In its ever-expanding quest to make its restaurants more authentically Mexican, Chipotle has unveiled that it’s adding tofu to the regular menu. The vegan “sofritas” are made from tofu from Hodo Soy, shredded and braised with chipotle and poblano peppers. Chipotle, which is building a new store in the heart…
According to new signage up in Preston Center, Dallas can soon expect another notch in its Vietnamese restaurant belt. The new Miss Chi Vietnamese appears to be from the folks behind Tanoshi Ramen, which itself is a new noodle restaurant in Deep Ellum. Joey and Chi Le are the pair…
In honor of Sunday’s sold-out Meat Fight, we’re celebrating smoked animal flesh all week long in our inaugural Meat Week, in which we celebrate the procuring, cooking and face-stuffing of dead-animal flesh. Trying to compare two barbecue restaurants with meals from your distant memory is always tough. Eat at them…
In honor of Sunday’s sold-out Meat Fight, we’re celebrating smoked animal flesh all week long in our inaugural Meat Week, in which we celebrate the procuring, cooking and face-stuffing of dead-animal flesh. *** Yesterday, writer Steven Harrell had the unenviable task of defending barbecue sauce. Today, Professor Cleaver sets him…
In honor of Sunday’s sold-out Meat Fight, we’re celebrating smoked animal flesh all week long in our inaugural Meat Week, in which we celebrate the procuring, cooking and face-stuffing of dead-animal flesh. When I first came to America I was a man adrift. Sure, I had a family I loved,…
Back in March, Liberty Burger, the fast-exmpanding local chain of casual burger joints, announced that it would be opening a third location in the Lakewood Shopping Center, 1904 Abrams Parkway. Their doors have finally opened. The first Liberty Burger opened back in 2011 and garnered praise from our swearbomb-dropping editor…
Texas pride is a funny thing. There are natives and newcomers to every state who have pride in their chunk of the States. For a lot of people Texas, unofficially the Don’t Mess With State, couples that with haughtiness. But the guys behind Lone Star Attitude want to undo that…
In honor of Sunday’s sold-out Meat Fight, we’re celebrating smoked animal flesh all week long in our inaugural Meat Week, in which we celebrate the procuring, cooking and face-stuffing of dead-animal flesh. Popular opinion of barbecue sides is that they should support the primary meat. Cole slaw cools the mouth…
In honor of Sunday’s sold-out Meat Fight, we’re celebrating smoked animal flesh all week long in our inaugural Meat Week, in which we celebrate the procuring, cooking and face-stuffing of dead-animal flesh. In case you weren’t aware, there is a position taken by many Texas barbecue enthusiasts that a most…
The Woolworth is the newest downtown watering hole, located in one of the funkiest parts of the city center (we dig it, Mayor Rawlings). This new drinkery inhabits the old Stone Street Martini Lounge space. It’s a little bit easier to find than the last joint was, thanks to the…
Yesterday Side Dish reported that Louie Canelakes passed away. If you’ve had a pizza at his restaurant on Henderson Avenue and sat at the bar, you likely know him. Louie has been working behind the bar since he opened the place with his brother Chris in the 1980s, and if…
Editor’s note: In honor of Sunday’s sold-out Meat Fight, we’re celebrating smoked animal flesh all week long in our inaugural Meat Week, in which we celebrate the procuring, cooking and face-stuffing of dead-animal flesh. To start, we asked our own Alice Laussade, James Beard Award winner and co-founder of Meat…
Do health scores matter to you when you’re making a dining decision? Maybe if they were easier to find they would. While restaurants in other cities, including New York and L.A., are required to display their scores prominently outside the building, the restaurants in and around Dallas have much more…
As we saunter into the weekend and the official start of North Texas Beer Week, there are a few beer events you’ll be expected to partake in. There will be a quiz come Monday morning. When we dedicate an entire week to the craft beer movement, we need everyone’s full…
As Dallas and North Texas grudgingly edge toward, winter many of us are craving our comfort foods. Few things can warm the gullet and the soul the same way a grilled cheese sandwich and a bowl of soup can. That in mind, Oregon-based Tillamook Cheese is coming to the Pop…
One-time barista Liz Goulding drinks coffee around Dallas so her head doesn’t hurt and so she can help keep yours from hurting, too. Got a place to suggest? Leave it in the comments. If there is anything people love in Dallas, it’s new stuff. New is shiny and exciting and…
Beer and wine certainly have the run of the alcoholic festival circuit. Home brewers competitions, wine tastings, entire dinners built out of dishes incorporating beer — the list goes on. But there’s no reason whiskey shouldn’t share some of that spotlight. Whiskey is a unique booze. In the popular imagination…
The growler is an efficient and environmentally friendly way for craft beer drinkers to indulge their potable of choice. You pick up a 32 or 64 ounce glass jug, down your favorite beer, then get it refilled. The kicker is you can’t just stick one under a tap. Your beer…
There’s a second bar at Dee Lincoln’s Steak and Burger Bar that has me thinking. The new Uptown restaurant is the subject of this week’s review, and in addition to the regular bar where the beer, wine and other good stuff happens, another large bar wraps around the kitchen. From…
Here we go again. Every time a beloved consumable product is threatened with extinction the hoarding begins. Surely you remember Twinkies, which commanded prices you might associate with a sizable yacht when Hostess went under. You can get those on Amazon right now for six bucks. A similar fervor broke…
The fancy spinning show 560 feet above Dallas just got a little fancier. Along with the new observation deck, GeO-Deck, the restaurant Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck also got a little facelift, including the opening of Cloud Nine, a casual daytime dining spot. The space, which is one level above…
Dee Lincoln could have opened any kind of restaurant on Howell Street, but she decided to stick with what she knows best. The restaurant maven is widely known as a co-founder of the Del Frisco’s empire, built almost entirely on a foundation of well-seared beef. And while Dallas needs another…
