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. This Greenville Avenue newcomer has so many cures it’s clear the restaurant takes…
The Uptown location of Whole Foods opened this week, ready to embrace the millennial swarms and stymie traffic along McKinney Avenue. In addition to providing neighborhood locals with both organic and a growing selection of conventional foods, the latest Whole Foods location also provides a window into the direction the…
Arlington was a city begging for its signature barbecue place. Sure, David’s and Eddie Deen Crossroads offer barbecue well above the average standard, but they’re not quite destination locations. Now husband and wife duo Paul and Ashton Lovato believe they’ve answered that call by bringing Jambo’s Barbeque Shack’s second location…
In case you haven’t gotten the memo, it is hotter than hell outside, the kind of heat that makes us wonder how the original Texans decided to stay in this Godforsaken pit of hell. When it’s 105 out, the traditional ways of cooling off — like getting naked or cannon-balling…
I’ve heard rumblings of a coming uprising — that taco consumption is increasing with such enthusiasm that it might eclipse the burger as our primary subject of affection. Can you imagine that? A world where the taco reigns supreme as our go-to source of protein and sustenance? You could join…
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. There is no greater tribute to meat in Dallas than Blind Butcher, where…
Greenville Avenue was still sleepy when Ashlie Taylor pulled up for work at Boulangerie’s back door one recent morning. A late-night cleaning crew worked the floors at the pizza place next door, and a nearby 7-Eleven had a few stray customers, but the only other activity at 5 a.m. was…
Cake Bar sold out of cake on their opening weekend. Many a cake-seeker knocked at their door only to be met with a sign that meant they were S-O-L. That was almost a year ago. Surely by now, the enthusiasm has died down, right? Wrong. Even on a Wednesday night,…
As we’ve said before, the Dallas-Fort Worth area gets a new brewery about every 10 minutes, as the craft beer industry grows locally and nationally, some worry about an economic bubble. Until that bubble pops, if you live out in one of the suburbs that still lacks a brewery, just…
You might have heard this: Eating local is a thing now, especially in the city’s restaurants. As Dallas diners flock to farmers markets and learn more about the bounty of local food around them, they expect to see ingredients made in their city. Oddly enough, that mentality doesn’t always translate…
Inconspicuously located above Bistro 31 in Highland Park Village, Lounge 31 welcomes people looking for a classy, comfortable afternoon hangout. Seating is a mix of couches, ottomans, bar stools and regular tables, letting you choose to dine comfortably or kick back and relax with a drink. Air-conditioned rooms provide refuge…
Whenever you’re craving a summery drink, nuance really doesn’t factor into the equation. You want something that’s refreshing enough to make you stop sweating in all those weird places and strong enough to get you drunk. The flavors are really quite often secondary, but they don’t have to be. If…
The differences between the drankin’ scenes in London and Dallas become evident when one first sets foot into one of the many cozy but ornate public houses that dot the landscape of what barmen and pint-seekers alike call the best city in the world. The English “pub” and our “bar”…
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. Mr. Max doesn’t reveal itself until you’ve walked through the door. The parking…
It’s Sunday morning, and the only reason I’m awake is because someone turned the damn sun on. My so-called blackout curtains failing to black out anything, I groan out of bed and shuffle to the kitchen in search of water and caffeine. At least a half bottle of wine is…
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. Dallas has plenty of Italian American restaurants. What it needs is more good…
It wasn’t too long ago that Lake Highlands Creamery was one of Dallas’ tiniest ice cream shops, operating out of a rented kitchen space and selling over-the-top ice cream bars to Luscher’s Red Hots. Owner Sean Brockette also took orders through his website and hit up the occasional farmers market,…
A few minutes before dinner service fires up at Rapscallion (on the dot at 5:30 p.m.), I’m sitting a preciously-designed two-person table in the bar area, hands folded in my lap, watching the kitchen come together. Somewhere in between the Greenville traffic, the swarming heat, and an article about the…
We sort of already knew that Ida Claire, Addison’s newest non-chain restaurant, was probably going to be topnotch. The team behind Mexican Sugar, Whiskey Cake and other faves hasn’t exactly produced too many duds, but one had to wonder whether or not Ida Claire would dumb down their food to…
When it’s this damn hot outside, the thought of eating food that has actually been cooked doesn’t really sound appetizing. Fresh, light dishes dominate summer menus, and that’s probably the only reason we’ve survived here for so long. At Proof + Pantry, the menu offerings are generally pretty substantial, packed…
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. Calling the Buddhist Center of Dallas a restaurant is a stretch, since seating…
The enduring trendiness of barbecue aside, Dallas has endured many lulls in the smoked meats scene. For years, mediocre chain restaurant barbecue dominated the landscape, until a tiny booth that opened in 2010 in the Dallas Farmers Market put Dallas barbecue on the map (with a little help from Guy Fieri). Since…
