Imagine somewhere in Uptown, right in between Oak Lawn and the Arts District, had a gigantic patio, shaded under greenery, full of tables, chairs, ephemera, and a huge covering. You would imagine that place would be absolutely rammed at lunchtime, that to get a table you’d have to know someone,…
Dallas loves its half-priced food and drink deals, which is why we built this calendar of half-price food and drink specials, listing the restaurant, special and time under each date. We’ll do our best to keep you up to date on a large chunk of weekly half-priced food and drink…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Have you checked out ¡C. Señor! yet? The tiny sandwich shop…
Figure out how to blow $30,000 at a dive bar: That was the direction of my editor, as he instant-messaged me a link to Leslie Brenner’s recent story in FD Luxe, headlined, “Restaurant critic Leslie Brenner blows the cost of a small Mercedes on the most expensive meal in Dallas.”…
Living up to its name, Hypnotic Donuts seems to have cast a spell on the people of Denton. During my visit on Saturday — four days after the Lakewood shop opened its newest location in Denton’s town square — a line stretched out the door. Parents, their gazes eerily transfixed…
Just when you think Pecan Lodge can’t possibly do something that’s better than its delicious smoked meats, they join forces with Hypnotic Donuts, the lovable Lakewood donut shop known for its stoner-friendly pastry-and-biscuit arsenal. When the two come together, it’s nothing short of magic. Enter the Lurlene, a delicious breakfast…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. While everyone else is focusing on the brand new TJ’s in…
There are exotic plants at the Sunset Lounge on Ross Avenue, but they’re in the wallpaper — giant, two-dimensional green leaves layered geometrically over beige paint as you look left from the bar. I’m looking at them as my attentive bartender, Rodney, who’s wearing a stylish Duck Dynasty shirt, tells…
Another busy month has come and gone and with it a handful of restaurants have opened and closed. Read on for the full list of restaurant news in August from us and other Dallas publications, and be sure to share tips about new and/or shuttered restaurants at dish@dallasobserver.com. Openings: Proof…
In this occasional series, Teresa Lensch provides a woman’s view of area “breastaurants.” She previously filed dispatches from Twin Peaks, Tilted Kilt, Bikini’s, Wild Pitch and, most recently, Redneck Heaven. How can you do this series without a visit to Hooters? You can’t. I won’t. I didn’t. I don’t care…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Stephan Pyles’ San Salvaje might be the most interesting restaurant in…
Want to get out of the house for the big game but don’t want to pay hundreds of dollars for tickets only to watch the Cowboys lose on Jerry’s massive super-screen? You could go to a sports bar like Gavin suggests in his list of Dallas’ best sports bars, but…
It’s all very well and good being Scott the Food Critic and having a fancy list of hip and happening Dallas restaurants to go and watch football games. We don’t all get paid to sit in bars and drink craft beers. The rest of us everyday working stiffs have things…
Follow the Cheap Bastard as she scours the city, looking for a good — or at least non-lethal — lunch for less than 10 bucks. Fork count: 0 Deep Ellum Hipster count: 8 Everything about ramen is good. From the broth to the noodles to the whatever-the-fuck-else-you-throw-in-there. When it’s at…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Remember the Reuben sandwich way back at No. 61? I touted…
What have you done, Oak Cliff? About 55 steps from the front door of Stock and Barrel, wherein lies a burger so mighty it should come with the Gladiator soundtrack, is the little food hut ¡C. Señor!. With the warmed concrete tables, the faded paint job and the cold Topo…
It was hardly in good taste, considering even the most relaxed interpretations of the Japanese tradition. Izakayas are where businessmen hole up after work, sometimes spending hours nibbling on grilled skewers of meat and snacks, and washing away the day’s stress sipping sake and beer. It’s not the sort of…
In Happy Endings, we travel the part of the globe that says “Dallas” in search of great desserts and great places to eat them. When a restaurant names itself after one of its desserts, you don’t ask questions — you just order it. Especially when it involves the words “whiskey”…
CBC (Cold Beer Company) opened in Deep Ellum over the weekend, serving up a mix of casual pub grub and (of course) plenty of cold beer. Keeping a good mix of local craft beers on tap is hardly a differentiator in Dallas these days, but CBC does have some change-ups…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I was sitting at the bar of Oak Cliff’s Stock and…
In the world of food, there are few skills more complicated than producing excellent chocolate. The United States may not have the chocolate-making reputation of, say, France or Belgium, but there are plenty of chocolatiers across the country who have been trying to elevate the American palate. Even though most…
Proof + Pantry, located in One Arts Plaza, in the space that once housed The Greek and before that The Commissary, is now open. The highly anticipated restaurant is the product of Michael Martensen, the barman previously behind The Cedars Social and Smyth, and his business partner Driftwood co-founder Sal…
