Swirl, sniff and become one with your inner Frasier Crane at GrapeFest. This marks the 29th year for what is hailed as the biggest wine fest in the Southwest. Whether you would like to sample wines from Texas, Oregon and Argentina, participate in guided wine tastings or just raise your…
The data is out and Dallas is the big winner: We drink more alcohol and let someone else take care of the cooking more often than any other metropolitan area in the country. The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its data earlier this month, and now the entire nation is…
Several months ago, when the owners of Lonestar Beverages opened their Lewisville location, Taps and Caps, they made it worth the trek by being the first retail store in the U.S. to offer their customers crowlers. Additionally, Noble Rey Brewing has their own crowler machine, which retails for several thousand…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Nearly every culinary culture has a variation of the dish. The French have…
For better or worse, the farm-to-table movement is in full swing in Dallas. It has catapulted chefs Graham Dodds, Matt McCallister and others into the national spotlight, and certainly affected on the way we eat in Dallas. But not every move toward a more sustainable, local food culture has been…
Much to the delight/dismay of many craft beer fans, pumpkin beers are coming back. If you have noticed more Oktoberfest beers on tap in your preferred bar and fewer summer releases, rest assured that soon several will be replaced with pumpkin beer. While pumpkin beers haven’t exactly taken off with…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. My go-to recommendation for Indian dining in Dallas has always been Mughlai. If…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Over the past few years, young entrepreneurial cooks usually settled on food trucks…
Saint Rocco’s New York Italian, legendary restauranteur Phil Romano’s flagship tribute to classic Italian-American lifestyle, has finally opened at the edge of Trinity Groves. Romano keeps his partners close. Along with the careful selection of co-owner and executive chef Jay Valley to lead the kitchen, Romano chose designer Kate Murphy,…
3 Stacks Smoke and Tap House in Frisco and its signature bloody mary have a question for you. Just how brutal is that hangover you’re nursing, little buddy? Brutal enough that you want to go for bloody marys the next morning? Or brutal enough that your everyday bloody mary simply will…
The Csavargó is the kind of sandwich that could anchor a restaurant, but unless you’ve ventured into Deep Ellum lately, you’ve probably never heard of it. In fact, if you haven’t been down there since spring, you likely wouldn’t recognize the neighborhood, thanks to all the bars and restaurants that…
A mouth-watering collection of refreshing treats to help you stay cool. 1. Mot Hai Ba’s Coconut-Lemongrass Panna Cotta Chill out in the soothing atmosphere of this tiny Vietnamese restaurant with a bowl of their mood-lifting panna cotta. The subtle notes of coconut and lemongrass balance the tart, concentrated raspberry flavor…
How do the flavors of Mexico and France mingle? What does that cocktail party look like, taste like and sound like? We’re about to find out, in the form of Madrina, the latest restaurant from Misery Loves Company. Open in the Shops of Highland Park in the former Nosh Euro…
Remember when BrewFest was something called Brew at the Zoo? I know, the memories are somewhat hazy for me too, but if I search the recesses of my brain for recollections I find pink flamingos, dancing women dressed up like zebras and a lot of big box beer. What I…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Peking duck has a pretty bad reputation. Chinese restaurants have done the dish…
We warned you earlier this summer that this would happen. If you haven’t picked up tickets to BrewFest and you were hoping to score VIP you’re out of luck. They’ve sold out. This is sad news if you’re not holding a premium ticket right now and you’re hankering for some…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Uchi might be offering the most dynamic cooking available in Dallas right now…
On the second day of September, in response to viewing an ad for Applebee’s “All-In” burgers on Facebook, I tweeted: Minutes poured on. The sun continued to bake the Earth. A horsefly landed on the sharp leaf of a rosemary plant. Cars sucked in clean air. Then, Applebee’s responded. This,…
Do you have $600 and nothing else to do? This evening, III Forks is hosting a six course, 100-point wine dinner. Courtesy of Guy Stout, master sommelier, the dinner will feature wines that cost a lot more than the ones they sell at Trader Joe’s. They may even taste better…
If Addison seems to you to be a soulless place — a vast parking lot flanked by restaurants and bars of no particular charm or character — you haven’t been to Neighborhood Services. Their newest outpost is a standout for its warm service, bluesy rock vibe and upscale menu. Dream…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. When you walk through the door, you’d never think Rapscallion was the sort…
The perfect croissant is ephemeral — that short period of time when the crusty exterior shatters into seemingly thousands of shards while a soft, almost doughy center gives way with a gentle puff of steam lasts only a few minutes. You can only experience it just after a croissant is…
