The great thing about good barbecue is that it can come from anywhere – some of North Texas’ best joints started as little more than a smoker in a trailer. If you’re looking for some killer barbecue with a small footprint, check out these tiny operations that pack big flavor…
The questions about El Corazon de Tejas’ future continue to fly as conflicting information swirls from all directions. After the Oak Cliff Advocate broke news last week that a developer had filed a replat for the land beneath the Oak Cliff Tex-Mex mainstay, City Councilman Scott Griggs posted this week that…
The owners of the new Roux Bistro on Lemmon Avenue have done a fine job at stripping the restaurant of any reminders of its past life as Tallywackers, a novelty establishment often described as the “male version of Hooter’s.” The decor is mild and inoffensive, the playlist oscillating between Amy…
At any given time in the city of Dallas, there are dozens of food and drink events capitalizing on the growing “foodie” culture: wine walks, combination yoga-brunch parties, “festivals” where patrons pay hundreds of dollars just to stand in long lines for lukewarm snacks and tiny pours of expensive wine…
When Kent Rathbun severed ties last summer with his namesake restaurant group, he also had to walk away from his own name. According to court documents, in 2009, the high-profile Dallas chef signed over the rights to his name, image and likeness for restaurant-related marketing to his then-business partner William “Bill”…
On the corner of Cedar Springs and Reagan Street, in the heart of the gayborhood’s dining and nightlife core, is a sunny, bright space where Michael Martensen is trying again. “I have an affinity for Mexico and those ingredients and the beverages and everything,” Martensen says. “I’ve always been that…
We’re headed into a busy season of openings in Dallas as locally owned concepts expand, new franchises open in the area and neighborhoods like the Design District see major changes in their dining scene. Here’s a look at the new restaurants you should check out right now: Revolver Taco Lounge2701…
Fresh off the opening of two of Dallas’ hottest new restaurants — Julian Barsotti’s Sprezza on Maple and Nick Badovinus’ Town Hearth in the Design District — Barsotti and Badovinus today announced a new joint venture in Highland Park Village, the frou frou Highland Park shopping center that boasts clientele…
In this week’s food news round-up, Dallas gets its first Argentinian steak house and a story in the Oak Cliff Advocate has the neighborhood up in arms: Yeterday, the Oak Cliff Advocate wrote about a Birmingham developer that received approval from the City Plan Commission to replat 4.5-acres on Zang at Beckley…
For the last several months, the Dallas City Council, working on recommendations from the Quality of Life & Environment committee, has been hosting public meetings seeking public input on two proposals: one that would require bars and restaurants with uncovered outdoor seating to provide more parking (currently, parking spot quotas…
It is, by ever-changing neighborhood standards, a small and understated space, just 49 seats and an open kitchen located across the street from Pecan Lodge. But for Regino Rojas, it’s the culmination of three years of hard work despite numerous setbacks. Tonight, beloved Fort Worth Mexican restaurant Revolver Taco Lounge…
There is some serious talent in the Dallas Italian food scene, and this weekend, two of the city’s biggest pasta heavy-hitters are teaming up to throw a family-style feast. On Sunday, April 9, chefs David Uygur and Justin Holt at Lucia, which is normally closed on Sundays, will share their tiny…
As part of its lengthy renovation of both the hotel itself and the dining spaces inside it, the team behind The Adolphus hotel is opening a new concept in May: City Hall Bistro, a Southern European-inspired restaurant that will open at the hotel “on the site of Dallas’ original city hall,” according…
Looking for a different brunch option this weekend? Whether you’re looking for pizza brunch from an old standby or a place to fill up on mimosas and scrambled eggs, here’s a look at five new brunches in Dallas. Fat Chicken 3011 Gulden LaneThis new fried chicken joint in Trinity Groves…
This week, CBD Provisions announced their new executive chef: Coner Seargeant, who up until now has been CBD’s chef de cuisine. He takes over for Richard Blankenship, who left the restaurant late last year. Are changes coming to the menu as a result? Maybe, according to a press release. “Now as…
Restaurateur Nick Badovinus calls it “a collision of roughness and opulence.” Other people probably just call it cooking meat over an open fire. “There’s nothing more primitive than dead flesh over open fire,” Badovinus says. “People have been doing it that way for a while.” For the last several weeks, Badovinus (Montlake…
Kenichi in Victory Park is throwing in the towel after 10 years, according to a press release. The sushi spot will close at the end of April and, until then, all food (including sushi) will be 50 percent off. Via the release: Located at Victory Park, Kenichi will close its…
It’s hard not to be in awe of the dramatic 18-foot-tall sculpture by New York artist Daniel Arsham that marks the Oak Lawn entrance to Wheelhouse, a new Design District restaurant from Headington Concepts, the developer behind The Joule. Floor-to-ceiling guillotine-style windows that open and close mechanically, exquisite tile work…
Usually, when a chef leaves a restaurant, the news comes from the restaurant itself via a press rep, but that’s not the case with a recent shake-up at Julia Pearl Southern Cuisine in Plano. Thursday’s email blast, with the subject line “Interesting Stuff on Julia Pearl,” made it obvious that…
If you’ve driven down Oak Lawn past Ascension Coffee recently, you’ve probably noticed the massive construction project underway across the street — and you’ve probably spotted the curious sculpture on the side of the building, depicting what looks like a massive, ominous figure trying to crawl out of the building…
A Dallas craft cocktail mainstay has a new owner, announced today via press release. Windmill Lounge owner Louise Owens has sold the 11-year-old Maple Avenue bar to Lisa and Tom Georgalis and the Triada Hospitality Group, which also owns Ivy Tavern. While the press release notes that “big changes are in…
A new restaurant is coming to the Arts District this November: Musume, an Asian-fusion concept from Rock Libations (Kenichi, Shooters, Chop Shop in Carrollton and Roanoke). Musume, which means “daughter” in Japanese, will be a 5,000-square-foot restaurant and is the second restaurant in Hall Arts, the “five-acre, mixed-use, three-phase development … developed by Hall…
