Sometimes a gal (or guy) just needs a little excess sugar. Maybe you’ve had a bad day — maybe you’ve had the best day — or maybe you’re just so over the whole keto diet thing, but if you’re looking to get sweet this weekend, these are the desserts that…
The Stellar space reopened with some crazy cocktails, including this dramatic beauty, the Cloud Nine, served with cotton candy and dry ice.
Chicken Parmesan is the sandwich equivalent of a deep breath. Breathe in and let warming tomato sauce and hand-stretched mozzarella, forever complementing a peppery, crispy Milanese-esque chicken breast, fix you right up. Chicken parm is pure comfort, as iconic and New York-Italian as buttermilk-brined fried chicken styled with pickle discs…
Leading up to September’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 Ron Swanson were a real person and not a mustachioed character on Parks & Recreation, we would…
Leading up to September’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. The bar twinkles. A gin martini that’s as cold and covered in ice as a Chicago street in…
If you like beer and chocolate — and you live in Dallas — you’re about to have a very good weekend: ***** Judging by the look of your sauvignon-stained hydration bladder, you’re someone who appreciates a good pre-party. And whether you have plans to attend Dallas Observer’s BrewFest or not, there’s…
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’s no chef and there’s no one at the door. It’s open. You can see into the…
On Saturday night, the Dallas Farmers Market will transform into a craft beer wonderland for the Dallas Observer’s seventh annual BrewFest, where you can sip from a selection of more than 500 beers. If you haven’t snagged tickets yet, you’re in luck: In honor of National Beer Lovers’ Day, we’re…
Leading up to September’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. Restaurant s’mores have been so overdone by now that the idea seems like a snooze. Stirr’s version, though,…
Keeper (noun): 1. a fish large enough to be kept when caught. 2. a person or thing of value to be cherished. Suckers as we are for puns and bad jokes, The Keeper already had us hooked on name alone. The fresh seafood concept is the latest effort from Front…
Many people are tired of hearing about Harvey. Since the hurricane first made landfall near Corpus Christi on Aug. 25, Harvey has hijacked the news, social media and everyday conversation, making the already massive storm feel bigger and more sinister. Some people like to think they felt its massive, unforgiving…
Leading up to September’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. It’s so utterly, unflinchingly simple: tiny pieces of cauliflower, shaved thin. Fatty, salty pistachios and sweet golden raisins…
It was one menu description in particular that persuaded me to drive to Rowlett and try Fritzl’s Euro Grill. “Kick Ass Schnitzel,” it reads. “Ja! Ja! Ja! Hey, Bubba. Still feel Macho, Try me. I am a lonely Pork Loin covered in a Fresh Habanero Garlic Sauce and can’t move…
With summer drawing to a close, we can all forget about this whole beachbody situation, right? If you, too, have given up on all things Atkins, here are four indulgent, carb-filled dishes that will hit the spot. Sassetta’s gemelli arrabbiataThese fresh, perfectly al dente gemelli noodles are bathed in a simple…
There’s a super burger block in Deep Ellum. On the walkable stretch of Malcolm X Boulevard at Elm and Main, there are four cheeseburgers in place that are the American sandwich equivalent of Marvel’s Defenders: the happy hour burger at Hide, Junction Craft Kitchen’s smashed beef, the oak-fire grilled at…
“Behold,” she says as the plate drops. Lisette Stewart, who’s worked at the Gold Rush for a couple of decades, has been pouring coffee and bouncing between tables with energy. This is a breakfast joint where you sit with a cup of coffee, hangover thumping in your skull, and people-watch…
Settle Up is a column that critiques cocktail bars with the same gravitas that food critics apply to restaurants, exploring Dallas’ cocktail concepts, menus, execution and service and steering discerning imbibers toward all the booze that’s fit to drink. Even if you’ve never been to a séance before, you know…
With adulthood comes many things, like taxes, responsibilities and an appreciation for foodstuffs that are universally sworn off by children. But if you’re anything like us, though your palate may have expanded over time you will forever keep a place in your gastronomic heart for the PB&Js and bologna sandwiches…
Atwater Alley’s Deadly Angel Makes a Devil of Us All
Leading up to September’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. Why do pizza and beer seem to go so well together? Is it history? Italians gave us pizza,…
For the last four years, dog owners in Uptown have flocked to Mutts Cantina, the dog park, patio bar and restaurant combination at Cityplace. The Shacks at Austin Ranch are offering another version of the Mutts concept in the burgeoning area of The Colony. The Shacks are a complex of…
The Real Cheezy Burger, layered with Donkey Sauce, passes through the window. It’s a Saturday evening, and Dallas is cooler than usual with a Creamsicle sky. There’s no one else in line or waiting at Guy’s Burger Stand, tucked into the south-ish end of the Starplex Pavilion. A breeze kicks…
