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 spicy tuna roll at Maki Boy isn’t fancy date night sushi — it’s workday sushi. Ordered at…
Is there a more noble reason to drink than to benefit the North Texas Food Bank? Throughout the month of September, you can visit Mudhen and order their Canadian Clementine cocktail, developed by Mudhen cocktail director Tia Downey, and they’ll donate $1 to the NTFB in honor of Hunger Awareness Month. So pop in, order a…
Monkey King Noodle Co. is no fly-by-night Chinese food spot — this beloved Deep Ellum street food joint makes noodles and dumplings by hand, and the resulting food is some of the best in the neighborhood. After moving the restaurant from their food stand at 3014 Main St. to a brick-and-mortar with…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, long-standing North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. On a late afternoon, after crawling through traffic past Bob’s Steakhouse and The Great American Hero, I…
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. Company Cafe has catered to resource-conscious, health-minded day-drinkers since it opened in 2011, and you’ll do well to…
Have you felt it? There has been an awakening. On Thursday at 11 a.m., just outside the Crescent in Uptown, there will be a disturbance in the burger force. Dallas will officially become home to the holy polygon of fast food: Whataburger, In-N-Out, Five Guys and Shake Shack. Among Shake…
In January 2015, chef John Tesar had just closed Spoon, his Preston Center seafood restaurant, and parted ways with his business partners, Chanticleer Holdings. Tesar’s Knife, his steakhouse at The Highland hotel, was taking off, and reports from early 2015 cited “diverging business objectives” as the reason why Tesar walked away…
This June, a chef named Tyler Kord published A Super Upsetting Cookbook About Sandwiches. In it, Kord pens a sort of manifesto for insane sandwiches, writing, “I don’t think there are any two ingredients that can’t go together,” and, “I want to make things that nobody would think to make…
Back in 2013, the Texas Legislature decided to stifle local breweries with a provision in SB 639, known as a “sale restriction,” which forced breweries that produce more than 125,000 barrels a year to use a distribution company or self-distribute. Texas has a three-tier system of alcohol distribution left over…
Chef Kenny Bowers, of the eponymous Kenny’s Wood Fired Grill, Kenny’s Burger Joint, Kenny’s Smoke House and Kenny’s Italian, has added a new restaurant to his domain with the opening of Kenny’s East Coast Pizza on in Plano. The new spot is near Preston Road and Park Boulevard, next 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. There are a lot of restaurants in Bishop Arts, and the buzz-worthy spots often have lines out the…
North Texas’ first Shake Shack location opens at 11 a.m. Thursday at The Crescent in Uptown, and the buzz is strong with this one. Today, the burger chain announced a few Dallas-specific menu items, which will feature goods from some beloved local businesses. Via a press release: In addition to…
There’s been a lot of attention toward Tarrant County beer this week in the wake of MillerCoors’ move to acquire a majority interest in Granbury’s Revolver Brewing. Whatever your feelings about the macro giant’s incursion into North Texas craft beer, the sale provides a good pretext to look at our…
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 souffles at Rise are such perfection, they made our 100 Favorites list twice this year. We’ve already…
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. Ethiopian Orthodox Christians follow a vegan fast for over half the calendar year, and nothing says it’s time…
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. Even if you had to literally trek to Nashville to sink your teeth into Rapscallion’s “Long Walk 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. Only a risk-taker orders bacon cheesecake. You go into it with the same mindset as watching a John…
Regulars love Bodega for its solid wine list, thoughtfully crafted wine flights and cozy atmosphere. Regulars also know the best place to restock your cellar is at Bodega’s monthly wine fair, where their already-reasonable bottle prices are discounted even more. Held the last Saturday of every month, it’s a place…
In this week’s round-up of Dallas food news, chef change-ups, puppies and beer and a Dallas chef organizes volunteers to send a truck full of donations and money to flood-affected Baton Rouge: Kenichi in Victory Park has a new chef: Carlos Mancera, the former chef de cuisine at Rapscallion who’s also had…
From the outside, Armoury D.E. is a little foreboding. The space normally carved out for windows is instead occupied by panels the color of old pennies. There is no traditional signage to inform passersby what lies within, only a single, neon letter “A” which hangs above the plank door. The…
The cautionary tale of “the girl next door” brings to mind a (seemingly) mild-mannered, cute girl, right? It’s seldom the case … she always has some sort of a crazy streak. The same could be said about Next Door’s Scorched Peach, a playful cocktail made sweet with cinnamon syrup and…
It seems like just yesterday The Libertine was a speck in Greenville Avenue’s eye. Now this most beloved pub is turning 10 and the bar is celebrating with four days of raffles, bands, food and drink specials. Thursday marks the last day of celebrations with guest bartenders Stephanie Roethlisberger, Vaughn…
