Recent food news has made much fanfare of the opening of Michelin-awarded chef Jose Andres’ new restaurant, Zaytinya, in Frisco’s The Star. Opening a little more quietly in early March was a fine-dining neighbor that comes from the same Turkish hospitality group, called “d.ream.” Italian concept Da Mario and Zaytinya…
Checking out the local flora is great and all, but don’t you find the great outdoors is made even better by a glass of nice wine and a snack in hand? Join the Dallas Arboretum for its annual food and wine festival, hosted in conjunction with the Dallas Blooms festival…
Sisters Annette Baker and Marianne Lacko opened Nature’s Plate in 2011 as a small, part-time venture. Now, it’s a plant-based kitchen that offers grab-and-go food and weekly meal plans with one storefront in Lake Highlands and another opening at Preston and Forest in a couple of months. Vegans for nearly…
Under new ownership, Poor Richard’s Café is getting over Richard Butterly. On a Saturday morning at Poor Richard’s Café in Plano, it’s business as usual. In the more than 30 years this local institution has been serving breakfast and lunch, very little has changed — except its ownership. In fact,…
Trick Pony has just the trick for us, a new themed menu that will take us around the world in 80 cocktails, no power outlet adapters required.
Shell Shack, the flagship Uptown seafood joint that opened in 2013, later spawning five other locations, is moving to Henderson Avenue, according to a press release. The restaurant is taking over the space formerly occupied by the short-lived Mellow Mushroom, “which means more interior seating, a patio and a bigger…
The Pharmacy in Deep Ellum, which opened last summer, abruptly closed this week “amid a name dispute from the State of Texas,” according to a press release. The new concept, Select Start, is slated to open in the Pharmacy’s space within the week. Via the release: “The Pharmacy Deep Ellum,…
What is it that makes Tei-An such a satisfying restaurant? The little things. This is a place where every tiny detail deepens your gratification, adds to your respect. Tei-An is a restaurant where you can see that an owner and staff have thought carefully about every last moment. The wooden…
Nothing against IHOP or Denny’s, but sometimes when you go out for breakfast, you just want a plate of bacon and eggs that taste and feel like a labor of love. That’s exactly what you’ll get at Eddie’s Diner, which opened in Plano one month ago. This cozy diner on…
With the increased popularity of Mexican-style street food, Tex-Mex gets a bad rap nowadays. In reality, it should be considered the official food of Texas because of its cultural significance and history. Noted Texas food writer Robb Walsh dates Tex-Mex’s history to the 1700s, when the Spanish were settling their missions…
We love a good buffet. Doesn’t everyone? But perhaps what we love most about buffets is that they’re no longer the flavorless American feeding troughs of our youth. In DFW, some of the best buffets are filled with vegetarian food, Indian cuisine and even Persian fare. If you’re hungry —…
George Coffee + Provisions sits on the square in Old Town Coppell. Owners Laura and Christian Hemberger opened George in July, and they live above the shop with their two sons. Visiting Old Town Coppell, tucked behind a swath of office buildings and warehouses, you almost feel like you’re in…
If there’s one thing Dallas has a surprising deficit of, it’s the kolache — or, more specifically, the kolache (the sweet one) and the klobasnek (the savory one). This weekend, Dude, Sweet Chocolate’s Katherine Clapner attacks the issue head-on with a pop-up so Texas, we might have to dust off…
Bourbon & Banter’s Pompadour gives the guest the chance to be destructive.
The Magic Lemon Drop Martini changes colors thanks to butterfly pea tea extract.
Ross & Hall Kitchen + Beer Garten sits between Deep Ellum and downtown, in the space formerly occupied by the short-lived Little Woodrow. Owner Jonathan Calabrese (of State & Allen, the Nodding Donkey and Social Pie) opened the restaurant in September 2017 with the goal of creating an American scratch…
Like it or not, Bishop Arts 2.0 is happening, and the first new retail spaces are beginning to open their doors even as large swaths of the Oak Cliff sub-neighborhood are still being leveled to make way for expensive new luxury apartment complexes. At Bishop and Melba, the first completed…
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in true Irish style with copious amounts of beer and merriment. Enjoy Shannon Brewing Co.’s St. Patrick’s Day celebration, where they’ll be tapping beers reserved just for the occasion. There will be more than 20 beers on tap, live music and food galore. A $20 ticket (advance…
On April 25, more than two dozen Dallas restaurants will converge on Centennial Hall at Fair Park for Iron Fork, a foodie extravaganza with seemingly endless food samples, beer/wine/cocktail tastings and a live chef competition that will pit two Dallasites against one another in real time. We just got a…
At dawn at 4724 Greenville Ave., they’re hunkered down in the back room dousing the beer with green dye. They get hundreds of orders for St. Patrick’s Day-green beer, chilling in the kegs that Parkit Market has rolled out for 56 years on the corner of Greenville Avenue. Most will…
On the outside of downtown Dallas’ 400 Record Building, a tube of glass ascends from the sidewalk to a dining room perched above. Inside that glass ring, a spiral staircase whisks diners around a sculpture by Jean-Michel Othoniel that resembles a long, glittering necklace. Entering Bullion is like ascending into…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their histories while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. A few minutes after noon, the line to get into El Fenix weaves out the front door…
