I’ve talked to quite a few restaurant owners about the Payroll Protection Program, the Small Business Administration and the federal government’s promise of loans to restaurants in need. A majority of the restaurateurs I spoke with had not filed paperwork for loans but had planned to do so soon. One…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Let’s start with the big news: We found french fries that travel well and taste good reheated. It’s something of a miracle, of course. Even good fries —…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Armando Aguilar was having a great month. The Dallas native got hired to a new executive chef job at a local bar that’s a semifinalist for a James…
The first step to a successful picnic in the time of COVID-19 is to find your own corner of the park — or, better yet, to find your own park entirely. After Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins tweeted out a warning March 28 that the trails around White Rock Lake…
Ordinarily, a new Chinese restaurant opening near downtown Dallas, led by a chef who previously worked in the kitchens at Wu Wei Din and Royal China, would be front-page food news. Ordinarily, the prospect of ultra-experienced Weigou Cai cooking up mapo tofu, hand-pulled noodles and soup dumplings at a new spot…
Within days of the coronavirus landing in Dallas, Homewood had a plan to help not just itself but its suppliers. The restaurant is serving family-style meals to go in enormous bags, and it’s also selling boxes of produce fresh from local farms, containing fruits, veggies, eggs and slabs of meat…
Pad Thai is great. But is it even better as carry-out leftovers the next day?
On Monday, March 16, five major American cities, Dallas, Washington, D.C., New York, Houston and Denver, ordered the closure of restaurant dining rooms, bars, lounges and movie theaters. All five cities allowed their food service industries to transition to takeout, curbside pickup, drive-thru and delivery only. But there was one…
Each year, I visit hundreds of Dallas-area restaurants and produce a Top 100 feature that reflects my own opinion about where diners can find the best food and drink in town. But I’m just one person with one set of taste buds. That’s why, each year, I also ask dozens…
Pickle fries and sofrito cheesesteaks are some of the brilliant ideas coming from a Deep Ellum bar.
The demand for Filipino deliciousness in Dallas is, quite literally, overwhelming.
The Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming season will go heavy on big spectacles, orchestral showpieces and musical thrills. Music director Fabio Luisi and an array of guest conductors have built a lineup of the kind of music that fills the heart and the eardrums. Luisi himself will conduct two monumental works…
Bajeko Sekuwa has locations in Nepal, where the chain has become famous for its grilled meats, momo dumplings and local comfort foods. Irving’s location is the second to debut outside Nepal.
Everything’s coming up Dallas. First, nearby Richardson ice cream parlor and pastry shop Bigdash scored a feature in The New York Times. Then our city was subject of a lavish feature in a 2019 issue of Bon Appétit magazine, proclaiming Dallas the Restaurant City of the Year. As if that…
The season of Dallas-area restaurant closures isn’t over yet. Earlier this week, Water Grill, the seafood spot in Uptown, shut down operations. A chain based in California, which prided itself on sustainable and ultra-fresh seafood, Water Grill drew local praise for its beautiful dining area, including a copper-topped bar, leather…
When Red Stix Asian Street Food departed the ranks of Plano’s troubled Legacy Hall food hall concept last March, chef-owner Uno Immanivong already had a second act lined up for her fast-casual concept. And the new location, just across the street from Southern Methodist University, is an inspired pairing of…
Two rival Naples-style pizzerias are open downtown. But one menu is stronger across the board.
When Circo TX closed in the summer of 2019, details exploded into public about alleged mismanagement of the Uptown restaurant. Numerous former employees told this newspaper about paychecks that bounced or issued in cash and weeks where the restaurant could not afford to buy basic ingredients. Now new accusations are…
While the rest of America was looking elsewhere, Dallas quietly built one of the country’s finest Japanese food scenes. And now, there’s a stellar spot in Plano.
Even before you’ve had your first bite of food at Kendall Karsen’s Upscale Soul Food, you’re immersed in the family of its chef and owner, Kevin Winston. Look down at the tables. Into their tops, Winston carves names and numbers: the name of his grandmother, Aunt Lou, who in his…
On Jan. 2, Stephan Pyles made a headline-grabbing, double-barreled announcement: He was retiring from the restaurant business, and his current ventures, Flora Street Cafe and Fauna, were closed effective immediately. Within mere hours, Fauna had found a new home and was back from the dead. Chef Peter Barlow, who oversaw…
After months of waiting and years of brewing beer in rented spaces, Manhattan Project Beer Company has a home, and it’s open to the public. Karl and Misty Sanford and Jeremy Brodt hoped to open their new brewery in October, but issues with city health inspections and permits caused weeks…
