening in Oak Cliff, people gathered on the Turner House lawn for a screening of Casablanca. As the sun tucked itself behind the trees, blankets were spread, wine bottles popped, picnic baskets inventoried. Charcuterie boards rose up like tiny meat mountains and when the breeze shifted,…
Located in the heart of Irving, Fenjani Mediterranean Grill is many things: a buffet, coffee shop, Hookah lounge, a great place to see live music, a perfect spot for a private party or family meal. In all arenas, it succeeds. Situated in an unassuming shopping center between an auto insurance…
The tasting of all tastings goes down Wednesday night at Centennial Hall at Fair Park, with dozens of North Texas restaurants cooking up bite-sized goodies, drink-slingers serving plenty of booze and local chefs throwing down in an epic cooking competition. On the center stage, a food-lover’s throwdown: Oliver Sitrin of…
Have you seen the weather forecast for this weekend? This is some code red, high alert, category five brunch weather: How can we North Texans best take advantage of this glorious pre-summer-meltdown weather? You could go exercise in a park, we guess, or maybe wander around smelling flowers, but let’s…
As Dallas heads toward a future where absolutely everything on Earth can be delivered to your door, Austin company Sourced Craft Cocktails launched in Dallas today with a curious concept — delivering everything you need to make a specific cocktail, right down to the recipe and glassware. Here’s how it…
At the end of dinner service on April 30, chef Stephan Pyles’ eponymous’ “New Millennium Southwestern Cuisine” restaurant will close its doors for good. Worry not, Pyles has plans for that Ross Avenue space: Flora Street Café, a reportedly upscale, more formal restaurant that will serve “elevated Texas cuisine.” He’s certainly…
This week in Dallas dining news: chef change-ups, new restaurants, drink specials and fried chicken. Here’s a rundown: Lower Greenville favorite Truck Yard has launched a new summer cocktail menu that features a dang ol’ bucket of mimosas. For $22.11, you get an ice-filled bucket with a bottle of sparkling…
Children’s literacy and gender equality are two incredibly important issues worthy of ou … hey, is that wine? The fifth annual In Vino Educatis (“in wine there is learning”) will be held this Thursday at Times Ten Cellars. Enjoy a glass of fine wine, live performances and auctions, all while…
Pear cocktails get a bad rap. Grey Goose Le Poire and Absolut Pear started a sick trend in which the poor fruit can’t win, because let’s face it, most drinks are doing it wrong. They use too much pear and not enough something else. Luckily Matt Tanner, Pappas Bros. beverage…
In Cameron, Texas, the afternoon’s rain clouds scatter from the sky as if by request. I’m rolling along in a truck belonging to Bob McClaren, president and CEO of 44 Farms. James Burks, 44 Farms general manager, is in the backseat. We pull up next to an area that looks…
We’re living in the age of the high-end cheeseburger. The Kraft single suddenly lives harmoniously alongside Wagyu. Jarred pickles are Dodo birds, extinct after a long reign of artisan pickles. Custom buns have been spotted in greater numbers. Looking at Dallas’ ecosystem, burger options range from American Revolution-era cheap to…
Chef Garreth Dickey didn’t take a break when moving from the Cedar Springs DISH location to the Preston Hollow address when it opened last year — he’s only expanded his ingenuity. The Cedar Springs location temporarily closed at the end of February as preparations are underway to launch a new,…
The Rustic unveiled a new menu this week, and we checked out several of the dishes, which you can see in this slideshow. New items replace under-performers like the beer can chicken and crab quesadillas, says chef Daniel Menchaca. “There were some menu items that the guests weren’t happy with…
Iron Fork will have plenty of pleasant tasting opportunities for people at Fair Park on April 27. But on the main stage, it will be war. Two baskets full of ingredients will await Jermaine Brown of Julia Pearl Southern Cuisine and Oliver Sitrin of The Blind Butcher. Each one is expected…
When Americano, the newest restaurant at The Joule hotel, opened in October, it replaced Charlie Palmer. Palmer’s departure signaled a shift: The space was transformed from a traditional, buttoned-up steakhouse to a relaxed, hip eatery that oozes style. The walls and ceiling are painted a brilliant shade of green, save…
In the next few weeks, we’ll be hitting prime produce season, when Texas’ agricultural bounty becomes even more abundant. But if you’re shopping at grocery stores each week and only hitting farmers markets sporadically, it’s hard to know what’s in season and what’s not — and is there anything worse…
Being in full swing of crawfish season, we’re guaranteed a choice of multiple boils every weekend in Dallas. The atmosphere of people gathering around community tables to pop tails and suck heads while guzzling beer is truly something to behold. Now approaching the end of season, these little bug-eyed morsels…
It’s 240 miles from the front door of the Dallas Observer to Real Ale Brewing’s unpaved driveway down in Central Texas, but we joined up with the other 2,000-odd guests who came from all over the state to celebrate the first 20 years of craft beer’s Davy Crockett. Pouring everything…
For beer lovers looking for an excuse to get out of the house and drink, Dallas-Ft. Worth has several events brewing. With any luck, Dallas won’t have another rainy May like last year. Here is a list of upcoming craft beer-related events worth checking out: April April 18-24: Strangeways’ Barrel Week — Enjoy…
Unless some generous Dallasite steps in to save it, this past weekend was the final few days of regular service for Deep Ellum “small plate dining” spot Twenty Seven. Chef/owner David Anthony Temple, previously known for his underground dinners, announced the restaurant’s closure this weekend on social media: Dear Friends…
April 20, in case you haven’t heard, is a bit of a counterculture holiday. Several annual events take place across the country; some have been going for decades. But most who observe this holiday just consume and celebrate cannabis – which often leads to a case of the munchies, known…
Unlike Dallas and its constant struggle over how to handle the Trinity River, Fort Worth embraced its water source by erecting along its banks apartments, a pavilion for concerts, running trails and coming in the summer of 2017, The River District, a new entertainment district carefully plotted against the Trinity…
