Hot off the butcher block is a concept boasting duality in downtown Plano. By day, Bar-Ranch Steak Co. is a quaint little butcher shop where you can grab a sandwich and a beer for lunch. But by night, it’s transformed into a luxury steakhouse. Bar-Ranch, located in the former spot…
If you’re looking for silver linings in the adversity that’s clouded 2020 so far, here’s an important one: Your options for serving a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner without cooking might be the best they’ve ever been this year. As someone who craves Thanksgiving sides and desserts year-round, this writer found it…
We may not be able to graze through Dallas Heritage Village this year to taste creations by Dallas-Fort Worth’s favorite chefs, but Chefs For Farmers is bringing the food and fun to socially distanced settings throughout the city. Chefs For Farmers Reboot, an intimate, at-home reimagination of Chefs For Farmers,…
Sommelier Glen Bosswell will lead an interactive wine tasting discussing holiday entertaining and how to select wines to share. Or, let’s face it: If you’re keeping to yourself to avoid the spread of COVID-19, this can be useful to find wines to just plain enjoy this holiday season. Instructions for…
If we had to identify just one way the pandemic has hit us all, we’d guess it’s the warping of our sense of time. Days and weeks run together, months lurch onward, and we find the holidays just around the corner. Back in the spring, we heard of OAK’D Handcrafted…
It goes without saying, this Thanksgiving doesn’t look like any we’ve experienced before. Despite all kinds of challenges, Dallas restaurants seem to have thought of everything. This is Dallas, so of course, you have a range of outstanding restaurants where you can eat your turkey and dressing (and butternut squash…
At first we saw the news release and thought, “Really? Dallas is getting another hot chicken joint?” No. This one’s going to Plano: Hot Chicks Nashville Hot Chicken plans to open in just a month. This spot brings scratch-made, halal, dairy-free, peanut-free hot chicken with varying heat levels. We’re excited…
As we continue to mourn the loss of so many of our city’s restaurants and their contributions to our communities, one wonders what will hold this industry together. COVID-19 has amplified the existing problems in this craft and revealed a floor to ceiling closet of skeletons: Restaurant workers don’t have…
There have been numerous times during the past eight months of the pandemic that a plate of comfort food has made the world seem better for at least 15 solid minutes. Three of those occasions have been at Cuquita’s Restaurant. While you get chips and salsa here, wait just a…
There are plenty of articles we’ve had over the last eight months that have included the message, “support your favorite restaurants.” It’s something that could be said in any era since the industry isn’t the most stable from a business standpoint, but during the pandemic, we’ve all seen small businesses…
Dallas welcomes its first true tiki bar since Trader Vic’s, and we’re here for it.
While COVID-19 continues to affect commercial real estate downtown, West Dallas’ planned development district has attracted a new leaseholder. Soiree Coffee Bar opened its doors with music and a private event in Trinity Groves in mid-October, and the coffee shop and jazz bar officially open to the public Oct. 24…
One of the most significant things the pandemic has altered is the sense of community and human connection. While interaction like this can’t be replaced, some restaurants are using social media pages to compensate for the lost community spirit and to connect with their customers. Before COVID-19, conversations about where…
Just because (this version of) the State Fair of Texas is over, that doesn’t mean we can’t continue to indulge in corn dogs. The real deal, Fletcher’s, is still doing pop-ups around town, and they’re headed to a Design District brewery Friday. From the corn dogs experts: Credit card only,…
It was the day after November’s time change, and suddenly nighttime felt a lot earlier. It seemed sleep should arrive much sooner and, admittedly, there wasn’t much motivation of any kind to get things rolling for the upcoming week: Sitting around doing nothing and possibly ordering some food of any…
An old art deco department store in downtown Dallas is the setting for the city’s newest brewery taproom. Pegasus City Brewery’s downtown location quietly opened last weekend with service exclusively for residents of the Dallas Power and Light Building, in which it takes up much of the ground floor. This…
Coppell Deli is more of a diner than a deli, but sandwiches absolutely play the starring role here. And if the sandwiches are stars, the breakfast sandwiches are the equivalent of an astronomer’s bright giants. The Stubbs breakfast sandwiches, named after the early-1990s Dallas Cowboys player Daniel Stubbs, are still…
Around this time of year, massive groups of grackles flock into Dallas. This year, a new type of migratory bird has joined them in increasing numbers. That bird? Nashville hot chicken. Seemingly in the blink of an eye, Nashville-style fried chicken has grown from a pop-up trend into a Dallas staple…
Each weekend, Matthew Johanningmeier, a video producer, director and editor by day, dons his signature bonnet and bandana to become the Dough Dealer, purveyor of local, made-to-order cookie dough. But before you ask, he’s not the Dough Dealer because of that. The name is partially inspired by Future’s “Move that…
The folks at Meat Fight are leaning into the worst year ever. Meat Fight is an annual event where teams of chefs stretch their skills into barbecue and compete for quirky trophies, feeding guests and raising money for people living with multiple sclerosis along the way, usually to the tune…
For undergraduate students living on campus, a big part of social life is running into friends around campus and grabbing a meal together. If nothing else is open, dining halls are the failsafe. But this semester, spontaneous meals have become difficult and rare, if not taboo. With COVID-19 restrictions, university…
Over the weekend, some more facades of businesses downtown were boarded up. It’s not an unfamiliar sight at this point after the riots last summer, but now more businesses have glass covered in preparation for Election Day. Jan Marien, co-owner of La Tarte Tropézienne on Main Street, says he was called…
