Every week, Observer burger expert Nick Rallo explores the longstanding Dallas restaurants that helped shape the city’s food scene in his All-American series. He delves into each eatery’s past in a way that gives context to its present, and every story helps us get to know the families who give…
Around five years ago, food trucks were rare novelties in the DFW food scene. Since then, they have become familiar staples of our fast-casual dining culture. In the few years since The Truck Yard opened on Lower Greenville, permanent food truck parks have slowly been popping up throughout the suburbs…
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. On a breezy, clear afternoon, their restaurant’s doors propped open, New York Sub owners Andrew and Edi…
Josh Healy has only been chef de cuisine at Filament for a few months, but he’s already crafted one of Dallas’ most memorable burgers. It’s a double cheeseburger that tastes like the fast food burgers you wolfed in the car — the ones that never made it home from the…
If you live in Texas, the extent of your familiarity with Hurts Donut probably amounts to a degree of schoolyard nostalgia for a joke that gave you an excuse to punch your lesser friends. If you live in the Midwest, however, you may be familiar with the growing small doughnut…
As much as we all think we can bypass the seduction of a $6 peanut butter and flax oil smoothie, when you step inside Austin import JuiceLand, it’s pretty hard to stop yourself. Maybe it’s the disco ball, maybe the free vintage video games tucked at the end of a…
Imagine something with me for a moment: A 300-pound lobster, grown by some mad scientist, standing upright and wreaking havoc through downtown Dallas, snipping light poles and knocking down street signs with its massive claws. That’s the image that popped in my head when I ate the Grand Mac. Why?…
The picture of Syria that the news media paints today is not of the Syria that Asmaa Khattab, owner and operator of Richardson’s BigDash Ice Cream, remembers.
Lake Ray Hubbard is a popular destination for DFW fishing enthusiasts, yet most Dallasites rarely find themselves very far east of it. If you’ve ever made a destination trip to Rockwall, chances are it wasn’t for food, but 8020 Hospitality — the group behind HG Sply Co. and Remedy (RIP) — plans to change…
A colorful sign reaches above a plain, white building on Arlington’s busy South Cooper Street. Inside, the dining tables are also draped in white, but the walls are a vibrant, Caribbean orange. “We try to provide as much different food from the islands as possible,” says part-time chef Billy Kassoon…
Brunch: Dallas loves it. If you’re sick of your usual brunch haunt (and waiting in your usual brunch line), hit up one of these newcomers to the Dallas brunch scene. Mountains of Meat: 18th & Vine Brings a New Barbecue Brunch to Dallas Back in November, Kansas City-style barbecue joint…
Rare is the brunch that is punctuated by the sounds of lives being gained and lost. Not real lives, of course — electronic ones. In the summer of 2016, a hybrid venture called Nerdvana opened shop in Frisco, positioning itself as a caffeine and gaming-lovers’ paradise. One component of this…
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. Before you walk through the doors, you have to admire the tenacious spirit of Tupinamba Cafe. On…
Nate’s BBQ To Go in Northwest Carrollton is serving up quality take-out barbecue that should be counted among the area’s best.
It doesn’t seem likely when you walk in the door, but one of the Dallas’ great new burgers is at a White Rock cocktail bar that takes its design cues from the Marfa desert. Once you find parking in the small strip mall lot, there’s the unassuming door to Lounge…
This weekend, you’ll have two new Dallas bars to choose from: Hide, a Deep Ellum cocktail bar that features 30 cocktails made using equipment like centrifuges, and Pilikia, a tiki bar opening in what used to be Three Sheets. Hide opens at 5 p.m. Friday at 2816 Elm St. and will…
Sura Korean Bistro makes an unforgettable first impression. Just inside the vestibule, a glass case houses plastic models of the house specialties. At the host stand, on my first visit, an employee had left an ordinary grocery shopping cart full of melons and cantaloupe. Banners proclaim an “All You Can…
The Neapolitan pizza is serious business. By most measures, hanging the VPN (Associazione Vera Pizza Napoletana) logo in your pizzeria is a badge of honor, a statement that your establishment meets the strict requirements that respect the traditions of Neapolitan pizza-making. In DFW, Cavalli Pizza in Irving gained notice for…
The Buddhists were right about a lot, but they’re particularly right about one thing: Everything comes to an end, and that is neither good nor bad. It just … is. In that spirit, eat and drink these five things while you’ve still got the chance. The fettuccine matriciana at Pietro’s After…
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. Pietro Eustachio smiles as he looks at my plate of fresh fettuccine, tossed in a red tomato…
Pizza has always played a part in the morning food scene, but it’s been a supporting role, one relegated to the tin foil-wrapped shadows where all food is cold, leftover and consumed by those standing in front of open refrigerators. And while there will forever be a time and a…
Drawing from Salone’s experience on the competitive barbecue circuit since 2005, Last Supper doesn’t offer an array of sauce options or expertly arranged boutique side dishes. It’s a straight-forward, plastic-and-styrofoam meat-focused experience. Nothing wrong with that.
