In this week’s Dallas-area food news roundup, there are big shakeups at both an Uptown cocktail bar and a Frisco barbecue joint, and a new “restaurant lounge” opens on Cedar Springs: Big changes at an Uptown mainstay: Local veteran Eddie “Lucky” Campbell bought out the owners of the Standard Pour,…
After 14 years on McKinney Avenue, Idle Rich Pub is closing after service Tuesday, Jan. 23, according to a Facebook post. The bar is closing because its lease is up, owner Feargal McKinney says. “I have had 14 great years at the Idle, met many new friends and invaluable employees,”…
Musume, the forthcoming Asian-fusion restaurant opening in the Arts District, has set an open date: Wednesday, Jan. 24. Under executive chef Ken Lumpkin, the restaurant will focus on “world-class sushi and contemporary Asian fusion cuisine” and boasts the “largest selection of sake in Texas … with more than 100 labels, as…
We’re on a constant search for a better bloody Mary, and at long last, we’ve found a unique twist at Jalisco Norte. Thanks to their house bloody Mary blend, Chef Jose Meza’s salsa rojo, and a touch of mole sauce, it’s a new favorite. (Because who really thinks to add bittersweet sauce usually reserved for enchiladas to their bloody Mary?)
Avocado toast. An egg-white omelet. A spinach-forward frittata. These are sensible brunches, brunches that can be paired with a mimosa that’s heavy on the OJ and light on the bubbly. Brunches good for fueling a busy, productive day ahead. Make no mistake about it: You can have a type-A brunch…
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. There was one thing on the menu. Just after Y2K, Mahbub Zaman’s taco stand was a solo…
At the Chocolate and Art Show, there will be chocolate (duh), art (also duh), naked people, music, more naked people and, oh yeah, did we mention naked people? At the event, you can eat chocolate, peruse art from more than 100 Texas artists and admire models participating in nude body…
Peasant Pizzeria sits on the corner of Cedar Springs and Reagan, in a space most recently occupied by the short-lived Q Tacos at Macho’s Cantina. Inspired by L.A.’s Pizzeria Mozza, owner Robert Colombo spent two years developing the concept. The menu offers a variety of classic Italian dishes, but at Peasant,…
There’s a moment of surprise when you enter the Mockingbird Diner. The ceilings are sky-high and vaulted. There are no winding hallways; it’s an open-concept floor surrounded by clean, sharp white walls. Up high on the south wall is a long, thin rectangle of a window. This new restaurant —…
Crudo Italian, which started in Plano before it was sold, is resurrecting this week in a new location: Preston Center. Chef and partner Javier Perez will helm the new restaurant, which opens Jan. 19 for lunch, dinner and weekend brunch. The menu focuses “on handmade artisan pastas and gnocchi, the best…
Winter is really not messing around this year. As the temperature sometimes jumps and drops 30 degrees in one day, Dallas is experiencing a climate fatigue of sorts, and the short days have us stuffing ourselves with soul-warming comfort food. Assuming it’s safe to be out on the roads, visit…
When Bryan Meyer started brewing cider with a friend, he heard a lot of opinions about the fermented fruit beverage. Mainly, “We don’t like cider.” But Meyer’s cider was different, and the dryness and drinkability were quickly evident to anyone who took a sip. This summer, his team will start…
Dallas seems to be digging grilled cheese. In November, Melted opened in the Cedars, bringing with it a local-beer-centric bar and both classic and fancified grilled cheese sandwiches like the That’s All Folks ($11.95), made with pulled pork, ham, mustard, Swiss and pickles on hefty griddled sourdough. Yesterday, on the third…
The pizza-making at Zoli’s is righteous. Hold up a slice of the thin-crust round pie. Notice how the crust is crisp all the way through to the center. No matter how many toppings Zoli’s loads onto its pizzas, the middle never gets soggy or goes limp. Toppings don’t slide off…
From 1986 to 2004, a restaurant called Beau Nash served upscale New American cuisine to moneyed socialites and hotel guests at the Crescent Hotel in Uptown. It closed in 2005 and was replaced by sushi spot Nobu and was reincarnated in 2007 as a short-lived restaurant called Beau. Beau Nash is…
Big news today from restaurateur Tyson Cole and his Hai Hospitality group: Top Knot, the casual little sister to upscale sushi spot Uchi, is closing Jan. 14 and re-opening on Jan. 31 as Uchiba, according to a press release. The new concept will be more bar-focused than its predecessor Top…
In this week’s food news round-up, Katy Trail Ice House vows to make improvements to a corner of Uptown, a “culinary incubator” opens with shared commercial space and ample capital, and Toyota Music Factory announces seven more restaurants slated to open there this year: At a Wednesday meeting, the Dallas…
In the last two years, Lower Greenville — particularly Lowest Greenville, with its high concentration of food and drink destinations — has seen a number of high-profile restaurant closures. Clark Food & Wine, C’Viche and Remedy closed in 2016, with some owners citing heavy construction and parking issues as factors…
The window-side tables at Veracruz Cafe in the Bishop Arts District make for excellent people-watching. They afford views of the rosy-cheeked toddler and his grandfather as they loiter outside of their home and of the quick-walking passersby who clip by the toddler in hot pursuit of a piece of pie,…
IdleRye, one of Deep Ellum’s newest cocktail haunts is about to release THREE new menus next Thursday, January 18. We’ll admit that we’re the most excited about the new cocktail list, and most especially their new NEW black cocktail, the Black Hole Sun.
5Ks come in all flavors these days. In October, runners don lederhosen and quench their thirst not with water but with dark German beer. Then there are the color runs, the disco runs and the rubber-duck-inspired runs. But among these novel exercises in community and, well, exercise, you will find the…
Pun intended, there’s no showboating at 20 Feet Seafood Joint. Cod is fried until it’s encased a golden orb of batter. Most things are served in a foil-lined plastic basket because some of the best, most emotional food is served in a basket that’ll never disintegrate from the Earth. Chef Marc…
