A year ago, bar owner Kim Finch saw herself expanding into the restaurant business. A building, charming with years of history, had become available, and the sight of a patio full of people diving into Frito pie was easy to imagine. Today, Thunderbird Station restaurant is in that former gas…
Last year changed much about how we eat meals from our favorite restaurants. One of those adaptations involved french fries: We praised executions that held up through the drive home and learned to just eat them on the way to avoid soggy cuts of potato. At Uncle Uber’s Sammich Shop,…
Khao Noodle Shop Closes Temporarily with Uncertain Future Khao Noodle Shop owner Donny Sirisavath took to Facebook Jan. 7 to let customers know the pivoting of 2020 is continuing as the pandemic rages on in 2021. “Khao Noodle Shop was never a product of take outs and delivery,” he wrote,…
There’s a first-rate new shawarma restaurant in Plano. And if it weren’t for the coronavirus pandemic, it might not have opened. We’ve heard many, too many, stories about restaurants closing because of the virus. Pita Town’s story is the opposite. For years, the business operated at local farmers markets in…
Seven years ago a question was posed on Reddit, “What’s your idea of a perfect day?” The top answer, by an account that has since been deleted, was “Wake up next to someone you love, spend the day exploring the outdoors, spend the evening drinking with friends, fall asleep next…
J.Rae’s bakery first opened in Fort Worth during the 2008 financial crisis, and it now comes to Dallas amid the coronavirus pandemic. Audrey Dixon is bringing the brand east. Named after found Jana Howell, Dixon’s aunt, J.Rae’s became a successful business with Howell’s family’s support. Since, J.Rae’s has opened another…
The Stewpot Alliance’s Soup’s On Luncheon and Art Sale returns for its 13th year, this time virtually, with award-winning chef José Andrés on Feb. 25. The annual event benefits The Stewpot, which is in its 46th year serving homeless people. Former journalist Robert Wilonsky, now communications director for Heritage Auctions,…
On Tuesday, as many Americans waited for Georgians to finish casting ballots to decide which party will control the U.S. Senate, Pizza Inn Brandon Solano, released a statement via PRNewswire calling for election reform. “Widespread concerns over fraud demand commonsense changes to rebuild unity and confidence,” reads the subheadline of…
For many of us, comfort food is still on the menu as we roll into 2021. It’s winter, and every other week it’s cold outside. What’s more comforting than a warm, freshly baked cinnamon roll? The gooey treats are so popular that even McDonald’s is getting in on the action…
Kelly Ball, owner of Leila Bakery and Cafe, started selling her from-scratch baked goods at farmers markets in 2013 to much fanfare. Her pastry passion soon budded into a full-fledged business, and last fall, despite the pandemic, she opened her first storefront in East Dallas. While her hand-pressed pie crusts…
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…
If there’s ever been a time to be resourceful with leftovers, the pandemic is it. On a new Netflix cooking competition show called Best Leftovers Ever!, professional and amateur chefs are given leftovers and 30 minutes to transform them into new dishes over the course of two rounds for a…
Dallas residents have been flocking to get pizza from pop-up 8 Mile Pies for months now, but the idea came about five years ago from a visit to Austin. After a night of going out on Sixth Street, Christopher “Phanzy” Phan came across Via 313 Pizzeria with a group of…
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…
Henk’s European Deli Inc. & Black Forest Bakery is actually the name of this wonderfully quirky establishment, and you really need that many words to describe it. After thoroughly enjoying browsing the aisles of European goodies while I waited on lunch, I’d add “& Specialty Grocer” to the title. It…
With bars closed and restaurants operating at 50% capacity, great food deals at happy hours and nightly dining specials are a little harder to come by. But if you’ve resolved to save money this year, you don’t have to restrict yourself to fast food and chain restaurants. For a little…
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…
A restaurant’s ambience can influence how we perceive the food and create memorable occasions out of meals from simple to sophisticated. Thoughtful food presentation makes everything from a burger to branzino taste better. And while it’s true that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” it’s also true that…
As we tiptoe wide-eyed into 2021 with trepidation, we could all use some good luck. The most common go-to in Texas is a pot of black-eyed peas, but it turns out those odd, greenish-grey oblong orbs are imposters: black-eyed peas aren’t even peas, rather beans. With an eye toward truth…
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…
High on the list of things we miss, sorely and all-over, is planting at a bar. When you park there for a while, phone down, you notice the small things. It’s those things you miss the most when you’re away from them for so long: The dim light of the…
I write this with a bit of hesitation. A fear of exposing a secret. No, not that TEN at Sylvan Thirty has some of the best ramen in the city, or that their playlist is spot-on or the chefs’ total indifference if you decide to dance for just a hot…
