Casa Vieja makes no compromises and has no pretensions. It is a Colombian restaurant, and it is purely, deeply Colombian. Casa Vieja doesn’t pose as a hipster hangout for those who think Mexican food is boring. Nor does it offer a page of Tex-Mex standards to cater to the masses…
Karin Powell Porter is not new to the Dallas restaurant scene. Porter has spent time behind the pass at The Grape, and runs her own catering company Porter House Provisions. This is the first time she’s taken charge of her own restaurant, though, and The Heights is shaping up to…
I love a root beer float and firmly believe that Dallas restaurants should be serving more of them — especially in the summer. Floats make perfect desserts when the weather is hotter. They’re lighter than a massive slice of cherry pie and much more cooling. You haven’t lived until you’ve…
Last week a Trinity Groves spokesperson announced Potato Flats had closed, becoming the second failed restaurant in Phil Romano’s theme park devoted to scalable food businesses. The closure marks a good time to check in on the overall performance of the West Dallas development, which is actually doing exceptionally well…
A victualler is hipster (READ: ye olde English) for a licensed purveyor of spirits. This is also known as a bartender, to us plebes. Let me explain. Dining at the newly minted Rapscallion on Greenville Avenue is an adventure for the palate. Chef Nathan Tate is flexing his worldly muscles,…
Sometimes the afternoon slump hits hard. You’ve learned the hard way the boss isn’t too keen on naps. You could try cubicle exercises to stay awake, but that stuff is for chumps. What you need is sugar. Or caffeine. Or both. Sneak in a quick trip to Latin Pig, and…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. If the evening is late and I crave something sweet, nine times out…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Check back here as the list grows until Best of Dallas rolls out…
Heed the call of the great outdoors at the Trinity River Audubon’s Birds & Brew event. Guests will have after-hours access to trails and exhibits. After you’re done with the E/I portion of the evening, head to the decks overlooking the butterfly gardens, Trinity Forest and wetlands, where libations from…
We live in an age of new buns. You may have noticed the evolution: What once was bread is now ramen buns, fried chicken buns, lipstick-red buns, no bun buns (lettuce), buns the color of Darth Vader’s helmet, man buns, doughnut buns, fried mac and cheese buns, buns with cheese…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Hundreds of barbecue restaurants are strewn across Texas, and scores around the Dallas…
For most chefs, the allure of the big city is too much to resist. Many talented chefs spend years working for other people in establishments that have more prestige than room to grow. As a result, you might have noticed that plenty of young chefs and restaurateurs are looking to…
The formula has been tested so many times it’s almost mathematical law. A chef opens a restaurant, spends a few months working the pass making sure everything is just so, and then, if the business is successful enough, moves on to open more copies of the same restaurant, while quality…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. There are plenty of Korean restaurants in the Dallas area that serve shul…
There are plain old boring cookies, and then there are palmiers. Palmiers don’t even really qualify as cookies — they’re not made with the kind of dough that you’re used to, but the shape is similar enough for us to toss it in the cookie bin without much further consideration…
Urban Acres went through a significant reconfiguration recently, switching up the menu and partnering with Kari Crowe to offer what may be the areas’ most delicious ice cream. The move makes the local urban grocery more approachable and opens up the space for cooking classes and upcoming meals catered by…
Irving is crazy about Mediterranean lunch buffets. Four are within 2 miles of my office: Terra Mediterranean Grill, Zeytin Mediterranean Grill, Andalous Mediterranean Grill and Veranda Greek Cafe. Which one is the best? Let’s find out. Three of the lunch buffets are broadly similar. (We won’t discuss Veranda, because their…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. When we go out to dine we expect the food will be good,…
No wooden chairs broke over my back after eating this burger. No bottles shattered cleanly over the peak of my skull and nobody was thrown, like a raging wrestler, through a tabletop. Hickory, neatly tucked under the towering tollway and Texas 121, is dark and quiet. Flat-screens flash at low…
I love my condo in Upper Greenville. It’s in the perfect location — close enough to walk to grocery stores, convenient access to the DART train and located close to bars and restaurants without the noise of being in midst of everything. But one spot in particular really makes the…
Eating until one’s gastrointestinal comfort becomes compromised should not be used as an indicator of the quality of the meal. And yet, as I pushed back from the table at Sugar Skull Cafe, I did so with the knowledge that I had eaten beyond the point of satiation and to…
In a past life, Spork was a Sonic Drive-In. Chef Eric Justice and partners have jazzed it up with an outer space theme, but the ghosts of footlong chili cheese coneys and Route 44 cherry limeades linger. Ketchup-and mustard-colored neon, for example, still adorn the parking lot-turned patio. Better than…
