September was another churning month for the Dallas restaurant community. Sisu opened in Uptown, Ser took over the 27th floor of the Hilton Anatole and Campo said goodbye. Read on for the full list of openings and closings and be sure to share tips about shifts in the scene in…
When I dreamed up the idea to write about late-night eats, I thought the project would be an easy one. All I’d have to do is take in a show, go to an art exhibit or sit on my couch and listen to records till 10:30 p.m., then find a…
For chief fishmonger Jon Alexis, the building of TJ’s new location in the Shops of Highland Park has been a labor of love and the culmination of all the years he’s been running his family’s business. “This is what I’ve always wanted TJ’s to become,” Alexis says. See also: -…
A great personal debacle has been resolved. See, the courtyard at Chicken Scratch is one of the hippest, coolest, I-wanna-have-a-beer-there-with-ALL-my-friends places in the city. But problem is, and please judge me on this, I don’t really like fried chicken. Roasted chicken is OK, but I still rarely go out of…
Recently a link was posted on Reddit about the “largest item on any menu in the world” and it linked to a Wikipedia page that read like this: “a whole stuffed camel is a culinary delicacy composed of a medium-sized camel stuffed with a sheep or a lamb stuffed with…
This weekend is the 4th annual Rib Rub and Run (say that three times fast) in downtown Rockwall. In addition to a 5K and 10K race, there’s a rib cook-off and a People’s Choice Award for chicken wings. Perhaps even more enticing – AVA, Bin 303 and Fatted Calf are…
While everyone prepares to take in another season of Top Chef this month, a different sort of battle will unfold in Dallas’ dining season this fall. Three high-profile openings are scheduled in the coming weeks and each will compete for Dallas’ discretionary dining dollars. John Tesar’s Spoon, Stephen Pyles’ Stampede…
Tomorrow morning, Ruthie’s Rolling Café is going to roll on up to the Juanita J. Craft Recreation Center to hand out free breakfast sandwiches. The occasion is Dallas resident and SMU alums Robin Bagwell’s 50th birthday. Sounds random, right? Exactly. “We have a Random Snack of Kindness program,” says Robin…
Sisu, located in an old house at 2508 Maple Ave. (just north of McKinney Avenue), is Uptown’s latest culinary and nightlife addition. The house-turned-restaurant and bar has been completely renovated; dark wood spans the first and second floors, stark white walls are contrasted by magenta accents, and at times the…
Most Reuben sandwiches are served with a side of guilt. The meat is usually fatty, the bread is buttered to a sheen, and cheese and Russian dressing ooze from three sides. Kuby’s, on the other hand, is the absolute antithesis of these coronary cloggers. In fact, if you tried really…
This morning the Texas Worm Ranch, which in addition to wrangling worms, grows some downright gawgeous produce, posted this fresh bounty of late-summer vegetables and herbs to its Facebook page, with this message: Peppers, okra, eggplant, basil … this is what’s coming out of our garden and to you at…
Italia Express has been stealthily moving into Oak Lawn, receiving only a small write-up in the Dallas Voice that pointed to an unrelated restaurant with the same name in the Design District. The recently installed sign is anything but quiet, though. A massive red, white and green marquee emblazoned with…
Hopdoddy is an upscale, yet casual, restaurant and bar that originated in Austin just a couple years ago and has quickly amassed an ardent drove of devotees. Their hippie-seducing burgers are an affirmation to all things craft, local, organic, Austin and Willie. See also: 11 Off-The-Beaten-Path Cheeseburgers Their first spot…
Dallas’ newest steakhouse, perched on the 27th floor of the Hilton Anatole where Nana once resided, opens tonight. The cavernous restaurant radiates masculine elegance; it’s decked out in dark woods and dominated by a grey and brown color-scheme that’s accented by a splash of color (mustard high-back chairs and red…
A new Cuban restaurant, Havana Café, has opened at 1152 Buckner Blvd. in the Casa Linda Plaza. This small, family run spot affords only enough space for about 10 tables, which is quite unfortunate considering the crowd they’re already drawing. Amidst the downpour Saturday night, it was standing room only…
On Saturday, Dallas was rainy and dank, but inside the Addison Conference Center it was Chocolate Christmas. DallasChocolate.org’s annual Chocolate Conference & Festival offered the opportunity for chocolate makers both local and otherwise to showcase their chocolatey wares, and for anybody with a $20 to take it all in. See…
Maybe, just sometimes, dreams do come true. When I penned a blog post last month fantasizing about a perfect menu for Meze, the new restaurant from the Ziziki’s folks that will replace Commissary in One Arts Plaza, I was certain it would fall on deaf ears. No more small plates…
Two weeks ago, CoA announced that the Frito-Lay folks were going to attempt to build a record setting Frito pie. Today we’re here to tell you it’s been done. From the State Fair of Texas Facebook page: It’s official! We have a new Guinness World Record: The folks from Frito-Lay…
The unfaltering advocates of Meatless Monday challenge you to extend your Monday foray into vegetarianism into the entire month of October. The whole month. Four weeks. No meat. That includes fish, you silly pescetarians. Why, you ask? Today is World Vegetarian Day, as well as the ceremonious first day of…
Last week, my boyfriend Tim at the Daily Meal (we’ve actually never met) sent me an email (went to spam box first) about an Ultimate BBQ Road Trip. His greeting started with “Exciting news … ” about their “explicitly mouthwatering lineup of Barbecue restaurants across the southern United States…” I…
Last year I milled around the State Fair looking for food that wasn’t fried. This year I found some of the people responsible for my favorite foods (as well as some other interesting characters) and asked them about the fair through their eyes. First up is Isaac Rousso, who’s well…
On a rainy Saturday, what could be better than sitting down with a freshly baked empanada filled with cheese, honey and figs? This past Saturday I found out. The answer is nothing. Nothing is better than that. I added pajama pants and a mug of hot chocolate, both of which…
