In this week’s Dallas food news, Lake Highlands gets a new Alamo Drafthouse (and a Vetted Well along with it), a breakfast chain comes to DFW and a local ad agency doesn’t get mor chikin after all. The Dallas agency behind Chick-fil-A’s “eat mor chikin” campaign got the boot, Advertising…
Batten down the hatches, Dallas: This Saturday, July 23, New York City street food vendor-turned worldwide fast casual restaurant, The Halal Guys, will open its doors on Lemmon Avenue. Blame social media or food journalism or just a propensity for anything labeled “street food,” but this has become one of…
This morning, Dallas food media was abuzz with word of an UberEats promotion with Pecan Lodge that featured all the right buzzwords: barbecue, delivery, drones and a party. Here’s how it was supposed to work: For one day only, today, UberEats would offer a Pecan Lodge brisket sandwich with mac…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. We’re in the midst of a great pastrami renaissance — just ask Daniel Vaughn, the Texas Monthly barbecue…
Kitchen LTO, the “permanent pop-up” in Trinity Groves that swaps chefs and concepts every few months, closed after brunch on Sunday. Casie Caldwell, the founder of Kitchen LTO, released a statement Sunday on Facebook that eludes to possible future Kitchen LTO “pop-ups,” but otherwise, it’s unclear if there’s anything new…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. When The Cedars got itself an Alamo Drafthouse earlier this year, the neighborhood got an added bonus: Vetted…
Whistle Britches is a happy spot. A partly covered patio leads into a bright, sunny dining room accented by bright yellow and rusty orange accents. What used to be a Sonic drive-in and then the now-departed Spork has been transformed into a quirky space with a menu full of oh-so-trendy…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Oh, Sprezza. Will we ever stop singing your praises? This newcomer to Oak Lawn, a part of the…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. The Second Floor, the bistro and bar on the second floor of the Westin Galleria Dallas, has a…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. After walking around Bastille on Bishop, taking in the street performers and some delicious Lucia fare that didn’t…
It’s been a heavy week in Dallas, but there have been some heart-warming moments amidst the sadness — particularly in the food and drink community, which has stepped up big-time to feed and raise money for local police. Here’s a rundown of this week’s DFW food news: Not only did…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Rabbit just keeps popping up on Dallas menus, and we’re cool with that. Were you to raise your…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Snacks are underrated. Sometimes an entire meal just isn’t necessary — which is where Urban Taco’s crab tostadas…
Early this morning, the Dallas Fire Department responded to a “small fire” at Pecan Lodge, according to owners. “We had a small fire this morning that was contained to the smokehouse,” owner Justin Fourton says. “It was extinguished quickly and we will be open for business as usual today.” By…
The coffee landscape in Dallas is changing, and fast. Locally owned coffee institutions like Ascension and Cultivar are expanding, adding new locations all over North Texas — and not just stand-alone shops, either. They’re opening mini-shops in restaurants and bakeries, anchoring hotels and mixed-use developments, and roasters are expanding their…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Certain dishes have deep-rooted emotional ties to Texans. Most chefs know they’ll never make gumbo better than Meemaw’s…
Jonathan Everidge nurses his cocktail, eyes trained on the TVs above the bar, watching as CNN reports live from two blocks away. “This feels weird,” I mutter into my beer, and Everidge responds without taking his eyes off the TV. “It’s beyond weird,” he says, sounding deflated. “It’s surreal.” It’s…
Dallas bars and restaurants have been rallying today to offer help in the wake of last night’s tragic downtown shooting. Some are delivering food to Dallas police, some are offering free food and drink to first responders and others are donating a portion of proceeds to the families of officers…
It’s lunch hour on a Friday in Deep Ellum but the neighborhood feels quieter than usual — but not at Luscher’s Red Hots. Despite only one customer eating lunch at 11:15 a.m., there’s a flurry of activity. Chefs and caterers come and go from the restaurant, loading boxes of food and…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. There are few things in life better than a great pâté. Rich and velvety with that beautiful metallic…
Some days, a cup of hot coffee sounds more like torture than salvation. And by “some days,” we mean from now through approximately November, when the Texas heat is unrelenting in its quest to make us all feel like a heavy sack of hot garbage. Regardless, whether it’s 100 degrees…
In this week’s round-up of DFW food news, a Plano restaurant shutters, more chef change-ups for Misery Loves Company, a Dallas barbecue institution struggles to make ends meet and a death in the Dallas restaurant scene: Things have been pretty shaky for Kent Rathbun Concepts since Rathbun left the company…
