Food & Drink

Helen’s Hot Chicken Brings Authentic Nashville Hot Chicken To The Metroplex.

In Dallas, we like to collect burgers. We have the triumvirate of fast food (Shake Shack, In-N-Out, Whataburger), a garbage burger, a burger with Eggo waffles as buns, a designer burger inspired by a Big Mac, a deep-fried burger, a Yacht Burger. Some of these sandwiches are novelties for a…

Usually, when a chef leaves a restaurant, the news comes from the restaurant itself via a press rep, but that’s not the case with a recent shake-up at Julia Pearl Southern Cuisine in Plano. Thursday’s email blast, with the subject line “Interesting Stuff on Julia Pearl,” made it obvious that…

All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. In November 2013, Louie’s lost its frontman. The East Dallas bar was about 26 years old at…

Maybe Kramer was onto something after all. When the iconic Seinfeld character proposed a pizza place where you make your own pie, he was ridiculed. Maybe he was just ahead of his time. In the era of the foodie, there is an added appeal to restaurants, like Korean barbecue joints,…

In a town where brunch spots tend to go flat quicker than the sparkling water they once served, Hattie’s, with their modern take on low Southern fair, has endured. Their brunch has captivated the Dallas dining scene for many years. It won the Dallas Observer’s highly illustrious and difficult to…

Kozy Kitchen has been serving healthy Dallas fare for 15 years. CrossFitters could go there before paleo was fashionable because chef Nicholas Pavageaux had the ingredients and aptitude to put together dishes that fit the diet profile. But a few years ago, something that began as a protein-fueled joke to…

If you’ve driven down Oak Lawn past Ascension Coffee recently, you’ve probably noticed the massive construction project underway across the street — and you’ve probably spotted the curious sculpture on the side of the building, depicting what looks like a massive, ominous figure trying to crawl out of the building…

A new restaurant is coming to the Arts District this November: Musume, an Asian-fusion concept from Rock Libations (Kenichi, Shooters, Chop Shop in Carrollton and Roanoke). Musume, which means “daughter” in Japanese, will be a 5,000-square-foot restaurant and is the second restaurant in Hall Arts, the “five-acre, mixed-use, three-phase development … developed by Hall…

When I first visited Dal Dong Nae a few years ago, the initial impression was not great. For one thing, Google said the restaurant was “Permanently closed.” For another, its neon strip-mall signage is all in Korean characters, and the business waffles between “Ne” and “Nae” as a Western-alphabet spelling…

There’s not too many opportunities in this city where food-lovers can eat barbecue, burgers, Mexican food, fried chicken and Asian fusion in the same meal, but on Wednesday, April 26, you can do just that at Dallas Observer’s Iron Fork. The annual food extravaganza features a seemingly endless array of…

There’s a new “natural” bakery and deli coming to North Richland Hills, but there’s a twist: none of their fresh-baked treats and deli items are meant for human consumption. At Wag N’ Wash Food & Bakery, a franchise that currently has 15 locations in eight states, you can wash your…