Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Up until this week, it had been a minute since I had been to Palmieri Cafe in the Farmers Market. But it’s one of those places that’s just…
I’m crazy about Dude, Sweet Chocolate. I mean, really: I recently came across a social media post from 2014 when I had returned to work after living in the Philippines, and what had my co-workers surprised me with when I walked in the newsroom? Dude, Sweet. When I moved into…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. I remember the days when we’d crave Louie’s, but alas, it would be Monday, so we’d end up at Lakewood Landing. That Monday rule still applies, but we…
Wendy’s has breakfast now. I suspect many people have probably gone most of their lives unclear on whether Wendy’s has breakfast. But they didn’t before, and now they do. Former World Series champion Aubrey Huff tells me we’ll all be dead inside three weeks, so I wanted to give the…
Thursday afternoon, Caroline Perini is vacuum-sealing raw bacon. Air-tight packs of bacon are not a typical part of Easy Slider’s operations — she’d spend the average Thursday midday in her brick-and-mortar spot cycling down from the lunch rush and worrying about the beer cooler holding its icy temperatures. That was,…
I’ve been pretty darn healthy during this pandemic — at least in the way of eating pretty well, seriously monitoring portions and working out an average of twice a day. But last week, my body got tired. And after moving myself to a new apartment and not yet having a…
4/20 is a special day in my culture. I guess there are probably some people who write about fast food semi-professionally who don’t have an edging-toward-troubling relationship with what’s celebrated that day, but there probably aren’t many. Let’s just say I don’t know anyone like that. So here’s a list…
Sisters Laura Sanchez and Alma Rubio have seen a lot in their 39 years of running La Calle Doce in Oak Cliff. But, of all the things that could have thrown them for a loop, they never thought it would be shelter-in-place orders. “At first, we were flabbergasted,” Rubio says…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. To give in to a craving you have nearly every day can really make you happy. Especially when you’re quarantined. That happened yesterday, while I was not only…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. The door is wedged open, and blue tape runs along the floor of the Royal Blue Grocery in Highland Park Village. Masks and gloves are on, shoppers moving…
A muffuletta at The Free Man Cajun Cafe & Lounge is what we could all use right now.
If you’re feeling cooped up with your family and seeking something to break up the routine with anything possible, Fireside Pies has a way to help with that while providing dinner. Now, if you really want that truffle-oil-heavy Triple Roni pizza from there, just order it. You have to really…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. A few weeks ago, I heard a phrase on Sam Sanders’ NPR podcast: Instead of only thinking about “social distancing,” consider “distant socializing.” Hence, Zoom happy hours, the…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Let’s start with the big news: We found french fries that travel well and taste good reheated. It’s something of a miracle, of course. Even good fries —…
Back when I drove to an office to work, every so often I’d take a different route that would take me to West Village in Uptown. I could run in, get a good cup of coffee and an almond croissant that would start my day off just right. Bisous Bisous…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Chef Ryan Ferguson has a new set of pet peeves right now. Ice cream and overcooked pasta are on the list. He’s wracked by nerves as he imagines…
If you want a restaurant to be open when we come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, be a patron. Get takeout, order delivery. Etc. But also, stay on budget because we don’t know how long this will go on and how it will affect each of us economically. I’m in…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. On first thought, a barbecue restaurant would be perfectly primed to switch to carryout-only business. Hell, some of our favorites started as little more than food trucks, so…
Gabe Sanchez is one of the best people in town you could have making you a drink. Of course, he’s not doing as much of that since Deep Ellum’s Black Swan Saloon is closed along with all the other bars to help stop the spread of COVID-19. In the meantime,…
Here at the Observer, we’ve tried to highlight the brave efforts of restaurateurs struggling to keep staff employed and customers fed after this damn virus took away the in-house dining they specialize in. Not all of them could. Some got creative. Chef John Tesar reports that a whole lot of…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Armando Aguilar was having a great month. The Dallas native got hired to a new executive chef job at a local bar that’s a semifinalist for a James…
As soon as I saw it on the online menu for takeout at Red Stix Asian Street Food, I knew I had to have the duck fat-fried rice. Some of my closer friends know I’ll pretty much order anything that has the word “duck” in it, but there’s so much…
