We’ve all heard that if you don’t have money to pay for your dinner they’ll hand you an apron and put you to work washing dishes. This antiquated scenario is charming enough, but let’s say you leave your wallet on the coffee table on your way out the door. After…
When Deep Ellum Brewing Co. first opened in 2011, expansion plans were always on the owners’ minds. They purchased their Deep Ellum property outright and then leased a portion of the space out to a printing company. If you came in the wrong door you had to walk through a…
Sunset Lounge on Ross Avenue is quite the looker. So, did you know they have $3 happy hour food and drink specials every Monday through Friday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.? If you need more convincing, check their photo stream. Four Corners Brewing is having a little party tonight…
Yesterday I had lunch at HG Sply Co. over on Lower Greenville. It’s been mentioned around here already, but in case you didn’t know, the HG stands for hunt and gather, which should tell you this is a paleo leaning restaurant. Without going into too much detail, followers of a…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Stanton Stephens. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. When you walk into the Black Swan Saloon, a shoebox-sized bar in Deep Ellum, Gabe Sanchez doesn’t…
This was not what Alberto Neri had in mind when he pictured his new life in America. The Mexico City native would eventually make his name as the Suadero King in Dallas, but he got his start in Riverside, California. Neri, who had never so much as swung a hammer,…
The Dallas Farmers Market Friends released their summer program schedule this week. The series of five classes will help home cooks make good use of all the summer produce they have access to downtown and at other neighborhood farmers markets. The first class is July 13 with Abraham Salum demonstrating…
Years ago, the spot next to the 7-Eleven at the edge of Deep Ellum on Elm Street used to hold Sambuca. That bar and restaurant moved to Uptown and the space has laid dormant for more than a decade. Then, four weeks ago ago a bar named WOЯK opened, forcing…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Stanton Stephens. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. There’s a delicate choreography in the way they move through the cramped kitchen in the back of…
Before Tacos La Banqueta changed its name from Tacos El Guero, and before it moved to its current location on Bryan Street, the tiny taqueria was even tinier. Alberto Neri opened his first restaurant in South Dallas more than a decade ago. His restaurants have come a long way since…
Each week we track down a chef for a few burning questions about things like favorite cookbooks, kitchen disasters and food shames. This week, Jonathon Erdeljac of Jonathon’s Oak Cliff was willing to play along. Erdeljac shares with us what happens when your line cook walks just before brunch and…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Stanton Stephens. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. Local is a mantra in the craft-brewery business, but nobody takes it more seriously than Michael Peticolas…
JEM Beverage Co. is a little distillery that produces handcrafted spiced rum on a remote island in the Caribbean where lagoons of blue water give way in the flat dry landlocked city known as Carrollton. This small-batch craft distillery makes a few other spirits as well, including Southern Star Vodka,…
There is a thing about guilty pleasures — other than the fact that we all have one — and that is we usually prefer to keep them out of sight of other humans. Sure, we might like to drink straight out of the milk carton or have a heart-felt air…
Corn gets a bad rap these days and for good reason. There’s the whole GMO thing, leading to corn that can tolerate an ever-increasing amount of pesticides and fertilizers (which are bad for you). Then there is the part where it gets turned into high fructose corn syrup leading to…
While spring’s seasonal vegetables sprout up timidly from cold dirt, summer’s bounty arrives like a freight train. Go to your local farmers market in April and May and new vegetables and fruits slowly arrive one by one. In June though, the floodgates open, and squash, legumes, tomatoes and other produce…
It seems an odd bit of torture to me that anyone should celebrate okra before the peak of the season — before the toughened pods join chiles as the only vegetable that can handle Texas summer’s heat. There will be a lot of okra to come in the coming months,…
Next Thursday, July 4, is the Fifth Annual Brass-Knuckle Corndog Beat Down at the Libertine Bar. This is one of our favorite food events because eating copious amounts of corn dogs is just disgusting! Which is so great! Because it’s gross! You should so totally do it! We’ve got your…
Frankie’s Sport Bar & Grill in Uptown at 3227 McKinney Ave. closed last week. This spot originally opened in 2000 and after 13 years of making it possible to watch every college football game at once, posted this message to their Facebook page: We’re heartbroken to leave our original Uptown…
News broke yesterday that Dallas’ own Rusty Fenton passed away after a three-year battle with renal cancer. He was 53. Fenton was not only a brilliant restaurateur and as kind as he was creative, but he was also a family friend for many, many years. Fenton’s Monday morning passing brought…
Moving is a strange thing. Flashy and exciting visualizations of the road ahead overstimulate, while a library of warm memories prompts longing as you realize you will never have those experiences in the same way again. Sure, you can buy a plane ticket and revisit plenty of them, but those…
This weekend’s New York Times had a headline that every Texan should appreciate. Apparently New Yorkers have finally realized that tacos are breakfast food — a revelation that has undoubtedly changed the lives of the supreme urbanites forever. See also: How To Make The Best Breakfast Tacos in Dallas Four…
