Public School 972 Schools North Dallas in Craft Beer and Pub Fare

As best as I can remember, my elementary school cafeteria didn’t have chefs. We did have several hair-netted lunch ladies who served up delicacies such as rectangular sliced pizza (if said pizza was topped with ground beef and cheddar cheese, it was dubbed “Mexican” pizza), and a mysterious shepherd’s pie…

Five Crazy Dishes to Try in Dallas Right Now

Make those calories count this weekend by eating outside the box with one of these curious creations available around DFW. Chicken and Doughnuts at Fat Chicken 3011 Gulden Lane At Trinity Groves’ latest spot — another in Dallas’ long line of homages to the almighty chicken — diners love the Southern-inspired cocktails, pie…

Open Sesame Grill is the Friendly Lebanese Spot Oak Lawn Needs

When Samson’s Gourmet Hot Dogs closed last year, a lot of Oak Lawn residents mourned the loss of a favorite neighborhood hangout. But its replacement might be even better. Open Sesame Lebanese Grill opened this weekend without much publicity or heavy marketing. They want to ease into things, rather than…

Bittersweet Farewell: Carnival Barker’s Ice Creams Is Closed

Inside Carnival Barker’s Ice Creams in Oak Cliff, freezers and ice cream equipment still line the walls, with Simpsons memorabilia scattered around the room. Aaron Barker, the bearded, heavily tattooed creator of Carnival Barker’s, is also still inside, shuffling back and forth through the small room as he dismantles his…

Just Look at These Baby Burgers at Uptown’s New Food Hall

The food hall on Cedar Springs would probably be insufferably trendy if it weren’t actually pretty great. There are preciously wrapped cookies at La Duni and neatly encased to-go pastas and kale chips and “pronto” FireSide pizzas. There’s even a quiet vertical garden, bright and evenly distributed with herbs. Before your…

Lumi Snow Co.: You’ve Never Had Ice Cream Like This Before

What happens when ice cream masquerades as shaved ice? Lumi Snow Co. happens. Co-founders Cody and Lia Carta had a dream to bring their spin on Taiwanese “shaved snow” to Fort Worth, and the result is indeed dreamy. You’d probably never guess what kind of magic is going on here, given…