SPARK! is a nonprofit organization that provides hands-on creative experiences for children. It does this through workshops and a fully immersive environment that includes a huge Climb, Crawl, Slide sculpture. If you’re wondering how you can go back in time in order to be a child and attend SPARK!, you…
Last month Sixty Vines opened its doors — and its taps — in Plano. It’s the latest restaurant from the group behind Velvet Taco, Ida Claire, Mexican Sugar and Whiskey Cake, which occupies the same shopping plaza as Sixty Vines. But proximity does not breed likeness in this instance. Where…
I recently polled my friends on Facebook to ask if a restaurant flier left on their cars’ windshields would make them more or less inclined to try said establishment. Mind you, it’s a small sample — and highly unscientific — but the vast majority of respondents hate the idea, with…
In downtown McKinney, near the end of a long row of antique shops, clothing boutiques and locally owned restaurants, is a large wooden cupboard sitting on the sidewalk. Words painted at the top read, “Little Free Pantry: Take what you need leave what you can.” Inside are hundreds of food…
In a city as big, diverse and hungry as Dallas, it’s hard to be the best at anything. With dozens of restaurants often serving up the same genre of food (ahem, Southern), it’s not easy to stand out. This city has a lot of restaurants, and everyone’s vying to become…
As part of our Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’ve been sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Best of Dallas is available online and in newsstands now, and here’s out last 100 fave of the year. If…
Chef Tiffany Derry is back in the Dallas dining scene, and she’s not holding anything back. The former Top Chef contestant is hitting the scene hard, too, with several forthcoming projects: Roots Southern Table at Trinity Groves, Roots Chicken Shack in the future Legacy Hall in Plano and a grab-and-go…
I took a bite of the creamy Camembert, feeling the richness flood my taste buds, and followed the bite with a sip of Texas Ale Project’s Payne Pilsner. The moment the effervescence of the bright beer hit my tongue, cutting through the buttery feel of the cheese, was a revelation:…
In case you’ve been living under a rock with exceptionally poor Wi-Fi, you’re no doubt well aware that the State Fair of Texas opens for the season on Friday — and nothing has been buzzed about quite so much as this year’s new food offerings. In the more than two…
A few years ago, a night out in downtown Dallas meant either a fancy restaurant or a tourist trap. A few good restaurants were downtown, like CBD Provisions and the French Room, but not many of the kind of casual spots that graced Uptown and Deep Ellum. Residents commented on…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. The lunch rush at Charco Broiler is a well-oiled machine. Rigo Dominguez, who mans the nearly 53-year-old…
In just a couple weeks, Dallas Observer Tacolandia will take over City Hall Plaza with dozens of taco vendors serving up all the barbacoa and al pastor you can handle. Some kick-ass vendors have already signed on, including: La Ventana Trompo (VIP) La Nueva Puntada LUCK at Trinity Groves Yucatan…
All around Dallas right now, bartenders are phasing out summer’s fruity, fizzy drinks and frosés to be replaced by slightly heavier, richer cocktails with bolder flavors. We asked some of our favorite bar men and women what they see trending in cocktails this fall and we heard about the good,…
Bartenders have walked out, owners have changed, chefs have come and gone – but Cedars Social still sits there on the west end of the Cedars, its view of downtown now partly blocked by tall apartment buildings. But there’s a new chef making changes at Cedars Social — and it…
If you like Asian food, you’re in luck — the DFW dining scene is seeing an influx of restaurants specializing in all manner of Asian fare. But it’s not all soup dumplings and egg tarts. Here are a few of the hottest new restaurants in DFW right now: Charlie Zhang’s…
Leading up to the Best of Dallas® 2016 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. You could spend months on an obsessive quest across Dallas and its suburbs, searching for all the best…
CiboDivino, the beloved Italian grocery, pizzeria and wine bar at Sylvan Thirty, gives new meaning to the phrase “house wine.” Chef-owner Daniele Puleo sources a trio of wines from Italy for his own Puleo brand, wine bottles available to go from CiboDivino under a label adorned with cartoon bicycles. “I…
Dining at Flora Street Cafe is a symphony, an echo of its Arts District digs. The first movement, showcasing inventive starters, begins lively and vibrant. Dessert is a finale that crescendos into exhilarating hues and triumphant flavors. In between, composition tends to overshadow flavors, but such is art — open…
In this week’s Dallas food news roundup, chef change-ups, a new cocktail bar prepares to launch by hosting a dinner series and Revolver Taco Lounge gets new digs: “Big changes are in the works at The Ivy Tavern, as this Dallas favorite debuts a new menu, launches a Sunday dive…
In case you haven’t noticed, rosé is having a moment. Sieze it (the moment, that is) at Ida Claire as they partner with the Breast Cancer Can Stick It! Foundation for a day of rosé. From 11 a.m. to 2 a.m., you can delight in specialty frosé cocktails and half-priced…
One of the cocktail trends for fall is lower-proof cocktails. The One-Eyed Willie at CBD Provisions in The Joule Hotel DGAF about that trend. This boozed-up rum delight is the perfect way to end the summer, thanks to the bright orange and pineapple flavors and the tiny bit of complexity…
Let’s face it: As much as we all love brunch, it tends to be one of the more homogeneous meals of the day — like the Sweden of eating occasions. But then again, brunch is also consumed with far less frequency than other meal genres, so while diners might look…
