Ever move away from a place, and then come back a few years later and say something like, “man, I hardly recognize a thing?” A lot of people are going to say that about Jefferson Boulevard in the coming years; I’ll bet you a crispy taco on it. Right now,…
I get it: It’s 87 degrees in January and it hasn’t rained since the early ‘1990s. We all should be conserving. But considering the overflowing dumpster the size of a short bus behind every restaurant in America, I’m having a hard time thinking drinking straws are where we should focus…
I’ve written about so many new burger restaurants opening I have a story template permanently saved on my desktop. All I have to do is enter in whether the meat is ground on-site or not, the address, who bakes the buns and the word “pink” here and there, and the…
Dallas Grilled Cheese Company opened earlier this month, and cheese-deprived diners have been pounding on the restaurant’s door looking for an update on their favorite childhood sandwich. You’ll find the new butter-burdened sandwiches just around the corner from Oddfellows in Oak Cliff. The dining room was packed during a recent…
Americans have an unhealthy obsession with Italian cooking: Unhealthy not only because the American interpretation of boot-food features an excess of mozzarella, Parmigiano-Reggiano and meat, but also because Italian American is one of the most popular imported cuisines. The pizza served stateside may bear little resemblance to the rounds served…
I wasn’t concerned until I reached into the brown paper bag to remove the burger I’d just ordered from Harvey G’s. My first attempt to grasp the beast was too feeble and it slipped. I had to dig deeper, curl my hand under the tinfoil parcel and then lift. It…
Scott and Gina Gottlich, owners of Bijoux in Inwood Village, have announced the closure of their small French restaurant. The couple says they are closing Bijoux to focus their energy on their other restaurant, The Second Floor in the Galleria. Which means the veal cheeks terribly depicted above will no…
The paper TABC notice taped to the front window says it all. El Come Taco’s owner Luis Villalva has applied for permits to sell alcoholic beverages at the Fitzhugh Avenue taqueria. If his permits get approved as submitted, he’ll be able to sell both liquor and beer. I stopped in…
It’s always exciting when you get a text message from John Tesar on your personal phone, as local food writers are wont to do. You might get profanities, or you might get emojis. They come at 2 a.m. and they come on sunny afternoons, but no matter what time they…
On Rotation, a new taproom and brewery opened next to Lakewood’s Cane Rosso, opened over the weekend. The self-described craft beer laboratory didn’t have any house brews to offer, but their computer controlled brewing system was on display behind a large glass door. Boiling and fermentations tanks sat at the…
Walk into just about any coffee shop or other small business and there’s a good chance there’s an iPad or other tablet on the counter. They’ve replaced traditional cash registers in many restaurants, giving business owners flexible and inexpensive options to ring up tickets and process credit cards. Customers may…
Randall Warder’s second restaurant on Greenville Avenue will officially open its doors February 10, he said this week. C’viche, which will serve ceviche, lands on the heels of Clark Food and Wine, which Warder opened late last year next door. Clark offers a variety of smoked meats, sides and appetizers…
The weather is awful again, but cloudy days and cold air give us an excuse to soothe ourselves with the same foods we swore we put down with New Year’s resolutions. Hearty, rich cooking is the stuff we crave, and we should indulge in it while we can. Spring is…
Yolk, the breakfast and lunch restaurant located in One Arts Plaza, opened this week. Dallas is just the second location outside the Chicago area for the chain. Another is open in Indianapolis. Yolk takes over the space that used to house Cafe des Artistes, a Lombardi restaurant that focused on…
One of the most effective tools in a chef’s arsenal is the element of surprise. Whether by disguising one dish as another to alter perception and fool the palate, or by combining flavors and textures in ways that defy expectations, these little direction-changes have a tendency to become lasting food…
Over the Christmas break I traveled to New York City and Washington D.C., where I ate seven meals a day doing my best to absorb as much as possible in each city. While I wandered around, I discovered a few trends on my own, in restaurants that have opened since…
A few weeks ago, Henderson Avenue Country Club opened its doors. The space was previously occupied by Nick Badovinus’ Tried and True, which closed last year. The Country Club is brought to you by the same folks that opened nearby Henderson Avenue Taproom, whose customers spilled out onto the patio…
“This will be our last weekend at Barter,” started the Facebook post that announced the second restaurant to close at 3232 McKinney Ave. The address was first home to the much-hyped Private Social, which opened in 2011 and closed two years later. Barter had an even shorter run. The closures…
Yet another coffee shop is expected to open in downtown Dallas this spring. The Alto 211 building on N. Ervay Street has been slowly filling with tenants who now could use a place to relax outside their bustling offices, says the Dallas Morning News. The new shop, The Foyer, joins…
If it weren’t the middle of January, I’d be completely souped out. I never thought I’d say such a thing, but for the past week or so I’ve been slurping tortilla soup nearly every day for lunch, sometimes at more than one restaurant. Now, I just want to feast on…
A new burger joint is expected to open on Columbia Avenue just north of Carroll Avenue any day now. The sign for the restaurant went up late last year, and lettering in the window solicited employees. Harvey G’s sports a retro facade, and the inside of the restaurant is dedicated…
There are many ways to disguise a restaurant located in the aesthetic black hole of a strip mall, but most designers start with the windows. When used properly, drapes, blinds and window tints wrap the dining room in a shroud, creating a cocoon that transports customers far from the concrete…
