The arrival of Uchi in Dallas was perhaps one of the most highly-anticipated restaurant openings of the past year. Executive Chef Tyson Cole is renowned around the country for his unique and fresh approach to Japanese cuisine, and the James Beard Award winner has set his sights on building a…
Machismo is the ticket to a very successful country music career, and that’s the way that it’s always been. Despite myriad contributions from trailblazing female artists, it is always the men who are remembered, especially in country music. Just look at the reverence reserved for Hank Williams and Waylon Jennings,…
Travis Clancy’s studio, located in an off-the-beaten-path warehouse district in Plano, is a stunning combination of recording studio and tattoo shop. It looks nothing like the semi-sketchy shops where most of us got our first piece of art — the barbed wire wrapped around the arm or small butterfly on…
Madrina has been open for just a few weeks, but they’ve clearly worked out the kinks in short order. Dinner service at the Highland Park restaurant started in late September, and last week, Madrina announced they would begin opening their doors for lunch. If you work or live in the…
Halloween is coming up, but that doesn’t mean you should sit at home and work on your costume all week. Your idea to dress up as a zombie Caitlyn Jenner is decidedly terrible, and your brain would be much better served by spending a little time taking in some knowledge…
Since the current owners of the Dallas Farmers Market took over for the city in 2013, it’s undergone a pretty radical makeover. “Shed One,” which once housed Pecan Lodge and other eateries, has been razed along with “Shed Three,” the warehouse where wholesale produce vendors set up shop to sell…
As Southern side dishes go, there is none better than fried okra. Assuming you can get past the okra pod’s slippery, seedy insides, you’ve found yourself the perfect complement to barbecue, burgers, chicken fried steak — damn near anything you can think of. Unfortunately, most of the fried okra you’ll…
Garbage With Torres South Side Ballroom, Dallas Thursday, October 15, 2015 Nostalgia is a funny thing. Often, when you look back at the things that you enjoyed as a kid when you’re an adult, you’ll notice that they just aren’t the same. Like the radioactive orange powdered cheese that coated…
If there’s one thing Dallas needs, it’s not another burger joint or barbecue spot. As we’ve lamented plenty of times here, our city could use more culinary diversity and global flavor. Fortunately, Monkey King Noodle Co. will be bringing their unique brand of Asian noodles, soups, and dumplings to —…
We’ve extolled the virtures of the Korean spa plenty of times before, so there’s really no need to rehash the fact that they are the most budget-friendly way to deeply relax in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area. King Spa is one of our favorites, but its not-too-far-away neighbor Spa Castle…
There’s no such thing as too much of a good thing, and that’s especially true when it comes to barbecue. For too long, in the pre-Pecan Lodge era, Dallas was a wasteland of inferior smoked meats, but we have made major strides in the last few years. There are now…
You’ve probably already heard from every music media outlet on the planet that Dallas’ own patron saint of indie-pop, St. Vincent, aka Annie Clark, made an appearance back in her hometown last week. She wasn’t playing an intimate show or recording an album — she was at Resident Taqueria serving…
These days, our likes are used to determine our dating partners, direct millions of advertising dollars into our Facebook feeds, and perhaps most important, show off just how cool we are. When it comes to cocktails, what you order when you belly up to the bar says a lot about…
Sometimes, not much seems to being going on in Dallas. Whether that’s because of our general proclivity toward staying in comfortable bubbles or a lack of good public relations, it’s easy to feel like the only thing to do is spend yet another weekend at the mall or in a…
The bar at On Premise seems like a study in contradictions. The “steampunk” aesthetic, created by minimalist decor, the presence of metal gears and exposed filament lighting, is broken up by shiny, faux-gator banquettes. The crowd is equally disparate, ranging from dining families to drunk people who’ve just caught their…
This time of year, pretty much anyone with any taste in music is looking toward Austin. If you consider yourself a true music nerd, you’re probably still recovering from the first weekend of Austin City Limits, arguably the city’s best music festival. No doubt, there is some thrill in seeing…
You would think that spring would be chef’s favorite season, and why wouldn’t it be? Fresh summer produce like watermelon, tomatoes, and okra offer a multitude of culinary opportunities. But don’t be too quick to denounce fall just yet. Many of Dallas’ best chefs are really excited about what the…
Now that it’s October, things are probably about to get really insane. For whatever reason, the last few months of the year just seem to go by much more quickly than those long, dragging summer months. Perhaps it has something to do with just how busy we are this time…
As the indisputable king of country music, George Strait is still riding high after his farewell to life on the road in the summer of 2014 in Dallas. The show at AT&T Stadium was sort of the end of an era, twenty-plus years of Strait selling out stadiums across the…
As much as we’re happy for summer to be on its way to a close — finally and thank God — the flavors of summer are something we seek year-round. We purchase mealy, mushy imposters that pretend to be tomatoes in December, sit on patios when it’s too damn cold,…
Going to prison isn’t usually the best start for a bright future. Mass incarceration has resulted in hundreds of thousands of non-violent drug offenders that crowd jails and lack access to basic services that could lead to rehabilitation. But for Brooke Humphries, prison was, in fact, a blessing in disguise…
They say if you don’t like the weather in Texas, just wait five minutes — it’ll change. For the past year or so, the same could certainly be said for Front Room Tavern, the swanky restaurant inside Highland Park’s equally-swanky Hotel Lumen. This place has seen a name change, a…
