Comfort foods lived up to their name in 2020, and that trend surely won’t fade with this new year. A good standby to have in that rotation is a guiso, especially one that’s particularly spicy and scooped up in a fresh tortilla. At Morelia Restaurant in North Oak Cliff, you…
Hai Hospitality has a new executive sous chef whose work will show up in Uchi Dallas. While Rhonda McCullar will be based in Austin, she comes from North Texas, having moved from Ennis to Dallas when she was in eighth grade. “I was an athlete and thought I was going…
Ah, a new year. Let’s embrace it while we still can’t embrace those we love. It’s a new year, but it’s also just another Friday, and we’re still in a pandemic. More people are getting those “I Voted” look-alike stickers that say they’ve gotten the vaccine, but it appears we’re…
Just two weeks after we published our list of Top 100 Restaurants in Dallas, we fell to 99. Earlier this week, Jennifer and David Uygur announced they would close Macellaio, their newer restaurant on North Bishop Avenue. “During the pandemic, we’ve struggled to find the right niche for Lucia’s casual…
Sen. John Cornyn wasn’t the only one posting pictures of food to social media on Christmas Eve. But he might’ve been the only one to do so and attract the attention of cooks, food lovers and anyone else who appreciates meat that looks like it wasn’t overcooked and slathered in…
While breakfast may allegedly be the most important meal of the day and a favorite one for this writer, 2020 had fewer visits out for the meal than we intended. Upon putting together this list, that became obviously true, and we missed spending weekends finding new places actually cooking eggs…
This year has offered us plenty of opportunities to change the way we live. One of those is eating outside. It’s not just about doing more of it, but accepting — during these months especially — that the utensils may freeze our hands, our food may chill more quickly and…
This is a season of looking back and looking ahead, and we’ve done so as we look forward to the best 100 restaurants in Dallas and recount some of the best dishes we had over the last year (most of which were in takeout containers). Another way to look back…
There’s a new coffee shop in Casa Linda, just to the west of White Rock Lake. The shotgun layout has some seating for those who brave indoor eating and drinking and a coffee bar before the door to the kitchen. El Porton may feel like just another spot to grab…
In its Dec. 9 meeting, the Dallas City Council approved a pilot program, Street Seats, which will allow for private or public parklet options and the use of up to two curbside parking spaces. “This approval is Dallas’ semipermanent parklet seating solution that includes options for restaurants and retail establishments…
Every so often, Dallas gets a day in December that actually feels like winter. Many of us rejoice in the air feeling like the proper season before we realize we’re underdressed and the car’s heater just doesn’t work quickly enough. It’s days like those when we need a spicy guiso…
Though most of this year hasn’t been ideal for dining inside our favorite restaurants, there was still plenty to write about. And readers read. Here are some of the most-read food-related pieces in the Dallas Observer over the last year. Before we look forward to vaccines, getting together with others…
The Second Floor at the Exchange is opening for dinner in the AT&T Discovery District Wednesday, Dec. 16. A news release says it’s two concepts in one (which we’re going read and say – there are two restaurants opening): Ounce and Ichi Ni San (the latter of which we briefly…
Chef Peja Krstic to Expand to Japanese Food with New Restaurant Mot Hai Ba’s Peja Krstic Japanese-Inspired restaurant Ichi Ni San (one two three in Japanese) is an upcoming restaurant by chef Peja Krstic of Mot Hai Ba. An Instagram account says the place will be a “contemporary, non-traditional take on…
Grubhub released its annual Year in Food report, noting that people upped their game in getting takeout this year, which comes as no surprise. What is more surprising is that the most popular order for delivery through the platform in Dallas was chicken-fried steak. Of course, Grubhub is just one…
Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins announced Thursday that non-essential business occupancy limits will decrease from 75% to 50%, effective immediately. These include all restaurants, retail stores, office buildings, manufacturing facilities, gyms, museums and libraries in Dallas County. This follows Gov. Greg Abbott’s order that if a region has more than…
As of today, there’s a new sandwich pop-up in Frisco. The Heritage Table, one of the Observer’s Top 100 Restaurants, is closed – “until the pandemic has resolved whether via vaccine, herd immunity or another conclusion,” according to a news release this week. In the meantime, we have another reason…
Big news: Another annual event is going to look different this year thanks to the pandemic. But, we’re pretty happy about the route Tacolandia is taking. It’s definitely not safe to gather the large crowd that normally shows up for the annual event, but we’re still going to get plenty…
After nearly nine years of business, Taco Stop closed its Design District location in August — another result of the pandemic. Now, a fresh coat of paint and new branding has taken over as Taco Bites & Beats plans to open. “We kind of have COVID to thank, a little…
Harwood Arms, the latest spot by Harwood Hospitality Group, is set to open next week with inspiration from the British Isles. Tucked away in that new Uptown-adjacent neighborhood Harwood District (which is really Little Mexico), this restaurant is set to have a “regionally inspired menu of pub fare paired with…
Mid-November, we found out the great Salaryman restaurant was closing and its chef had stopped working to focus on treatment for leukemia. Since then, Dallas’ restaurant community has rallied as it frequently does, organizing a GoFund Me page that has raised more than $70,000. In a couple of weeks comes…
There’s one thing (of many) this writer and Sandwich Expert Nick Rallo agree upon: There’s magic in a good breakfast sandwich. Even better is a place that does two things — opens daily and serves these meals on biscuits. Such a spot exists in East Dallas at Goodfriend Package. Observer…
