Prohibition, the downtown bar formerly operated as a vintage speakeasy, closed a few weeks ago. D broke the news last week, saying the closure was a week or two old. This weekend a bartender at City Tavern next door told me it was closer to three. Whenever the closure happened,…
If you like Bistro B but don’t have time for a full-service dining experience (or to make your way through their 500 item menu), you might check out Rollngo on Greenville Avenue. Bistro B’s sister restaurant opened last week, just south of Northwest Highway, and offers Vietnamese food on the…
On Sunday afternoon, Luis Villalva gently slipped two battered pieces of tilapia into the deep fryer at his restaurant El Come Taco. Minutes later they emerged, like fish sticks entombed in a blistered golden brown. Villalva placed the two pieces of fish on honest, double-stacked tortillas, added coarsely chopped cabbage,…
I wonder how the VPN certification ceremonies work behind the scenes. Are there three of four menacing Italian guys standing over the pizzaiolo as he works the oven? Is one of them sipping espresso? Are there two more out back with baseball bats and the trunk open on a massive…
If you think you had it hard during these past few cold months, you should talk to a local food truck owner. Winter is tough on sales for any outdoor food service operator, and this past season was particularly nasty. Spring will bring relief but even that will be short-lived…
Earlier this year, James Beard-winning food scribe Josh Ozersky penned an essay detailing a serious problem facing the culinary world. Tired of over-composed plates that were assembled more than they were sautéed, he called out modern young chefs on their menus. Pointing to a hypothetical dish that contained three dominoes…
If the weather weren’t so stupid this might actually be useful information. Do yourself a favor, bookmark this post and save it for later because when the sun re-emerges, Cafe Strada could end up on your permanent rotation. Gianpiero Lorenzo and David Pedack opened the tiny shop downtown about a…
If you haven’t heard, Starbucks is looking to slip a little somethin’ somethin’ in your latte. Not exactly — they would never do anything that cool — but they are starting alcohol programs in select stores in six metro areas, none of which are Dallas. Beer and wine will be…
On a recent Friday afternoon, CrushCraft gave off the appearance of a restaurant that was firing on all cylinders. Customers from nearby office buildings had trickled down into the Quadrangle storefront, filling at least half of the tables in the dining room and the patio out front — not an…
If you’re sick of reading about ranch dressing and pizza, you’ll have to get over it or shut off the Internet. In fact, you’ll have to shut off your TV, too, as news programs across the country are picking up and running with the story on Cane Rosso, the small,…
If the tender shoots and budding flowers outside are any indication, growing season is well underway, which means the seasonal farmers markets have started opening around Dallas. The White Rock Local Market started its season earlier this March, and the Coppell Farmers Market starts on March 29, after completing its…
Don’t all hangover stories start with something yada something, “but it wasn’t my fault”? As hollow as it may sound here, I feel the need to doubly express that my condition on a recent Sunday morning was not my fault. I had innocently bellied up to the bar at Pier…
It’s time to start thinking about this year’s Iron Fork competition. On May 7, Matt McCallister will have to defend the title he won last year in the sweltering confines of the Dallas Contemporary against Scott Romano. His next challenger is Richard Gras, the chef that recently took charge of…
Are dumplings the world’s most perfect food? They could be. Dumplings are delicious even in their more mediocre incarnations, and when dumplings are perfect they can border on transcendence. A well made dumpling keeps a secret tucked inside a starchy pocket, and tearing into one is not unlike unwrapping a…
Savor, the food and wine event that celebrates everything Dallas, is almost here. Just as with past years, organizers will hold a series of tastings, seminars and events throughout the weekend, but unlike in previous years, the Grand Tasting that anchors the festivities will be held right here in Dallas…
Students at the Aston University’s School of Life and Health Sciences have found that food picked up just seconds after being dropped on the floor is less likely to contain bacteria than food left for a longer period of time. Everyone with a solid case of the munchies who has…
By now you’ve perhaps heard the news: Village Kitchen and Toko V are done at the end of the week. The closure, paired with the recent demise of The Greek and Cafe des Artistes in One Arts Plaza, has local restaurant cognoscenti debating the state of Dallas’ dining scene. Each…
Everest Restaurant is a little Nepalese hole in the floor located far enough out in Irving that you will probably only visit when you’re on the way to the airport. It’s BYOB, but that isn’t much of a hassle because there’s a corner store on the same block with plenty…
When you walk into CrushCraft, there are two menus to peruse. One looks a little like the menu board at Chipotle, with 10 or so dishes you’ll mostly recognize. The other menu is scrawled on a a series of sheets of butcher paper that serve as a sort of proving…
Pizza Patrón has burned a few more crusts of late. The Dallas-based pizza chain hit a nerve in the nationwide immigration debate with its ongoing pizza-for-pesos program, and grated cotija on the wound by offering free pizza to those who ordered in Spanish, has pissed of puritans from both side…
Last May I hit my breaking point with One Arts Plaza after I reviewed The Greek, which was a major disappointment. I wrote that the menu might provide a decent substitute for sleeping pills and described some of the ingredients used there as terrible. The restaurant closed yesterday, as reported…
Most of us drinkers stick to a fairly predictable schedule. During the week we drink when we get off work until the sun gets heavy in the sky, and then depending on how we feel we cap it off with one more at home. When Friday comes we’re more liberal:…
