Navigating the social scene this time of year can be a challenge if you don’t drink alcohol. While the merriment looks different this year, options for sober celebrating still seem sparse at first glance. Sure, you can find apple cider and sparkling grape juice in faux Champagne bottles at your…
Like holiday decorations in retail stores, reminders to order tamales for Christmas start popping up around Halloween. La Popular Tamale House sold out their orders for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day pickup more than a month ago. If you need some of those lovely stuffed bundles of masa on your…
Like many coffee shops, Opening Bell Coffee is more than just a place to get your morning caffeine. Is a place to congregate and a place for community, and the pandemic has, for the most part, put a stop to that. This was doubly true for Opening Bell, largely because…
As Christmas approaches, it’s not surprising to see an abundance of holiday specials among BTG (Bullion To Go)’s already-diverse offerings, with a “12 Days of Bullion” series starting Monday. Since the restaurant pivoted to takeout-only this summer, BTG has zoomed in on celebrating the moment, and has done it well…
From stocking stuffers to grand gestures, a thoughtfully chosen bottle of wine or spirits can be the ideal gift for friends, loved ones or even yourself. With ready-to-drink cocktails trending this year, you have more choices than ever, in a variety of price ranges. The best part? You can get…
If you’re looking for silver linings in the adversity that’s clouded 2020 so far, here’s an important one: Your options for serving a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner without cooking might be the best they’ve ever been this year. As someone who craves Thanksgiving sides and desserts year-round, this writer found it…
It goes without saying, this Thanksgiving doesn’t look like any we’ve experienced before. Despite all kinds of challenges, Dallas restaurants seem to have thought of everything. This is Dallas, so of course, you have a range of outstanding restaurants where you can eat your turkey and dressing (and butternut squash…
Coppell Deli is more of a diner than a deli, but sandwiches absolutely play the starring role here. And if the sandwiches are stars, the breakfast sandwiches are the equivalent of an astronomer’s bright giants. The Stubbs breakfast sandwiches, named after the early-1990s Dallas Cowboys player Daniel Stubbs, are still…
With parties, haunted houses and trick-or-treating canceled or adapted for social distancing, Halloween is looking a little grim this year, but not all is lost. If you want to raise your spirits, so to speak, upgrading your candy game is a great option. Whether you’re looking for spooky-themed sweets or…
If you know of Sherry and Chris Howard through their State Fair of Texas concessions business, you might think their motto is “Go big or go home.” But if you learn more about their family and their Scrumbscious Burgers and Pieshakes restaurant in Forney, you’ll find they know how to…
Barbecue fans in Dallas can turn their preferences of smoked meat into a competitive sport, and Heim Barbecue is about to give us another team to root for. With two restaurants in Fort Worth, the popular barbecue spot known for its bacon burnt ends is ready to land near Love…
Whether you’re grilling at home or taking it easy with takeout, you can take your pick of family meals and special deals to make your Labor Day weekend a little tastier. With everything from barbecue and burgers to Thai and Mexican, here are some local restaurants in Dallas offering something…
You may have seen the news that the State Fair of Texas will be open as a drive-thru on weekends during what would have been the dates of the fair. That’s great news, but it’s still weeks away, and in COVID-19 time, that feels like years. If you can’t wait…
If you’ve been eating a steady diet of takeout comfort food the last few months, more of a good thing may be perfectly fine. But if you want something that’s closer to perfect than to “just fine,” you might want to change things up a little. A bit of Texas…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. “Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie.” In his 1999 play Boston Marriage, playwright David Mamet gave one of his characters that quotable line. After months…
Last September, which seems like a lifetime ago, things were looking good for the craft beer industry in Dallas. Selling beer to-go was finally legal, and beer drinkers were ready for it. In the past 10 years, the number of brewers in North Texas has grown from two to around…
Just two weeks before the ninth annual Big Texas Beer Fest’s scheduled date of March 27, Chad and Nellie Montgomery, the husband-and-wife team who founded the event, postponed it until July. They didn’t know at the time that it was the first of many challenges they’d face trying to run…
If you’re a State Fair of Texas fan, you’ve barely had time to digest the news that it’s not happening this year. Even so, there are still ways to get some of those treats, such as cotton candy. If cloud-like spun sugar is a favorite, you have options, and they look…
Flats or drums? Bone-in or boneless? Breaded or naked? Where can I get free wings? These and other questions may be on your mind on National Chicken Wing Day. Dallas-based chain Wingstop will answer that last question along with a full day of live-streamed music by a DJ online [WingStopWingDay.com]…
We’ve come to expect some restaurant closures during the pandemic, but when Perry’s Steakhouse on McKinney Avenue closed after its final dinner service July 11, it wasn’t exactly a closure. Five days later, its new location was open in the Park District development, just around the corner at 2100 Olive…
If we weren’t in a pandemic, people would’ve been making reservations for packed dining rooms as part of DFW Restaurant Week 2020. With COVID-19 affecting the industry and every event, changes are coming to the annual fundraiser, but the weeks of dining for a good cause are still on —…
