Whether you’re sitting at a table or quickly grabbing takeout, you can feel a noticeable difference at a restaurant that has opted to open for in-house dining at 25% capacity. Cinco de Mayo had restaurants doing specials — one restaurant did this, continuing its to-go operations and allowing people to…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. We were told via text to meet at the back of a parking lot and to look for a white car with the window down (yes, just one…
I feel like a lot of kids are going to be asked to report to the class in a few months what they learned during quarantine. Mommy Likes Wine. I Miss Unlimited Screen Time. I Forgot How to Tie My Shoes. Why Zoom Class Was Better. Daddy Is Bad at…
While some restaurants are opening dining rooms for limited tables for families to get a Mother’s Day brunch, lunch or dinner, there are plenty of ways to stay home and safe, if that’s what you prefer. There are tons of restaurants offering kits to go. Here are 14 options for…
One of the few good things about coronavirus is the way it has challenged some common ideas about human nature. The global pandemics of fiction imagined lawlessness, mass looting, murder and chaos — not charity and voluntary quarantining. And on social media, we could have reasonably expected outpourings of anger…
The James Beard Foundation has announced its final nominees for this year’s awards, and while we had nine Dallas chefs and restaurants on the semifinalist lists, the city had not a single showing among the final nominations. This comes after what was arguably a banner year for the city, with…
You could see it all over social media over the weekend: People went to restaurants. It’s hard to tell in straight-on photos if people are social distancing from other households, but whether or not they were, there were restaurants certainly operating right at that 25% capacity limit. Downtown resident Renee…
Over the next month, being optimistic, would you leave a restaurant or turn your back on a to-go order if the employees aren’t wearing face coverings? March 25 — a little over a week after the city of Dallas closed all bars and prevented restaurants from offering in-house dining — local businessman Mark Cuban…
Even though most of us are staying at home these days, there’s no reason we can’t get in on some Cinco de Mayo celebrations. Here are some Dallas spots making that easier with kits and more to go this week. Bisous Bisous Pâtisserie 3700 McKinney Ave., Suite 150 (Uptown) Bisous is…
According to an anonymous tip sent to us over the weekend, Hillstone Restaurant Group, while complying with state orders limiting their restaurants to 25% capacity, was threatening to fire employees who opted to wear personal protective equipment. The tipster, who supposedly has close ties with the restaurant group, shared screenshots…
Back in the good old days of restaurant dining, the idea of leftover barbecue was a little strange. You’re sitting at a long wooden table with a tray full of spectacular smoked meat, and you can’t finish it? How Texan are you? But in the time of coronavirus, the very…
Restaurants can reopen for in-house dining at 25% capacity as of Friday. They don’t have to, of course. Across town, some are proudly opening, others are quietly opening in hopes to avoid shaming and others are adamantly keeping dining rooms closed. One restaurant owner who wanted to remain anonymous reached…
As of Friday, restaurants in Texas can reopen for in-house dining at 25% capacity — if they want. Restaurateurs have words on that: whether or not it’s the right thing, how to do it if they think it is and how they plan to continue if they think it’s not…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Rene Ramirez of 225 BBQ says he “just gets bored” when he’s asked why his menu is ever-evolving. This is despite the fact that he’s raising a young…
It’s no secret that I think Fearing’s Restaurant is the best place in town. There’s a bartender at the Rattlesnake Bar who has waited on me since I first moved to Dallas in 1999 and hung out at Beau Nash Lounge trying to be cool (but not understanding why the…
The people at restaurants in town are getting creative with how to keep us returning to their businesses, and one decent way is with kits. While cooking on your own can be great, these days, masking up, sanitizing, shopping for ingredients, hoping they’re there, sanitizing everything when you get home…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Here’s a splurge offer you should take advantage of: Veritas has discount wine and charcuterie boards to go. I’ve been concerned about your love life during the pandemic…
Friday, Texas restaurant dining rooms will be allowed to reopen, if they wish, up to 25% of their capacity limits. Gov. Greg Abbott announced the reopening as part of a gradual, phased reopening of the state Texas. The reopening plan seems destined to fail as the coronavirus returns. Cases of…
Pre-COVID, we had a weekly post with upcoming weekend events. We simply 86’d that weekly feature as everyone retreated to their homes and our reviews became a series of photos featuring takeout containers. We’re still in our homes, but people are keeping things interesting with virtual events. (Nick Rallo recently…
The big-hearted eatery offers six tacos and a bottle of wine for $30.
Tacos make everything better. And when you can pull up your car and quickly get a few curbside, especially during a pandemic, they’re that much more helpful toward sanity. The team at José in North Dallas launched Taco Tuesday last week, offering three types of tacos to take away with…
With many front-line workers risking their lives each day to care for patients with COVID-19, several restaurants in the Dallas area have taken it upon themselves to provide these essential workers with food. Across all industries, people have faced layoffs, pay cuts and furloughs, thus making them unsure of where…
