On Tom Spicer’s little patch of land in East Dallas, Spicer’s Spiceman 1410 has been providing local produce to all of Dallas’ best restaurants for years, and also operated a small retail shop in a space adjacent to Jimmy’s Food Store. If you’ve ever had that especially spicy arugula or…
This time of year, you’re either deeply enamored with all the holiday music and Christmas lights, or trying to figure out how to put your head in a vise so it will all just go away. If you fall into the latter camp, finding something to do during the holiday…
The holiday season is 65 percent about desserts, or it should be. There are pies, trifles, bars and cookies to choose from, but most importantly, there are cakes. Your mom is probably busy making her famous lemon bars or chocolate chip cookies, but the bakers at Dallas’ Frosted Art Bakery…
Chef Michael Ehlert is a pretty simple guy. Even though the food he’s cooking at Front Room Tavern is rapidly becoming some of the most refined in the city, that doesn’t mean he’s dining on foie gras and steaks every night. Even chefs occasionally need a break from all that…
Ms. Lauryn Hill South Side Ballroom, Dallas Wednesday, December 10, 2014 Going into last night’s show at South Side Ballroom, no one had any clue what to expect from Ms. Lauryn Hill. There’s no denying HIll’s place as one of the most formative female R&B and hip-hop artists in history,…
I have an almost magnetic attraction to dishes and drinks that are fussy. Call it a natural predisposition toward being high-maintenance. If it requires some kind of complicated technique or a bunch of painstaking work to make it happen, I want to try it. Unfortunately, because the things that are…
If you think about it, the holidays are at least a little trashy. Unless you grew up in some fancy household where Christmas dinner is actually served on China and you’re expected to wear non-stretchy pants, you’re probably going to be spending the time leading up to December 25 fighting…
The craft brewery explosion across the country is the unlikeliest of events, especially in Texas. Ten years ago, no one would have thought that the entire state of Texas — least of all Dallas-Fort Worth — would be home to some of the country’s finest craft brewers, but here we…
We are officially well into Dallas’ renaissance as a destination for excellent food. Still, there are very few restaurants that meet the only star system in town’s criteria for four stars, and a five-star rating is even more rare. Amidst the chefs versus critic debacle that has dominated the food…
Since debuting five years ago, 91.7 FM KKXT has been one of the city’s most contentious radio stations. For in-the-know music snobs, the station wasn’t “indie” enough. For middle-of-the-road music listeners, KXT was playing too much weird shit. But then we all remembered what our garbage commercial radio alternatives were,…
The renaissance of craft cocktails has meant some really wonderful things for those of us who enjoy fancy dranks. Infusions, foams and modern mixology techniques are all over bar menus across Dallas, bringing to an end an era of sickeningly-sweet “martinis” and boring “trendy” cocktails that never seemed to be…
Holiday music is easily one of the best parts of the season. Even if you haven’t darkened the door of a church in decades, there’s still something stirring about those old Christmas carols that you grew up on. You know that you still get a little teary-eyed whenever “Little Drummer…
If you thought celebrated Dallas chef Stephan Pyles was losing his touch after over two decades of success, he blew your mind with the opening of his popular and critically praised South American restaurant San Salvaje. Now, Pyles looks to the other hemisphere of the planet for inspiration for his…
I know nothing about sherry, except that it got that guy in Edgar Allan Poe’s The Cask of Amontillado in some serious trouble. As such, I don’t make a habit of ordering it on its own, or choosing a cocktail with sherry as the main ingredient. But thanks to the…
Finding good Cajun food in Dallas isn’t exactly easy, but Charlie McGuinness and the folks behind Greenville Avenue institution Dodie’s have always been known for serving reliably solid Cajun dishes, especially those of the deep-fried variety. Now, though, McGuinness has set his sights on a more upscale clientele with his…
Usually, if Chick-fil-A is in the news, it’s because its chief operating officer said something dumb, or because someone decided, wisely, to try to fill his bath with Polynesian Sauce. This time, though, the fried chicken chain is accused of something much weirder than a little draconian gay hate: giving…
It isn’t Christmas without good tunes, and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra is one of the best places to hear your favorite holiday songs. At this performance, you’ll hear all of your favorites performed by the Symphony’s talented musicians, alongside with songs from beloved holiday movies. A troupe of dancers joins…
Denton’s holiday festival is beloved by its residents, and for good reason. The annual Holiday Lighting event is practically a one-stop-shop for every holiday experience you could want. Santa will be on hand to take pictures with kids and immature adults, along with horse-drawn carriage rides around the town square,…
Even if you don’t really give a damn about the holiday season, you can still celebrate Festivus. Even better, you can celebrate Festivus with an evening of burlesque. Presented by Viva Dallas Burlesque, Festivus Follies promises an evening of great burlesque from some of the country’s best dancers, including Minneapolis’…
To be called a chef is to have earned respect in the culinary world — or at least that’s the way it used to be. Now, more and more people who have attended culinary school and cooked in a restaurant for a few years are champing at the bit to…
Just when you thought we were finally past the time where Chef John Tesar and Dallas Morning News food critic Leslie Brenner were at each other’s throats in the media, the story picks up steam from one of the country’s most respected journalistic institutions. Yesterday, the Washington Post’s Tim Carman…
Ten years ago, finding a good French macaron in Dallas was damn near impossible. In the last decade, though, bakeries across the city have been trying their flour-covered hands at the finicky French cookie, to mixed success. It’s hard to make a good macaron, but Bisous Bisous Patisserie cranks out…
