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2012 Stories by Scott Reitz

• Dalat's Pho Goes Late Night

  published July 5, 2012

  There are many options if you're hungry for a bowl of pho in Dallas. Out in the suburbs, countless restaurants offer cheap bowls of... More >>

• Driftwood's Leeway

  published June 28, 2012

  If you had grown accustomed to ordering pad Thai and spicy stir-fried shrimp at this stand-alone building on Davis Street in Oak Cliff, you... More >>

• Oak's Lucid Plates

  published June 21, 2012

  Close your eyes. Take yourself away to some place in a Southern state east of Texas. You can choose whichever you prefer, but I'm going with... More >>

• Carbone's: Jimmy's for the 1 Percent

  published June 14, 2012

  Dallas has plenty of Italian-American restaurants. The problem is very few of them are any good. While Lucia, Nonna and other regional Italian... More >>

• Cafe Maya's Achiote Acoustics

  published June 7, 2012

  It was a small, unassuming, black plastic dish I might have overlooked had it not come with an ominous warning. My waiter was very clear. Be... More >>

• At Chicken Scratch and The Foundry, Scratch the Chicken and You'll Be Fine

  published May 31, 2012

  It's a beautiful afternoon to eat and drink outside, and I'm sitting at a picnic table hewn of haphazard and reclaimed lumber, sucking... More >>

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  How Jimmy's Conquered Dallas

  published May 24, 2012

  If you order a hoagie in Philly, there's a good chance it will come on a Sarcone's roll. Sure, other bakeries supply bread for some shops... More >>

• Manuel's Creative Cuisine is a Worthy Find, If You Can Find It

  published May 17, 2012

  It's a nice enough image. A sizable square of mahi mahi boasts perfect 90-degree hashes: the mark of a careful quarter turn on a searing hot... More >>

• The Fieri Effect

  published May 10, 2012

  It was back in the fall that Citizen Pictures, a Colorado-based production company, contacted me in hopes of finding some restaurants to... More >>

• Hattie's Helped Build Bishop Arts, and 10 Years Later People Are Still Coming

  published May 3, 2012

  It's 7 on a Friday night, and there's something odd, eerie even, about the Bishop Arts District. There are these things called "pedestrians"... More >>

• At Jeff Harris' Bolsa, One Dish Reveals the Chef's Chops

  published April 26, 2012

  "You can always judge the quality of a cook or restaurant by roast chicken," Julia Child once wrote. I'm not sure if she was the first to utter... More >>

• Sissy's Serves Up Southern Charm the Texas Way: By the Bucket

  published April 19, 2012

  Simmered down to an elevator pitch, Sissy's Southern Kitchen and Bar might sound like a handful of other Dallas newcomers: Food... More >>

• Company Cafe's Growing Pains

  published April 12, 2012

  Fred Messick never intended to be a chef — at least not at first. He'd thought about cooking, sure, but culinary school seemed like a... More >>

• At the Chesterfield, Drinks So Good the Plates Barely Stand a Chance

  published April 5, 2012

  On a January weeknight, one of the unseasonably warm ones, More >>

• Union Bear Brings Farm-to-Table to the Bar

  published March 29, 2012

  If you're perched at the outdoor section of the bar at Union Bear on a warm spring day, you may just catch some sunshine on the nape of... More >>

• Years Later, Sea Breeze is Still (Lobster) Rolling

  published March 22, 2012

  The first lobster roll I ever ate was purchased in a run-down seafood restaurant on Route 12, 60 miles outside of Boston, in a town called... More >>

• 303 Bar and Grill's Psycho Burger

  published March 15, 2012

  While the big restaurant money continues to flow north toward Highland Park, Preston Hollow and Uptown, Dallas' most interesting restaurant... More >>

• Heavy Cooking Isn't the Only Way to Embrace Local Meat. Though It's a Pretty Tasty Way.

  published March 8, 2012

  For some time, Central 214 was known as the restaurant led by Blythe Beck, the chef with the big personality who made her dishes... More >>

• At Vspot Vegan Cafe, Making Meatless Work for the Buckle of the Beef Belt

  published March 1, 2012

  Delia Pisarro is a meat eater. She's also a business woman. So when she opened Pure, her small Greenville Avenue Cafe in 2003, it wasn't for... More >>

• The Great Dallas Brisket Taco Hunt

  published February 23, 2012

  I reached down to my right, pulled the small plastic lever, pushed back in my seat and moaned. We were puttering down U.S. 75 in a tinny Honda... More >>

• Thank Goodness It's Del Frisco's Grille

  published February 16, 2012

  On a recent Friday, one of the cold ones, Del Frisco's Grille had a nice little buzz going. Out front, women in ultra-short skirts... More >>

• Private Social Hears No Evil, and That's the Problem

  published February 9, 2012

  When Private Social opened last fall, the occasion was marked with a red-carpet affair. Literally, the rug was rouge, and it was rolled... More >>

• At Tto Tto Wa Bistro, the Happy Marriage of Korean Fried Chicken and Beer

  published February 2, 2012

  Billed as Carrollton's Koreatown, the Furneaux Creek Village Shopping Center is packed with Korean restaurants, a karaoke lounge and a pool... More >>

• From Mi Cocina to Mr. Mesero: Mico Rodriguez's Comeback

  published January 26, 2012

  "It's like trying a drug for the first time," my tablemate said, as she watched me take a careful bite from a grilled serrano pepper. The plate... More >>

• Campo is One of Dallas' Best Restaurants -- For Now

  published January 19, 2012

  It was Saturday night, and Campo Modern Country Bistro, the latest house-turned-restaurant in Oak Cliff, was loud and crowded. A... More >>