Cooper’s, a longtime San Antonio meat market, has opened next to Cox Farms, an organic market in Sylvan Thirty in West Dallas. But this isn’t just a meat shop — it’s also a steakhouse and bar. Owners Michael Johnson and Victoria Berezina brought in chef Kenny Mills (Capital Grille, Sullivan’s Steakhouse) to…
In the burger capital of the U.S. of A. — at least that’s how it feels some days — there’s always a new burger around the bend. If you’re looking to try something you haven’t had before, check out one of these: Sky Rocket’s triple cheeseburger There are only four…
Iron Fork, the Dallas Observer’s annual food event celebrating some of the city’s best food and drink, is just a week away. It has one of the best restaurant lineups ever, and there’s an even better reason not to miss this year: For the first time ever, two badass female…
When Aunt Stelle’s Sno-Cones didn’t open for the season last summer, Oak Cliff was despondent. The neighborhood snow cone shop’s annual opening, on the last weekend of every April, had long been considered the unofficial start to summer ever since Aunt Stelle’s first opened in 1962. Last summer, opening day…
Somewhere along the way, what started as a jokey counterculture half-holiday for stoners has become a mainstream, commercialized faux-holiday in the vein of the now-ubiqitous national ____ days. Just as we see restaurants creating specials and hosting events for National Macaron Day or Pi Day on March 14, brands are cashing…
Sixty Vines, the airy, modern Plano restaurant serving delightful Italian dishes with more than 40 wines on tap, is opening a gorgeous new restaurant at 5 p.m. Monday in the Crescent. Via a press release: It will feature an indoor/outdoor design that feels fresh, lush, and purposeful. Naturally placed grape…
Looking for somewhere new to grab a bite, a cup of coffee or a waffle handed to you through a fancy downtown hotel waffle window? Here are four new spots to put on your radar: Smithy The team from the Woolworth just opened this trendy new Henderson Avenue spot with…
In this week’s roundup of Dallas food news, the Real Housewives of Dallas go out to eat (can you guess where?) and a purveyor of 2-pound Rice Krispies treats comes to Victory park: Victory Park has announced two sweet new concepts opening in 2018: Popbar, “famous for its handmade gelato-on-a-stick…
We’re less than two weeks away from one of the biggest Dallas food events of the year: Iron Fork, which pairs unlimited food samples from dozens of Dallas’ best restaurants with ample booze and a live cooking challenge that pits two Dallas chefs against one another in front of a…
When WhiteROC Hospitality Group announced its intention to open a restaurant called Pl8 Bistro and Gallery at Routh Street and McKinney Avenue in Uptown, it did so with the world’s most bizarre press release. The new restaurant planned to showcase Dallas artists in a space “featuring a bright, inviting ambiance and restaurant-forward concept.”…
Last night, the team behind the Woolworth in downtown Dallas opened Smithy, a new restaurant on Henderson Avenue. What is Smithy, exactly? Much like just about every restaurant opening right now, its mission statement is ambiguous but filled with trendy buzzwords like “shareable,” “crafted” and “progressive.” Its name comes from…
The Adolphus is nearing the end of its two-year renovation, and this week, the downtown hotel is opening its latest new concept: Otto’s Coffee & Fine Foods, a “Viennese-inspired café” in partnership with Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters that “will present a unique-to-market concept for European-inspired coffee and fine foods,” according to…
This weekend, Fort Worth got a new bistro, bowling alley and bocce bar when Pinstripes opened Saturday at the Shops at Clearfork. Described in press materials as “an upscale dining and entertainment concept that combines made-from-scratch dishes, a carefully curated wine list and a rotating menu of craft beers with opportunities…
Maybe you’re on the Meatless Monday train, or perhaps you haven’t had pork since the ’90s. Maybe you’re just feeling a bit too overindulged lately and could use a few extra vegetables in your diet. Either way, plant-based vegetarian and vegan restaurants are proliferating across North Texas, so it’s easier…
In this week’s roundup of DFW food news, a popular limited-hours barbecue joint switches things up a little, and Uptown gets a taco swap. Changes are brewing at Cattleack BBQ, but don’t get too excited: It’s still open only on Thursdays and Fridays (save for the whole hog day the…
The stretch of Cedar Springs between the Dallas North Tollway and Oak Lawn Avenue — known colloquially as the Strip or Dallas’ robust gayborhood filled with LGBT-owned and LGBT-friendly businesses — is about to get a new but familiar taco spot: Taqueria La Ventana. The fast-casual local taco joint opens…
Dallas might not exactly come to mind when you think of elaborate, over-the-top cakes, but after this new Food Network show airs, maybe it will be. Dallas Cakes, which premieres at 9:30 p.m. April 30, follows “the best Dallas-area bakers as they transform their clientele’s wildest imaginations into extraordinary customized…
We’re just a couple of weeks away from Iron Fork, the annual Dallas Observer food event that brings together some of Dallas’ best restaurants for a night of food and drink sampling coupled with a live cooking competition. From 7-10 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, Centennial Hall at Fair Park will…
With developments like Legacy West in Plano and The Star in Frisco, there’s a lot happening north of Dallas proper these days. If you’re looking to try someplace new north of the Wall (aka Interstate 635), here are a few restaurants to check out. Union Bear Brewing 5880 State Highway…
It was, unequivocally, one of the best parts of childhood: waking up early while the house was still quiet and pouring a massive bowl of sugary cereal while watching Saturday morning cartoons. Maybe it was the epic cartoons (whatever happened to Captain Planet?) or maybe it was just the sugar,…
In this week’s food news round-up, we see a lot more coming to the Dallas suburbs: Plano has a new brewery and restaurant: Union Bear Brewing at The Boardwalk in Granite Park (5880 State Highway 121), owned by {33} Restaurant Group, which also owns Cadillac Pizza Pub in McKinney, Taverna…
Shell Shack, the flagship Uptown seafood joint that opened in 2013, later spawning five other locations, is moving to Henderson Avenue, according to a press release. The restaurant is taking over the space formerly occupied by the short-lived Mellow Mushroom, “which means more interior seating, a patio and a bigger…
