Dust off your canvas grocery bags and slap a basket on your bike because the new monthly Oak Cliff Farmers Market debuts on Saturday. “The Oak Cliff Lions has the first and only permit for such a market this side of the Trinity,” said John McCall Jr., one of the…
You like barbecue. You like the Super Bowl. Or, you like pretending that you like the Super Bowl because when you say the words “Super Bowl party,” you mean the words “ALL THE FOODS AND BARBECUES.” If you’re not looking to smoke your own brisket or ribs this weekend, lucky…
Welcome to “You Like This,” in which we ask chefs two questions: 1) What’s the best-selling dish at your restaurant? and 2) What’s your favorite dish at your restaurant? We hope the answer to the first question will open your eyes to the fan favorites and the Dallas palate, and…
Whether or not you give a damn about the Super Bowl, what Roman numeral it’s at, Coldplay, or whatever Budweiser’s ad will be, there is a mountain of good eating and drinking you can do in Dallas in its honor. Over at Victor Tangos, chef Kirstyn Brewer offers a Super…
Girl Scout cookies and craft beer: a pairing so indulgent, it’s sure to make even the most lenient dietitian cringe. This year, LUCK will pair Thin Mints with Shannon Brewing Company’s Chocolate Stout; Samoas with Rahr’s Angry Goat Weizen Dopplebock; Do-si-dos with Texas Ale Project’s Somethin Shady Porter; and Lemonades…
Those of you paying attention already know that the Slow Bone is one of Dallas’ best spots for barbecue (and if you didn’t know this, seriously, what the hell?). What you may not know is that Slow Bone now serves some of the best fried chicken in the city. You…
There’s a new chef at The Landmark, an upscale modern American restaurant inside the grand Warwick Melrose hotel, and we got a peek at the new menu, which will become available Feb. 8. According to his Linkedin, chef Patrick McElroy was previously executive chef at both Hotel Dallas and Hilton Dallas…
Often I get asked, “Where’s some Louisiana-style food?” My go-to answer has become very simple; there seems to be Cajun-themed restaurants hording every corner of Greenville Avenue. Starting from Shuck n’ Jive on upper Greenville Avenue to the Big Shucks off Mockingbird and its little sister, Aw Shucks across from…
Fellas, let’s get real: Yes, ladies love chocolate and yes, as Valentine’s Day gifts go, it’s definitely not the worst — ill-fitting lingerie wins that title. But when it comes to lovey-dovey Hallmark holidays, no one’s in the market for a gift that makes her say, “Why thank you, this…
Barley & Board, a brewpub on Denton’s historic town square, is hip. It occupies the third incarnation of a building that burned and was rebuilt, only to burn again. The original space housed a hotel and a livery stable where Sam Bass once worked. And while the current space retains…
Oak Cliff’s favorite brewpub/place to eat curious bar snacks has announced today that they’re closing on Sundays and Mondays to ramp up beer production. This isn’t too big of a change-up considering that Small Brewpub stopped opening on Sundays about six months ago, Head Brewer Aaron Garcia said, but they decided to close…
Like a phoenix, Dallas Beer Kitchen has quickly and dramatically risen out of the ashes. It closed forever on January 24, citing an inability to make money while construction tore up its stretch of Greenville Avenue. And, having closed forever, the bar reopened on Friday, January 29. In the intervening…
Ah, Valentine’s Day: The holiday nobody asked for, invented by poet Geoffrey Chaucer in honor of a priest who was beheaded in Rome, not some chubby flying child brandishing a deadly weapon. Not only is St. Valentine known to carry the afterlife duty of watching over loved ones, he is…
Piecaken exploded onto the Internet this holiday season, and since then, I’ve been trying to get someone in Dallas to make one. My attempts at pressuring restaurateurs into creating one of these dessert bastards were met with many “We’re super busy already”s and “That would take so much time — we…
Sitting playfully atop Uchi, chef Tyson Cole’s first and incredibly successful foray into the Dallas dining scene, Top Knot opens Wednesday, Feb. 3, poised to please. Inside, there’s a stark contrast between clean and light, raw wood surfaces and a whimsical, colorful art installation that stretches across the length of…
At the top of Mudhen Meat and Green’s laminated menu is the following quote: “I really regret eating healthy today — said no one ever.” It’s a quote that’s been memed-up on Pinterest, and has that nutritional confidence that, at first, elicited a downtrodden I guess that’s right feeling deep…
Now is the time to make a dent in your “Bottled Beers To Try” list. Sundown at Granada is celebrating their 4th anniversary by discounting all 40 of their bottled beers to $1. And if dollar beer isn’t enough of a loss-leader, Granada will offer half-priced salads to boot. So…
Sometimes you want to satisfy your sweet tooth but you don’t want to leave the house. It’s too cold for that nonsense. Plus going places can really interfere with one’s binge-watching. Luckily for the housebound (and the lazy), online ordering means top-notch desserts will come to you without the hassle…
Some people give cheese- or wine-of-the-month club memberships, but to give your beer-drinking friends a gift they actually want, a new of-the-month club has answered the call. Launched last November out of The Woodlands, the Texas Craft Beer Club is sending Texas craft beer out across the state to members who…
Hey. Do you like food? Like really, really like food? Have you ever cried actual tears of joy over a dozen raw Gulf Oysters? Do you have way too many opinions about the Great American Brisket Wars™? If so, you should apply to be one of the Observer’s food writers,…
Recently, I attended a Dallas Supper Club dinner, and I ate chef Robert Lyford’s food for the first time. It was great. Like, freakin’ great. I loved the food, and I fell head over heels in love with his strawberry apricot jam. I know that’s a strange thing for a…
With an inbox full of more press releases packed with more monkey puns than you can throw your poo at, please allow me to drill down to a manageable number of food-focused ways to celebrate the Chinese New Year here in town, from the low to the high end. Experience…
