We all know that Dallas loves brunch — but did you know that Dallas has its own dedicated brunch festival? The Morning After, a Dallas Observer brunch event, takes over Dallas Farmers Market from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, and this year’s lineup is the best…
We’ve always been fans of grocery stores where you can sip beer and wine while you shop — buying vegetables just feels less humdrum while nursing a glass of rosé. Now, a Plano mall is letting visitors sip booze while shopping, which is about to make that bathing suit-buying experience…
Veronica and Craig Bradley mortgaged their future to open the brewpub Vector Brewing in Lake Highlands. In December, they signed a lease for the 10,000-square foot brewery. Just 14 days later, the federal government shutdown started, and now, the Bradleys’ future — and Vector Brewing — is in terrifying (and expensive) limbo.
On Monday, Jan. 28, Uchiba once again kicks off its popular Uncommon Ramen series, which lets a guest chef take over Uchiba’s kitchen for the night to cook up truly spectacular bowls of ramen. The 2019 series starts strong with chef Tyson Cole, the founder of Uchi and its upstairs…
The Hill, the sprawling new development at Walnut Hill and Central Expressway, took a major hit recently with the news that its anchor tenant, sustainable home good store TreeHouse, was already closing after a brief run, but new things are in the works. The mixed-use development has no shortage of…
Uber-popular Colorado breakfast joint Snooze an A.M. eatery is about to open its fourth DFW location, this one in prime brunch territory: Oak Lawn. The new restaurant at Oak Lawn Avenue and Cedar Springs Road will be 4,200 square feet of breakfast devotion (complete with a “huge patio,” according to…
Last year, Dallas got a new food festival: Between the Buns, a Dallas Observer mini food fest celebrating sliders made by some of our favorite Dallas restaurants. Nearly 2,000 people feasted on everyone’s favorite bite-sized sandwich last year, and if you missed out, you’re in luck — Between the Buns…
When Dude, Sweet Chocolate opened in Bishop Arts in 2009, it was ahead of its time — a chef-driven chocolate shop creating outside-the-box confections with all the grit, creativity and imagination of public-facing chef-owner Katherine Clapner. Dude, Sweet expanded by opening a shop in Fort Worth in 2012, a Lower…
On Feb. 9, we celebrate the only meal of the day that matters: brunch. The Morning After, an annual Dallas Observer food fest celebrating the best in brunch food and booze, is once again taking over the Dallas Farmers Market, and this year’s lineup is pretty stacked. Check out the…
It’s not just a tired trope from A Christmas Story anymore. For some families, a Christmas Day meal at a Chinese restaurant isn’t just the second choice after the neighbor’s dogs ate the holiday turkey. If you’re looking to get out of the kitchen and spend the day dining on…
In an unexpected hail Mary, Stephan Pyles has hired Tim Byres, formerly of Smoke, to help ‘casualize’ and ‘reimagine’ the Dallas Arts District fine dining establishment Flora Street Cafe.
Merry Christmas, burger aficionados: Burger chain Shake Shack is opening two more DFW locations at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 23. In Southlake, a 3,166-square-foot restaurant is opening at 125 Central Ave., with ample patio seating, the standard Shake Shack menu and “a unique selection of frozen custard concretes in collaboration…
Haute West Dallas barbecue joint Smoke, which we recently named one of the Top 100 Dallas Restaurants, has been sold to the Belmont Hotel. Restaurant founders Chris Jeffers, Chris Zielke and Tim Byres opened the restaurant in 2009 “at the request and partnership of former Belmont Hotel owner, Monte Anderson,”…
Today, our Top 100 Dallas Restaurants issue hits newsstands around DFW, and you can read the list in its entirety online. In the interest of science, Food Critic Brian Reinhart, the author of the Top 100, did a breakdown of the list and the neighborhoods, cuisines, suburbs and even streets…
A healthy fast-casual restaurant — from Sam Fox, the restaurateur behind True Food Kitchen — is coming to Rosewood Court in Uptown: Flower Child, which will occupy 4,800 square feet facing Cedar Springs, according to a press release. Opening in late 2019, Rosewood Court will expand a 1,500-square-foot patio in front…
Tomorrow, our Top 100 Dallas Restaurants issue hits newsstands across DFW – and it’s already online in all its lengthy, delicious glory. Tonight, Observer Food Critic Brian Reinhart, a prolific local Reddit user, will host an informal AMA (also known as an Ask Me Anything, or for those over the…
Dallas may have a reputation as a steakhouse city, but in 2018, we saw more new vegan and vegetarian options than ever. Hell, even some of the aforementioned steakhouses are offering vegan menus now. We’ve explored a bevy of vegan and vegetarian Dallas restaurants this year — here are our…
At the start of this year, Anastacia Quinones took a high-profile position as chef at the Cedars Social, the struggling Cedars restaurant that was to become a haven for Quinones’ modern Mexican cooking. Just a few months later, she was out, and she spent the last few months hosting pop-ups…
Wondering what to gift the brunch-lover on your Christmas list? We’ve got an idea: Presale starts today for the 2019 edition of the Morning After, a Dallas Observer brunch festival taking over the Dallas Farmers Market from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9. A $30 presale ticket gets…
The Star has another new restaurant to entice Cowboys fans to the team’s headquarters: Howard Wang’s China Grill, a North Texas-based Chinese food and dim sum chain with locations in Uptown, Preston Hollow and Southlake. Originally set back because of construction delays, Howard Wang’s Frisco celebrated its grand opening yesterday…
For more than a year, we’ve been quietly working on something big — something 100 times big. And next week, we’re ready to show you. Dallas Observer food critic Brian Reinhart has been compiling a list of the city’s 100 best restaurants, the eateries that make Dallas cuisine diverse, thoughtful…
When Bet the House BBQ opened in Denton in 2014, the lines wound out the door immediately, and many a barbecue enthusiast was left meatless as the barbecue joint routinely sold out. Despite the restaurant’s popularity in Little D, four and a half years later, Bet the House has thrown…
