Here’s a confession about food writers: We often get caught in a bubble. With so many new restaurant openings and so many public relations teams clamoring for attention, food writers must exert effort to venture off the beaten path. It takes research and dedication to avoid the publicity frenzy and…
File this under Things We Didn’t Expect to Happen Today: Facebook kingpin Mark Zuckerberg spent Martin Luther King Day in Oak Cliff, where he helped clear a vacant lot to build a fruit and vegetable garden. Zuckerberg spent the afternoon with the Commit Partnership, an organization that “helps drive student…
After six years in business, the Bottle Shop on Greenville is closing at the end of the month. “This is bittersweet for all of us, but we want to go out the same way we came: with a party,” owners posted on Facebook. Starting at 4 p.m. Friday and running…
We’ve rounded up our eight favorite tepid tipples for your cold weather enjoyment … whenever that happens.
If you have an internet connection or eat out at least once a decade, you realize food trends change frequently. On top of that, people in the U.S. care about what they’re consuming in terms of quality and health more now than at possibly any point in history. It’s easy…
We live in the land of dry-aged steaks and burgers aplenty. Sometimes, between the endless fried chicken and the sea of barbacoa, it’s nice to take a little meat reprieve. Whether you’re looking for a healthy meal or have been living fully meat-free for years, DFW has a growing number…
John Tesar has changed. He’s done some reading. He’s discovered himself. He’s gone from a scorpion to an eagle soaring above the ground. Episode 7 of Top Chef season 14 starts with a quickfire challenge, but with an elimination. Everyone is stressed. But considering there’s still about 74 chefs left…
It’s been kind of a quiet week in Dallas dining, which we are more than OK with after a recent slate of restaurant closings, but we’ve still got some chef change-ups, incoming franchises and a chef who is drawing a fishy line in the sand: TJ’s Seafood Market’s Jon Alexis has…
Barleywine, anyone? Flying Saucer Draught Emporium on The Lake is hosting Barleywine Week, which runs Jan. 12-15. Barleywine isn’t actually a wine at all, but rather a beer. It takes its name from wine because of its high alcohol content (usually in the neighborhood of 8 to 12 percent). Flying…
This bright, spirited cocktail is made with Fraise des Bois liqueur (not just any strawberry liqueur, woodland strawberry liqueur) and is balanced with Bols Genever Gin thanks to its full-bodied flavor.
Vegan food, like a sarong tied by a T-rex, doesn’t always get the best (w)rap. Critics assert that vegan diets are inadequate, and that those who adopt them are either confused about man’s role in the evolutionary food chain, sanctimonious anemics or some combination thereof. To the contrary, the Academy…
On Wednesday night, Uptown got a lot fishier: Water Grill, a 7,500-square-foot restaurant specializing in California seafood, officially opened to the public for lunch and dinner. What started as King’s Seafood Co. in 1945 has morphed over the last 70 years into a restaurant chain with 19 restaurants with six…
If there was one good idea for Andy Sedino to bring with him from his corporate gig at Rudy’s to his own budding Meat U Anywhere empire, it was barbecue for breakfast.
vomFASS is North Texas’s newest liquor store that offers samples. Yes, really.
Inside Smoky Rose, walking past the woody patio, it becomes clear in a hurry: Smoky Rose knows how to put a spell on you. They’ve found a way to be instantly enchanting with the halo of Edison bulbs, neat and polished bar and clean white brick. It’s a “chic farmhouse,” apparently. After…
A new year usually elicits feelings of hope, optimism and positive change, but for one Dallas restaurateur Jeana Johnson it meant an agonizing decision. She shuttered Good 2 Go Taco, a restaurant she poured more than six years of her life into, on Jan. 4. “It had a really great,…
Last week, we shared a list of 10 decidedly unhealthy dishes that would be great for anyone whose only New Year’s resolution is “eat more awesomely.” Perhaps, however, you really are trying to better yourself this year, and a part of that bettering could involve eating better. If that’s the case, here…
Shortly after it opened in Richardson in August, Imperial Noodle changed its name to Imperial Cuisine. Maybe it should consider changing the name back. The specialty here is extraordinary noodles, handmade to order by chef Charlie Zhang. Zhang is a 30-year noodle veteran, most recently employed at Dallas institution Royal…
What was once the home of an auto repair shop on the corner of Garland Road and Lakeland Drive is now a shiny new restaurant where chef David Gauthier is aiming to give East Dallas another destination for smoked meats. On a recent afternoon, everyone left sincerely raving about their…
Coffee is a ritualistic beast. While they’re often subconscious, we all have our own coffee ceremonies — the places where we drink it, what we dress it with, the brands we are loyal to — and for many, straying from these comfortable regularities can range from a minor frustration to rendering oneself literally unable…
Jambo’s co-owner Ashton Lovato is turning her menu over to, gasp, the comment section in what Jambo’s is calling its Hot & Nasty Fatty Competition on Facebook.
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. Things are easy-going at Dairy-Ette. On a wintery weekday, I’m sitting on one of their old stools…
