Restaurants

Not loving meat this Valentine’s Day? These Dallas restaurants and bakeries are serving up vegan sweets and feasts.

We all know about paleo, Whole30 and plant-based diets — but what about eating to realign our chakras?

Hotels in downtown Dallas are racing to turn their establishments into hip hangouts by opening multiple bars and restaurants in an effort to entice both locals and out-of-towners. The Statler’s renovation and rebirth included six bars and restaurants: Scout, R&B, diner Overeasy, rooftop bar Waterproof, Fine China and cocktail enclave…

Snooze: An AM Eatery has opened in Oak Lawn. People have already seen it in Addison, Fort Worth and up on Walnut Hill Lane, but now we have it closer to the city center — and that’s a good thing. The breakfast joint is out of Denver, where a source…

It started with a Texas brisket smuggled into Mexico. Back in October, Shad Kvetko, one of the owners of Expo Park mezcaleria Las Almas Rotas, asked Oak Cliff barbecue outfit Mohon Barbecue to smoke a very special brisket — one that would be taken to Mexico and used to produce…

Eating Cheap in Dallas is a series that looks for the best food and drink deals at restaurants in DFW. Because being on a budget doesn’t mean you can’t eat out in a city like Dallas. Over the years, finding quality sushi spots in DFW has become a lot easier…

Like the origin of the moon and widespread reports across the country of a persistent low-frequency humming, one of Earth’s greatest mysteries is the calzone. How do we classify this Naples-born classic? Unless there’s been some botched science, it’s not sandwich. Is a calzone a taco? No. Maybe a calzone…

Maracas Cocina Mexicana serves mimosas for $1 during brunch. For some, that’s probably enough to prompt a Sunday visit, so we might as well start out with that. Those mimosas just might be the most memorable part of brunch at this Deep Ellum Mexican eatery. Of course, a few mimosas…

It’s a good day when you don’t have to quickly inhale a Starbucks breakfast. Maybe you’re on the road or trapped between rainstorms at the airport, but there’s always a dispassionate sigh that boils up when that Starbucks oven tower “dings” and a scalding, bland English muffin drops into a…

When I visit a restaurant, I sometimes imagine the conversations its creators had. What were they thinking? Why did they invest money in this concept? How did they miss the flashing neon orange warning signs that their business plan was doomed? My newest morbid fascination is Circo TX, a 25,000-square-foot…

Everyone could benefit from more grandmas in their lives, since it’s well-documented that grandmas are the best people on earth. If only the hurting, stressed-out people among us could borrow an extra grandmother to bake us cookies, dole out hugs and gently caress our cherubic faces as we fall asleep…

Scott Zenreich is an unassuming young man who likes to work in theaters and has spent years working in restaurants. He has a wide smile that shows nothing but sincerity when you meet him, and he speaks with graciousness that makes you want to be his friend. It almost seems…

A new vegan bakery opened its doors in Dallas last month. Sugar Fang Vegan Bakery, owned by Sam Wynne of BrainDead Brewing and Bowls & Tacos, brings dairy-free, plant-based baked goods to Deep Ellum. Malikei Hetherington is the pastry chef and manager of this new concept. Trained in vegan cooking…

The phrase “brunch at the Joule” has a ring to it that makes you feel like you’re going somewhere special. And with what CBD Provisions regularly has to offer, you’d be right. For us downtown residents, the Joule is a place we can regularly visit. That might mean workout clothes…

The Hill, the sprawling new development at Walnut Hill and Central Expressway, took a major hit recently with the news that its anchor tenant, sustainable home good store TreeHouse, was already closing after a brief run, but new things are in the works. The mixed-use development has no shortage of…

Last year, Dallas got a new food festival: Between the Buns, a Dallas Observer mini food fest celebrating sliders made by some of our favorite Dallas restaurants. Nearly 2,000 people feasted on everyone’s favorite bite-sized sandwich last year, and if you missed out, you’re in luck — Between the Buns…

Uber-popular Colorado breakfast joint Snooze an A.M. eatery is about to open its fourth DFW location, this one in prime brunch territory: Oak Lawn. The new restaurant at Oak Lawn Avenue and Cedar Springs Road will be 4,200 square feet of breakfast devotion (complete with a “huge patio,” according to…

When Dude, Sweet Chocolate opened in Bishop Arts in 2009, it was ahead of its time — a chef-driven chocolate shop creating outside-the-box confections with all the grit, creativity and imagination of public-facing chef-owner Katherine Clapner. Dude, Sweet expanded by opening a shop in Fort Worth in 2012, a Lower…

For some people, retirement means spending a month in Italy whenever you feel like it. For others, it may be finally getting into that painting hobby you let go years ago. For Lee Theilen, it meant diving into a hobby that eventually became a brick-and-mortar storefront in East Dallas. Pickletopia…

You’re familiar with this origin story: It starts when two people build something from the bottom up in their garage. They start by reverse engineering the concept, deconstructing the way it’s been done before, analyzing the method, then soldering and searing new parts together. There are wisps of smoke and misfires. In…

The Playwright Irish Pub, sister bar to Downtown’s The Craft Irishman, also owned by Alan Kearney, took over the space and opened in mid-November.

On a recent visit to Yolk in One Arts Plaza, we waited 25 minutes for a table for a late breakfast. With two decent bloody mary options nearby at The Playwright Irish Pub and Jorge’s, you can easily pass the time. What was interesting, though, was that as we approached…