This summer’s sale of Whole Foods to Amazon hasn’t really lowered our yuppie grocery bill by much, but there is one upside: This week, Amazon launched a free two-hour grocery delivery service through Prime Now, available to Amazon Prime members in Austin, Cincinnati, Virginia Beach and, yes, Dallas. Added bonus:…
In this week’s DFW food news roundup, a famous chef opens a famous restaurant — but not in Dallas proper — and two local restaurants reopen: The big news in Dallas food this week: Michelin-starred chef José Andrés, famous for his above-and-beyond humanitarian work during Hurricane Maria, has opened his new…
In December, we broke the big news: Dallas is about to get its first festival dedicated to the humble slider sandwich. Between the Buns will take over Dallas Farmers Market from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, March 24, with unlimited slider samples and ample booze for purchase. Now, we have an idea…
In the last few months, Oak Cliff dive bar Tradewinds Social Club has become a haven for DIY shows and quirky one-off food pop-ups. This weekend, the bar is hosting a pop-up with an added bonus: voter registration. Feb. 5 is the voter registration deadline for the upcoming Texas primaries,…
In this week’s food news round-up, a local taqueria expands, British pub food comes to Richardson and more: The former Cafe Brasil on Cedar Springs is about to get new life as the fifth location of taco franchise Taqueria La Ventana, “an authentic Mexico City taqueria designed with eclectic, funky…
Top Knot — the casual little sister above upscale sushi restaurant Uchi — never quite hit with Dallas crowds. Its monthly Uncommon Ramen series flooded the restaurant with diners looking to eat noodles from big-name chefs such as Stephan Pyles and Franklin Barbecue’s Aaron Franklin, but the restaurant never seemed…
If there’s anything we’ve learned from the Museum of Ice Cream or the wild success of Yayoi Kusama’s infinity room at the Dallas Museum of Art, it’s that Instagram is forever altering the landscape of installation art. The gift-shop-inclusive, severely curated “experience” has become a major draw for the 18-35 set…
West Village poke joint Pok the Raw Bar is launching a new $24, 30-minute, eight-course omakase at its “raw bar,” a small counter in the restaurant where you can skip the poke bowls and opt instead for an array of sushi — six pieces of nigiri and two hand rolls,…
Junction Craft Kitchen in Deep Ellum has a reputation for being one of the city’s most daring restaurants. Much of that daring comes from necessity — without a freezer or a walk-in, chef Joshua Harmon was forced to use methods like fermentation to make the best use of his tiny…
One of Dallas’ favorite ramen spots is opening a new ramen concept: Piranha Killer Ramen, which begins soft-open soon in Arlington, according to a Facebook post. The new restaurant is taking over the space formerly occupied by Piranha Killer Sushi, which closed in October. “Our goal is to bring a cozy…
Downtown Dallas got a new burger joint yesterday when Village Burger Bar opened a new location near the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. The new restaurant off Woodall Rogers Freeway is the local franchise’s fourth location. Firebird Restaurant Group, which owns the concept, has other burger joints in West…
After 14 years on McKinney Avenue, Idle Rich Pub is closing after service Tuesday, Jan. 23, according to a Facebook post. The bar is closing because its lease is up, owner Feargal McKinney says. “I have had 14 great years at the Idle, met many new friends and invaluable employees,”…
In this week’s Dallas-area food news roundup, there are big shakeups at both an Uptown cocktail bar and a Frisco barbecue joint, and a new “restaurant lounge” opens on Cedar Springs: Big changes at an Uptown mainstay: Local veteran Eddie “Lucky” Campbell bought out the owners of the Standard Pour,…
Musume, the forthcoming Asian-fusion restaurant opening in the Arts District, has set an open date: Wednesday, Jan. 24. Under executive chef Ken Lumpkin, the restaurant will focus on “world-class sushi and contemporary Asian fusion cuisine” and boasts the “largest selection of sake in Texas … with more than 100 labels, as…
Crudo Italian, which started in Plano before it was sold, is resurrecting this week in a new location: Preston Center. Chef and partner Javier Perez will helm the new restaurant, which opens Jan. 19 for lunch, dinner and weekend brunch. The menu focuses “on handmade artisan pastas and gnocchi, the best…
Dallas seems to be digging grilled cheese. In November, Melted opened in the Cedars, bringing with it a local-beer-centric bar and both classic and fancified grilled cheese sandwiches like the That’s All Folks ($11.95), made with pulled pork, ham, mustard, Swiss and pickles on hefty griddled sourdough. Yesterday, on the third…
From 1986 to 2004, a restaurant called Beau Nash served upscale New American cuisine to moneyed socialites and hotel guests at the Crescent Hotel in Uptown. It closed in 2005 and was replaced by sushi spot Nobu and was reincarnated in 2007 as a short-lived restaurant called Beau. Beau Nash is…
Big news today from restaurateur Tyson Cole and his Hai Hospitality group: Top Knot, the casual little sister to upscale sushi spot Uchi, is closing Jan. 14 and re-opening on Jan. 31 as Uchiba, according to a press release. The new concept will be more bar-focused than its predecessor Top…
In the last two years, Lower Greenville — particularly Lowest Greenville, with its high concentration of food and drink destinations — has seen a number of high-profile restaurant closures. Clark Food & Wine, C’Viche and Remedy closed in 2016, with some owners citing heavy construction and parking issues as factors…
In this week’s food news round-up, Katy Trail Ice House vows to make improvements to a corner of Uptown, a “culinary incubator” opens with shared commercial space and ample capital, and Toyota Music Factory announces seven more restaurants slated to open there this year: At a Wednesday meeting, the Dallas…
A few weeks back, we shared the life-changing news that Dallas was about to get its first slider festival: Between the Buns, an afternoon dedicated to everyone’s favorite tiny sandwiches. From 4-7 p.m. on Saturday, March 24, the Dallas Farmers Market will be overtaken by these tiny sandwiches, and attendees…
Chef Joshua Harmon knows his audience. A few weeks after launching a late-night bao cart in front of his trailblazing Deep Ellum restaurant Junction, Harmon is switching things up with a late-hours menu and a speakeasy that pays homage to the neighborhood’s blues history. Starting at 8 p.m. tonight, Junction…
