In the days before Amazon could put a book (or almost anything) on your doorstep mere hours after a few clicks from your smartphone, Barnes & Noble was the place for books and music. Depending on your point of view, B&N was either the perfect place to spend an evening perusing…
Many press releases for restaurant openings come across our desks, but when one of them promises a patio with a working 50-foot-tall Ferris wheel, we perk up. Such was the case when we heard of Ferris Wheeler’s Backyard BBQ, which opened this week in the Design District. Besides the obvious…
7-Eleven surely knows that the people eating most of its food offerings are either drunk or recovering from being drunk the night before. Who among us hasn’t scarfed down a hot dog or taquito or two (or three) from a 7-Eleven roller grill after a long night of bar hopping?…
There was a time in the not-too-distant past when you couldn’t throw a homemade biscuit without hitting a new restaurant Dallas with a Southern-themed menu. However, this year has seen several of Dallas’ bigger purveyors in Southern fare close up shop. Julia Pearl abruptly closed in the spring, and Matt…
It’s just short of 9 p.m. on a recent Saturday night, and Sambuca in Uptown has already drawn a solid crowd. Most tables in the main dining area are filled, and cellphones repeatedly flash as large parties document their celebrations. On the other side of the restaurant, only a few…
Keeper (noun): 1. a fish large enough to be kept when caught. 2. a person or thing of value to be cherished. Suckers as we are for puns and bad jokes, The Keeper already had us hooked on name alone. The fresh seafood concept is the latest effort from Front…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 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. Why do pizza and beer seem to go so well together? Is it history? Italians gave us pizza,…
For the last four years, dog owners in Uptown have flocked to Mutts Cantina, the dog park, patio bar and restaurant combination at Cityplace. The Shacks at Austin Ranch are offering another version of the Mutts concept in the burgeoning area of The Colony. The Shacks are a complex of…
Show of hands: Who’s heard of Tommy Bahama? Of course you have; the line of casual apparel is featured at department stores nationwide, and it has 160 standalone boutiques across the globe. Nearly everyone recognizes the clothes — the eponymous flora shirt, likely tucked into a pair of khaki pants,…
Memories are funny things. They say our strongest memories, good or bad, are the ones accompanied by powerful emotions. But over time, nostalgia creeps in and alters how we remember things, burnishing the good parts while pushing the bad ones into the shadows. We were certainly feeling nostalgic in early…
Shake Shack’s new Hot Chick’n is a good chicken sandwich, just not a spicy one.
When it was announced as the new headquarters of the Dallas Cowboys, it was difficult to imagine The Star in Frisco as any type cosmopolitan destination. A mecca for Cowboys fans, for sure, but what about the non-football-loving rest of us? On the food front, it turns out there will…
Like the rest of 2017 America, we like to pretend we’re working while we’re secretly looking at Facebook in the other browser window. Sometimes, we end up wasting two hours looking at pictures of huskies wearing glasses. But mostly, we’re looking at food. Our latest edible social media discovery pointed…
Texas Monthly’s newest BBQ Top 50 is out; how did DFW fare?
Steel Restaurant has been a staple of Oak Lawn dining for over 17 years. In that time, a number of upscale Asian concepts have popped up in Dallas, and even more have come and gone, but Steel still carries on, although not without some changes of their own. The most…
For 13 miserable years, the United States experimented with Prohibition. It shuttered saloons but gave rise to speakeasies, hidden bars that met the demand of those who still wanted an occasional drink. A new restaurant in Lewisville is paying homage to America’s semi-booze-free era: Prohibition Chicken. Part chicken shack, part…
When her children started at Independence Elementary in Castle Hills, Chonnie Richey wanted to be involved. After learning what her kids were eating at school, she knew just how she wanted to help. “As a parent, I want my kids to eat fresh food,” Richey says. At home, that decision…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. The story of Ojeda’s Restaurant reads like the American dream: A couple works hard, raises a family,…
There’s a subset of DFW dining that seems to place more emphasis on a restaurant’s design than the food itself, where Instagram-worthy decor, selfie-stations and patios with amazing views appear to take priority over what’s on the menu. On the opposite end of the spectrum, barbecue often eschews aesthetics in favor of…
It’s been a year since Earl’s 377 Pizza brought their impressive pies to Argyle. In our first look, we proclaimed Earl’s to be well worth the drive from all parts of DFW. Things are changing fast in Argyle. The management team behind Earl’s (as well as Denton’s LSA Burger and…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. I’ve missed the lunch rush at Mac’s Bar-B-Que, such as it is, and I’m the only patron…
Helen’s Hot Chicken Brings Authentic Nashville Hot Chicken To The Metroplex.
