Years in, La La Land Cafe’s Mentor Program for Former Foster Kids Flourishes
Kadee Randle entered Texas’ foster care system when she was 16 and had four different placements before aging out of the system when she turned 18.
Kadee Randle entered Texas’ foster care system when she was 16 and had four different placements before aging out of the system when she turned 18.
Maybe (maybe) one of the best parts of the final seconds of the Maverick’s thrilling comeback against the Knicks on Dec. 27 was …
With the New Year approaching, we like to look back on our local food and restaurant coverage that struck a chord and, hopefully, served as
What a great weekend to be a soccer fan. Or even if you’re not, it was a fascinating finish. As the spar and Qatar went into a shootout on Sunday …
If you have a subscription to HBO – or a friend willing to share their login – chances are you’ve watched an episode of White Lotus, or binged an entire season in one sitting.
Santa and his posse of hoofed aviators aren’t the only ones busy this December. Restaurateurs around North Texas continue …
Spiral Diner in Denton is going beyond the usual holiday decor to make customers feel welcome this year. The all-vegan restaurant and bakery announced recently the launch of a reverse happy hour and Friday night game night.
At the end of each year, the food writers at the Observer like to reflect on the dishes that left a lasting impression on us over the past 12 months.
Abruzzo’s is a small family-run Italian restaurant in Oak Cliff that sits at the corner of Davis and Tyler, just far enough outside the Bishop Arts District that parking isn’t a nightmare. Mostly anyway.
This time last year, the restaurant industry was still shaking off the pandemic like a blindside blow from a middle linebacker. It was a slow, one-foot-in-front-of-the-other recovery from labor challenges, product shortages, crazy weather and inflation.
When Team USA laces up their boots to hit the pitch (yeah, we watched Ted Lasso) to play Iran at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, a local bar will be featured during the broadcast. Ike Richman with Echo Lounge and Music Hall told the Observer that the 1,000-capacity club in the…
Each week we like to dig around and find unique, boozy and indulgent things to get into around Dallas. It might be a festival, a social gathering of like-minded imbibers at a brewery, a special dinner or a pop-up. Here’s what we’re excited about this week.
Ruthie’s has been a pillar of grilled cheese goodness for more than a decade in Dallas. And now they’re about to expand with a permanent location.
We’ve long been fans of Carbone’s. It’s a staple on our Top 100 list as well as in our rotation of local spots to fill up on pasta. The owner Julian Barsotti
The editors of Texas Monthly have put many of their favorite recipes in one book. The Big Texas Cookbook will likely stir many childhood memories and remind us that the culinary landscape in Texas is wildly diverse. And tasty.
All-or-nothing community service, innovation and brisket queso are a few of the reasons so many Texans love this grocery story.
Piroshky Piroshky, an Eastern European-inspired bakery with a flagship store at the Pike Place Market in Seattle, has been baking handmade pies since 1992. As part of the bakery’s 30th anniversary, bakers are touring the country and will visit Dallas on Dec. 8 and Fort Worth on Dec. 9. All orders will…
The Observer recently partnered with Familystyle Food, a recipe blog offering easy, family-style recipes from Karen Tedesco, a professionally trained chef,
Just when you think you’ve ingested enough tacos in your life to have a pretty good grasp on all the goodness that can be contained in one tortilla, you realize this is an aspect of your life – like tax fraud – you’ll never fully conquer.
Campo Verde sits on a corner spot along Pioneer Parkway in Dalworthington Gardens, a small city notable as being the motherland of the band Pantera and antsy cops on Bowen Road …
After opening stores in Frisco and Plano recently – then announcing two more openings in Mansfield and Fort Worth – today the San Antonio-based grocer’s senior director of public affairs, Mabrie Jackson, confirmed with the …
Previously we reported on potential turkey shortages this year due to the Avian Flu virus affecting flocks of fowl around the country. Well, calm your feathers