Tom Thumb Opens In Uptown With a Bar and the Ability to Drink While Grocery Shopping
Tom Thumb has opened a grocery store at The Union in Uptown Dallas, and you can drink beer (or wine) while you grocery shop.
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Maskaras Mexican Grill Serves Tacos You Won’t Find Anywhere Else in Dallas
Maskaras Mexican Grill should be famous for more than its collection of lucha libre memorabilia; the Oak Cliff taqueria serves stellar tacos, tortas, burritos and more.
Peek Inside Candytopia, a Candy-Themed Interactive Art Installation Now Open in Dallas
Candytopia, a “candy-coated experiential adventure,” is now open at The Hill in Dallas, and we sent a photographer to check out all the sweet fun.
Bring the Funk: The Best Sour Beers From DFW Breweries
When some people hear the term “sour” beer, the instinctive reaction is puckering of the lips and a polite, yet affirmative, “no thank you.” The idea of sipping something that presents acidic, pungent and tangy is a hard sell for some, especially for the everyday Miller drinkers where the mountains…
What’s Not to Like About Harvey B’s?
Susie Guy rests on a worn-out stool at the counter, the barred windows obstructing traffic on Columbia Avenue, with a grilled cheese in one hand. It’s middle of the afternoon, and her kitchen hisses and hums in between service. The fry master drops a basket down of spiral-cut taters, and…
This French Room Cocktail Comes With a Clean Water Mission
The recently renovated bar offers the chance for patrons to enjoy a cocktail and help those in need of clean water with their Eau d’Elyx cocktail.
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A Prominent Dallas Bar Owner Is Angry, and Wrong, About Craft Breweries Selling Their Own Beer
Shannon Wynne wrote an op/ed in the Texas Tribune citing brewery taprooms as the reason he had to close an Austin location of his Flying Saucer chain, and claimed that letting brewers sell directly to consumers will hurt the bar industry. But we disagree.
Crickles Checks All the Boxes On Our Brunch ‘Must-Have’ List
Just off the Cedar Springs strip is a perfect little place for brunch. Crickles and Co. has an unassuming space on Throckmorton Street, and at first glance, it may not seem user-friendly. It has a walk-up counter for ordering, you have to get your own silverware and you’ll spot little…
Fletcher’s Corny Dogs and So Many Banh Mis: Check Out the Final Lineup For Iron Fork 2019
The final line-up was released today for this year’s Iron Fork, a Dallas food-lovers’ throwdown where you can sample eats from dozens of Dallas restaurants and watch a live chef cooking competition. This year’s Iron Fork goes down from 7-10 p.m. Wednesday, May 1 at Centennial Hall at Fair Park, and the…
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Beverley’s Brings a Breezy, Springtime-Perfect Upscale Bistro to Fitzhugh
Inside Beverley’s, a new upscale neighborhood bistro on Fitzhugh, it feels like springtime. The sunlight bounces off white walls and mirrors, and the spring breeze flows freely thanks to a wall of open windows overlooking a courtyard growing verdant from crawling ivy. The restaurant opened a few weeks ago, but…
This Weekend: Crawfish, a Wine Walk and the Scarborough Renaissance Festival Is Back
It’s the perfect weather for a wine walk, and you can both wine and walk on Thursday in Bishop Arts District. Businesses are staying open late Thursday with wine tastings and special deals. To participate in the wine walk, prepurchase a tasting glass online, or pick up one of a…
A Mexican Restaurant Is Opening in the Former Lark on the Park Space
In November 2018, restaurateur Shannon Wynne (Meddlesome Moth, Rodeo Goat, Mudhen Meats & Greens) announced that he would be closing the Arts District restaurant Lark on the Park to make way for a new, more affordable concept. Four months later, we know what that concept will be: Miriam Cocina Latina, a…
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Merit Coffee Opens a Sleek New Coffee Shop in Deep Ellum
San Antonio’s Local Coffee has opened Merit Coffee, a new Deep Ellum coffee shop with slick design touches and perfectly pulled espresso.
North Texas’ Above-Average Beer Scene Takes Center Stage at Big Texas Beer Fest
For its eighth annual edition, the Big Texas Beer Fest in Dallas felt like the biggest one ever. On Saturday afternoon, a sold-out crowd of 5,000 filled Fair Park’s Automotive Building to take a shot at around 100 brewers offering nearly 500 different beers. Add in the 2,100 that festival…
This Mayoral Election Could Bring Food Inspection Score Signage to Dallas
A number of policy proposals are up for election in 2019’s Dallas mayor race. One of them could transform how Dallasites dine out and how restaurateurs do business: public signage for health inspection scores. When the Observer surveyed mayoral candidates earlier this spring, four — Albert Black, Scott Griggs, Lynn…
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‘Think of It As Afro Tex-Mex’ — Why You Need to Drive South for Jollof Tacos
Budget Bites is a series that looks for the best food and drink deals at restaurants in DFW. Because being on a budget doesn’t mean you can’t eat out in a city like Dallas. We can all agree there’s no shortage of tacos in Texas. But when it comes to…
SkinnyFats, a Chain Popular for Serving Both Healthy and Indulgent Eats, Opens in Uptown
A new Uptown restaurant with Las Vegas origins is bringing the best of both worlds to DFW with a menu that serves both healthy fare and vegetable juice along with indulgent dishes like chicken and waffles and deep-fried pickle chips. SkinnyFats, which has opened several locations in and around Las…
Dallas Zoo Is Attempting to Entice More Adult Visitors. How? With Food and Booze, of Course.
The Dallas Zoo is attempting to entice more adult visitors (and not just the ones with kids in tow), so it’s doing something that, for our zoo at least, is pretty new: They’re hosting new “adult-friendly” events, which basically means later hours, cheffy food and alcohol. On Sunday night, the…
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La La Land Kind Cafe Gives Lowest Greenville a Sweet Cafe — and Ample Outdoor Space
Dallas loves to sit outside, especially this time of year, when our brief but furious winter gives way to a beautifully breezy and even more brief spring. La La Land Kind Cafe, a new Lowest Greenville coffee shop, is capitalizing on this adoration for patio space with its airy new…
Uptown’s New TacoLingo Mixes Up Margarita Flavors Like Elotes and Strawberry Tamarind
Taco Lingo’s Strawberry Tamarind Margarita will help you learn the lingo.
From ‘Hangover Soup’ to Chilaquiles, José Is a Brunch Dream
Frequently going to new restaurants can take the excitement out of the experience. But have a place on your list where you know a good chef has taken over, and that excitement reignites. That’s the case for José, where Anastacia Quiñones-Pittman is running the kitchen. This Guadalajaran-inspired restaurant sitting on West Lovers…
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This Weekend: Big Texas Beer Fest, Dallas Donut Festival and Selena Brunch
One of Dallas’ biggest and best beer festivals returns this weekend when Big Texas Beer Fest takes over the Automobile Building at Fair Park on Friday night and Saturday afternoon. The indoor/outdoor fest will highlight around 100 breweries and more than 400 beers, ranging from the brewed-just-down-the-road to the fancy…