At the end of each of the last few years, I’ve presented a list of the best meals I’ve eaten at Dallas restaurants while working as the Observer’s food critic. In 2019, for example, I considered 200 restaurant meals for a highlight reel of favorites. But 2020 was different. This...
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Last year, Dallas' police and fire departments teamed up with Parkland Hospital to rethink how they responded to 911 calls involving mental health crises. They placed a social worker inside the dispatch center to triage calls and sent out a special team staffed with a mental health professional whenever possible...
Women are rockstars in business, and that's just a fact. There are countless women-owned and women-run businesses in Dallas, but here are 55 to get you started. In honor of Women’s History Month, support one of these local shops, restaurants and services run by a bevy of badass bosses. Bars and...
Dallas County reported its first case of the novel coronavirus after an out-of-state traveler tested "presumptive positive" for the disease, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins announced Tuesday afternoon. Jenkins described the person as "a 77-year-old out-of-state traveler with extensive travel history" and said the person is being treated at a Dallas-area...
A few months ago, when the COVID-19 pandemic was just beginning to make its way to Texas, Hannah Smilie heard a joke on campus about how, if they got sick, students would probably keep coming to class. Classmates didn't think it was anything to worry about, because the only people...
There's an idea that's been going around among some of Dallas' conservative politicians over the last month or so that goes something like this: If all flattening the curve does is spread the number of COVID-19 cases over a longer time period, thereby ensuring that the healthcare system isn't overrun, and...
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Music venues have not been spared by the recent curfews enacted around North Texas in response to recent protests against police brutality. Finally beginning to recover from the COVID-19 closures, the curfews are a second financial blow. Opening Bell Coffee Shop sits right across the street from Dallas police headquarters...
Despite a lot of noise Wednesday, the fate of Texans hoping to cast mail-in ballots in 2020's remaining elections is still up in the air. A state district judge sided with voting rights groups late in the afternoon, saying that he would grant temporary injunction that would allow Texans to...
As polls in some of Texas' biggest counties closed Tuesday night, the Lone Star State's 2020 primary is shaping up as a good one for former Vice President Joe Biden. The state's Democratic Senate race seems destined for a runoff, and Dallas County's most rancorous state House race, surprisingly, does...
For most of us, the cancellation of the State Fair of Texas means being deprived our fix of deep-fried foods, suffering a near heatstroke while waiting in line for rides and making other glorious, expensive memories. For North Texas musicians scheduled to play the State Fair this year, the news...
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Dallas ISD officials hope to return to school at the beginning of the next school year. But even if they do, they won't be returning to normal. Dallas schools have been closed since March 16. On Friday, Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order closing schools statewide for the rest...
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On Monday, Phase 2 of the Governor’s Strike Force to Open Texas was released, which allows bars to reopen at 25% indoor capacity, with no restrictions on outdoor areas, starting Friday. A bar, according to the state, is any establishments where 51% or more of their sales are alcohol. Also...
A Dallas County grand jury has indicted two Dallas County Sheriff's Office deputies who are accused of looting a Home Depot on Forest Lane in Dallas following the Oct. 20 tornado that destroyed the home improvement store and much of the surrounding area. Owners of the Home Depot hired Sgt. Rebecca...
As thousands and thousands of Texans continue to lose their jobs as the state and the rest of the world suffer through the COVID-19 pandemic, the Texas Workforce Commission has been overwhelmed. The commission's phone lines have been overwhelmed, and its website huffs, puffs and stalls during high-traffic hours. The...
Chef Peja Krstic had planned to open the second location of Mot Hai Ba in March. We all know why that didn’t happen. Yet another effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, the opening was delayed. But as of this week, the doors have opened (softly, anyway) at the Victory Park spot...
Put your green hats away, Dallas. The St. Patrick’s Day Parade is canceled. Following the lead of cities like Chicago and Boston, Dallas has officially canceled the Greenville Avenue celebration, which was scheduled for Saturday, March 14. On Tuesday, a press release announced that the St. Paddy’s celebration was still...
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...
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Maybe you know exactly what’s going on and what’s going to happen next. Not me. I don’t know jack. But let’s put down a marker right here at the beginning of the Great Texas Reopening. There will be an answer. It will be math. This isn’t French Impressionism. At a...
HIDE brings back its 25 best-selling cocktails to celebrate its 3rd anniversary.
MJ Hegar will battle Republican incumbent John Cornyn for his U.S. Senate seat in November. Tuesday, Air Force veteran Hegar defeated Dallas state Sen. Royce West in the Democratic runoff for Senate. The last time Texas sent a Democrat to the U.S. Senate was in 1993. But Hegar told her...
Soon, single mother Kimberly Brock will likely be evicted from her Denton home. A federal law that had shielded her from displacement expired on Saturday. That same day, Brock, who has a 5-month-old daughter named Emery, said she received an eviction notice. She hasn't been able to afford her full...