Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. Cattleack Barbeque has serious fun with their rotating feature items — particularly when they involve pastrami. We fell…
What would the world do without novelty burgers? They pop up all the time in Dallas. Earlier in the year, the Dallas Mavericks introduced the “Just-in Time” burger in honor of Justin Anderson, and it featured Old Bay-doused Texas Toast and a burger patty that’s easily the worst I’ve had…
On Saturday afternoon, things are happening at Dallas Farmer’s Market — and by things, we mean beer. Dallas Observer’s sixth annual BrewFest will take over DFM starting at 7 p.m. (for general admission — 6 p.m. for VIP) and the $55 day-of ticket price ($45 if you buy tickets online…
So you’ve been to the Deep Ellum Wine Walk and the Bishop Arts District Wine Walk, but have you, my cabernet-guzzling friend, been to the Plano Wine and Art Walk? Downtown Plano can be quite charming, especially under the influence of a few sample-pours of vino. Pre-purchase tickets online and pick up…
Last Saturday, USC and Alabama fans transformed Deep Ellum — if only for a few hours — into a sea of crimson and red. The streets were closed for a car show and with that came more people — women in pin-up outfits and rockabilly chic, men in biker gear…
Sometimes a cocktail’s vessel is as important as its contents. Moscow Mules are great, but do they really taste as good in a regular glass as they do in a copper mug? Negative. The Honey Bear cocktail at Rapscallion not only comes in an adorable glass, but it’s also delicious…
As far back as I can remember, I’ve always loved meatballs. They are a perfect orb of food and a staple in my house growing up. Load them them in a pot with some onion and garlic, remove them, let fresh tomato sauce simmer and drop them back in. To…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. Sous vide is nothing new by now, but hearing those words come from a server’s mouth still makes…
It’s not hard to find a good cocktail in Dallas, and it’s certainly not hard to find an expensive cocktail, either. We live in the era of the $27 cocktail, and it’s not uncommon to find yourself staring down a drinks list that starts at $12. But there are cheap…
With its — ahem — unique shape, the jipangi ice cream at Carrollton’s Bubble Jipangi attracts a lot of attention. Though some have compared the puffed corn cone to a cane, “J” shape or a “pipe,” the snickers overhead in line confirm we’re not the only ones who noticed a…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. The Free Man has all the makings of a memorable Friday night: A dark, cozy room, live music,…
A rainbow-colored assortment of macarons displayed in tidy rows and columns are presented in a long glass display case at Joy Macarons on Greenville Avenue. This particular macaron shop, Joy’s second location, opened two months ago and specializes in making macarons in the French style, which doesn’t require cooking the…
Noodle master Charlie Zhang, famous for his noodle-crafting showmanship during his time at Royal China, has branched out on his own. Imperial Noodle opened last week in Richardson, delivering entertainment along with a delicious meal. After entering the glitzy, auspiciously red restaurant, you catch sight of Zhang at work, crafting…
Follow the bright red tractor outside Hash House A Go Go, and you’ll soon tuck into heaping platefuls of “twisted farm food.” Everything here is as big as Texas itself. Happy hour munchies — chicken, pork and “taters” — are offered literally by the bucketful. Their version of a bloody…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. If the ingredients are good, the simplest breakfast can be memorable. Nowhere is that more true than at…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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 don’t often think about how foods sound, rather than smell or taste; maybe there aren’t too many…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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 Pie Tap opened last month on Oak Lawn Avenue, it brought two much-needed things to the Design…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. For those looking to downright injure themselves with food for $20.99, it’s hard to go wrong with Omi…
In this week’s roundup of North Texas food news, Punch Bowl Social comes to Deep Ellum, Oak loses yet another chef and a popular festival announces a stellar chef lineup: Meat Fight, the beloved barbecue competition that raises funds for the National MS Society, has announced this year’s participating chefs,…
A centrifuge, lasers and roto-vaporizors are typical instruments found in a chemistry lab, not in a cocktail bar — unless the bar is Hide, set to open on Elm Street in Deep Ellum by the end of 2016. Hide’s website promises to serve “cocktails clarified,” and it’s not just a…
Explore Italy one bite at a time at Scardello’s Italian cheese and wine tasting. From robiolas to the “King of Cheese,” tasters will be treated to some of the best cheeses the boot has to offer. The cost to eat your weight in Parmigiano-Reggiano is $40 per person. What it…
Pier 247’s brunch menu uses the words “creamy” and “grits” on six separate occasions, while “bacon” appears seven times. One dish, in fact, manages to capture all three: the chicken-fried chicken biscuit sandwich, which comes smothered in bacon Creole sauce, served with a side of creamy cheese grits. Using the…
