First Look: Chirps Brings Nashville Hot Chicken to Lower Greenville

This little watering hole has gone through several changes since January. Earlier this year, the Lower Greenville bar formerly known as LG Taps rebranded itself as The Chuggin’ Monk. But this new era was short-lived because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, upon Gov. Greg Abbott’s allowing Texas restaurants to…

Vantina, the Desert Racer Pop-Up on the Desert Racer Patio, Is Open

The patio is shining with colors and studded with cacti. Tidy artificial turf seems to have a pattern painted on it — it’s actually some pleasant shadows from the wood pergola standing above the clean wood benches. It’s all lovely and strange but hopeful when juxtaposed against the effect of…

Good to Go: Commissary Perfects the Takeout Ham and Cheese

Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. When Commissary opened in downtown Dallas years ago, it was fantastic in that it provided another dining option for nearby residents. Since then, other good places have opened,…

Restaurants Opening and Closing Amid the Coronavirus Pandemic

Since our last update, several iconic Dallas restaurants have permanently closed. May has been a rough month, needless to say. Dakota’s Steakhouse has shuttered for good. Built underground to skirt a clause in the original deed that restricted the sale of alcohol on former church “grounds,” the steakhouse, which opened…

Good to Go: Breakfast at AllGood Cafe Is a Perfect Picnic

Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. AllGood Cafe is one of those places that feels like it’s been in Deep Ellum forever. To keep it there, we can grab its food for takeout, and…

Good to Go: Charco Broiler Serves a Burger The Way It Wants

The giant steer sits atop the roof, towering over Jefferson Boulevard. The notable fixture’s not far from where, in Normal Times, we could sit at El Ranchito for Chorizo y Menudo (the monthly political event, not just the plates of food). But now we don’t, and if we’re going into…

Good to Go: Savory, Cheesy Bosnian Pies from Eddie’s EuroMart

Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. It’s not a place where we’d look for a restaurant, even in good times. To the west, the six-lane road ducks under an old freight rail bridge. To…

Good to Go: Dairy-Ette Is the Ultimate Quarantine Food

Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. The notice on the door asks you to stay in your car, which is exactly why you came to Dairy-Ette. It’s a brand-new sign for this weird dystopia:…

Dallas Chefs Share Recipes for Impossible Foods’ Plant-Based Meat

One effect of the coronavirus has been the occasional shortage of various foods, including ground beef. One result is stores such as Kroger enforcing a limit on how much meat customers can buy. To combat this shortage of beef (or possibly take the opportunity), Impossible Foods has made their plant-based…

Meet Lakewood Landing’s Baking Queen

Dallas native Tifany Swulius has worked at the Lakewood Landing as a bartender off and on since 2006, but only recently became the official in-house baker. She likes cookies and beer, so it was bound to work out this way.  “I’ve been in the kitchen all my life, and at…

Good To Go: Yakitori is a Star of Salaryman’s Curbside Menu

Salaryman has a curbside menu that’s actually worth getting excited about. When’s the last time you looked at a menu and considered how many times isn’t crazy to keep returning to a restaurant within the next few weeks to try everything? That’s a problem thanks to COVID-19, of course; you…

The Best Restaurants in Dallas for Takeout

We have some people in restaurants who really make the most out of their takeout menus. Many adjusted for prices to be more approachable, for presentations to hold up when the lid is lifted after a 15-minute drive and to keep everyone safe along the way. Take chef Peja Krstic…

Murray Street’s Skye McDaniel Takes Off With Baking

There’s another bake sale coming out of the Dude, Sweet Mothership this weekend, but it’s not by Katherine Clapner. If you had been a frequenter of Murray Street Coffee Shop in Deep Ellum, you’ll be handed baked goods by a familiar face: Skye McDaniel. The Oak Cliff resident isn’t pouring…