The State Fair of Texas is usually open rain or shine, but this week’s gnarly weather forced the fair to close early twice. To make up for lost time, the fair is extending its hours this weekend, the final weekend of its 2018 run. Usually open 10 a.m.-10 p.m. on…
Jalisco Norte is making it easy to eat their upscale Mexican food even if you’re in a hurry. Yesterday, the restaurant launched Loncheria, a “walk-up market offering a condensed menu of chef Jose Meza’s authentic and approachable Mexican cuisine perfect for a quick meal on the patio or easy meal…
We probably don’t have to remind you that early voting for the midterm elections starts Oct. 22 — we’re pretty sure anyone with eyes and ears is aware of this contentious Texas election. But if you’re still not sure who you’re voting for — or don’t know what, other than…
The fourth annual Dallas Observer Tacolandia took over the Dallas Farmers Market on Saturday, and 3,000 people filled the market to feast on tacos and tequila. It started as a gloomy fall day, but just before VIP opened, the clouds parted and God shone his blessing down on Texas in…
High-profile Dallas chef Stephan Pyles has closed his Uptown restaurant, Stampede 66, as originally reported by CultureMap. The restaurant closed Saturday, Oct. 13. The restaurant, created in homage to Pyles’ 90s popular restaurant Star Canyon, was an uber-touristy locale with Texas-centric dishes that, by many accounts, seemed to have lost…
Chef Graham Dodds is out as culinary director at The Statler, where he had overseen the launch of several new restaurants, as CraveDFW originally reported. Dodds went to The Statler last year after shuttering his restaurant Wayward Sons. “Graham Dodds was an integral part of our opening team, and we are…
“If you smell smoke, come on in” — that’s the message from owners of Louie King, a new Texas barbecue restaurant opening soon on Lower Greenville in the space formerly occupied by seafood institution Daddy Jack’s. Louie King’s owners — who also own Lower Greenville establishments Leela’s, ABV and the…
When Betty Ringer Ice Cream opened in Sylvan Thirty in summer of 2017, we quickly fell in love with the ice cream shop’s bold yet understated experimental flavors — Thai tea, goat cheese and cherry jam, blueberry lavender, olive oil. Some of the shop’s flavors were inspired by small-batch, chef-driven…
Meat Fight is an enigma. This barbecue festival doesn’t take itself too seriously (as evidenced by, well … everything about it), but at the same time, it exists for a serious reason: to raise funds “to visibly, directly, and immediately support people who are living with Multiple Sclerosis,” according to…
As of Oct. 1, Victory Park has yet another new restaurant: Mesero, a new location of the Dallas upscale Mexican and Tex-Mex restaurant that also has locations in Inwood Village, Prestonwood, Legacy West and Clearfork. The newest location is next door to new luxury movie theater Cinépolis. The restaurant, already…
Back in September, chef Anastacia Quinones broke the news to her Facebook friends: She was out as executive chef at the Cedars Socíal, the Cedars bar and restaurant she had helped rebrand as a modern Mexican restaurant with new owner Monica Greene and bar manager Leann Berry. Quinones had only been at Cedars Socíal…
We’re not big on National (insert random food item) Days, but in this case, we’ll make an exception: Thursday, Oct. 4, is National Taco Day, and the Dallas Observer is celebrating by offering a discounted four-pack of tickets to this year’s Tacolandia, a taco festival taking over Dallas Farmers Market…
For Dallas beer-lovers, this week is an annual holiday you might have never heard a word about: Sour Week at Strangeways. For the entire week, every single tap at this craft beer dive is dedicated to the much-loved — and highly misunderstood — sour beer. “[It’s] one of our biggest…
What started as a battle cry has become a running joke: Don’t Uptown my Deep Ellum. Hell, it’s even a Bullzerk T-shirt. But it already feels too late. The commodification of Deep Ellum’s “grit” has already transformed the neighborhood, begetting one flash-in-the-pan trend after the next. Last Saturday night, when…
In the retail chocolate world, Christmas and Valentine’s Day reign supreme. “Christmas is my strongest holiday of all — I spend my entire year waiting for the weather to drop 20 and 30 degrees so I can actually do business,” says Katherine Clapner, owner of Dallas chocolatier Dude, Sweet Chocolate…
If you’re looking for a quick bite in the Arts District, there’s a new restaurant open at KPMG Plaza at HALL Arts: The Artisan, which offers “a variety of hot and cold offerings daily at the walk-up dining counter, featuring regional flavors as well as global cuisine,” according to a press…
The quaint town square in downtown Carrollton feels like a place that time forgot. A quilt store, candy shop, old-fashioned ice cream spot, an old American Legion Hall — it feels like wandering around dusty small-town Texas, despite being situated directly between I-35 and a DART rail line towering overhead…
As if you needed another reason to hit up the State Fair of Texas when it opens Sept. 28. Deep Ellum Brewing Company is debuting a new beer at this year’s fair: No Way Rosé. Described as a “tart Southwest-styled rosé ale with a prickly pear punch,” the beer is the…
Not far from Sprezza and the Grapevine on Maple Avenue, a new restaurant opened on Monday: Merchant House, “a new American and globally inspired menu taking on a combination of shared items and entrees to create a fully social dining experience, allowing guests to choose from ‘selfish’ and ‘selfless’ sections,”…
Tacolandia has it all: mariachi bands, beer and cocktail cash bars and, of course, unlimited taco samples from a wide range of Dallas restaurants, not just taquerias. Take a look at the taco-slingers who have signed on for this year’s event, taking over Dallas Farmers Market from 4 to7 p.m…
On Valentine’s Day, the Cedars Social — the long-suffering Cedars cocktail bar and restaurant — reopened as the Cedars Socíal under new management: Restaurateur Monica Greene, chef Anastacia Quinones and bar manager Leann Berry. It became a modern Mexican restaurant with a lunchtime taco bar on the back patio, operating out…
Victory Park continues its overhaul with the addition of a new concept that’s now open: Popbar, “famous for its handcrafted gelato, sorbetto and yogurt served in a new way — on a stick,” according to a press release. Located at 2420 Victory Park Lane, Popbar makes all its pops in-house daily,…
