100 Favorite Dishes, No. 44: Smoked Trout with Lardo at FT33

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. At FT33, Matt McCallister’s intimate and playful Design District fine dining spot, you’re not always sure what you’re…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 46: The Crab Souffle at Rise

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. In May 2011, when Osama bin Laden was killed in a dramatic raid in Pakistan, President Barack Obama…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 47: The Burrata at Cane Rosso

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. Burrata, much like tartare, is one of those items that’s on just about every menu in Dallas right…

Heim Barbecue’s Brick-and-Mortar Location is Finally Opening

Heim Barbecue, whose trailer-borne smoked delicacies quickly became the stuff of Funkytown legend after owner Travis Heim materialized on a Southside bar lawn for Saturday cooks last year, will flood the Fort Worth market with its trademark bacon burnt ends from a new brick-and-mortar location, starting August 6. The grand…

Hon Sushi Brings Culinary Artwork to a Carrollton Strip Mall

The food at Hon Sushi tastes as good as it looks, and it looks spectacular. Chef Charlie Yun, the impresario behind the counter of this intimate new Carrollton spot, thinks just as carefully about presentation as he does about preparation. Even his salads are festivals of color and texture. Nowadays…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 53: Tonkotsu Ramen at Sushi Robata

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. Sushi Robata is a mainstay of North Dallas dining, a rock-solid Japanese restaurant where just about everything on…

Dairy-Ette is a Dallas Treasure

I hadn’t felt it before, not truly, until last night. I’m twisting in the counter chairs in anticipation, ice-blasted mug full of root beer, old central air unit rattling above and it really struck me: Dairy-Ette is a Dallas treasure. I’ve been to the burger joint before. I’ve sat at…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 54: The Khao Soi Curry at CrushCraft Thai

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. CrushCraft Thai Street Eats doesn’t have to be this good. It has a premium location in the heart…

The Halal Guys Opens Saturday — But Is It Really Worth the Hype?

Batten down the hatches, Dallas: This Saturday, July 23, New York City street food vendor-turned worldwide fast casual restaurant, The Halal Guys, will open its doors on Lemmon Avenue. Blame social media or food journalism or just a propensity for anything labeled “street food,” but this has become one of…