When Americano, the newest restaurant at The Joule hotel, opened in October, it replaced Charlie Palmer. Palmer’s departure signaled a shift: The space was transformed from a traditional, buttoned-up steakhouse to a relaxed, hip eatery that oozes style. The walls and ceiling are painted a brilliant shade of green, save…
In the next few weeks, we’ll be hitting prime produce season, when Texas’ agricultural bounty becomes even more abundant. But if you’re shopping at grocery stores each week and only hitting farmers markets sporadically, it’s hard to know what’s in season and what’s not — and is there anything worse…
Being in full swing of crawfish season, we’re guaranteed a choice of multiple boils every weekend in Dallas. The atmosphere of people gathering around community tables to pop tails and suck heads while guzzling beer is truly something to behold. Now approaching the end of season, these little bug-eyed morsels…
It’s 240 miles from the front door of the Dallas Observer to Real Ale Brewing’s unpaved driveway down in Central Texas, but we joined up with the other 2,000-odd guests who came from all over the state to celebrate the first 20 years of craft beer’s Davy Crockett. Pouring everything…
For beer lovers looking for an excuse to get out of the house and drink, Dallas-Ft. Worth has several events brewing. With any luck, Dallas won’t have another rainy May like last year. Here is a list of upcoming craft beer-related events worth checking out: April April 18-24: Strangeways’ Barrel Week — Enjoy…
Unless some generous Dallasite steps in to save it, this past weekend was the final few days of regular service for Deep Ellum “small plate dining” spot Twenty Seven. Chef/owner David Anthony Temple, previously known for his underground dinners, announced the restaurant’s closure this weekend on social media: Dear Friends…
April 20, in case you haven’t heard, is a bit of a counterculture holiday. Several annual events take place across the country; some have been going for decades. But most who observe this holiday just consume and celebrate cannabis – which often leads to a case of the munchies, known…
Unlike Dallas and its constant struggle over how to handle the Trinity River, Fort Worth embraced its water source by erecting along its banks apartments, a pavilion for concerts, running trails and coming in the summer of 2017, The River District, a new entertainment district carefully plotted against the Trinity…
There’s a certain amount of bravado that comes naturally to Texans. Two-thirds of our fair state’s residents were born here, and the adage goes that the other third got here as fast as they could. Call it swagger. Call it pride. “Don’t Mess With Texas” isn’t just a bumper sticker;…
The internet horde can’t go more than a few days without going apeshit over a food “trend” (OMG RAINDROP CAKE). These clickbait monsters are usually just an existing food that, when “discovered” by Eater or Tasty, becomes the Next Hot Thing™ — even if it’s existed quietly for decades. This week’s food…
Susan Sarich says she fell in love with Dallas immediately. She loves it so much, in fact, that the owner of California bakery chain SusieCakes is house-hunting here while she opens the bakery’s first location outside of Cali, on a bustling corner of Preston Center. “The neighborhood here has a…
What’s going on in Dallas dining this week? Ice cream, chutney, booze delivery and LeBron James pizza, that’s what. Here’s a rundown of this week’s food news, including a look at new brunches, closed eateries and chef change-ups: In ice cream news, CultureMap reports that Chill 360 is bringing “ice…
It ended, as it should, with a great burger. In the final hours before closing down, while the line at In-N-Out grew mercilessly just next door, Midway Point moved on like a train. Each seat was filled at the horseshoe bar. Giant burgers made their way through the saloon-style doors,…
Texas may lead the nation in job growth, but it also leads in stereotypes: we’ve got plenty of guns, Bibles, cowboy boots, trucks and now (sigh) a reality TV show about how Dallas women allegedly behave. While all debatable but mostly true, one stereotype we’ve turned into a caricature of…
You don’t have to be a hardcore Catholic, lighting frankincense and headbanging to the Pope’s new rock album, to enjoy a good fish fry. This Friday, the Irving Heritage Society will hold their annual fish fry and cake auction to benefit the Irving Heritage Society. So whether you want to contribute…
It’s noon on a Sunday and all seems well at Top Knot. A man sits at one of the marble tables on the patio; his date appears to be a newspaper, a bowl of fresh fruit and a cocktail. Girlfriends catch up over glasses of freshly squeezed juice and plates…
One of the original Henderson Avenue cocktail spots, Capitol Pub, recently came out with a slew of new cocktails to add to their beer-heavy offerings. Among them is the Psycho Killer. Delightfully simple and light, this little cocktail could be your best friend during those relentlessly smoldering summer months. Whip…
Jermaine Brown is used to throwing ingredients together to make a good meal in a kitchen with his team around him. In a couple of weeks, the chef will do the same thing — but this time, with surprise ingredients and in front of an audience of strangers. Brown, the executive…
To consume traditional French cuisine, you can do one of two things: grab a passport and fly to Paris or drive to Oak Cliff. While one is a bit more enticing than the other, along West Davis Street, where each block is beginning to resemble Bishop Arts, there’s the relatively…
Texas Ale Project re-released 100 Million Angels Singing recently, an early present to DFW beer lovers ahead of the brewery’s first birthday party on April 30. It’s a double IPA with Texas-sized specs: 100 IBUs, 9 percent ABV, an old-growth forest of hop varieties that promise the taste of pine, resin and citrus. Some…
On Monday, Cultivar Coffee opened the doors to its first stand-alone coffee shop on an Oak Cliff block that seems to be attracting a lot of talent. At 313 Jefferson Blvd., in the same building that houses innovators like Small Brewpub and Carnival Barker’s Ice Creams, Cultivar brings a wide…
What frontier is left for Kate Weiser after conquering the world of chocolate? Ice cream. Fresh on the heels of being named one of the best chocolate shops in the world, Kate Weiser Chocolate is stepping up its ice cream game with three new designer sundaes. At $8 a pop, you…
