For all of the great food in Dallas, we remain well behind other cities in terms of delivery options. Most neighborhoods have a few Thai and Chinese and pizza places that deliver, but in many areas of the city there isn’t much else to call on when you’re too lazy…
If you didn’t know, being asked to cook at the James Beard House is a really, really big deal. As ground zero for the country’s most prestigious culinary awards, each chef that makes the trip to New York City to cook dinner at the Beard House is vying to be…
Barring monks and weirdos, we all drink coffee. And we have two types of coffee shops from which to choose: the trendy, independently owned spots or Starbucks. Traditionally, the eco-conscious, local-loving, soy milk-drinking people patronize the indie shops while the mainstreamers get their brew fix from one of the 21,000…
Ever move away from a place, and then come back a few years later and say something like, “man, I hardly recognize a thing?” A lot of people are going to say that about Jefferson Boulevard in the coming years; I’ll bet you a crispy taco on it. Right now,…
It would be difficult to deny that Denton’s Fry Street has a reputation. The complexity of the drinks served at its somewhat-charming, mostly-grungy cluster of college bars rarely exceeds dropping a shot of something into a glass of something else. You’d be lucky to find anything on an area food…
When you think about the word “power,” a lot of things come to mind. Some of us imagine a tough, take-no-shit type of personality, and others recognize the influence and, well, power of a quieter, gentler rule. In Dallas’ dining scene, we have a blend of those personalities when it…
When you’re drinking at a place like Midnight Rambler, you have to make it count. I wandered into the speakeasy-style bar in the basement of the Joule Hotel after dinner with friends, knowing that I was the fool who would soon be parting with her money. It’s hard to find…
I’ve written about so many new burger restaurants opening I have a story template permanently saved on my desktop. All I have to do is enter in whether the meat is ground on-site or not, the address, who bakes the buns and the word “pink” here and there, and the…
There are a few things to absorb when you enter Melios Char Bar on Greenville. There’s the board that announces the chicken-fried steak special, hand-drawn and bordered with cartoon vines. There’s the classic, bold ’80s GYROS sign in Santorini blue. Bulging firehouse brick is stacked behind the short order cook…
It’s midnight on Saturday night and you’ve been out on the town getting likkered up. You’re not ready for the night to end, so where do you go? You could swing by the Taco Bell drive-thru, but you’d probably regret that decision in the morning. Plus, they don’t have beer…
Dallas Grilled Cheese Company opened earlier this month, and cheese-deprived diners have been pounding on the restaurant’s door looking for an update on their favorite childhood sandwich. You’ll find the new butter-burdened sandwiches just around the corner from Oddfellows in Oak Cliff. The dining room was packed during a recent…
It’s technically not too early to start thinking about an entire summer of eating delicious crawfish and drinking beer, but most of Dallas’ seafood restaurants have yet to put freshly-boiled bugs on their menu. Crawfish season’s start date is a little fluid, occurring usually between late February and early March,…
Americans have an unhealthy obsession with Italian cooking: Unhealthy not only because the American interpretation of boot-food features an excess of mozzarella, Parmigiano-Reggiano and meat, but also because Italian American is one of the most popular imported cuisines. The pizza served stateside may bear little resemblance to the rounds served…
Not many chefs can say that their dishes profoundly impact the lives of other people, except for Chad Houser. The veteran chef, who once helmed Dallas institution Parigi, is currently head of one of the country’s most interesting culinary concepts, Cafe Momentum. In his kitchen, you’ll find 37 interns, all…
As food writers, critics, bloggers, instagrammers and otherwise overly food-obsessed folk, it’s often easy to get wrapped up in the idea that food is somehow more important than it is. Yes, food nourishes our bodies. Food can be delicious, comforting and even healing. Food can be beautiful and often it…
I wasn’t concerned until I reached into the brown paper bag to remove the burger I’d just ordered from Harvey G’s. My first attempt to grasp the beast was too feeble and it slipped. I had to dig deeper, curl my hand under the tinfoil parcel and then lift. It…
Scott and Gina Gottlich, owners of Bijoux in Inwood Village, have announced the closure of their small French restaurant. The couple says they are closing Bijoux to focus their energy on their other restaurant, The Second Floor in the Galleria. Which means the veal cheeks terribly depicted above will no…
Our food critic thinks chefs should start one restaurant when they’re 22 and work there until they die and only open a second outpost if there’s a nice space with lots of parking in the afterlife. But that’s boring! So instead, chefs, at least the ones with access to lots…
Barleywine, anyone? Flying Saucer Draught Emporium on The Lake is hosting Barleywine Week, which runs January 26 through the 30th. Barleywine isn’t actually a wine at all, but rather a beer. It takes its name from wine because of its high alcohol content (usually in the neighborhood of 8 -…
The paper TABC notice taped to the front window says it all. El Come Taco’s owner Luis Villalva has applied for permits to sell alcoholic beverages at the Fitzhugh Avenue taqueria. If his permits get approved as submitted, he’ll be able to sell both liquor and beer. I stopped in…
It’s always exciting when you get a text message from John Tesar on your personal phone, as local food writers are wont to do. You might get profanities, or you might get emojis. They come at 2 a.m. and they come on sunny afternoons, but no matter what time they…
Last year was the year of the Great Suburban Migration in the Dallas restaurant scene. Some of the city’s finest dining institutions, like Tim Byres’ Smoke, set their sights on the rapidly growing suburbs that surround Dallas and Fort Worth. Plano was an especially popular destination last year, but it…
