To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. El Ranchito has long been famous for its loud mariachi, big…
The last time I heard about Lyfe Kitchen it was mentioned in an article in the New York Times Magazine a little more than a year ago. Mark Bittman was lamenting the options for affordable, healthy dining on the quick in America, and was resigned to bean burritos from Taco…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. With such a large Vietnamese population in Dallas, this list would…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Village Baking Co. sells all sorts of treasures for those looking…
Proving that the American workforce is increasingly bored at their desks these days, a $54.75 Starbucks order propelled a Dallas man into Internet fame yesterday. Inspired by a previous unsubstantiated record in which a customer ordered what he called the “Quadriginoctuple Frap,” Twitter user Andrew Chifari strolled into an Uptown…
I’ll go ahead and acknowledge that my grasshopper taco-eating experience is limited. I’ve enjoyed the delicacy a handful of times at Oyamel, a Mexican restaurant D.C., but that’s it. Still, I feel safe in the declaration that the tacos de chapulines available at East Dallas’ El Come Taco right now…
It was a food critic’s seventh-worst nightmare: While trying to get caught up on new bars and restaurants, I found myself at the Whistling Pig, a new bar on Ferguson Road in East Dallas, down an eating partner. Most of chef Asher Stevens’ new menu looked good, but the pastrami…
There are two or three blocks along Travis Street, south of Henderson Avenue, that have long been a sort of culinary safe zone, the restaurant equivalent of those houses in the neighborhood where you knew you could seek refuge if the ice cream man got weird. Fernando’s Mexican Cuisine will…
Two weekends ago I was walking up La Vista Drive after a particularly egregious Yumilicious session (strawberry tart, graham cracker crumbs, chocolate chips) when I noticed the Ginger Man’s balcony was packed with beer swillers. The bar was having its grand opening, and the place was mobbed. My stomach was…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Let’s start with the worst part about dining at 20 Feet…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Gas station tacos shouldn’t get a pass just because they’re gas…
If you’ve driven down Oak Lawn Avenue recently, you might have noticed a new restaurant taking shape. The exterior is now-ubiquitous horizontal wood, and it encases what appears to be some serious patio potential. Most recently, a sign was hoisted into place above the glass front door. Scotch and Sausage,…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. To the untrained eye, the kebab served at Afrah can appear…
You had to know it was coming. As states legalize marijuana, and food trucks continue to enjoy cult popularity, it was only a matter of time before pot brownies joined the likes of sliders and banh mi. According to NPR, “The Samich” is the first edible marijuana-themed food truck to…
If the corner of Hillcrest Road and Northwest Highway is on your way work (or geographically convenient on any of your driving routes), you may find a new love in Top Pot Hand-Forged Doughnuts. The new shop opened earlier this week with a sunny dining area, attractive-looking doughnuts and a…
If it hasn’t been done already, some day society is going to look back on how Chipotle revolutionized the fast food industry and compare it to how Ford revolutionized the manufacturing industry. The comparison starts with the assembly line workflow both of these business use to streamline how a product…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Black pudding gets a bad rap, and not just because its…
Over the weekend, The Loon had a private closing party. You weren’t there unless you had an invitation or snuck, which probably got easier as the night wore on. This weekend, The Loon will play host to a different going away party. This one is more significant because you can…
Between bun bo hue and pho, it’s obvious why pho is the more popular of the bowls. Filled with an aromatic, clean-tasting broth and a wad of tangled rice noodles, it’s a distant cousin to American comfort food. Sure, some versions include strips of fuzzy bible tripe and gelatinous chunks…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Like most close relationships, my affection for the deep-fried bird appendages…
Usually summer in Dallas is ushered in with 100-degree-days, slicks of perspiration and a general sense of suffering experienced whenever you walk outdoors. As this Memorial Day weekend approaches, though, it is surprisingly gorgeous out. Who knew such things were possible? Maybe summer in Dallas doesn’t have to suck –…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. This dish was already one of the best dishes I’ve had…
