The pink Himalayan salt lamps might be the first clue that Burgundy Local isn’t a typical Texas rancher-run meat market. On Ross Avenue, sandwiched between a craft beer-heavy sports bar and a specialty booze store selling high-end bitters, a small storefront serves as an extension of Jon Taggart’s rolling, grassy…
There’s nothing wrong with having your old favorite at a regular haunt, but there’s a lot to discover in the North Texas food scene. This weekend, go nuts by trying one of these over-the-top eats and drinks that involve everything from pizza garnishes to cocktails made with liquid nitrogen. A…
Anastacia Quinones is gearing up for an uncharacteristically busy day at Oddfellows. The chef is not necessarily anticipating extra crowds today, but she is down five people, mostly in the back of the house. With the blessing of both her and Oddfellows owner Amy Wallace Cowan, five of her team…
Wayward Sons, the critically acclaimed Greenville Avenue restaurant with a reputation for serving up rustic Texas fare made with carefully sourced ingredients, has closed, according to a press release: Owners Brandon Hays, Phil Schanbaum and executive chef/co-owner Graham Dodds announce Wayward Sons is officially closed. Hays says, “It is truly…
The 2017 James Beard Foundation Award semifinalists in the restaurant and chef categories were announced this morning, and Dallas has a few names on the list: Flora Street Cafe, semifinalist for Best New Restaurant FT33’s Maggie Huff, semifinalist for Outstanding Pastry Chef And several semifinalists for Best Chef Southwest: Omar Flores,…
By noon on an average, overcast winter Monday, a line is winding through the small West Village storefront that houses Pok the Raw Bar. It’s bright in here — blindingly white, with Tame Impala thumping through the speakers and out onto the modern stark-white patio out front. There’s no escaping the first thought…
The healthy meal-prep service industry has seen major growth in recent years, with businesses like My Fit Foods and Snap Kitchen offering pre-made meals focused on whole foods. The services have proven increasingly popular with the CrossFit and Whole30 crowds, but in recent years, it’s become an increasingly competitive market…
More than 2,000 brunch fans filed into the Dallas Farmers Market on Saturday afternoon for the Morning After, a Dallas Observer festival that featured all things brunch. Lines at the sold-out festival did get long, but most moved quickly, and the Champagne flowed all morning long. Two dishes in particular…
There are a lot of expansions and new concepts in the works in DFW right now. Several local franchises are expanding with new locations, while a few local restaurant groups are opening new concepts to expand their DFW empires. In this week’s roundup of DFW food news, we’ll introduce you…
When Bbbop first added fried chicken to their menu, it quickly became clear that they were onto something. “Our fried chicken was added to the Bbbop menu and quickly became our number-one seller,” says chef/co-owner Sandy Bussey. “At that point, we agreed to make Not Your Mama’s Fried Chicken the focal…
Sambuca in Uptown is one of several spots hosting anti-Valentine’s Day events this week, and this one involves food and drink specials and what’s sure to be a rousing game of “Broken Hearts Bingo.” What: Dark Hearts Happy Hour When: 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9 Where: Sambuca, 2120…
Late last year, when chef Ross Demers left the relatively young Deep Ellum brasserie On the Lamb, the restaurant closed rather than bring in a new chef, and owners say they’re working on another concept for that location. In the meantime, Demers has found an interesting new project: Nikkei, an…
Chances are, if you haven’t made a reservation yet at one of Dallas’ date-night hot spots, you may be out of luck, unless you and your date have a sense of adventure, in which case you should skip the high-end spots and opt instead to explore the outskirts of DFW food…
When Houndstooth Coffee opened its second Dallas location last year in Sylvan Thirty, they also launched a cocktail bar next door. With an inventive menu that includes coffee cocktails and ample sherry, Jettison quickly became one of Dallas’ most innovative new cocktail bars. Now the combination coffee-cocktail bar trend is coming…
Every week, Observer burger expert Nick Rallo explores the longstanding Dallas restaurants that helped shape the city’s food scene in his All-American series. He delves into each eatery’s past in a way that gives context to its present, and every story helps us get to know the families who give…
Listen to French tunes, win raffle prizes and, perhaps most importantly, celebrate International Crepe Day at Whisk today with $2 Nutella and butter-sugar crepes, $2 mimosas, $2 beers, $2 glasses of French wine and $2 glasses of French cider. What it be: International Crepe Day When it do: Until 10…
As much as we all think we can bypass the seduction of a $6 peanut butter and flax oil smoothie, when you step inside Austin import JuiceLand, it’s pretty hard to stop yourself. Maybe it’s the disco ball, maybe the free vintage video games tucked at the end of a…
When word that hundreds of protestors were gathering at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport on Sunday to demonstrate against President Trump’s travel ban, members of the Dallas restaurant industry responded by doing what they do best: Feeding a whole lot of people at once. The food was meant to support the attorneys…
Brunch: Dallas loves it. If you’re sick of your usual brunch haunt (and waiting in your usual brunch line), hit up one of these newcomers to the Dallas brunch scene. Mountains of Meat: 18th & Vine Brings a New Barbecue Brunch to Dallas Back in November, Kansas City-style barbecue joint…
In this week’s roundup of DFW food news, more doughnuts, more biscuits and Texas Monthly speaks quite fondly of several Dallas restaurants: Texas Monthly published its best new restaurants decree, and DFW had several spots on the list, including the top honor: Flora Street Cafe took the No. 1 spot,…
Last summer, The French Room at the Adolphus Hotel decided to close its opulent doors to renovate its space and its concept. There was uncertainty over whether longtime employees — some of whom had been at The French Room for 20 or 30 years — would be left behind during…
This weekend, you’ll have two new Dallas bars to choose from: Hide, a Deep Ellum cocktail bar that features 30 cocktails made using equipment like centrifuges, and Pilikia, a tiki bar opening in what used to be Three Sheets. Hide opens at 5 p.m. Friday at 2816 Elm St. and will…
