Follow the bright red tractor outside Hash House A Go Go, and you’ll soon tuck into heaping platefuls of “twisted farm food.” Everything here is as big as Texas itself. Happy hour munchies — chicken, pork and “taters” — are offered literally by the bucketful. Their version of a bloody…

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. The souffles at Rise are such perfection, they made our 100 Favorites list twice this year. We’ve already…

 Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. Even if you had to literally trek to Nashville to sink your teeth into Rapscallion’s “Long Walk to…

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. Only a risk-taker orders bacon cheesecake. You go into it with the same mindset as watching a John…

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. Over-the-top milkshakes were a thing in 2016, but “crazy” doesn’t always equal “greatness.” Grub Burger Bar’s kitchen sink…

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. Tucked into a corner of NorthPark mall, the Theodore offers many quirky surprises, not the least of which…

Fried dough, ice cream and Fruity Pebbles may not be the first foods that jump to mind when you imagine Californian cuisine, but baby, that’s about to change. California export Milk & Cream opened its doors near Lower Greenville this weekend, and once you try their signature milk and cream…

What isn’t made more awesome by a foggy blast of -321-degree liquid nitrogen? Nothing, obviously. Its power to simultaneously boil and freeze whatever it comes into contact with provides endless fascinating opportunities for hammer-smashing of random objects. Put to even better use, it brings ice cream to the next level…

Just off a stretch of Main Street near historical downtown Frisco, Double Dip Frozen Custard is a merciful oasis. Travelers seeking a reprieve from the Texas heat gather at its doors, where the ambiance is all Big Bopper and next-door self-service car wash. Unbuckled kids bounce by pickup truck beds…

Remember the old Dallas Farmer’s Market? Yeah, it’s not that anymore. The recent DFM make-over has left a divided Dallas in its wake — some love the changes in the vibrant food hall where Pecan Lodge got its start and the new focus on specialty goods and local produce in…

There’s nothing like a fresh, juicy peach at the peak of Texas peach season. This time of year, pastry chefs showcase its succulence in everything from cobblers to ice cream, and Kate Weiser Chocolate took the peach dessert to the next level with their limited-edition, life-sized chocolate peaches. These white…

Carlo’s Bakery (of Cake Boss fame) celebrated the grand opening of their first Dallas location in March.  To get a cannoli on opening morning, you had to camp out overnight, leaving many people long-faced and pastryless. In the weeks that followed, long lines continued to wind through the bakery, sometimes…

Dallas digs doughnuts — so much so that it could be said our fair city is enjoying a doughnut boom. “Craft” and “gourmet” doughnuts — even a self-serve doughnut bar — seem to be popping up everywhere. Case in point: Seattle-based Top Pot recently brought its “hand-forged” (suspicious eyebrow-raise) doughnuts to fancy…

What frontier is left for Kate Weiser after conquering the world of chocolate? Ice cream. Fresh on the heels of being named one of the best chocolate shops in the world, Kate Weiser Chocolate is stepping up its ice cream game with three new designer sundaes. At $8 a pop, you…

Greenville Avenue wasn’t the only place where massive crowds gathered this weekend. With the kind of enthusiasm usually reserved for drunken revelry and/or smoked meats, fans of the TV show Cake Boss flooded Preston Center early Saturday morning to celebrate the grand opening of Carlo’s Bakery. This is the 13th location for…

Meet your new food obsession: the lamington. Simple yet highly addictive, these delicious little cake squares are ubiquitous in Australian coffee houses. To an uninitiated Texan, however, they are nothing short of a revelation. For this “discovery,” we can thank Ascension Coffee owner/lamington smuggler Russell Hayward. Enlisting the talents of…

Like a bun gathered neatly at the crown of Uchi’s head, Top Knot is pretty and elegant without trying too hard. The same could be said of dessert at this Dallas hot spot. Take, for example, their pear nabe. Named for the heated clay pot it’s presented in, this straightforward…

Sometimes you want to satisfy your sweet tooth but you don’t want to leave the house. It’s too cold for that nonsense. Plus going places can really interfere with one’s binge-watching. Luckily for the housebound (and the lazy), online ordering means top-notch desserts will come to you without the hassle…

Powered by a belief in “Kermit-ology,” a GoFundMe page, and an eyes-roll-into-the-back-of-your-head great Dr. Pepper chocolate chip ice cream, Howdy Homemade opened its doors to Dallas’ lovers and dreamers last month.  The brain-child of Tom Landis (owner of two Texadelphia locations), this is ice cream with a mission: to provide…