Saint Rocco’s New York Italian, legendary restauranteur Phil Romano’s flagship tribute to classic Italian-American lifestyle, has finally opened at the edge of Trinity Groves. Romano keeps his partners close. Along with the careful selection of co-owner and executive chef Jay Valley to lead the kitchen, Romano chose designer Kate Murphy,…
3 Stacks Smoke and Tap House in Frisco and its signature bloody mary have a question for you. Just how brutal is that hangover you’re nursing, little buddy? Brutal enough that you want to go for bloody marys the next morning? Or brutal enough that your everyday bloody mary simply will…
The Csavargó is the kind of sandwich that could anchor a restaurant, but unless you’ve ventured into Deep Ellum lately, you’ve probably never heard of it. In fact, if you haven’t been down there since spring, you likely wouldn’t recognize the neighborhood, thanks to all the bars and restaurants that…
A mouth-watering collection of refreshing treats to help you stay cool. 1. Mot Hai Ba’s Coconut-Lemongrass Panna Cotta Chill out in the soothing atmosphere of this tiny Vietnamese restaurant with a bowl of their mood-lifting panna cotta. The subtle notes of coconut and lemongrass balance the tart, concentrated raspberry flavor…
How do the flavors of Mexico and France mingle? What does that cocktail party look like, taste like and sound like? We’re about to find out, in the form of Madrina, the latest restaurant from Misery Loves Company. Open in the Shops of Highland Park in the former Nosh Euro…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Peking duck has a pretty bad reputation. Chinese restaurants have done the dish…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Uchi might be offering the most dynamic cooking available in Dallas right now…
On the second day of September, in response to viewing an ad for Applebee’s “All-In” burgers on Facebook, I tweeted: Minutes poured on. The sun continued to bake the Earth. A horsefly landed on the sharp leaf of a rosemary plant. Cars sucked in clean air. Then, Applebee’s responded. This,…
If Addison seems to you to be a soulless place — a vast parking lot flanked by restaurants and bars of no particular charm or character — you haven’t been to Neighborhood Services. Their newest outpost is a standout for its warm service, bluesy rock vibe and upscale menu. Dream…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. When you walk through the door, you’d never think Rapscallion was the sort…
The perfect croissant is ephemeral — that short period of time when the crusty exterior shatters into seemingly thousands of shards while a soft, almost doughy center gives way with a gentle puff of steam lasts only a few minutes. You can only experience it just after a croissant is…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. While many restaurants have come and gone at One Arts Plaza, Tei-An has…
Bubble tea is in the midst of a beverage takeover. Nearly every strip mall in the suburbs has a shop that specializes in plastic cups overflowing with the stuff. Frozen yogurt companies have jumped into the game, too, adding the sweet beverages to their already saccharine lineups. Magic Cup is…
Uchi, Dallas’ newest and most aspiring sushi restaurant, offers plenty of ways to enjoy a meal filled with inventive and exciting Japanese food; you just need to decide how much money you’re willing to part with. Not ready to take out a home equity loan? Come during happy hour between…
When Dallas gets to be just a little too Dallas-y, Dallasites in droves tend to get in their cars and go; for an overnighter, for a long weekend, hell, for a decade if they can manage it. And Austin is one of those soul-replenishing destinations featuring the right combination of…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. The best bites served at Bambu are the ones you have to assemble…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. One of my favorite seats in Dallas is one of the four stools…
She sure is purdy. “She” being Pink Magnolia, chef Blythe Beck’s new Southern garden party chic gem set in the former Driftwood space on West Davis Street in Oak Cliff. Together with restaurateur Casey Caldwell, after working together at Kitchen LTO, chef Beck snagged the space and got to work…
In his 1965 dissertation, Geoffrey Gorer wrote of the “ethical duty to enjoy oneself” that seemed to permeate Americans’ collective attitude toward death. This attitude, Gorer explained, contributed to the rejection of public displays of grief and mourning. Analogously, this attitude has the potential to explain Americans’ relatively recent and…
Generally, foods arranged into pile form have to work at being appetizing. Once you get all those flavors mushed together, things can occasionally get a little lost in translation. And such is the case with poutine, especially these fancified versions that you find on plenty of restaurant menus. But kimchi…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. For the longest time in Dallas (and everywhere, really) steakhouses followed a very…
What are you doing tonight? I don’t know what you are doing, but do you want to grab a burger? I was thinking we could eat and talk about how the Earth’s surface is drying up like a Premium Saltine. Could we take a few minutes and weep openly while…
