When Ashley North Compton isn’t busy as a graphic designer or psychology graduate student, she is making homemade bitters and herbal infusions in her Marfa home. Compton’s interest in homemade bitters and infusions is really a secret cover for her love of herbs. “Herbs have really amazing restorative properties and…
The weather is awful again, but cloudy days and cold air give us an excuse to soothe ourselves with the same foods we swore we put down with New Year’s resolutions. Hearty, rich cooking is the stuff we crave, and we should indulge in it while we can. Spring is…
Follow the Cheap Bastard as she scours the city, looking for a good — or at least non-lethal — lunch for less than 10 bucks. Dusty Christmas decorations count: 27 Warm, cuddly, Tex-Mex fuzzies count: 400 Some days, you need a food hug. And not just a side-hug food hug…
Breaking news from the Dallas food scene: On the heels of the Morning News’ possibly wrong report that he is replacing Chef Brian Zenner at Oak, Chef John Tesar, former Spoon and current Knife chef, is scheduled to take the pastry chef slot at CBD Provisions. It’s an interesting development…
Don Julio Tequila is doing their part to foster an appreciation and understanding for modern art by teaming up with Café Modern. It makes sense, really. So much of the modern art world gets panned by Joe Schmo, whose unimaginative, sober vision of what constitutes art can be summed up…
Update: This may not be true! But it also may be! Original post: In this week’s “WTF” news, Chef John Tesar may have an interesting new job. Just weeks after it was announced that Tesar would be opening an Italian concept called Fork and shuttering his seafood restaurant Spoon, Leslie…
Remedy Burger? My density has brought me to you. What I meant to say is: I’m your destiny. I’m sitting at a table on the clangy metal second floor of Remedy, the new upscale homage to a soda fountain on Greenville, and all I can think about is George McFly’s…
Yolk, the breakfast and lunch restaurant located in One Arts Plaza, opened this week. Dallas is just the second location outside the Chicago area for the chain. Another is open in Indianapolis. Yolk takes over the space that used to house Cafe des Artistes, a Lombardi restaurant that focused on…
One of the most effective tools in a chef’s arsenal is the element of surprise. Whether by disguising one dish as another to alter perception and fool the palate, or by combining flavors and textures in ways that defy expectations, these little direction-changes have a tendency to become lasting food…
The explosion of growth that Greenville Avenue is having when it comes to quality restaurants is really unprecedented. The once neglected street has transformed into a culinary hub, thanks in large part to enterprising and independent chefs with a good eye for the next big thing. One of those chefs…
After five years of marauding around Dallas and hosting some of the city’s best underground dinners, Chef David Anthony Temple is finally getting a permanent home. David Anthony Temple, known to his loyal diners as Chef DAT, will soon begin showcasing his Louisiana-influenced cusine at Twenty-Seven, a new fine-dining concept…
Over the Christmas break I traveled to New York City and Washington D.C., where I ate seven meals a day doing my best to absorb as much as possible in each city. While I wandered around, I discovered a few trends on my own, in restaurants that have opened since…
In 2009, Tim Byres opened Smoke in Dallas. Byres, who once worked as executive chef at Stephen Pyles, billed Smoke as an upscale barbecue restaurant, a place where brisket and wine could be at home on the same menu. Smoke has since settled into a nook of barbecue fandom, garnering…
Since last Wednesday, I have been punishing my liver with every cocktail known to man in the name of journalism. The annual San Antonio Cocktail Conference, which showcases the work of mixologists throughout the Southwest, is not for the weak of spirit or alcohol tolerance. There is booze everywhere. Barmen…
A few weeks ago, Henderson Avenue Country Club opened its doors. The space was previously occupied by Nick Badovinus’ Tried and True, which closed last year. The Country Club is brought to you by the same folks that opened nearby Henderson Avenue Taproom, whose customers spilled out onto the patio…
“This will be our last weekend at Barter,” started the Facebook post that announced the second restaurant to close at 3232 McKinney Ave. The address was first home to the much-hyped Private Social, which opened in 2011 and closed two years later. Barter had an even shorter run. The closures…
Yet another coffee shop is expected to open in downtown Dallas this spring. The Alto 211 building on N. Ervay Street has been slowly filling with tenants who now could use a place to relax outside their bustling offices, says the Dallas Morning News. The new shop, The Foyer, joins…
Downtown Dallas is notorious when it comes to quality restaurants, or at least it used to be. The introduction of CBD Provisions, San Salvaje and other excellent establishments indicate that the neighborhood is changing, but there are still many gaps to be filled in the area’s dining scene. Soon, though,…
If it weren’t the middle of January, I’d be completely souped out. I never thought I’d say such a thing, but for the past week or so I’ve been slurping tortilla soup nearly every day for lunch, sometimes at more than one restaurant. Now, I just want to feast on…
A new burger joint is expected to open on Columbia Avenue just north of Carroll Avenue any day now. The sign for the restaurant went up late last year, and lettering in the window solicited employees. Harvey G’s sports a retro facade, and the inside of the restaurant is dedicated…
The bar at Henry’s Majestic is all subway tiles, wood-paneling and exposed piping — it’s got the feel of old New York. On the night I pulled out a barstool, I was one of the first to arrive. I sat close enough to the mixologist’s herbs to smell them, and…
Since opening her shop last year, Kate Weiser has rapidly made a name for herself as one of the city’s most creative chocolatiers. After cutting her teeth at Chocolate Secrets, Weiser opened her Trinity Groves shop before most of us have even paid off our student loans. Now, the rest…
