As we reported in September, Sambuca restaurant has been dealing for several years with infrastructure issues with its building at 2120 McKinney Ave. Major plumbing and foundation issues led the restaurant’s owners, Restaurant Expert Management, to file a lawsuit in 2013 in an attempt to force the building’s owners into compliance with the terms of…
Even amid the chaos of downtown, Commissary is hard to miss. The new cafe, bakery, butcher shop and market at 1217 Main St. resides in a five-story building brightly decorated with 27,857 ceramic mosaic tiles, making the building stick out among the grays and browns of downtown architecture. As the array…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their histories while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. There’s a feeling that tugs at your heartstrings not long after finding a booth. You’re sitting with…
The Cedars has been trying for years to become a destination. The neighborhood adjacent to downtown and the convention center hasn’t tried to be the place to be, just a place to be. It’s worked to create a neighborhood identity and foster enough independent businesses to draw people in. In…
According to a sign posted to the front door, Alligator Cafe in East Dallas has, as of Nov. 8, been seized by the state of Texas for nonpayment of taxes. On Thursday morning, the long-running Cajun eatery in Casa Linda was dark, the sign taped to the door ominously warning,…
When we reviewed SpicyZest earlier this year, the Sri Lankan restaurant had been open for roughly one year. Now, just a few months shy of its two-year anniversary, this Farmers Branch establishment is introducing brunch. SpicyZest has proclaimed its brunch, featuring a bevy of Sri Lankan breakfast favorites, to be…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their histories while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. A sailing ship is in the throes of invisible waves above the beer taps. There are surfboards…
There is a dearth of real street food in the one Dallas neighborhood where it would do best: Deep Ellum. Sure, you can get a burger after midnight and a bowl of ramen around 3 a.m., but in the neighborhood with some of the city’s heaviest foot traffic, it’s surprising…
In the days before Amazon could put a book (or almost anything) on your doorstep mere hours after a few clicks from your smartphone, Barnes & Noble was the place for books and music. Depending on your point of view, B&N was either the perfect place to spend an evening perusing…
Jalisco Norte recently opened on the corner of a Turtle Creek shopping and eating complex, and the new restaurant seeks to remove the stigma of processed yellow cheese and deep-fried burritos popular with Tex-Mex fans. No one is saying Tex-Mex is bad. But Jalisco Norte asserts that if you think Tex-Mex is…
We’re walking through the Statler’s recently redesigned lobby when a lost-looking 20-something solicits our help. “Are you guys going to the bar?” he asks, looking flustered. “We can’t find it anywhere.” When you open a speakeasy in a hotel basement, you’re guaranteed to have a few lost souls. Wind your…
Inside Dallas’ Uptown Urban Market, tucked away in one of the back corners, lies a Japanese establishment no larger than the size of Harry Potter’s closet. Coming out of this tiny kitchen, though, are some serious flavors backed by some seriously big analytics. Totto Yama has been open for a…
So you like cheese — really, really like cheese. Not only are you in good company there, but science might also explain why we love gooey, melty cheese the way we do. According to a Forbes piece called “This Is Your Brain On Cheese,” some proteins in cheese bind to…
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It is 11 a.m. on a Sunday, and Oddfellows is reverberating with the energy of a hustling, bustling restaurant, much as it always does on weekends. This Bishop Arts District restaurant is a well-worn brunch spot, having earned its reputation by way of expertly brewed lattes, a pleasant atmosphere and…
At White Rock Lake’s newest Tex-Mex restaurant, culinary heritage runs in the family. El Vecino, on Buckner Boulevard just east of the lake’s sailing club, opened Oct. 16, but its heritage runs deeper than that. Owner John Michael McBride is a direct descendant of Miguel and Faustina Martinez, who founded…
There are only a few places left to get a real street dog. Dallas is a hot dog ghost town while major cities around the country have dogs pinned to sidewalks. There are carts that griddle in the open breeze, squiggle them with mustard and pile on butter-soft onions while…
Deep Ellum is about to have one less pizza joint. Zini’s Pizzeria on Elm Street is closing this weekend after the pizzeria lost its lease, according to a Facebook post. Zini’s fans who visit between now and Sunday can grab a free hat along with a slice. The late-night pizzeria…
Here are some facts you need to know. Carrollton has a Korean dive bar called Ddong Ggo, in the same shopping center as H Mart. Ddong Ggo is Korean for “butthole.” In the restaurant’s case, this refers to a chicken’s, which is why its logo is an angry chicken with…
When San Antonio Asian-fusion restaurant Hot Joy announced earlier this year that it was entering the Dallas market, it was big news. Hot Joy partnered with restaurant management group Front Burner to open a two-year pop-up at Cole and Lemmon avenues in Uptown, which it planned to follow with a…
In classic Texas fashion, summer’s six-month reign of terror has given way to a week of autumn that, this weekend, will be yanked away by the icy-cold fingers of the Night King — er, a cold front. With temperatures dipping as low as the mid-30s, we’re gonna need a bowl…
Six months ago, 20-year-old bar and music venue the Crown & Harp closed its doors for good, also effectively closing the book on Lower Greenville’s chapter as a place to go for cheap drinks, laid-back dives and live music. The space has been vacant ever since. Now, a pair of…
