This is getting weird: That was my first thought as the plate came in for a landing. It looked like a pâté rolled inside a boneless tube of chicken and sliced into thick discs. A plump ravioli was perched on top of each round, mimicking a cartoonish mushroom, and fried…
It isn’t just chefs and restaurateurs who make the Dallas dining scene tick. For the last few years, local bartenders have been crafting drinks that are just as complicated as the dishes that come out of the city’s best kitchens. Still, it seems as if Dallas’ diners are still figuring…
Cucina Neighborhood Italian, the Preston Center red-sauce restaurant that operated in the former Mi Piaci space, has closed. The restaurant opened in early 2014 after the months-long tenure of its predecessor, but was unable to capture the heart of neighborhood locals. Probably because it was bad. The cavernous restaurant, which…
Spice in the City opened in the super-swanky Dallas Power & Light building downtown this week, offering a trim menu of classic Indian dishes. You have to enter through the apartment lobby and walk toward the back of the building — there is no sidewalk storefront — but once you…
La Ventana, the downtown taqueria that’s piggybacked off the popular Mexican restaurant Meso Maya, is growing, with plans to open two additional locations in the Dallas area. The first will be located at the Farmers Market, where La Ventana, along with three other yet-to-be-announced restaurants, will do their best to…
Deep Ellum venues located on Main Street open their doors every third Thursday evening for Wine Walk. This event is perfect for the art-lover whose resveratrol levels could use a little pick-me-up. For $5 you get a specially designed wine glass which will be topped off as you meander through…
UPDATE: Luscher’s has reached out and indicated to us that the official opening date has been pushed back to March 2. That makes us sad. If you’ve ever visited White Rock Local Market on the weekends, Brian Luscher’s snappy Post Oak Red Hots are likely a weekend tradition. The chef-owner…
A new report from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee says what we’ve been thinking about cholesterol is all wrong. Don’t get too excited — fatty meats and dairy are still no good, but we may be standing at the dawn of the age of the egg…
A behemoth has been erected in Wylie, Texas. A shining neon barn, affixed with flames and guitars, holds court over the Country Club and FM 544 intersection. It looks like the perverted restaurant love child of Bret Michaels and Guy Fieri…
It takes a lot to make the best version of a Southern dish. Everyone is willing to fight to the death to preserve the honor of their grandmama’s hot water cornbread or collard greens, which means that saying that something like fried okra is better than something your Granny would…
Catherine DownesLike this, but with pepperoni. If Khanh Nguyen is known for anything at his pho restaurant DaLat, it’s his rampant and sometimes unconventional creativity. This is the person who decided to serve ceviche on Doritos, turn egg rolls inside out and serve mimosas made with Tang. Bowls of soup…
Valentine’s Day is here, which means that unless you’re forever alone, you’ve got to go find a gift for your significant other. Everyone seems to believe that their own girlfriend or boyfriend is the hardest person to buy for on the planet, but you don’t exactly have to get creative…
Based on the first news to trickle out about C’viche, I was expecting the bar to play significant role in the place’s vibe. The restaurant was supposed to have plenty of tequila, rum and cachaça for mojito’s margaritas and other cocktails. It was meant to evoke the wonders of Baja…
The latest trend to engross the health-conscious is bone broth, and it’s showing up in health and organic stores and trendy restaurants in cities across the country. New York, Washington D.C. and Portland have been overtaken. Stories about the purported benefits litter the Internet. So much bone broth has been…
I’ve always enjoyed crispy tacos, but I’ve been obsessed since I devoured that trio of perfect specimens out on the patio at Luna Cocina. Since then, I’ve been chipping away at Tex-Mex menus all over Dallas, looking for crispy tacos with flavorful fillings and shells with a satisfying crunch. My…
I have a long and sordid history with lemonade and vodka as a drinker. This classic combination has gotten me through countless college parties, New Year’s Eves and other festive occasions. But I’ve been trying to drink better. I’ve stopped ordering vodka-cranberries at the bar, and I haven’t had any…
If there’s a Valhalla-like hall for great sandwiches, the patty melt should have a seat. When it’s done right, it’s a perfect thing: A burger inside a melted cheese sandwich, balanced with onions as soft as butter, built, at its best, on thick, earthy rye. Back in college, one of…
Follow the Cheap Bastard as she scours the city, looking for a good — or at least non-lethal — lunch for less than 10 bucks. Dollars you pay for a parking meter right out front on a weekday in Deep Ellum: 0 People freaking out as they realize the patio…
It seemed like a gutsy play: Eureka!, a California restaurant chain, recently opened a location in Dallas, a land where restaurant owners love the word “scalable.” Even more brazen: The restaurant specializes in burgers, and hopes to out-patty the state that practically invented the cow. Step aside Hopdoddy, Liberty Burger,…
You don’t usually think of a place with a take-out fish counter as a fine-dining restaurant, but that’s exactly what TJ’s Seafood Market & Grill in Preston Hollow is. When you walk through the doors, you almost don’t even notice the case full of fresh fish, mussels and clams. Instead,…
Back in May, Top Pot Doughnuts, a popular doughnut chain out of Seattle, planted its frosted-and-fried flag in Texas, opening a shop on Hillcrest Road, just north of Northwest Highway. It’s a funky location, apparently designed to entrap freeway-averse commuters, Preston Hollow families and, well, me. The shop sits directly…
Do you speak Trinity Groves? If you do, then you’re well versed in Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, southern American dialects, sweet nothings and … beer. Well, as of last night you can add Japanese to that list, because Sushi Bayashi is officially open between Kitchen LTO and Resto Gastro Bistro…
