Dotty Griffith

This Decade Saw Dallas Evolve Into A Major Player On The National Dining Scene

The Year/The Decade: Flops

Patrick MichelsDrinks at Lazare.​No one relishes disaster.Take that back. No one relishes disaster in their own community. While wary of competition, restaurant owners also know that a popular venue opening nearby helps drive traffic, and traffic means potential profit.Yet sometimes man's reach ex ... More >>

Craft, Despite the Economy, Just Keeps Plugging Along With its Simple Style of Minimalist Elegance.

Patrick MichelsDrinks at Lazare.​No one relishes disaster.Take that back. No one relishes disaster in their own community. While wary of competition, restaurant owners also know that a popular venue opening nearby helps drive traffic, and traffic means potential profit.Yet sometimes man's reach ex ... More >>

Sikh and Tired of School Bullies

​The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas just sent word that the organization, in coordination with a U.N.-affiliated advocacy group called United Sikhs, sent out a letter warning Texas school districts -- including DISD -- to protect Sikh students from discrimination or bullying. The miss ... More >>

Cobb Switch Barbecue Knows What’s Important: Meat, Meat, Meat

​The American Civil Liberties Union of Texas just sent word that the organization, in coordination with a U.N.-affiliated advocacy group called United Sikhs, sent out a letter warning Texas school districts -- including DISD -- to protect Sikh students from discrimination or bullying. The miss ... More >>

Dotty Griffith's Top 10 Things I Miss About Dallas

Just about three years ago, the damn near legendary Dallas Morning News food critic Dotty Griffith decided to hang up the notepad and head down to Austin. Now, the UT grad and unrepentant Texan (who once said "barbecue is the most American of foods; to hell with apple pie") spent plenty of time in a ... More >>

Another Dallas Grub Rag

Just about three years ago, the damn near legendary Dallas Morning News food critic Dotty Griffith decided to hang up the notepad and head down to Austin. Now, the UT grad and unrepentant Texan (who once said "barbecue is the most American of foods; to hell with apple pie") spent plenty of time in a ... More >>

Clubbing Crocs

The latest in reanimated after-dark hotspots

Shalom, Jerome

The latest in reanimated after-dark hotspots

Can't...Stop...Writing

The latest in reanimated after-dark hotspots

Place-Setting the Scene

Are Dallas diners fickle?

Exposed

For restaurant critics, it's celebrity or credibility

Eat My Briefs

Plus: Attention Spanwich; Homesick

The Beautiful Ones

The hot, sexy rich people are partying it up while you sleep. We'll wake you when they're done.

Wish Wash

Expect big changes at Sipango

At Any Cost

How do restaurants set their prices?

Legal Choke

Cobb's efforts to save Salve! fall short

Food Fight

Restaurants and reviewers square off in an often acrimonious battle