Dallas’ fish sandwiches are working hard right now. Don’t snake through the drive-through of the McDonald’s on Gaston for that frightening fish patty with the glob of no-refrigerator-needed mayo. Dallas’ sandwich and fast casual seafood spots are frying fresh cod like beautiful ocean doughnuts; they’re beet-curing salmon and showering lemon…

There is so much Texas decor screaming at you at Stampede 66, I expected the ghost of Sam Houston to deliver my menu with a firm slap on the back. High on the wall, a high-res video of ranch-hands herding cattle plays on loop. Horses made of wire, like some…

There was good news and bad news about the burger at Wayward Sons, the new Greenville spot from Hibiscus’ chef Graham Dodds. The good news is the flavor of the 44 Farms patty is decisive and bold, like running a highlighter over your brain. The bad news: It didn’t come…

In the land of Goodfriend Package, meat is king. On a crisp scroll of butcher paper, about as long as I can stretch my arms, there’s manifesto-of-sorts written in black marker. It’s entitled: “A Word or 2 About our Meat.” The first declaration is about pork belly, which is how…

I have a quick confession: In all my years of living in Dallas, I’ve never been to a Dallas Mavericks game. This was my first time in the arena for anything related to basketball, and it was for a cheeseburger. I’m not sure if that’s embarrassing or not, but there…

There’s some kind of ever-present warmth at Kuby’s. The lighting comforts; the people glow; potato salad simmers. Sweater vests, once thought to be extinct, still keep patrons warm and homey. As a whole, there’s a feeling when you’re inside Kuby’s like you’ve stepped inside a painting of a restaurant. In…

One of the terms we hear frequently these days out there in the gastropub wild, is “house-made.” Pickles are house-made, almost sparkly with holiday spice. Ketchup is house-made, spiked with curry powder. We hear it so frequently in the days following the Great Gastropub Revolution of the 2000s that it’s…

In lieu of a year-end list on burgers, here is a musical presentation of some of the best darn burger gifts you can give yourself in Dallas right now. (We’re assuming you’re your own true love. We’re very big on self-esteem here.) For Burger Christmas, these are the cheeseburgers and…

There’s a special kind of craving that comes when you see food in a movie. When I was a kid, whenever Home Alone’s Kevin McCallister sat down to bless his big dish of golden macaroni and cheese, the color of melted sunlight, there wasn’t a burglar in the world that could stop…

So you’re going to the NorthPark mall. Just like when you go to the airport around the holidays, you’ll need to arrive 36 to 52 hours early to get a parking space. Remember there’s parking available at your house already, so you may just want to walk. (Pro tip: Wear…

There are a handful of foods in Dallas that a cause a chemical reaction in the brain. Some cause lightning storms; some cause emotional responses. A comforting winter soup at Mot Hai Ba recently caused spontaneous hugs, with caring back pats, between random strangers in the restaurant. El Come Taco…

There’s a phrase I’d like to reserve for the future, before it’s claimed: burger vacation. It should refer to the wildly enjoyable time a person takes off, removed from the company of smart electronics (and possibly other people), to bond emotionally with a double cheeseburger. While good burgers are common…

It should be well known that one of the best things you can do for yourself is put your face over a steaming bowl of pho. Pho is clearly the spa of the gods: Rich broth (that fatty pork flavor that deepens with the bowl); chiles that crackle and burn…

Surrounding double cheeseburgers, there’s always the jokes about arteries and marathons. Double cheesburgers are “heart-stopping” or “artery clogging” or “demon summoning.” I’m may be wrong about the last one. A double cheeseburger, by some miracle of mathematics, feels 4,000 percent worse on the nutritional shame scale than a single cheeseburger…

The first thing you notice on the Armoury D.E. brunch menu is the French Toast Von Chocula. That’s the classic Count Chocula cereal living gloriously in French toast. One cocktail comes with cookie crisps and a whole egg. Beyond brunch, there’s the awesomely named Darkwing Drums: Five duck wings, deep…