Local Hub, the Deep Ellum bike shop that opened late last year next door to Braindead Brewing, hosts weekly social rides, leading cyclists to various bars and parks around the city. This weekend’s social ride will feature a little something sweet: a bike that makes ice cream. “We basically mounted…
After Lakewood’s Legal Grounds changed ownership last year, the doors closed, the sign came down, and long-time customers were less than thrilled. But since then, The Heights has taken over, still serving coffee but also three meals a day. “A lot of people were very upset about it; they were…
Is it even possible for food to be “unconventional” anymore? We’ve reached an age when the restaurant industry thrives on pushing the limits with unexpected ingredients, methodology and settings. Cooling a cocktail glass with liquid nitrogen? Sure. Dinner in a location you won’t learn until you’re texted an address an…
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 there’s any one dish that seems to never go out of style, it’s the tartare. This delicate…
In a strip mall at the corner of Illinois Avenue and Cockrell Hill Road, near Mountain View College, is a Thai and Laotian market with two names. The big yellow sign on the façade says Somphou Market, but the door advertises Ly Food Market. It’s maybe not the most auspicious…
A group of strangers gather at sunset in Deep Ellum, huddled next to a trendy loft door in the shadow of I-75. Someone pulls out their iPhone, looking for instructions on how to get into the building. No one knows exactly where they’re going, but they talk excitedly about how…
For the third year in a row, beloved local rock band the Toadies have teamed up with Martin House Brewing in Fort Worth to brew something they can crush on stage. And indeed, the sudsy hits keep coming as the two beers released on Sunday, Hell Below, a strong black…
The men behind Pilot Point’s Western Sons Distillery expanded their sphere of influence as the booze barons of Denton County by launching Whistle Post Brewing Company on Saturday right next door. John Straits and Evan Batt have added another wing to the “Old Panty Factory” building in central Pilot Point (hard…
The culinary spirit of the 1950s lives on in downtown Irving, where an old-fashioned soda fountain still chugs along serving patty melts and chocolate malts. Big State Fountain Grill has been around for nearly seventy years, opening as a drug store in 1948. The lunch counter from those early days…
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. This year, a friend of mine bought the pig’s head carnitas from CBD Provisions for his Super Bowl…
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 we can convince you of one thing, we’d like it to be that everyone should eat more…
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. It’s a proven fact: Lox is basically the world’s greatest breakfast. The smoky, rich salmon, the bite of…
In theory, it’s so simple — fresh fish, raw or nearly raw, chopped into beautiful square hunks and surrounded by equally fresh, crisp vegetables. But for such a simple dish, executing it at home isn’t quite so easy. Sourcing high-quality fish that can easily be consumed uncooked isn’t as easy…
In this week’s round-up of DFW food news, local rock stars announce plans for an East Dallas bar with a retro feel, a new brunch comes to Uptown and there’s a chef change-up out in McKinney: Dos Jefes, the new Mexican-Sushi-Tequila Bar-Tapas-Nightclub in Uptown, is launching brunch this weekend. Brunch service…
Stepping into the new Houndstooth at Sylvan Thirty feels like stepping into a cloud. The Austin-based coffee chain opened its second Dallas location this week in the trendy mixed-use development that’s also home to Ten Ramen, Whisk Crepes and Tacodeli. The new space is bright — lots of whites and…
Thin-crust pizza is taking Dallas by storm. In addition to old favorites Cane Rosso and Olivella’s, newcomers like Matchbox and Sprezza are hopping on the trend, each with their own interpretation of just how thin a crust should be. Up in Addison, Taste of Chicago isn’t changing a thing about…
Right now, we all want one thing: A/C. OK, actually we want two things: A/C and cold drinks. Victor Tangos has some serious A/C blasting, and their Cool Like That cocktail by Andrew Stofko satisfies the latter. We’ve never considered radicchio for a cocktail, but we’re glad that Stofko did…
Chimera Brewing Co. and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth’s Cafe Modern are teaming up for a five-course beer dinner. Each course will be expertly paired with a Chimera libation. Notable courses include a roasted halibut paired with Grodziskie, pork belly steamed buns with American pale ale and Super Farms lamb…
Nothing hits the spot after a night of bar-hopping quite like a good brunch — a meal with enough sodium and caloric load to make you feel like something that closely approximates a human being. But ideally this meal consists of more than salt and fat alone: The perfect hangover…
There’s nothing like a fresh, juicy peach at the peak of Texas peach season. This time of year, pastry chefs showcase its succulence in everything from cobblers to ice cream, and Kate Weiser Chocolate took the peach dessert to the next level with their limited-edition, life-sized chocolate peaches. These white…
There are a few things to know about the burgers at Dallas Beer Kitchen before walking through the door. There are two. One burger has a nearly-raw jalapeño, sliced into a canoe and chopped into big pieces, that delivers a punch across the face like Indiana Jones with heat. That…
It’s been a rough week for restaurants in downtown Fort Worth. On Monday, FW Market + Table, a West 7th district restaurant and grab-and-go spot specializing in “fresh and local foods,” announced via press release that it was closing, citing not enough foot traffic in the district. “We tried two…
