I’m not one to argue over the necessity of having a burger on a menu on any restaurant, but here I am at Cafe Salsera, loaded up with a bunch of arguments. There are enough burgers in Deep Ellum to fill a Yeti cooler; do we need two more housed…
Dallas does a boozy brunch pretty well. It’s basically a way of life around here. Who was it that said “a brunch without alcohol is just a sad, late breakfast”? An omniscient Sunday bruncher, that’s who. When Houston transplant Max’s Wine Dive opened its brunch-friendly, chicken-fried doors in West Village without…
Bacon. Brisket. Butter. Avocados. Pork belly. Fatty things are better things — even when it comes to booze. Bars across DFW are putting that theory to the test with fat-washed cocktails. Sounds scary, no? Have no fear, it just means that they’re infusing a liquid with fatty flavor using oils…
When considering the most memorable bites at Top Knot, Uchi’s little sister restaurant that opened above the beloved sushi spot earlier this year, it’s hard to pick a favorite. Much like every aspect of Uchi and Top Knot, the menus are excruciatingly workshopped, every individual bite tweaked over and over…
A group of visionary Oklahomans made their inaugural appearance at the Untapped Festival last year, gripping attendees’ attention with a self-assured style honed in a hostile environment. This year, for the Fort Worth edition of the cool beer/good music festival, our neighbor to the north has gifted DFW with a…
So many kinds of pizza are landing on tables in Dallas, it feels like restaurants are starting to make them up. Matchbox, an East Coast chain that opened its first Texas location at the corner of Walnut Hill and Central Expresway, is introducing the city to Washington, D.C.-style pies. Yes,…
There’s no denying that Dallas has doughnut fever. In Deep Ellum, lines stretch out the door at Glazed Donut Works. Seattle’s Top Pot Doughnuts recently opened an outpost in SkyHouse, Queenie’s Steakhouse opened a late-night gourmet doughnut spot in the back of their Denton restaurant and Crunch Donut Factory is slated…
Ed Murph got to buy his favorite restaurant. Back when he attended Adamson High School, he constantly ate at the original Norma’s Cafe in Bishop Arts, he says. He remembers having dinner there with his family and eating burgers and fries with friends after school. Thirty years ago, Murph bought…
An old world beer is being born anew in the ever-evolving craft beer scene. This one will go perfect with your beach towel and snorkel this summer. And so that you can be ahead of the game, gose is pronounced /go-zah/. According to the German Beer Institute, gose is a…
If a sandwich is going to be named the Italian Stallion, it’s gonna need to pack a hell of a punch. There should be a good bit of spice, for one thing, and the sandwich should be filled to bursting with good Italian cheeses and deli meats. And finally, it should…
It’s hard to shop for the foodies in your life because, well, foodies are picky. If foodies weren’t picky, you could just buy them a Chili’s gift card and be done with it. Dads are even harder to shop for because they’re usually not impressed with a last-minute flower arrangement (love you,…
Big Guys Chicken and Rice has turned a New York City halal cart into a Deep Ellum restaurant. With eight menu items and three sides in a 1,300-square-foot space, Big Guys opened on May 20 across from Stonedeck Pizza on Elm. This spot focuses on doing a few things really…
For regulars at the Kessler, Trompo is nothing new. Oak Cliff native Luis Olvera has been slingin’ tacos at the venue for awhile now. Back in April, Olvera finally opened a brick-and-mortar location of Trompo, a low-key taqueria that specializes in “straight-up Mexican street tacos,” Olvera says. Trompo’s menu is…
When high-end cocktail lounge Quill opened in the Design District in March, the Instagramming hordes fell all over themselves to get the perfect shot of a food item on Quill’s small but noble food menu: the squid ink cones, a crunchy cone colored with squid ink, filled with big eye…
If ever there was a time to treat yourself to FT33’s $15 cask-aged Agave Negroni, June 6-12 is it. Negroni Week is back, with bars around DFW serving up classic and modern takes on the classic gin-vermouth-Campari cocktail, and a portion of sales from every negroni sold go to a…
In this week’s food news, Amazon launches a Dallas grocery delivery service, pizza cones come to Arlington and more: Amazon Prime Now, the delivery service that recently launched free one-hour food delivery for Dallas Prime members, is now expanding into groceries. Via a press release: “In Dallas, Prime Now offers…
Dallas is losing its mind over ice cream sandwiches right now, from Joy Macarons’ macaron ice cream sandwich to the warm doughnut filled with ice cream at Hypnotic Emporium. But quietly, amidst the endless trendy choices, Carnival Barker’s Ice Creams has been churning out an ice cream sandwich that may…
When talking about Mexican food, the notion of what’s “authentic” often clouds the conversation, so know this right up front: Don Juan’s in Grand Prairie is NOT authentic Mexican food. That fact, however, doesn’t take away from the uniqueness of the joint or its appeal to locals, especially on Thursdays. “Everybody…
High-profile chef Kent Rathbun has resigned from Kent Rathbun Concepts, the restaurant group behind Abacus, Jasper’s, and Hickory, according to Bill Hyde, Rathbun’s apparently now-former business partner. Hyde released a statement today: Kent Rathbun has resigned from Kent Rathbun Concepts. Although he will be relinquishing his day to day activities…
Woodshed Smokehouse, chef Tim Love’s rustic restaurant complete with an expansive patio, is the perfect respite for us “city folk” when we visit our friends to the west. The barbecue is on point, the cocktails follow suit and the location overlooking the Trinity River will let you hit “refresh” without having…
Did you know that emmental is the state cheese? No? That’s because we don’t have a state cheese. That’s a shame, really, because Texan cheese makers are producing some really fine fromage. Taste six Texan cheeses, two wines and two accompaniments at the Dallas Farmers Market location of Scardello. This…
If you want a standard Ron Swanson breakfast of eggs and bacon, you can grab that just about anywhere, and CBD Provisions at The Joule is no exception. But this is no place to play it safe. Chef Richard Blankenship’s brunch menu packs a brass knuckle punch of originality. As…
