One of Dallas’ biggest and best beer festivals returns this weekend when Big Texas Beer Fest takes over the Automobile Building at Fair Park on Friday night and Saturday afternoon. The indoor/outdoor fest will highlight around 100 breweries and more than 400 beers, ranging from the brewed-just-down-the-road to the fancy…
In December 2018, Stephan Pyles’ Arts District fine dining restaurant Flora Street Cafe announced plans to “casualize” and “reimagine” its menu with the help of chef Tim Byres, who left Pyles’ namesake restaurant in 2009 to open Smoke, since closed. It’s a major about-face for one of Dallas’ most high-end…
This is the end of Noble Rey Brewing Co. as we know it: the Dallas brewery announced on Facebook today that it has sold to new owners and will close April 1 before new owners take over. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that we come to you, our…
The Dallas Arboretum Food and Wine Festival is this weekend, and the lineup for Thursday night’s Grand Tasting is stacked: Anastacia Quinones of Jose, Blythe Beck of Pink Magnolia, Matt Pittman of Meat Church, Luis Olvera from Trompo, Mozzarella Company’s Paula Lambert — we could go on a while. It’s a pricey affair…
A new cafe and coffee shop opens on Lowest Greenville Avenue on Monday, and it comes with a particular mission: to be “a training ground for aging-out foster youth,” according to a press release. “They will learn the basic fundamentals of job skills — timeliness, cleanliness, customer relations, productivity and…
Dallas seems to love the Instagrammy pop-up “art experience,” from Sweet Tooth Hotel to Rainbow Vomit. In April, we’re getting another one: Candytopia, an “immersive modern-day candy factory pop-up,” according to a press release. Candytopia, created by “celebrity candy artist Jackie Sorkin,” opens in April at The Hill, the mixed-use development…
The Dallas Arboretum Food and Wine Fest returns this weekend, but this year, the festival will be a three-day affair with tastings, classes, cooking demos and panels. It will also include The Chef’s Garden’s Roots on the Road, a conference with four one-hour interactive panels covering everything from the future of…
A ramen franchise that got its start in Tokyo in 2000 is opening its first DFW location in Victory Park this month, according to a press release. Founder Tomo Takahashi’s Jinya Ramen Bar has locations in several states and in Houston and Austin. “Cozy yet modern, the Victory Park location is…
It showed up on my front porch about 3:30 p.m. on Monday: three apples, four avocados, a couple of oranges and a cucumber. Some Swiss chard, broccoli crowns, oyster mushrooms and jalapenos, along with two of the biggest carrots and four of the smallest sweet potatoes I’ve ever seen. There…
March 14 is National Pi Day (Get it? Pi? You remember math, right?), and to celebrate, Emporium Pie is posting up at the Dallas Arboretum, serving goodies from their Pi Scream truck. If you want to take your pi(e) acumen to the next level, there will be a blueberry pie-making…
Iron Fork is one of Dallas’ biggest annual food events. More than 30 local restaurants will serve up bites (and drinks, including beer, wine and cocktails) to a hungry crowd while two of the city’s biggest chefs face off in a live cooking competition. This year’s Iron Fork takes over Centennial…
Jack Perkins, owner of Mockingbird Diner, is going cafeteria-style and getting rid of waitstaff, but it’s likely not for the reasons you might expect.
At Tyler Station’s monthly First Thursday party, you can check out the myriad tenants of this fascinating Oak Cliff development, a former factory-turned-incubator for small businesses. Grab a pint at Oak Cliff Brewing Co., shop Tyler Station retail, see live music and eat up from food trucks like 7 Sisters Gourmet,…
Last year, the Observer launched a new Dallas food fest: Between the Buns, celebrating the humble slider sandwich and its many, many variations. On Saturday, March 23, the event returns to the Dallas Farmers Market, where attendees can fill up on as many sliders as humanly possible. This year’s lineup…
On Jan. 1, NYLO Dallas South Side officially became Canvas, bringing The Cedars a new arty, upmarket boutique hotel owned by Interstate Hotels & Resorts, a third-party hotel management company. The hotel celebrated its grand opening last Thursday. Unless you’re visiting Dallas on business, you probably only knew of NYLO…
On Thursday morning, a massive fire at the Mosaic Dallas building shut down downtown Dallas streets, sending plumes of black smoke into the air and causing DART to suspend light-rail service downtown for several hours. According to Joe Keovixay, one of the owners of Zenna Thai & Japanese — located on…
One of the city’s best ramen shops is opening an outpost in Richardson this summer. Oni Ramen started in Fort Worth and opened a Deep Ellum outpost in fall 2017. The ramen shop is known for its Reaper Ramen, made with a “demon”-spiced miso broth and a killer hot sauce…
Semifinalists for the 2019 James Beard Awards (AKA the Grammys of food) were announced this morning, and Dallas nabbed a few spots on the list: Best New Restaurant: chef Misti Norris’ Old East Dallas restaurant Petra and the Beast Outstanding Pastry Chef: Ricardo “Ricchi” Sanchez at BullionOutstanding Service: The French…
Perry’s Steakhouse and Grille is leaving its Uptown space behind later this year and moving into prime Klyde Warren Park-adjacent real estate. The much-loved Dallas steakhouse, located at 2000 McKinney Ave., is moving in late 2019, according to a press release, and will occupy the two-story space beneath the Residences at Park District,…
The Union Dallas, a new luxury live/work/play development in Uptown, is bringing several restaurants to the neighborhood. The Henry opened a couple weeks ago, joining Italian restaurant North Italia. A sushi restaurant called Minami is forthcoming, and the development will be anchored by a Tom Thumb Grab-and-Go. Also coming soon:…
This weekend, pint-sized Oak Cliff cocktail enclave Tiny Victories turns 1, and on Thursday night, they’re throwing down in celebration. Cocktails are half-price from 4 to 7 p.m. (Hello, $5 boulevardier) and DJ AY.MZ will be spinning. Owner Brandon Hays says to expect ample “fun activities and surprises” throughout the night. What:…
In May 2017, Sam Wynne, owner of BrainDead Brewing, unveiled a new concept at the far end of Deep Ellum, not far from Expo Park: Bowls and Tacos, a combination taqueria and poke restaurant. Around the time Bowls and Tacos opened, poke was proliferating rapidly around DFW, with new fast-casual…
