Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. The best bites served at Bambu are the ones you have to assemble…
Cured meats are damn near the perfect food. They were created out of a need to preserve meats before refrigeration, but today almost nothing better than standing in front of a case of salami, prosciutto and spicy coppa just waiting for your mouth to love it. The only thing that…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. One of my favorite seats in Dallas is one of the four stools…
When I was a kid I shared the same distrust of broccoli held by most children. Broccoli smelled a little like flatulence when you steamed it, was squishy and tasted slightly bitter. And while Velveeta did the vegetable a great service with its “melts better than cheddar” commercials, I couldn’t…
She sure is purdy. “She” being Pink Magnolia, chef Blythe Beck’s new Southern garden party chic gem set in the former Driftwood space on West Davis Street in Oak Cliff. Together with restaurateur Casey Caldwell, after working together at Kitchen LTO, chef Beck snagged the space and got to work…
You probably don’t have anything close to chef Matt McCallister’s culinary skills. He may not be the kind of nice guy who’s willing to accomodate a wedge salad, but dude knows his way around a kitchen. Usually, though, chef Matt’s creations look more like something out of a museum than…
The Bishop Arts district is a real gem, with its original architecture, one-of-a-kind shops and now, thanks to the Bishop Arts District Wine Walk, lots and lots of winos. The fancy-pants $15 wine glasses sold out, but you may still be able to snag one when the event starts at 6…
In his 1965 dissertation, Geoffrey Gorer wrote of the “ethical duty to enjoy oneself” that seemed to permeate Americans’ collective attitude toward death. This attitude, Gorer explained, contributed to the rejection of public displays of grief and mourning. Analogously, this attitude has the potential to explain Americans’ relatively recent and…
Generally, foods arranged into pile form have to work at being appetizing. Once you get all those flavors mushed together, things can occasionally get a little lost in translation. And such is the case with poutine, especially these fancified versions that you find on plenty of restaurant menus. But kimchi…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. For the longest time in Dallas (and everywhere, really) steakhouses followed a very…
Right now in Dallas, probably no style of cooking is hotter than “new Southern,” perhaps replacing swanky bar food as the newest food trend. lenty of Dallas menus are introducing fried green tomatoes, fried chicken, and other southern staples to their menus. And who could blame them? For many people…
What are you doing tonight? I don’t know what you are doing, but do you want to grab a burger? I was thinking we could eat and talk about how the Earth’s surface is drying up like a Premium Saltine. Could we take a few minutes and weep openly while…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. The intersection of Ross Avenue and Hall Street have changed a good deal…
Christi Erpillo’s life has been a bit of a whirlwind since winning this year’s Big Tex Choice Awards at the State Fair of Texas. Her Holy Moly Carrot Cake Roly took top honors, imparting a great deal of responsibility on the fair vender. Winners can be expected to sell nearly…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Zaguan is an interesting restaurant and café for many reasons, but the best…
“If you can’t bake a delicious lasagna, get the fuck outta my face.” These are the immortal words of Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, former star of MTV’s Jersey Shore. But don’t say The Situation isn’t kind: He has an official Jersey Shore lasagna recipe, passed down through his Italian family…
If you scored an 800 on the verbal side of your SAT, you might know that “rapscallion” is an archaic term used to define a mischievous character. The rest of us are glad the Oxford English Dictionary is still available for free online. Without some help, we’d be forced to…
The Highland Park Village’s Tom Thumb location has been long gone, but the replacement grocery remained a mystery until yesterday when Austin-based Royal Blue Grocery announced they would open in the renovated space. The grocery is expected to open in early October. While Royal Blue Grocery is based in Austin,…
The much-anticipated second location of Pakpao quietly opened its doors and handed over the chopsticks to their first customers on Friday evening. The new spot is in Preston Hollow Village, a relatively new shopping center off Walnut Hill Lane filled with the likes of Modmarket, Trader Joe’s, Vertskebap and more…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Many places offer ramen in Dallas, and likely many more are coming. The…
Schlitz is the beer that made Milwaukee famous — we don’t know what for exactly, or anyone who drinks Schlitz, for that matter, but never mind that. Anheuser-Busch was once the heart of St. Louis. Now it’s the appendix of Belgian-Brazilian consortium InBev. Anchor Steam is San Francisco’s iconic brew,…
Downtown Denton was always where Armadillo Ale Works co-founders Yianni Arestis and Bobby Mullins wanted to be. The brewers and their brand have taken quite a circuitous route, but they look to be on their way to their dream location after securing a lease for the old Sanford Muffler &…
