There are plenty of articles we’ve had over the last eight months that have included the message, “support your favorite restaurants.” It’s something that could be said in any era since the industry isn’t the most stable from a business standpoint, but during the pandemic, we’ve all seen small businesses…
Dallas welcomes its first true tiki bar since Trader Vic’s, and we’re here for it.
While COVID-19 continues to affect commercial real estate downtown, West Dallas’ planned development district has attracted a new leaseholder. Soiree Coffee Bar opened its doors with music and a private event in Trinity Groves in mid-October, and the coffee shop and jazz bar officially open to the public Oct. 24…
One of the most significant things the pandemic has altered is the sense of community and human connection. While interaction like this can’t be replaced, some restaurants are using social media pages to compensate for the lost community spirit and to connect with their customers. Before COVID-19, conversations about where…
Just because (this version of) the State Fair of Texas is over, that doesn’t mean we can’t continue to indulge in corn dogs. The real deal, Fletcher’s, is still doing pop-ups around town, and they’re headed to a Design District brewery Friday. From the corn dogs experts: Credit card only,…
It was the day after November’s time change, and suddenly nighttime felt a lot earlier. It seemed sleep should arrive much sooner and, admittedly, there wasn’t much motivation of any kind to get things rolling for the upcoming week: Sitting around doing nothing and possibly ordering some food of any…
An old art deco department store in downtown Dallas is the setting for the city’s newest brewery taproom. Pegasus City Brewery’s downtown location quietly opened last weekend with service exclusively for residents of the Dallas Power and Light Building, in which it takes up much of the ground floor. This…
Coppell Deli is more of a diner than a deli, but sandwiches absolutely play the starring role here. And if the sandwiches are stars, the breakfast sandwiches are the equivalent of an astronomer’s bright giants. The Stubbs breakfast sandwiches, named after the early-1990s Dallas Cowboys player Daniel Stubbs, are still…
Around this time of year, massive groups of grackles flock into Dallas. This year, a new type of migratory bird has joined them in increasing numbers. That bird? Nashville hot chicken. Seemingly in the blink of an eye, Nashville-style fried chicken has grown from a pop-up trend into a Dallas staple…
Each weekend, Matthew Johanningmeier, a video producer, director and editor by day, dons his signature bonnet and bandana to become the Dough Dealer, purveyor of local, made-to-order cookie dough. But before you ask, he’s not the Dough Dealer because of that. The name is partially inspired by Future’s “Move that…
The folks at Meat Fight are leaning into the worst year ever. Meat Fight is an annual event where teams of chefs stretch their skills into barbecue and compete for quirky trophies, feeding guests and raising money for people living with multiple sclerosis along the way, usually to the tune…
For undergraduate students living on campus, a big part of social life is running into friends around campus and grabbing a meal together. If nothing else is open, dining halls are the failsafe. But this semester, spontaneous meals have become difficult and rare, if not taboo. With COVID-19 restrictions, university…
Over the weekend, some more facades of businesses downtown were boarded up. It’s not an unfamiliar sight at this point after the riots last summer, but now more businesses have glass covered in preparation for Election Day. Jan Marien, co-owner of La Tarte Tropézienne on Main Street, says he was called…
Walk down North Bishop Avenue on a Saturday, and it may seem like things are almost normal. Of course, they’re not. You’re actually in the new normal that’s seemingly here to stay. People are wearing masks, patio tables are spilling into parking spaces and you might be dodging groups of…
In Texas it can be said that barbecue is king. One thing that’s better than barbecue is a barbecue restaurant that has tacos on the menu. In Dallas-Fort Worth, there are many choices when it comes to the barbecue, many of them on Texas Monthly’s Top 50 list. And since…
There are several Italian restaurants in and around Dallas, but many fans of the cuisine complain that truly good Italian is hard to find here. At Partenope in downtown Dallas, husband-and-wife duo Megan and Dino Santonicola incorporate Neapolitan tradition throughout their restaurant. The restaurant’s name comes from the original name…
In Noble Ape, stand-up comedian Jim Gaffigan recounts taking his five kids to London and how exhausting it was to chauffeur them around all day, lamenting, “Kids never wanna do something fun like sit in a dark bar and drink beer.” Well, Dallas has a bar Gaffigan and his kids…
While restaurants usually have to have one parking spot per 100 or 200 square feet of usable space, that’s now not the case for their patio areas, at least for a little while. The Dallas City Council approved a resolution Wednesday temporarily authorizing covered, unenclosed patio areas to to be…
The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission has suspended permits for four establishments in Dallas: Shuck N Jive, Alamo Club, Bungalow and High Fives. “These violations represent a very small number of the more than 20,000 licensed businesses inspected by TABC since the beginning of May,” TABC Chairman Kevin J. Lilly said…
There are some festive sweet goods coming out of Bishop Arts this weekend worth breaking a keto diet. The Salty Donut, the doughnut shop bringing breakfast goods of total excess, has announced a few items to get us in the Halloween spirit, and we’re willing to get a sugar overload…
There’s a Texaco gas station just south of White Rock Lake, not far from the Hollywood/Santa Monica neighborhood, where all seems pretty typical except for some signage at the peak of the building: “Pupusas to-go.” We’re betting that the $1.39 pupusas from this place will make you pretty happy. There’s…
One of cold weather’s great pleasures is a nice spicy drink. There’s nothing like dunking churros into a mug of spiced Mexican chocolate, or spiking hot cocoa with pinches of cinnamon and cayenne. I’ve always loved peppery-hot alcoholic drinks, too, like jalapeño-infused tequila or cocktails made with a spoonful of…
