As the State Fair of Texas winds down on a Friday night, visitors flood the area in front of the gates on Parry Avenue, many waiting for the next DART train. There are quite literally hundreds of people milling around a space of one or two city blocks, right across…
The Red Dragon, a gorgeous cocktail now available at Bistro 31 & Toulouse, brings together Génépi liqueur, Casa Dragones tequila and Thai chili syrup. Génépi is an herbal liqueur similar to absinthe that is sometimes used as a digestif. In this cocktail, the strong and somewhat overpowering flavor of Génépi is…
The Grape’s latest iteration of their wine dinner features vino from Archery Summit Estates in the Willamette Valley of Oregon and special guest Eric Swindle of Crimson Wine Group. We’re pretty sure the dinner, titled Come As You Are, doesn’t have anything to do with Kurt Cobain. Unless, that is, the…
It was only a matter of time before some fast food industry titan hopped on the brunch bandwagon. And now Jack in the Box, the same company that brought us a round-headed mascot and combo meals that treat tacos like side orders, has developed Brunchfast, the all-day, drive-through friendly take…
When eating your way through the State Fair of Texas, one of the best ways to keep your insides happy is to exercise fried restraint. It’s like a food casino. Stick to a corny dog, zig-zagged with mustard, or the Game of Thrones-level turkey leg or anything dunked in hot…
A Facebook post by community organizer Luz Hernandez calling for a boycott of Corn Connection, an elotes stand in Dallas, spread like wildfire once Hernandez made the post public, and it set off a viral avalanche when Hernandez was verbally attacked on the internet by one of the business’ former workers. Hernandez…
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. Two bowls of gravy come with important instructions. One is mixed with spheres of sausage, and it’s…
Audacity Brew House brought back a crowd favorite this weekend when they launched the permanent return of Boss Raptor, an unfiltered IPA featuring five different styles of hops from four continents. The once experimental beer will now be a mainstay available on-tap at the brewery as well as distributed throughout…
Back in July, Kitchen LTO, the “permanent pop-up” concept at Trinity Groves that swaps out chefs and menus every few months, closed abruptly. “It’s funny — we thought that was gonna be good,” Phil Romano told the Observer in August when talking about the concept. “It worked in the beginning then it just…
Writing about Mi Lindo Oaxaca feels like breaking a vow of silence or unmasking a secret society. It’s a practically unknown restaurant in a practically unknown Oak Cliff strip mall. The front door and sign out front say “Tacos King.” Payments are cash-only and service is rarely in English; only…
Over the weekend, Craft Beer Cellar opened to the public in what used to be the Lakewood Papa John’s on Gaston Avenue. While there seem to be countless places in Dallas to purchase craft beer, from grocery stores to even 7-Eleven, Craft Beer Cellar seeks to be the place to buy…
It arrives at my table in taco form, thin dark strips filling corn tortillas piled high with pickled onion and something resembling Parmesan cheese. I pull one of the julienned strips of brown mystery out of the taco and taste it on its own. It’s smoky and moist, tangy from…
It was a beautiful afternoon on Saturday, made even more beautiful by 3,500 people gathered at City Hall Plaza to eat tacos from nearly 40 local taquerias. A mariachi band wandered the grounds as people sampled tacos, sipped Topo Chico and took photos with a luchador. There were a lot…
Si Tapas, the excellent Spanish restaurant tucked away in a quieter corner of Uptown, recently opened an outpost at the Dallas Farmers Market. Though the menu has been curtailed to accommodate a food court environment, the quality hasn’t faltered. During our visit, we sampled a meat and cheese plate ($18),…
Grocery shopping is the worst, especially for the sober. Playing battle-carts while jostling other harried, hangry people for the last box of Froot Loops on Sunday afternoon is a drag; the lucky ones among us skate by on a lingering brunch buzz to power through to the checkout line. Thanks…
Wondering what to eat this weekend? You’ve got a lot of options, friend, several of which are brand new. Here’s a run down of our favorite DFW eats right now: Fletcher’s Corny Dog at the State Fair of Texas With opening weekend and Texas/OU weekend behind us, it’s a great…
In the eight years I’ve lived in Texas, I’ve covered many a Texas fair — but until this year, I’ve never made the trip to the State Fair of Texas, despite the fact that many friends and neighbors in Southeast Texas made the five-hour drive for the fair every year. The…
Fort Worth has another barbecue joint, one that’s crazy busy and smoking up briskets, sausage and bacon burnt ends almost non-stop. The new restaurant is made more interesting by the fact that it’s run by a couple in their mid-20s who are successfully spending nearly 24 hours a day together…
In this week’s DFW food news round-up, some openings, some closures and a little bit of love for North Texas beer: It’s a good thing North Texas didn’t have any major beer emergencies last week, because damn near everybody was in Colorado for the Great American Beer Festival. Texas won…
Barley & Board test drove the first of what will hopefully become a quarterly seasonal supper club this week. The private event featured a craft beer-driven pairing menu of five fall-inspired courses served to friends in their intimate private dining room. Executive chef Chad Kelley was on hand to walk…
The cars pile up on the Henderson Avenue funnel. For a moment, headlights bleed as far as down the street as I can see. From the Velvet Taco patio, which is full on a Wednesday night, speakers pulse with Michael Jackson’s “Somebody’s Watching Me.” Cars fight for parking nearby. Over…
Lactobacillus fans, this one’s for you. As part of their Sour Week, Strangeways will have a multitude of different sour beers on tap through Sunday. So what are you waiting for? Make like a wild yeast strain and get at it. What it be: Sour Week at Strangeways When it…
