Husband and wife team Joey and Lan Chi Le are set to open Wicked Po’Boys, a casual Cajun inspired restaurant on Greenville Avenue in Richardson, this Wednesday. The menu features po’boys stuffed with crawfish, BBQ shrimp, fried shrimp, fried oysters and soft shell crab. They had a soft opening today…
On a Sunday afternoon the pavement was hot: a shimmering expanse of concrete on the side of town where trees look like islands, and shade is a hard-to-find refuge. Keller’s Drive-In provides a little solace from the blaring sun. Eddie is a regular who’s been coming here since the place…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 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. They’re all favorites, sure, but this dish really stands out. Enmoladas…
What a hot week. Monday started with news of a fire at the Panda Express in NorthPark Center. I just got off the phone with an employee there and they told me the location would be reopening this weekend. Greasy shopping mall egg rolls will be back to normal soon…
I’ve seen a couple of blog posts describing Mesa’s recent lamentations. A Facebook post citing slow sales have kicked off a little spate of coverage urging diners to give the Oak Cliff Veracruz style Mexican restaurant another look, if only to save the place from demise. Certainly Dallasites should be…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 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. St. Pete’s chili dog easily won our chili dog smack down,…
After I went back to Bryan Street Tavern to check out their wings under the new ownership, I started poking around looking for better specimens. My wing friends suggested the Owner’s Box, the retina-overload sports bar in the neon explosion of the Omni Hotel. I stopped in recently to check…
I have long been convinced the bar is the best place to dine in a restaurant. You don’t need reservations, bartenders are more attentive than waitstaff, and you get to talk to people you might not interact with while sitting at a table with friends. Not all bars are created…
“So you really brew every cup by hand?” I asked the petite barista wrapping up her shift at Mercantile Coffee House. She told me it was the only way they could do it, so I pointed to the two massive drip machines perched on the counter, prompting her honesty. “Gotta…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 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. We all love burgers. No doubt. Wanna start a blog people…
Close your eyes. Take yourself away to some place in a Southern state east of Texas. You can choose whichever you prefer, but I’m going with the tree-lined hills of Tennessee. Make sure it’s rural, though, one of those small country towns where everyone has a garden and summer afternoons…
Ever think about food photography and Internet dating in tandem? Come on, don’t be shy. You know you’ve logged on to OkCupid, or Match, or eHarmony or whatever, and looked at pictures of prospective dates and thought, oh my, I’ve gotta have that. Same thing happens when you’re checking out…
An upcoming installment of the Box illuminated the first change at SNACK, the new small-plate restaurant from the folks behind Nosh Euro Bistro. Nick Rallo and Alice Laussade spotted a late-night taco menu scrawled on a chalkboard and asked about the offering. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings the kitchen…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 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. The name is simple but the cardboard basket you receive is…
Maybe you’ve been there. You’re all excited to check out the latest blockbuster at the NorthPark Center theater, and after spending 10 minutes jockeying around the lot and shunning the valet to find your own parking, you approach the ticket booth and your show is sold out. Not just the…
On the heels of the demise of the Commissary’s fine-dining, communal table I asked if Dallas was into eating with strangers. A few commenters chimed in, some supporting the idea as fun and adventurous and others petrified by the potential for terrible table mates. I get both sides of the…
Egg rolls may be a little harder to come by in the future at the NorthPark Center. The Dallas Morning News first reported a two-alarm fire that broke out this morning at 10:30 a.m. in the Panda Express, located in the food court. Twitter users have begun posting pictures of…
The Stand on McKinney Avenue opened in January, making use of an Airstream they split down the center like a hot dog bun for decor. They serve hot dogs, burgers, wings and other snacks you’d expect to purchase at a baseball stadium with cheap pitchers of cheap beer, staying open…
When Ristorante Nicola opened in 2010, the Observer wasn’t smitten. Hanna Raskin’s review described over-salting in some dishes as deer-puckering. Luigi Iannuario was the chef responsible for those plates, and he’s since moved to Las Vegas to pursue “other opportunities.” Last week news that Justin Melnick has stepped in to…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 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. While Princi Italia failed to inspire me with many of their…
Hello Dallas. Planning on having a boozy weekend? Craft cocktailery has descended en masse on our city, and Monday could be a little rough. Make sure to drink your Gatorade before imbibing with enthusiasm. And if you do catch a bad case of morning malaise you’d do well to head…
My old man taught me a few very important things. He taught me how to swing a hammer and square four pieces of lumber, even if they were a rectangle. He taught me that mayonnaise was the best condiment possible for hamburgers and that it was great to slather in…
