Today, just about every neighborhood in Dallas — and increasingly, more of the ‘burbs, as well — enjoys at least one coffee roasting company. There are specialty cafes aplenty, and even at Central Market or Cox Farms, the shelves are stocked with a variety of locally roasted beans. Rewind a…
In honor of the 2017 Best of Dallas® issue, on newsstands now, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. It arrives on the table on a large silver platter. At first, it’s hard to…
Dallas is, without a doubt, in the ancient Rome phase of cheeseburgers. We are flourishing with beef adorned decadently with curtains of American cheese and Martin’s soft potato rolls. We have everything: The Caligula-esque Fatburger, a California chain, will open at least 50 locations in Texas, joining the half-bacon insanity of…
Grown-ups outnumbered kids at the Hello Kitty candy party hosted by Neiman Marcus on Saturday. Celebrating the unveiling of Sugarfina’s new line of Hello Kitty candies, party guests were treated to lemonade, Hello Kitty-shaped sugar cookies and scoopfuls of samples at a shiny candy bar. The feline icon joined Sugarfina…
Meat Fight started as a backyard dinner to raise money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Five years later, it’s one of the city’s best barbecue events, and it raised more than $175,000 last year. Money collected at the event is also used to buy specially outfitted bicycles for people…
In honor of the 2017 Best of Dallas® issue, on newsstands now, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Are we really recommending that you eat mushroom toast at a motorcycle repair shop? We…
In honor of the 2017 Best of Dallas® issue, on newsstands now, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. The charred octopus appetizer at Sassetta has proven surprisingly divisive among Dallas’ food critics. Yes,…
In honor of the 2017 Best of Dallas® issue, on newsstands now, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Avocado toast? That’s so 2015. At Canary by Gorji, the future of fancy toast has…
Worn out by IPAs and tired of the same-old stout? A new roster of locally brewed beers is bringing something interesting to the table: inspiration from a wide range of curious, generally hop-free foods. Between a ramen noodle-infused sour and Girl Scout cookie-inspired stout, these craft brews stand out as…
We all know Phil Romano has a knack for launching and expanding a concept. This time, he’s pushing a spot in Trinity Groves that goes beyond serving trendy food. Romano and James Slater — of Deep Ellum’s IdleRye — will soon open The Network Bar, “a members only concept ……
In case you’re living under a rock with exceptionally poor wifi, you’ve no doubt heard that our annual Best of Dallas issue hit newsstands this week, and it’s a doozy. In the food and drink category alone, we had 75 winners — and they’re all awesome. If you’re looking to…
In honor of the 2017 Best of Dallas® issue, on newsstands now, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. My kho dac biet, a house specialty at La Me, contains multitudes. It’s a bowl…
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. The layout of the Payless Store for Beer and Wine on Carroll Avenue goes a little something…
Dallas’s City Plan Commission on Thursday voted against creating a late-hours overlay, a so-called “midnight curfew” for late-night businesses. If enacted, the overlay could have required businesses in certain neighborhoods to acquire additional permits in order to operate between midnight and 6 a.m. The code amendment faced fervent opposition from…
In this week’s roundup of Dallas food news, we get a peek at a new high-dollar Mexican restaurant, a new coffee shop from the owner of Ascension and a new brewery opening in Plano’s Legacy Hall. We seemed to have moved through so many recent Dallas restaurant trends — poke,…
We’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Our Best of Dallas® 2017 issue premieres today. We could have chosen any of the fabulous foods at Mi Lindo Oaxaca, the Oak Cliff institution that is…
It’s the opening weekend for the State Fair of Texas, yes, but there’s a lot more happening outside of Fair Park: ***** The eighth annual Foodiepalooza benefits the East Dallas Boys & Girls Club Advisory Council. Food and beverage stations from a host of local bars and restaurants will provide…
Midnight Rambler, never one to back down from a unique ingredient, uses the makrut leaf and lemongrass to infuse gin for its Savory Hunter cocktail.
Leading up to this week’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. If there’s one thing Top Knot excels at, it’s snacks. Its menu revolves around small and large…
Many press releases for restaurant openings come across our desks, but when one of them promises a patio with a working 50-foot-tall Ferris wheel, we perk up. Such was the case when we heard of Ferris Wheeler’s Backyard BBQ, which opened this week in the Design District. Besides the obvious…
Lunch begins, right at 12 noon, with a few sounds. There’s the metal clang of the spoon in the coffee cup and the crisp shucking of a Dallas Morning News metro section opening up from the diner counter patron the next seat over. The wooden cuckoo clock chirps, and somewhere…
We have a lot of chain restaurants in Dallas. This is the city that launched Chili’s, On the Border and La Madeleine; places like Babe’s Chicken Dinner House and Il Cane Rosso have earned legions of devoted fans. Rise, Il Cane Rosso, Gloria’s and Knife are executing or planning expansions…
