7-Eleven surely knows that the people eating most of its food offerings are either drunk or recovering from being drunk the night before. Who among us hasn’t scarfed down a hot dog or taquito or two (or three) from a 7-Eleven roller grill after a long night of bar hopping?…
Leading up to this week’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. A bologna sandwich has no earthly reason to be this good. But at Shoals, thoughtful execution of…
While some might like it hot, some like it insane. There are daredevils out there who seek out dishes that are fearsomely spicy, with a heat that zaps like lightning and kicks like a bull. For those looking to go a few steps past insane in their culinary adventures, these…
Leading up to next week’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Nestled in a strip mall in Richardson, flanked by a gas station and a bookstore, lies a…
Nickel & Rye’s Calamity Child brings together unusual elements that you’d think would clash, but it’s a beautiful calamity.
Leading up to next week’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Revolver Taco Lounge has brought a rebellious and improvisational spirit to the Dallas taco scene, coupled with…
Tired of the same old watering hole? Switch things up this weekend by visiting one of the city’s new bars, which run the gamut from fancy rooftop bars to vintage motorcycle shops with cheap granddad beer. Bar StellarStellar on Henderson Avenue was a disaster, so it was no surprise when…
Leading up to this month’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Dallas has a lot of good beef ribs. Cattleack BBQ does a pastrami beef rib every so…
Fall festivals are ramping up big time. Get in on the action at some of this weekend’s best food and drink events: ***** Feeling the urge to sip on drinks adorned with tiny umbrellas and to mentally hula your way into a carefree state of mind? If so, Ida Claire…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their histories while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. In late August 2005, Vicky Zamora was sweeping the parking lot in front of her restaurant when…
Leading up to this month’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. It was a quiet Sunday night in Deep Ellum. The Cowboys had just lost — or rather,…
It’s one of the negative effects of the burger golden age in Dallas: Farm-to-table beef and high-end ingredients are driving up prices and quality of the average bar cheeseburger. But amidst the pricey burger renaissance, the workhorse cheeseburger — the under-8-buck burger, a charred patty with unremarkable but eternally effective…
The recent Big Tex Choice Awards gave us a peek at some of the new dishes at this year’s State Fair of Texas, but those 10 dishes are by no means the only newcomers you’ll find scattered around the fair. Yesterday, the fair released a list of other new dishes,…
It feels like a classic hidden gem of the Dallas suburbs. The door is tucked away on the back of a two-story strip mall and office center, the strip mall itself hidden from the main road by yet another shopping center and a behemoth Walmart. It also feels like an…
There was a time in the not-too-distant past when you couldn’t throw a homemade biscuit without hitting a new restaurant Dallas with a Southern-themed menu. However, this year has seen several of Dallas’ bigger purveyors in Southern fare close up shop. Julia Pearl abruptly closed in the spring, and Matt…
A bowl of cheese that’s meal enough to skip an entree and is craveable enough to merit a weekly visit from a Dallas food writer? I think that earns it a spot in our 100 Favorite Dishes. So, behold the E Bar Queso.
Do you think your restaurant makes some of Dallas’ best tacos? Here’s your chance to prove it. On Saturday, Oct. 7, more than 3,000 local taco enthusiasts will fill the Dallas Farmers Market for the annual Dallas Observer Tacolandia, an all-you-can-eat taco festival with ample booze, entertainment and awards for…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Taquero has won over the hearts and stomachs of taco lovers from across Dallas, and it’s added a…
Settle Up is a column that critiques cocktail bars with the same gravitas that food critics apply to restaurants, exploring Dallas’ cocktail concepts, menus, execution and service and steering discerning imbibers toward all the booze that’s fit to drink. To build an enviable home bar, you need to invest in…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their histories while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. You’ll find that time slows. You’ll take slower bites, thoughtful and concerted twirls of stir-fried noodles and…
Welcome to the newly updated 2017 edition of Denton’s dining guide, bringing you insider advice on the best places for eating and Dentoning at some of our lesser-known establishments. We lost some beloved spots this year (tip one out for our dear friends at Rasoi/The Hangout), but our perennial favorites…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Look at that picture. Now doesn’t that look like a perfect balanced meal? Because the vermicelli bowls at…
