Food & Drink

On April 29, the space that used to house the beloved Knox-Henderson bar Vickery Park became home to a new concept: Stellar, a bar and restaurant boasting “midcentury modern décor with indoor and outdoor tables, American cuisine, a cocktail bar and a dog-friendly patio.” But the concept proved to be…

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. In Korean restaurants, banchan are the tiny veggie dishes that come free with the meal. They might include…

Let us guess: You had a few too many Dallas Blondes at last night’s Fleet Foxes show. Or maybe you drank an entire box of pinot grigio on your couch — we’re not here to judge. Either way, your hangover might need a helping hand today. These cheesy, sauce-covered, blatantly…

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. She first climbed the steps six years ago. She and husband Teddy Davey had been performers in Las…

One of the most underestimated techniques in the making of a good cheeseburger is seasoning. The beef can take it: A half-pound patty accepts salt like a character in a Martin Scorsese movie snorts cocaine. Dust the loose-packed beef with hefty pinches of coarse pepper and salt, slide it onto…

Show of hands: Who’s heard of Tommy Bahama? Of course you have; the line of casual apparel is featured at department stores nationwide, and it has 160 standalone boutiques across the globe. Nearly everyone recognizes the clothes — the eponymous flora shirt, likely tucked into a pair of khaki pants,…

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. There aren’t many veggie burgers in Dallas like this one. Rajwadi, a fast-food counter hidden inside an Indian…

Memories are funny things. They say our strongest memories, good or bad, are the ones accompanied by powerful emotions. But over time, nostalgia creeps in and alters how we remember things, burnishing the good parts while pushing the bad ones into the shadows. We were certainly feeling nostalgic in early…

The healthy fast-casual sector continues to swell in DFW, and the latest arrival should be popular with downtown office workers: Gather Kitchen, a “customizable, fast-casual dining experience using 100 percent whole foods” that opens Wednesday, Aug. 16, in Thanksgiving Tower, according to a press release. Designed for people in a…

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. Let’s raise a glass, one more time, to Pietro’s, the Italian institution that served spaghetti, veal parmesan and…

When we first found Mi Lindo Oaxaca last year in a Fort Worth Avenue strip mall, it felt like uncovering a Dallas dining secret. The low-key, cash-only restaurant makes its own tortillas, bakes its own bread and makes, in house, some of the best mole in the city. We even…

An otherwise quiet, rainy Sunday took on a somber tone for those in the Dallas dining industry when two restaurants run by prominent local chefs shuttered on the same day. In Deep Ellum, chef Matt McCallister’s Filament closed after dinner service last night. The upscale Southern food spot opened last…

It’s entirely possible that Dallas’ Sumo Shack hosts one of the only baos in America stuffed with a bacon cheeseburger. The pillowy steamed bun is typically filled with pork belly or Peking duck. Some research indicates that another cheeseburger-stuffed bao exists at Pho & Bun in London, but a stern Google…

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 that time of year when the unrelenting summer heat creeps into our eating habits, leading us toward…