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Welcome to Little Big D, Where You Can Still Know Everyone

Those end of the weekend blues. As the sun sets on a Sunday night, a Super Bowl Sunday in this case, you take inventory of your successes and failures at the 48 hours of free time you may have been granted this week. Maybe there was a birthday, or a nice dinner or some other landmark that must be no ... More >>

Try Cook Hall for a Pregame Fill-up

There's not much reason to go there otherwise.

We Are Dallas Is Changing Hip-Hop Culture, One Party at a Time

It was the night before Christmas Eve, 2009, high atop the W Hotel on the balcony of Ghostbar. I was looking out at the beautiful Dallas skyline with Hector Pina, who had just started deejaying under the name Hot$hot for local rapper AnonymousCulture. It was cold out, and the temperature was droppin ... More >>

Cook Hall, Located in the W Hotel, is Now Open

Cook Hall, pegged as a modern "American gastropub" has taken over the space that once housed Tom Colicchio's Craft. The restaurant has been transformed from a formal dining room to a laid back-ish (let's keep in mind this is the W Hotel) gastropub. The space is steeped in rich woods, Edison bulbs d ... More >>

A Quickfire Interview with Bitchin' Kitchen's Nadia G.

To be quite honest, I've never been a huge fan of Bitchin' Kitchen. It's just that it's an assault on the senses. Loud, busy, with lots of costumes, oiled up half naked dudes and whatnot. It's too much. If you haven't heard of Bitchin' Kitchen, it's a show on The Cooking Channel (AKA The Other Food ... More >>

Where To Party During This Weekend's State Fair Classic

It is upon us: Fair season. Thirty days of fried food, weird crafts, blue-ribbon jams and petting zoos. The people watching, square dancing and pig racing are in full bloom in Fair Park, but as we hit October, Dallas will also prep for two of the biggest college football weekends our little village ... More >>

Bowery Opens, Screen Door Closes and More From a Very Busy July

Another very busy month has come and gone, and with it several Dallas restaurants have opened while others have closed their doors for good. Read on for the full list and be sure to share tips about restaurant openings or closings in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Opening ... More >>

Wade Hampton Dishes The ISH

See also: Wade Hampton partners with It'll Do We received word on Tuesday that Ghostbar, the ultra lounge perched on the 33rd floor of the W Hotel, is closing. We also learned the club's Director of Marketing and Music, Wade Randolph Hampton, is joining forces with party purveyor Brooke Humphries, ... More >>

Pide Bread, Haute Dogs And Bastardized Flatulence: This Week In Dallas Dining

As we prepare for Taste of Dallas' opportunities for extreme gluttony, lets first look back on the week in Dallas' Dining scene. Then it's time to grab some kebab at Fair Park. This week I reviewed Pera Turkish Kitchen, a small suburban restaurant devoted to Middle Eastern cuisine with a really goo ... More >>

Tax Breaks for AAC Worked So Well the First Time, Let's Do More!

Searching for Consistency and a Better Playlist at Craft, The Subject of This Week's Review

​I've been alluding for a while now to a restaurant whose play list rubbed me the wrong way. Turns out the mystery restaurant with the incongruous soundtrack is Craft Dallas, whose music selection is completely uncomplimentary to the scene it's trying to set. The restaurant's manager would do ... More >>

Competitive eater “Nasty” Nate Biller chases the dream of athletic glory, one distended stomach at a time.

Craft's Jeff Harris on East Texas Barbecue
And The Delights of the Offal

Photo by Robert BostickCraft's Jeff Harris​(Yesterday, we brought you a profile of Jeff Harris, executive chef at Craft in the W Hotel. Today, we throw a few questions at the chef and tomorrow bring you a how-to on one of the restaurant's dishes.) CofA: What is your ideal meal? Harris: Somet ... More >>

Craft Dallas Cooks Up Sweet Deal
For Hungry Theatergoers

All the people who left these tables at Craft empty during lunch are missing out on a great meal.​Slow biz and showbiz make for a good dining deal at Craft Dallas at the W Hotel in Victory Park right now. With dinner service falling off during summer doldrums, the restaurant is offering a spec ... More >>

The Top 10 Best Looking Dining Rooms in Dallas

In the Villa O dining room​Pairing upscale design with fine dining is as natural as having a little sushi with your sake. But there are many ways to describe the handsome restaurants in the city, from ornate and ostentatious to clever and contemporary--and here we've included far more of the latte ... More >>

Prepare To Be Amazed As Mind Reader David Magee Freaks Out Dallas Cowboys and Other Local Sports Celebs With His Mental Skills

10 Questions: Jeff Harris of Craft

Harris is so new, the restaurant website still lists Zappola as chef. So here's the interior, instead.When chef Anthony Zappola left for Craft in Los Angeles, the restaurant promoted Harris to the top spot.Formerly sous chef in Tom Colicchio's Dallas outpost, Harris arrived from Craft New York ... More >>

N9NE and Out: After Months of Debate, the Pricey Steakhouse in Victory Park Figured It Had "Contributed Enough"

Sara KerensJust had a lengthy talk with Wade Hampton, marketing director for N9NE, who does confirm the bad news: The steakhouse in Victory Park is no more. And, he says, there is no single reason for its shuttering last night. "I think that you could probably come up with a pretty lengthy list of r ... More >>

Port Whine: Delays on Inland Port Part of Familiar Pattern

On a clear day, you can see why development in southern Dallas has been screwed forever

Dallas' Inland Port of Gall

Old boys act like a bunch of hicks over the inland port that could mean progress in South Dallas

Why is Mayor Leppert Putting the Brakes on Dallas' Inland Port Future?

The Perots have solid business reasons to slow down Dallas' inland port. But why is our mayor helping them?

Seeing a Ghost

Yeah, Grandmaster Flash graced the ones and twos at Ghostbar this weekend. But who cares? The people there didn't seem to.

Wait, Even the Trinity Project Model Isn't Done Yet? And It Took Two Years?

Keep Hope Aloft: Digging Under Larry Hamilton's New Downtown Hotel

Entering Its Second Year, AFI Dallas Avoids the Sophomore Slump

Giving Joyce Foreman a Break

The Museum of Nature's Mayne Man

$30,000 Millionaires: Douchebags in the Mist

Venturing into the Dallas jungle in search of the elusive $30,000 millionaire: Is he myth or fact?

Rangers Redux

Desperate for an assist from Dallas, the Rangers implement yet another rebuilding plan

Kiss Me, Katie

Fairy tales can come true. Why, they can even win you an award from Dallas' less-than-vigilant press club.

Morph Dork

Time for another nip and tuck at Vue

Cassel's Pyles-ing it on, Undercover-Style

The Day Bill Paxton Saw John F. Kennedy

What a VIP Off

A night at the Ghostbar is just like Hollywood, without the celebrities or fun

Dan Aykroyd Came to Town, Poured Some Concrete, Left. But He'll Be Back With...Jim Belushi.

Bones to Pick

Is the 2006 invasion of culinary foreigners killing off our local character?

From Fired to Really Hired: The Mayor Explains the DHA Mess

Vic's Fix

Old classic reborn in new hotel

That's a Wrap

Meet the new 800-pound gorilla of Dallas film festivals

AFI Can't Believe It's Not Deep Ellum

Hotels Not Taxing Dallas

The Arts Behind Craft

Freaky Number

Thirteen at dinner

Starck Club Redux, Without All the Coke

Is Screwing Hip?

We twist open 2005 for a nip. Is this a sign of things to come?

Dining Tyranny

Are we choosing ourselves crazy?

The Living End

After two decades, the West End is a pale shadow of its former self. Will it rise again?

The Thing That Ate Downtown

Downtown’s real estate barons are terrified that Perot-Hicks’ slick Victory project could wreak havoc on their own tax-funded plans to fix the city’s core