The bamboo basket is set gingerly on the table, the lid pulled back with great flourish as steam fills the air. Inside, eight curious little pouches – each about the size of a small fist – sit, perky and rotund, as a savory smell wafts from the traditional steaming basket…
On Wednesday, Hypnotic Donuts celebrates the grand opening of its latest sweet endeavor: Hypnotic Emporium, an old-school soda fountain, ice cream spot and candy store opening next door to the quirky East Dallas doughnut shop. Hypnotic Emporium isn’t a trendy wink at the old-fashioned soda fountain – the music, the…
I hope you’re wearing blue and yellow today, because Leap Day is upon us. A magical day that happens only once every four years, the non-holiday became a pop culture mainstay after “30 Rock” devoted an entire episode to inventing Leap Day mythology that includes, but is not limited to:…
To the uninitiated, the restaurant scene in Dallas can feel overwhelming. I would know, having recently moved here myself to cover food for the Observer, a daunting task in a metropolitan area with such a vibrant, diverse food culture. Southern, Vietnamese, Cajun, barbecue, Japanese, Tex-Mex, French-continental — with everything from steakhouses…
On April 27, it’s going down: More than 40 Dallas restaurants will fill Centennial Hall with delicious dishes that enable you to taste fare from multiple eateries in one night without losing your hair in I-35 traffic. This annual tasting event has it all, baby: The ticket price covers entry,…
EVERYBODY STOP WHAT YOU’RE DOING — the 2016 James Beard semifinalists have been announced and there are some familiar Dallas names. Yeah, OK, maybe it’s just food industry folk who give a shit, but still. Here’s what we’ve got: In Best Chef: Southwest, Dallas has four chef nominations out of…
I know we’re all still reeling from the recent (temporary) loss of Zoli’s NY Pizza, but owner Jay Jerrier — the man who also brought us Cane Rosso, bless his pizza-filled heart — already has something else up his sleeve: ice cream. More specifically, Austin ice cream. *Cue hysterical cries…
There’s a certain romance to a meal wrapped in brown butcher paper. When the butcher reaches across the counter and hands over the weighty little parcel, wrapped oh so perfectly in a way no mere mortal can ever seem to replicate at home, it feels delightfully old school. And since…
So it’s T-minus three days to Valentine’s Day and you’ve got no reservations, gifts or anything planned whatsoever — it’s time to throw some money at the situation and hope for the best, my friend. If you’d rather someone else handle everything from the wine to dessert and everything in…
Kitchen LTO — the Trinity Groves “permanent pop-up” that changes up twice a year with all new chefs, concepts and artists whose work will take over the space — has announced the next executive chef taking over the eatery on March 2: Nick Amoriello, the executive sous chef at super-hot Southern…
This time of year we see plenty of holiday seasonal releases — Mardi Gras bocks, lovey dovey white chocolate porters and I’m sure there’s an MLK Day beer out there somewhere. Maybe. But Granbury’s Revolver Brewing has a new limited draft release celebrating a holiday that seems to be getting…
Dust off your canvas grocery bags and slap a basket on your bike because the new monthly Oak Cliff Farmers Market debuts on Saturday. “The Oak Cliff Lions has the first and only permit for such a market this side of the Trinity,” said John McCall Jr., one of the…
There’s a new chef at The Landmark, an upscale modern American restaurant inside the grand Warwick Melrose hotel, and we got a peek at the new menu, which will become available Feb. 8. According to his Linkedin, chef Patrick McElroy was previously executive chef at both Hotel Dallas and Hilton Dallas…
Fellas, let’s get real: Yes, ladies love chocolate and yes, as Valentine’s Day gifts go, it’s definitely not the worst — ill-fitting lingerie wins that title. But when it comes to lovey-dovey Hallmark holidays, no one’s in the market for a gift that makes her say, “Why thank you, this…
Oak Cliff’s favorite brewpub/place to eat curious bar snacks has announced today that they’re closing on Sundays and Mondays to ramp up beer production. This isn’t too big of a change-up considering that Small Brewpub stopped opening on Sundays about six months ago, Head Brewer Aaron Garcia said, but they decided to close…
Hey. Do you like food? Like really, really like food? Have you ever cried actual tears of joy over a dozen raw Gulf Oysters? Do you have way too many opinions about the Great American Brisket Wars™? If so, you should apply to be one of the Observer’s food writers,…
