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. You lose all sense of time inside Cosmo’s. Without any sense of urgency, three good-old boys sit…
Summer is quickly approaching, and for most Texans, that means a lot of iced teas and cold beers – because duh. But in Frisco, another cold treat is the star of the summer: snow cones. Not just any snow cones either, but snow cones from the Frisco Snow Cone Lady,…
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 October, when we wrote about the opening of V-Eats Modern Vegan, the vegan restaurant in Trinity Groves,…
Son Phung knows exactly what his restaurant does best. “We want to be that late-night food,” Phung says of his latest venture, opening tomorrow on Lower Greenville. “After they’ve had a lot to drink, we want them to sober up here.” At 4 p.m. Friday, Phung and his business partners…
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. Over the last few months, Small Brewpub has shifted its food menu to focus less on avant-garde meat…
Make your friends green with envy; let them try a sip of your “Green With Agave” at Victor Tangos. Because, really, there’s no worse feeling than order envy.
Do you love authentic Japanese food? Do steeping kelp and fermented skipjack tuna sound like your idea of a fun time? Do you sub out the lyrics of Nikki Minaj songs to fit your Japanese food obsession (“and if he got an uni then I buy him some dashi(ki)”)? If…
For those not familiar with pierogis, their textbook definition can sound more like a wet blanket than comfort food. What’s so great about a boiled potato dumpling? Everything, actually. Growing up on a Northeast Ohio peninsula, my only native foodstuffs came from Lake Erie — how I miss fried perch…
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. Yes, you’ll look like a tourist eating it. Yes, someone at your table will try to Instagram it…
Every week, it feels more official: Dallas has expertly somersaulted into the golden age of cheeseburgers. We’ve reached such a high point that enjoyable burgers can be found at restaurants that focus solely on fried chicken. Street’s Fine Chicken, a poultry-themed restaurant wherein a mural of American Gothic with chickens…
Texas Monthly’s newest BBQ Top 50 is out; how did DFW fare?
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. We didn’t expect to come to a Taiwanese noodle restaurant and fall in love with kimchi. But Wu…
Houston import Little Woodrow’s has had an eventful six months in Dallas. In November 2016, less than two months after opening, the craft beer and sports bar on Ross Avenue came under fire after the company’s legal counsel told the media that the bar “would just prefer not to serve…
It was one of those restaurant visits so bad, you start to wonder if you’re on “Candid Camera.” It started with a server wearing less than what most people wear to the beach; her lacy lingerie top (a black bra with sheer black lace covering a small portion of her…
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. When we first heard about this burger, we were pretty skeptical. The meat is soaked in cabernet sauvignon?…
When it opened Tuesday, May 16, not much information was publicly available about José. The Mexican restaurant, on Lovers Lane just west of Inwood Road, had a Facebook page that featured pictures of its exterior and some cacti, with no other information. The official website was a single brightly colored…
There’s an old Irish proverb that reads, “A good friend is like a four-leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have.” The same could be said of business partners, and luckily for Matt Tobin and Josh Yingling — co-owners of Goodfriend Beer Garden & Burger Bar, Goodfriend Package and…
Looking for a new place to grab a cup of coffee? The DFW craft coffee scene is expanding rapidly, which means you have more new options than ever — and a lot of those options are easily accessible to those outside of Dallas proper. XO Coffee Co. 1023 E. 15th…
Bowen House jumped on the matcha trend with their Matcha Do About Nothing that pairs the brightly-hued tea powder with smoky mezcal.
Dee Traylor’s exuberance can border on overwhelming if you’re not prepared for it. By the time you’re done introducing yourself, you’ll more than likely be enveloped in a massive bear hug. His nickname, Walt Deezy, is a variation of an earlier nickname, Easy Deezy, and Walt Disney, a company with a hospitality-centric nature…
On a sunny Sunday afternoon — one of those pre-summer days that’s hot but not quite the surface of the sun — cyclists have swarmed Deep Ellum. They may not outnumber the patio-seeking brunch crowd, but there are dozens of them. These are not the typical bikers who are mashing…
Crawfish. Crayfish. Mudbugs. Bro-roaches. Whatever you want to call them, Rex’s Seafood will be in no short supply of the little buggers for its 1-Ton Crawfish Boil. In addition to plenty of crustacean-cracking goodness, there will also be live music and ice-cold beer; $30 buys all-you-can-eat crawfish, potatoes and corn…
