Last year was the year of the Great Suburban Migration in the Dallas restaurant scene. Some of the city’s finest dining institutions, like Tim Byres’ Smoke, set their sights on the rapidly growing suburbs that surround Dallas and Fort Worth. Plano was an especially popular destination last year, but it…
Update: This may not be true! But it also may be! Original post: In this week’s “WTF” news, Chef John Tesar may have an interesting new job. Just weeks after it was announced that Tesar would be opening an Italian concept called Fork and shuttering his seafood restaurant Spoon, Leslie…
It doesn’t take anything more than a few people, a couple of instruments, and a little inspiration to put a band together. Usually, though, there is some vision, some guiding force like a genre or message that compels musicians to get together and start making music. In the case of…
The explosion of growth that Greenville Avenue is having when it comes to quality restaurants is really unprecedented. The once neglected street has transformed into a culinary hub, thanks in large part to enterprising and independent chefs with a good eye for the next big thing. One of those chefs…
After five years of marauding around Dallas and hosting some of the city’s best underground dinners, Chef David Anthony Temple is finally getting a permanent home. David Anthony Temple, known to his loyal diners as Chef DAT, will soon begin showcasing his Louisiana-influenced cusine at Twenty-Seven, a new fine-dining concept…
Since last Wednesday, I have been punishing my liver with every cocktail known to man in the name of journalism. The annual San Antonio Cocktail Conference, which showcases the work of mixologists throughout the Southwest, is not for the weak of spirit or alcohol tolerance. There is booze everywhere. Barmen…
It’s January, and even though the weather has been nice, it’s still pretty terrible to think about the fact that we have cold, hard months of winter and work before it’s time to sit on patios with margaritas. Dallasites aren’t at their best when it’s cold outside, and if previous…
Downtown Dallas is notorious when it comes to quality restaurants, or at least it used to be. The introduction of CBD Provisions, San Salvaje and other excellent establishments indicate that the neighborhood is changing, but there are still many gaps to be filled in the area’s dining scene. Soon, though,…
Since opening her shop last year, Kate Weiser has rapidly made a name for herself as one of the city’s most creative chocolatiers. After cutting her teeth at Chocolate Secrets, Weiser opened her Trinity Groves shop before most of us have even paid off our student loans. Now, the rest…
The mystique of Truman Capote has only grown since his death in 1984. In Jay Presson Allen’s Tru, a one-man show about the writer’s enduring loneliness, Jaston Williams plays Capote as he “muses about his checkered career,” while soothing his wounds with vodka, pills and, of course, chocolate truffles. Williams…
When 102.1 FM The Edge killed Mark Schectman’s The Local Edge radio show last August, it left a gaping hole in the Dallas radio landscape. Suddenly the one show that focused entirely on showcasing local talent was gone, and without any explanation. Sure, there’s the excellent Paul Slavens Show over…
The interior of Clark Food & Wine does not appeal to my bohemian sensibilities. It is too clean, too organized, and a place that I am likely to get kicked out of for swearing too loudly after several cocktails. Bars, in my estimation, are not intended to be neat and…
There is no one sandwich that reigns supreme in Dallas, something that just isn’t true of other cities. As such, our fair city has played host to a variety of sandwich concepts that have attempted to elevate the ham sandwich you eat for lunch every third day. Some have been…
Getting drunk is great, but it can always be greater. Whether it’s finally remembering to drink that last glass of water before bed or endless tweaking until you finally get that perfect gin pour, we’re always searching for ways to make getting hammered even more refined. At next week’s Social…
Keeping up with what’s going on in the always-busy Dallas arts scene is tough, especially if you don’t exactly have the cash to shell out $40 or $60 for an occasionally mediocre performance. The perception that taking in good art is expensive is pervasive, and it keeps many of use…
The Dallas barbecue scene is finally approaching something that matches the rest of the state’s smoked meat offerings, and that means more and more barbecue joints opening up in addition to the old stalwarts of Pecan Lodge and Lockhart Smokehouse. Interestingly, the brains behind Company Cafe plan to bring a…
To the chagrin of many, no story dominated Dallas’ food coverage over the last few months than the trials and antics of Dallas Morning News food critic Leslie Brenner. 2014 was an exciting and controversial year for Brenner. She was kicked out of one restaurant, banned from reviewing others, and…
Craft cocktails are finally a thing in Dallas. The rest of the country has been drinking better than us for years, but we’re catching up. At least parts of the city are, anyway. You can’t throw a rock without hitting a craft cocktail bar on Henderson Ave, Lower Greenville or…
After years of lackluster barbecue, Dallas is finally home to some of the state’s finest barbecue joints. But as lines wind out the doors of Lockhart Smokehouse and Pecan Lodge, other barbecue restaurants are struggling to keep up with the rising cost of food, particularly the brisket that so many…
For some, the restaurant business is a passion that grew from their days as a pre-schooler, cooking alongside mom. The business was in their blood before they knew it, shaping their views on food, work and the world. For others, though, the calling to the nonstop insanity that is working…
Even though Kitchen LTO was established to be a constantly revolving “permanent pop-up,” the restaurant’s current chef will be keeping her job for at least another four months. Following a successful Facebook campaign to extend her stay, called #KeepBlythe, Chef Blythe Beck will continue cooking at Kitchen LTO through the…
At this point, the jokes about country music make themselves. There is nothing fresh or relevant about making fun of country music anymore, especially if you’re talking about the unfortunate bro-country subgenre. That doesn’t mean that we’ll stop making jokes about these inept and shirtless knuckle-draggers, but this is where…
