If you’re the type of person who likes to stay on top of Dallas’ restaurant scene, you’ve likely found yourself rather busy over the past year or so. In addition to scores of new restaurants opening, we’ve seen chefs turn the brewpub model on its head, watched bar owners embrace…
For this year’s Best of Dallas awards, I turned to Bolsa Mercado for their reliably delicious creations. Good things happen when pastrami, turkey and other deli meats are cooked in house, and the Mercado has become a great place to chill out and enjoy a solid lunch. Of course, great…
Last week, beer giant AB-Inbev completed its deal to swallow SABmiller for $107 billion. Already huge, AB-InBev is now truly gargantuan, looking at potential annual revenue of $64 billion and controlling roughly 30 percent of beer sales worldwide. It’s so big, in fact, that AB-InBev had to sell its nearly…
Earlier this month, NY Mag published a list of shelf-stable essentials that will have your pantry looking like the shelves at your favorite gourmet grocery store. The list is fun to scroll through, for sure, but aside from the drool-producing photography, it’s interesting to note the amount of canned fish on…
When Michael Martensen and the rest of his crew at the restaurant group Misery Loves Co. announced they would be opening Madrina, a new high-end restaurant in Highland Park, they were at the top of their game. Their previous effort Proof + Pantry enjoyed a packed dining room, invigorated by…
There’s a phrase I’d like to reserve for the future, before it’s claimed: burger vacation. It should refer to the wildly enjoyable time a person takes off, removed from the company of smart electronics (and possibly other people), to bond emotionally with a double cheeseburger. While good burgers are common…
The Falafel Invasion has begun. Vertskebap, at the intersection of Walnut Hill Lane and Central Expressway (plus three locations in the suburbs) is the first of a series of fast-food falafel joints opening in Dallas. And the food at Vertskebap sets a high bar for its followers, while still pointing…
When Armoury D.E. first opened earlier this year, the few Hungarian dishes added to the menu felt like an experiment. Owner Peter Novotny noticed that Hungarian restaurants were popular in Chicago and other towns to the north but nonexistent in Dallas. He thought there was no reason similar plates shouldn’t…
In an effort to produce the most succulent and mouth watering bird this Thanksgiving, you may be tempted to break out the deep fryer, but I hope you won’t. I could go on about things like romance — about how your house won’t smell like the holidays if a turkey…
You know Buzz Bike. It’s that big yellow bike contraption thing that sits about 15 passengers and drives through different parts of Dallas. The passengers are drunk and loud and annoying and they all want you to know what a good time they are having. It’s all a damn façade…
We all have a list of things we say we’re going to learn how to do, from making souffles to building an icy emotional wall between ourselves and our loved ones. For those of you who have learning how to home-brew on your list, here’s the perfect event for you:…
Dallas’ first flirtation with Melt Ice Creams was brief. Kari Crowe opened a second location of her popular Fort Worth-based ice cream shop in the Urban Acres space in Oak Cliff, only to watch the grocery close down a few weeks later. The local food business can be difficult here…
It should be well known that one of the best things you can do for yourself is put your face over a steaming bowl of pho. Pho is clearly the spa of the gods: Rich broth (that fatty pork flavor that deepens with the bowl); chiles that crackle and burn…
You might think the restaurant world wastes a lot of food, especially after watching guys like Gordon Ramsay turn full skillets of barely imperfect food directly into the trash. Sure, plenty of food is discarded because it’s burned, seasoned improperly or just doesn’t meet the exacting standards of a demanding…
If there is one thing Dallas doesn’t have, well, any of, it’s British cuisine. We have pubs, but no legit places to find bangers n’ mash. Now, though, you can find the best of Britain’s contributions to the baking world at the Dallas Farmers Market. There may not be a…
My inbox is filling with an endless string of Thanksgiving Day press releases — announcements with restaurant menus, pies for takeout and other holiday eats. It’s a reminder that the greatest food holiday is almost here and also that another year is coming to a close. This year felt slow…
Since opening in the Shops of Highland Park this September, Madrina has confidently elbowed its way onto most every “hot new” restaurant list. Why? Part of the draw has to be chef Julio Peraza’s French-inspired Mexican cuisine, which has been pared down to the catchy term “French-Mex.” It’s an intriguing…
Dallas may not comprise miles of Irish or English-styled pubs like Boston or Chicago, but we do have pleasant handful where we can sit back and chug a pint while chewing fish and chips. Among the handful are three very successful pubs: The Old Monk, Idle Rich and Blackfriar, all…
Let me paint a picture for you. It’s raining, but you don’t care because you’re tucked in at the bar at CiboDivino with a glass of jammy red wine in your hand. The weather’s not quite cold, but it’s cool enough that your favorite flannel shirt — the one that’s…
I haven’t gotten to write about funky beer too much. Sours are widely popular in other beer-soaked cities, but here in Dallas not many breweries have been willing to dabble in the stuff. Michael Peticolas told me he was interested, once, but the wild yeasts used to make these kinds…
Fall is officially here. We’ve had rain, full weeks below 80 degrees and an influx of gourds and pomegranates in our grocery stores. Restaurants all over Dallas are embracing autumn by whipping up seasonal dishes, with winter squash starring in many special menu items. If you love all things pumpkin…
Downtown McKinney hasn’t been known as a place for culinary excellence, but that’s about to change. With the arrival of restaurants such as Sugarbacon and the Dallas dining scene’s ever present moves north, soon we will all start hauling up Central Expressway for an interesting dinner. But why wait? Patina…
