Stoneleigh Hotel

Gloria, I Think I Got Your Number

The Overserved Looks Back at Dallas After Dark in 2012

I used to have a neighbor who would refer to me as Night Queen. Sitting outside on a shared porch area, he'd see me arrive home after work, settle into my place for dinner or some such activity, and emerge hours later to go see what everyone was up to. He'd remark on my consistency. I took offense a ... More >>

Spoon Bar & Kitchen Opens, Il Cane Rosso Announces a Second Location and More From November

While a handful of restaurants popped up in the DFW area last month, November wasn't nearly as busy as October for restaurant openings and closings. Read on for the full list and be sure to share tips about new and/or dead restaurants in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Spo ... More >>

New Chic Texas Restaurant, T/X at the Stoneleigh, is Now Open (Photos)

Bolla at the Stoneleigh Hotel has been replaced with T/X, a chic Texas-inspired restaurant and bar. The menu is upscale on-the-range, sort of like wearing Wranglers and a white button down with pearl snaps, with a pair of ostrich skin boots. All with lots of starch. Some headliners include lobster ... More >>

With One Set to Expire and Another Almost Tapped Out, What's Next for Downtown's TIFs?

Since its inception in 1996, the City Center TIF has captured property taxes from that neighborhood and flowed them back into downtown projects -- nearly $59 million for projects like the Joule Hotel and Republic Tower. Its neighbor, the Downtown Connection TIF, was established in 2005 and has poure ... More >>

Penthouse Pets: Going to Church at the Stoneleigh Hotel

"If you are here tonight, it's because you know somebody. You came here with a friend. And don't go put this on Facebook, don't Instagram this. Just put your phone away and have a good time." A trip to The Stoneleigh Hotel is always a pleasure. The art deco grandeur has been fully restored, thanks ... More >>

All Objections Overruled in Advance

Wait: Isn't Every Week Cocktail Week?

Texas Craft Cocktail Event Coming to Dallas

Attention all bourbon enthusiasts, gin guzzlers, Manhattan drinkers and budding mixologists: a massive four-day craft cocktails event is coming to Dallas June 14 through June 17; The brainchild of local booze magicians Brian McCullough (Smoke, The Standard Pour) and Nico Ponce (The Chesterfield), th ... More >>

Oak Chef Jason Maddy on Starting at McDonald's, Tiny New York Kitchens, and More

Jason Maddy is the executive chef at the recently opened Oak in the Design District. Maddy grew up in Austin and, after attending culinary school in New York, worked at David Bouley's Danube, then the Driskill in Austin. A few years ago he was recruited by John Tesar to work at the Mansion, where he ... More >>

Nachos and Baseball at the Stoneleigh P

The Stoneleigh P's red neon sign serves as a beacon for those driving by. It also casts half the ambient light inside the bar, echoed in the burgundy painted walls. The televisions show the baseball game but not many are watching; the jukebox is filling the space with a mix of '70s pop. Two cooks ... More >>

Easter Brunch, a Perfect Relief to Your Holy Saturday Hangover

Be sure to wear your Easter bonnet to brunch, like this guy.​Easter is one of the most gluttonous holidays of the year, a time for families to come together and feast on candy, casseroles and cute baby animals. Consequently, Easter brunch is one of the most popular brunches. Who has time to co ... More >>

The 10 Best Christmas Dinners

Avoid a holiday dinner disaster by dining out.​Sometimes it's better to leave the cooking to someone else, and we can't think of a better day to stay out of the kitchen than December 25. It used to be hard to find anywhere open besides the neighborhood Chinese joint, but times have changed. ... More >>

Man Behind Stoneleigh Redo Pulls the Trigger on Resurrecting Mineral Wells's Baker Hotel

Flickr user: sidehike​My former Dallas Times Herald colleague, Helen Bryant Anders, writes this morning that Jeff Trigger -- former managing director at the Adolphus and The Mansion on Turtle Creek, and the man responsible for the Stoneleigh Hotel's extreme makeover -- is about to save the mighty ... More >>

It's All Bull at Bolla

Courtesy of Bolla​If you've ever been intrigued by the quirky styling of Art Deco design or the mish-mashed patterns of reclaimed design, this place ought to tickle your fancy. Bold, bright and stylish, Bolla in the Stoneleigh Hotel and Spa is a gleaming example of eclectic construction. The rest ... More >>

Buzz: Guess which Dallas City Council member is looking all establishment now?

Hunt Uses Low Voting Success to Rally Supporters at Post-Inauguration Lunch

Sam MertenAfter this morning's city council inauguration, Angela Hunt celebrated her third term with a lunch at the Stoneleigh Hotel, where approximately 100 invited guests watched her open a copy of today's Dallas Morning News. She read from Dave Levinthal's article about the council members' voti ... More >>

The Convention Center Hotel Vote is Not Just About a Building. It’s About a Mayor.

Echoes and Reverberations: The Trouble With Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Bull Ring

Decadence, Thy Name is Stoneleigh

Honoring What's Left of Dallas' Past

Dallas Likes It Expensive and Often

Headache Hotel and Other Dallas City Council SUPs and WTFs

Stoneleigh Finally Makes it Official: The Grand Re-Opening Will Be March 3

The Stoneleigh's Secrets

Who Needs the Ritz When the Stoneleigh's Weeks Away From Its Reopening?

The Lions Sleep Tonight at the Stoneleigh Hotel

An Iron Chef Moves to the Stoneleigh

A Sneak Peek at the "New" Stoneleigh

Over the Top

The Women's Museum honors Draper's decadent design

Robert Altman: "Hollywood Will Want Me When I Die."

Stoneleigh Gets a New Boss

Hotel Taxed

Bottle Tops

Who are the best bartenders in Dallas?

New Year's Eve Guide

Don't be caught at home when 2002 arrives

The Whole Boot

Eccolo rises from the asphalt

Hash Over

Metro D

Playing Chicken

Come boom or bust Dallasites gotta eat--out, that is

Hash Over

Tarantino is still looking; Toscana reincarnated?; Mignon to finally open

Spanish inquisition

No one expects the food to be so poor at the Stoneleigh Hotel's new Seville

Night & Day

May 13-19, 1999

Events for the week

Holiday Highlights

Events for the week

Video downs

Grand Prairie's horseless Lone Star Park offers the seedy side of the sport of kings

Ja, das is country punk

The old world discovers the Old 97's

Sex and city hall

How strip bars have their way with the Dallas city council