Spiral Diner in Denton is going beyond the usual holiday decor to make customers feel welcome this year. The all-vegan restaurant and bakery announced recently the launch of a reverse happy hour and Friday night game night.
If you’re like many red-blooded Americans, you probably appreciate a proper steak. And like many others, you may also appreciate a good Instagram opportunity. After all, what’s better than a perfectly cooked piece of prime beef paired with a selfie? Mix in sleek décor, fun cocktails, plentiful sides and a…
At the end of each year, the food writers at the Observer like to reflect on the dishes that left a lasting impression on us over the past 12 months.
Bright blue mariner lights line the walls of Marina Restaurant, an Indian eatery in Frisco that opened this year. Named after India’s famous Marina beach …
Despite a challenging parking situation, a great Afghani meal was enjoyed at Ariana Cuisine on Lower Greenville.
Soulful Steet Bites in Addison offers daily specials of comfort food to go served by friendly staff.
Escondido means ‘hidden’ in Spanish, but it looks like the secret is out already. We recently stopped by this new Preston Hollow Tex-Mex restaurant owned by John Alexis to give them a firsthand look.
Abruzzo’s is a small family-run Italian restaurant in Oak Cliff that sits at the corner of Davis and Tyler, just far enough outside the Bishop Arts District that parking isn’t a nightmare. Mostly anyway.
Each week we like to dig around and find unique, boozy and indulgent things to get into around Dallas. It might be a festival, a social gathering of like-minded imbibers at a brewery, a special dinner or a pop-up. Here’s what we’re excited about this week.
December is a month filled with holiday decor, gifts, and, best of all, sweets and treats. Take a break from all that shopping and spend some time with …
This time last year, the restaurant industry was still shaking off the pandemic like a blindside blow from a middle linebacker. It was a slow, one-foot-in-front-of-the-other recovery from labor challenges, product shortages, crazy weather and inflation.
Big Yummy, a restaurant specializing in traditional Venezuelan dishes and street food, recently opened in Addison.
White Settlement just outside of Fort Worth is the frontier of burger innovation.
The Dallas Design District has a new Mexican-inspired eatery, El Carlos Elegante, offering a blend of authentic Mexican and South American flavors.
No one goes to Whataburger for its ambiance or presentation. It’s called fast food because it’s quick to prepare, it’s easy to get and you can eat it while doing something else. If you’re stopping to appreciate the quadriller on the patty of a McDouble, you’re missing the point. Whataburger…
In a ranking of self-explanatory restaurant names, this one might just take the top spot. Biryaniify is a new takeout establishment in Plano serving more than 22 different varieties of biryani. From chicken to goat to seafood, the locally owned spot is able to mix just about anything into a…
There’s no better way to get a smile out of everyone from your grumpy coworker to your favorite aunt than a batch of homemade cookies.
America’s hunger for delectable portable meals on a bun will never change, but the people who make them and the way we consume them just might. Mark Brzezinski, who helped put Pei Wei and Velvet Taco on the map, recruited Larry Lavine (founder of Chili’s franchise), and the two joined…
The space that once housed longtime Mockingbird Station pub Trinity Hall is now home to The Londoner. A British-style neighborhood pub, The Londoner has two other locations, in Addison and Colleyville. The Mockingbird Station locale has all the same earmarks: a vast selection of beers, signature cocktails, wines, whiskeys and…
A new luxury concept has landed in Mockingbird Station. Milkshake Concepts, with other concepts including Stirr and Harper’s, comes The Finch, a modern American restaurant. Like most of Milkshake’s restaurants, The Finch has an eclectic air.
We finally succeed in tracking down the Portillo’s Beef Bus and try some of their dogs and beef sandwiches while we wait for the official opening in The Colony in January.
Emporium Pies begins a new chapter under the ownership of an Oak Cliff family and long-time supporters of the shop. Landon and Charlie Purdue bought the specialty pie shop from founders Megan Wilkes and Mary Sparks to carry on Emporium’s community traditions of serving up handmade pies.
