If you haven’t made it to Deep Ellum in the last year, you may not realize that it’s currently undergoing a massive facelift. Segments of the streets and sidewalks are missing, all in the name of renovating the old neighborhood with a uniquely grungy reputation. Now, it looks as if…
All week, we’re bringing you stories from Dallas’ burgeoning roasting community. Yesterday, we introduced you to the guy behind Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters. When it was announced, almost a year ago, that the original Pearl Cup coffee shop on Henderson Avenue would close, highly caffeinated tears were shed: It was…
Gwyneth Paltrow’s pop-up shop, goop, is open in Highland Park Village, with some bougie linen napkins and other nicknacks filling in admirably for Paltrow herself. Picture a lifestyle store that’s a bit like Martha Stewart’s line of home furnishings that took over half of Kmart, only the quality and character…
Imagine this: Saturday night, while you and your fuzzy-ass slippers shiffled to the thermostat to crank your heater to 11, four teams of fancy chefs were huddled around smokers in a muddy West Dallas parking lot, drinking beer and cooking meat overnight in freezing temperatures, all in the name of…
Shannon Neffendorf’s entry into coffee roasting came out of selfish necessity. His job with Blockbuster (remember that) required work trips to Milan several times a year, and he soon found himself meeting with friends for cappuccino in the morning and taking a break for an espresso in the afternoon. “I…
It’s time to look on the bright side of all this gloomy, frigid weather. You can sit and pout as that blustering wind paints your cheeks pink and turns your nose into a faucet, or you can take comfort in the fact that oysters all over the country are coming…
I’m sure you’ve had that experience: You’re looking at someone’s face and thinking, “I know I’ve seen this guy before,” but his name eludes you. I just had the same thing happen to me while I was looking at the logo for a restaurant. An Old Chicago is moving into…
When the former owners of Knox Street Pub sold their business last summer to eventually open Glass Boot Biergarten, not much attention was paid to the business they left behind. The Boguses renovated a liquor store to open a restaurant and bar with a massive patio, only to have the…
The saga is finally over. After the owners of Proof + Pantry refused to allow The Dallas Morning News’ food critic to pay for a meal that she was planning on reviewing, Leslie Brenner has finally published her thoughts on the One Arts Plaza restaurant and dropped a cute little…
When David Uygur isn’t hand-crafting pasta, making desserts out of pork’s blood, and generally dazzling the palates of Dallas diners, the man has to eat. The chef behind Lucia doesn’t make it out much thanks to his busy restaurant, but not even a chef can survive on staff family meals…
I’m not sure if it’s a trend or a genuine movement, but something feels different about Dallas’ newest gastropubs. It feels like reinvention. It’s not just about gathering freshly-farmed Swiss chard, pigs that had names 10 hours before you ate them or local beer anymore. Now there are iconic foods…
Have you ever thought to yourself, “Gee, these all-you-can-eat pancakes sure are tasty. But you know what would make them even better? A cash bar, art by over 50 emerging artists and live body painting demonstrations.” Yeah, I didn’t think so. But some weirdo genius did, and they turned that…
When Jon Alexis took over TJ’s Seafood in 2009, the fish counter was still just a guppy of an enterprise. Sure, it had more than 20 years of fish peddling under its gills, but at that point it was still a small shop tucked into a North Dallas strip mall…
Italian food isn’t exactly something Dallas is known for, yet the city’s most-lauded restaurant is a tiny Italian spot in Bishop Arts. People are still clamoring, four years later, for a coveted reservation at Lucia, the brainchild of chef David Uygur and his wife, Jennifer. The reserved Uygur has eschewed…
Jack Perkins may have a reputation as the occasionally confrontational curmudgeon of the Dallas food scene, but there’s no disputing that the owner of The Slow Bone and Maple & Motor has a heart two sizes too big and yet-unclogged from all that red meat. Along with the many charity…
Could David Anthony Temple’s long awaited Twenty Seven finally be coming to fruition? The rogue chef says he’s aiming to open his first restaurant at the start of next year in Deep Ellum. Temple gained popularity years ago as one of the first chefs to shore up Dallas’ rather anemic…
If you’ve been to Knife, the much-loved steakhouse from chef John Tesar, you know Tesar is really interested in serving diners his kitchen’s old meat. That doesn’t mean he’s dragging out whatever steaks have been languishing in the walk-in. Tesar’s restaurant is equipped with a state-of-the-art dry-aging room that’s used…
About two weeks ago, a new storefront opened up on West Davis Street in Oak Cliff, near Spinster, Glass Optical and Davis Street Espresso. Joy Macarons, it’s called, and it offers macarons, obviously. But don’t expect to meet a baker named Joy when you visit. “It’s Liz, by the way,”…
Veteran’s Day is one of those holidays that doesn’t get as much fanfare as the ones where you get presents or chocolate. Whatever your feelings on United States foreign policy, the men and women in the United States Armed Forces give up a lot, and this holiday is meant to…
Last week, Doug and Liz Davis posted a message to their Facebook feed. Their landlord had come to collect on debts the Davises had owed for years, and the time line was short. If the Davises didn’t write up a check for more than $10,000, their beloved coffee shop, Murray…
With the coming cold weather, it’s time to get serious about winter warmers. Soups, stews, braises — basically anything meaty and preferably scalding hot. We’ve covered pho a decent amount here on CoA, and everyone with a blogging platform has beaten ramen to death, so it seems like a good…
We get it! David Uygur, Teiichi Sakurai, Matt McCallister and other highly lauded chefs are worthy of infinite praise. They’ve opened restaurants that have defined the Dallas dining scene and offer cooking that demonstrates unparalleled refinement. They were also the chefs we celebrated last year, and in some cases the…
