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Five Dessert Wines to Make Your Holidays Even Sweeter

If the piles of pie and cookies at every holiday party haven’t satisfied your sweet tooth yet, or if you need a dose of alcohol with your sugar, you’ve come to the right place. Here’s a wine nerd’s rundown of different types of delectable dessert wine you can serve to...
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Your First Look at The Theodore

If you count Smoke and Bolsa among your favorite restaurants, or you’re a Wes Anderson fan (or both), you’ve been eagerly awaiting the opening of The Theodore. As of November 16, the wait is over. The newest addition to NorthPark Center showcases re-imagined American classics in a quirky yet elegant...
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Best Chef

Misti NorrisThis town needed a shake-up. Not only has Dallas’ dining scene been overrun with meat and potatoes, but the most notable chefs have often been men. Enter Misti Norris, whose kitchen at Small Brewpub is turning out the most innovative bar food Dallas has ever seen. While folks at watering holes down the road nibble […]
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Best Thai Restaurant

SakhuuKyla and Angel Phomsavanh might very well be the hardest-working couple in the entire restaurant industry. If their Thai restaurant Sakhuu is open, one or both of them are likely working inside, whether during lunch service, dinner service or the late evening hours when the kitchen needs cleaning. The hard work pays off, though, with a staff […]
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Texas Court Sides With Big Pharma in Dallas Medical Vaginal Mesh Case

You're forgiven if you have trouble keeping straight all the times that the Johnson & Johnson has gotten in trouble. In recent years, the pharmaceutical maker has faced an FBI investigation over a surgical device that caused doctors to accidentally spread cancer in women, multibillion-dollar criminal penalties for marketing a...
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10 Reasons to Get Excited About the Opening of Shed 2

OK, we admit it. Shed 2 isn't looking all that hot this second. But if you can suspend disbelief and find a little inspiration in the smells of fresh sawdust, you can start to glean what the new anchor for the Dallas Farmers Market will look like. Rex's says they...
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5 Art Exhibitions to See in Dallas this Weekend

Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots You’re going to need multiple trips to the Dallas Museum of Art (1717 N. Harwood St.) to fully see the stunning new exhibition, Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots. In collaboration with the Tate Liverpool, this is the ONLY time all of these works will share a room,...
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Abbott Bans Syrians from State Refugee Services

Texas Governor Greg Abbott came out punching hard and fast after last week's terrorist assault on Paris, making it clear Monday he would be doing everything he can to keep refugees from the humanitarian crisis in Syria, or at least not in Texas.  "Given the tragic attacks in Paris and...
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Katy Trail Joggers Brave Blistering 103° Heat For Some Reason

Monday, August 10 was one of the hottest days of the year. Government thermometers recorded a high temperature of 107 degrees. It was stupid, eyeball-searing heat any half-sentient creature — whose ancestors, after all, had the wherewithal to pass their genes along to subsequent generations — would presumably have the self-preserving...
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As Dallas Prepares to Dismantle Tent City, France Is Watching

Rebecca Levin, a documentary filmmaker based in Paris, arrived in Tent City on a brisk Wednesday morning in early February with a spiral notebook and a knee-length maroon coat. She'd been assigned by a major French TV network, TF1, to shoot a film about inequality in Dallas, and the sprawling...
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Long Live Expensive Water

The late-summer Sturm und Drang over high water rates made it to the Dallas City Council this week, where Dallas Water Utilities Director Jody Puckett explained that, calm down, you're water meter's fine, you probably don't have a leak, you just probably forgot during the weird monsoons of spring and early...
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The 20 Best Dallas-Fort Worth Songs of 2015

There were some real heavy hitters that stepped up the plate in Dallas music in 2015, some of them familiar faces and some of them (most of them, in fact) coming seemingly out of nowhere. Seeing the Queen herself, Erykah Badu, return with new music was one of the clear...