Sonny Bryan

A Girl Named Richard

An Englishman in BBQ Sauce

An expatriate Brit learns to love Texas, one pound of brisket at a time.

I Tell You What, They Got Some Good Dang Ol' Meat But I Ain't Gonna Tell You Dang Ol' Where

Much of the time in this blog, I've been banging on about "authenticity" or "being legit" and trying to work out what that was in relation to the Texas BBQ experience. It seems that the less inviting a place is, the more authentic the experience. For example, Sonny Bryan's (OG) is tiny, made of wood ... More >>

At Mama Faye's, You Won't Have to Fight Crowds for BBQ. (The Crowds Don't Know What They're Missing.)

See also: *An Englishman Reviews the Lunchtime BBQ of Sonny Bryan's, Pecan Lodge and Soulman's For the latest in my barbecue adventures, I hit up Deep Ellum. I really like Deep Ellum as an area. It reminds me of the grimier end of North London, all the places that are fun at night like Camden, with ... More >>

An Englishman Reviews the Lunchtime BBQ of Sonny Bryan's, Pecan Lodge and Soulman's

Barbecue isn't just a dinner food. Oh no. It's a round the clock affair (although my mooted chain of restaurants Brisket for Breakfast is yet to take off). Many lunch-only barbecue venues exist around Dallas, and what nicer midpoint to the working day is there than an injection of hot meat and sau ... More >>

An Englishman Reviews the BBQ of Off the Bone

See also: *An Englishman in BBQ Sauce for more of our efforts to fatten Gavin up Last week my dad emailed me. "As a parent the sheer amount of food you are eating in your food journalism quest is truly frightening. The way that your wife feeds you is slightly reminiscent of foie gras production, bu ... More >>

An Englishman Reviews the BBQ of Mike Anderson's for The English

This is a blog written by a complete barbecue amateur. In the UK a barbecue is something you cook a burger on and is largely a celebration of the few and far between days when it's not raining. In Texas I have quickly come to learn that barbecue is an everyday thing, and that barbecue sauce is somet ... More >>

An Englishman Reviews the BBQ of Hard Eight for The English

This is a blog written by a complete barbecue amateur. You see, the thing is, in the UK a barbecue is something you cook a burger on and is largely a celebration of the few and far between days when it's not raining. There's no sauce except tomato, and any beef will be cooked to a crisp. It's a cele ... More >>

My Ten Minutes in Heaven with Australian Heartthrob Chef Curtis Stone

Honestly, my goal last week was to get my bitchy ass into Market, the huge tradeshow and gift market at Dallas Market Center. Yadda, yadda, yadda, I'm suddenly scheduled to interview someone named chef Curtis Stone on Friday afternoon. Cool, except I have no idea who he is. So I Google him and find ... More >>

The Worst of A-List Dallas' Best List

A-ListJust TRY to read these without shaking your head.​A-List Dallas recently published this list, called the "BEST of CityVoter Dallas A-List," which is a confusing name for a list, but that's beside my point. The point is, after all the nitpicking we let you guys do of Scott's top five list ... More >>

Localizing Love Field's Food Options

​Love Field is trying to soften the blow of travel delays, Southwest cattle calls and rubbery, sometimes inedible food by classing up the joint. In the middle of its facelift , Love Field will add four new dining options known -- three that are native to Dallas. Campisi's Restaurant, se ... More >>

Man vs. Food Takes On Dallas on Wednesday

Travel ChannelAdam Richman with the guys from Kuby's Sausage House.​ Adam Richman, the Travel Channel's Food Coma Correspondent, spent some time in Dallas recently, stuffing his face at Kuby's Sausage House (which we profiled a while back), Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse and Sprouts SpringRoll & Pho. I ... More >>

Once Again, Record Store Day Was Quite Good This Year on Lowest Greenville.

Sara KerensSarah Jaffe packed 'em in to Good Records on Saturday.​ By the time 10 o'clock struck along Lowest Greenville on Saturday morning, the line of people waiting to get into Good Records stretched well past the confines of the store's parking lot -- and the music planned to take place over ... More >>

A Piece of the Record Pie

A Store-by-store Breakdown of this Year's Record Store Day Events Around Town

Five Best Eats In Dallas for Out-of-Towners

Welcome to Dallas, Super Bowl people! While you're in town, we hope you check out some of the best restaurants for tourists in Dallas. (Here's hoping you stick to this list so our actual favorite local spots don't get all crowded with giant foam fingers and face paint.) ​ Trail Dust! Better not w ... More >>

Goghee To Go Brings a Sweet (and Spicy) Promise to the Medical District

​Foodies were all aflutter when news broke that Goghee To Go, a Korean-Mexican fusion taquería, was opening in Dallas proper. While I was excited as well, I was disappointed by the lack of perspective. Goghee was heralded as a pioneer in the area, proving once again that only when it is conve ... More >>

New York Times Food Critic Needs Your Help With Local Scene

​Dallas is about to get scrutinized by one of the nation's leading dining critics. In a call put out via Twitter this morning, the New York Times' chief restaurant critic Sam Sifton announced he was "Heading to Dallas" to "figure it out for those heading to Texas for Super Bowl." Sifton's i ... More >>

"Dallas Is the Lavender Heart of Texas."

So says Mayor Tom Leppert's chief of staff Chris Heinbaugh in this just-posted Gay Travel look-see at the city. It accompanies these out-and-abouts on Cedar Springs, at Fair Park, the W Hotel in Victory Park, Gay Bingo, Cyclone Anaya's, the Nasher Sculpture Center and the original Sonny Bryan's.Just ... More >>

Where Do NYT Critics Eat in Dallas? (As If You Care.)

Hattie's​A New York Times theater writer, in town to chronicle the Dallas Theater Center's revival of Superman, apparently found plenty of time to nosh between performances. According to George Gene Gustine's blog post today on Dallas dining, the city's standout eateries are Hattie's, Sonny B ... More >>

Does Chivalry Die When Nature Calls?

Good luck, ladies.​ The conversation topic getting the most exercise on Scardello's local dairy tour last weekend didn't have anything to do with cheese: From the front of the bus to the back, most everyone was talking about what happened in the bathroom line after lunch at Bolsa. Since I was ... More >>

King Khan & The Shrines Write A Jingle For Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse

Parade of FleshMore proof that King Khan loves him some Sonny Bryan's.​Speaking of Sons of Hermann Hall, it looks like you've now got one more reason to be pissed at yourself if you missed King Khan & The Shrines' show at that venue on Tuesday night, which, quite easily, actually, stands as on ... More >>

Fine, Just Don't Go Planning Any Victory Parades Just Yet, OK, Mister Mayor?

Patrick Michels​Chris Heinbaugh, Mayor Tom Leppert's chief of staff, sends word this morning that Leppert and Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter (awesome) have made a bet on Saturday night's Cowboys-Eagles game. But, blessedly, they've dispensed with the wackiness (no jerseys worn to council mee ... More >>

Dallas On Exhibit

Where Do Stephan Pyles, Tim Love and Dean Fearing Get Their Fast Food Fix?

The first Whataburger in Corpus Christi​Right -- this should probably be over on City of Ate, but I'll be damned if I'm not going to make this inexplicable (on my part) Esquire subscription count for something, so here goes. For the September issue, which just landed in the mailbox, editors asked ... More >>

Sloppy Seconds: Tabletop Showdown

Nothing spices up a kitchen like the element of competition -- as even a casual Food Network viewer could tell you. Describing a recipe for the camera? Not exciting. Breathily narrating your dish as you race to beat the clock and five other chefs? There's good eating in that.So at the end of a week ... More >>

Dude Food: Sonny Bryan's

Sonny Bryan's2202 Inwood Road 214-357-7120Dude Factor: 9, or Nolan Ryan, on a scale of 1 ("Tom Hicks") to 10 ("Tom Landry")Sure, Sonny Bryan's is a Dallas institution, but I can't say I ever darkened the original's door until the Observer moved to our current offices at Maple and Oak Lawn some four ... More >>

Burguesa Burger: Doing an America Fave the Mexican way

Which Wich CEO Says He's Conflicted Over Push to Super-Size His Sandwiches

Late yesterday I came across this story in which Which Wich CEO Jeff Sinelli expressed a certain angst over his Dallas-based sandwich chain's decision to offer the so-called Which Wich Super, a 15-inch, low-priced variation on the standard 8-inch offering. Sinelli was speaking on Sunday in Chicago a ... More >>

Two Words: Jalapeño Sausage

You Better You Bet: Why Miami Wins This Time

Best Barbecue Restaurant

Peggy Sue BBQ

We're Watching You

Want some privacy? Don't leave your house.

Best Lunch Deal

Frito pie at Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse

Hockey Pucks

That's what the American Airlines Center is serving, and the Burger House is flipping

Best barbecue restaurant

North Main Bar-B-Q

Crying fowl

Wildlife activists claim that the managers at Samuell Farm Park are abusing the land, its animals, and anyone else who gets in their way

Attacking Macs with chopsticks

Yoshi's brings Japanese sensibilities to an American dining habit

Buzz

A strange goodbye

Odd sights--and musings--at Mickey Mantle's funeral

Little Italy

San Remo, Plano's neighborhood Italian restaurant, is a nice place