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Counter culture: Where to find Dallas’ best old-school diners
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Counter culture: Where to find Dallas’ best old-school diners

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A Dallas bar was officially one of the nation's top World Cup hotspots
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A Dallas bar was officially one of the nation’s top World Cup hotspots

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Chicken feet, chocolate cake and big ambition: inside Walkers’ on Lower Greenville

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A NYC-inspired, 35-seat cocktail bar headed to The Star in Frisco
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A NYC-inspired, 35-seat cocktail bar headed to The Star in Frisco

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First Look: Texano Cocina on Lemmon fills big shoes

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Kevin Kelley’s Deep Ellum concept, KANVAS, to close this weekend
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Kevin Kelley’s Deep Ellum concept, KANVAS, to close this weekend

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4 North Texas spots, 2 in Dallas, named best hotel restaurants in U.S.
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4 North Texas spots, 2 in Dallas, named best hotel restaurants in U.S.

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Inside Dallas’ next hot spot with the mind behind The Charles and El Carlos Elegante

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Gourmet Italian market closes downtown Dallas location
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Gourmet Italian market closes downtown Dallas location

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Exploding diarrhea: We ask a leading Texas scientist how worried you should be

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A moveable feast: With a new campus on the horizon, Cafe Momentum elevates
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A moveable feast: With a new campus on the horizon, Cafe Momentum elevates

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This new Canadian dessert cafe is putting America’s over-the-top desserts to shame
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This new Canadian dessert cafe is putting America’s over-the-top desserts to shame

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Detroit X Manhattan: Thunderbird Pies expands with NY slices and smashburgers

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The 12 best pubs in Dallas for fish and chips, dark beer and soccer

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Sketches of Spain to close July 19, but a new wild (detectives) chapter is being inked
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Sketches of Spain to close July 19, but a new wild (detectives) chapter is being inked

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Fortune House coming soon to Preston Hollow Village

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Four White Rhino cafe managers fired after objecting to drastic new uniform policy
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Four White Rhino cafe managers fired after objecting to drastic new uniform policy

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June was a feeding frenzy for new Dallas restaurant openings

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