Restaurants

For those not familiar with pierogis, their textbook definition can sound more like a wet blanket than comfort food. What’s so great about a boiled potato dumpling? Everything, actually. Growing up on a Northeast Ohio peninsula, my only native foodstuffs came from Lake Erie — how I miss fried perch…

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Yes, you’ll look like a tourist eating it. Yes, someone at your table will try to Instagram it…

Every week, it feels more official: Dallas has expertly somersaulted into the golden age of cheeseburgers. We’ve reached such a high point that enjoyable burgers can be found at restaurants that focus solely on fried chicken. Street’s Fine Chicken, a poultry-themed restaurant wherein a mural of American Gothic with chickens…

Texas Monthly’s newest BBQ Top 50 is out; how did DFW fare?

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. We didn’t expect to come to a Taiwanese noodle restaurant and fall in love with kimchi. But Wu…

Houston import Little Woodrow’s has had an eventful six months in Dallas. In November 2016, less than two months after opening, the craft beer and sports bar on Ross Avenue came under fire after the company’s legal counsel told the media that the bar “would just prefer not to serve…

It was one of those restaurant visits so bad, you start to wonder if you’re on “Candid Camera.” It started with a server wearing less than what most people wear to the beach; her lacy lingerie top (a black bra with sheer black lace covering a small portion of her…

When it opened Tuesday, May 16, not much information was publicly available about José. The Mexican restaurant, on Lovers Lane just west of Inwood Road, had a Facebook page that featured pictures of its exterior and some cacti, with no other information. The official website was a single brightly colored…

Lovers Seafood and Market is part of a milieu of boutiques, juice bars and high-end nurseries that stud a short strip of Lovers Lane. These places act as pit stops on the road to income disposal for nearby Highland and University Park residents and nonresidents alike, granted they have beefy credit…

You may have a few questions as the Santana, one of Blues Burgers’ new burgers, arrives on its metal tray. Those questions likely include: “Why are they doing this to me?” or “What have you done?” or “Am I going to be OK?” Why so many questions? Because you’ve ordered…

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. Everything you need to know about Angry Dog is in the nachos. The dish is a scatter…

When Oddfellows brought in chef Anastacia Quiñones to introduce a dinner menu, Bishop Arts had no idea what it was in for. The all-day-breakfast diner, famous for coffee, waffles and hipster patrons, is now even better at dinnertime, with a list of light, veggie-focused dishes that pair perfectly with springtime…

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. It’s one of those dishes that, when you translate its name into English, doesn’t sound entirely exciting: soft tofu…

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. We can already feel your raised-eyebrow disbelief: Are we really advocating that you, a full grown adult who…

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Whether or not you worship at the altar of “eating clean,” HG Sply Co. — which has locations…

All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed – for the good or bad – over the years. It may not be a well known instrument, but you can, in fact, measure time using provolone…

Another year, another sensational new taco restaurant on Singleton Avenue. The story of West Dallas is one of gentrification, generational change, young politicians clashing with old and a “restaurant theme park” that changed everything. But another part of the story, and a less flippant part than it might sound, is…

More than 40 years ago, a restaurant and bar by the name of Chelsea Corner took up residence on the corner of McKinney and Monticello. It was adopted by SMU students, area residents and workers alike as a beloved neighborhood hangout, a place where you could grab a slice of…

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. We may be in the golden age of Dallas burgers, but even still, it’s not often that you…

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. It’s hard to deny the allure of a dish roasted in a clay pot. When it arrives at your…

While restaurants around North Texas have been moving toward producing even the smallest facets of their menu in-house, in suburbs like Frisco, it’s not always been easy to find a restaurant that truly cooks from scratch. The Heritage Table looks to pioneer this trend in the area, and they’ve taken on…