The saga is finally over. After the owners of Proof + Pantry refused to allow The Dallas Morning News’ food critic to pay for a meal that she was planning on reviewing, Leslie Brenner has finally published her thoughts on the One Arts Plaza restaurant and dropped a cute little…
When David Uygur isn’t hand-crafting pasta, making desserts out of pork’s blood, and generally dazzling the palates of Dallas diners, the man has to eat. The chef behind Lucia doesn’t make it out much thanks to his busy restaurant, but not even a chef can survive on staff family meals…
I’m not sure if it’s a trend or a genuine movement, but something feels different about Dallas’ newest gastropubs. It feels like reinvention. It’s not just about gathering freshly-farmed Swiss chard, pigs that had names 10 hours before you ate them or local beer anymore. Now there are iconic foods…
Have you ever thought to yourself, “Gee, these all-you-can-eat pancakes sure are tasty. But you know what would make them even better? A cash bar, art by over 50 emerging artists and live body painting demonstrations.” Yeah, I didn’t think so. But some weirdo genius did, and they turned that…
When Jon Alexis took over TJ’s Seafood in 2009, the fish counter was still just a guppy of an enterprise. Sure, it had more than 20 years of fish peddling under its gills, but at that point it was still a small shop tucked into a North Dallas strip mall…
Italian food isn’t exactly something Dallas is known for, yet the city’s most-lauded restaurant is a tiny Italian spot in Bishop Arts. People are still clamoring, four years later, for a coveted reservation at Lucia, the brainchild of chef David Uygur and his wife, Jennifer. The reserved Uygur has eschewed…
Jack Perkins may have a reputation as the occasionally confrontational curmudgeon of the Dallas food scene, but there’s no disputing that the owner of The Slow Bone and Maple & Motor has a heart two sizes too big and yet-unclogged from all that red meat. Along with the many charity…
Could David Anthony Temple’s long awaited Twenty Seven finally be coming to fruition? The rogue chef says he’s aiming to open his first restaurant at the start of next year in Deep Ellum. Temple gained popularity years ago as one of the first chefs to shore up Dallas’ rather anemic…
If you’ve been to Knife, the much-loved steakhouse from chef John Tesar, you know Tesar is really interested in serving diners his kitchen’s old meat. That doesn’t mean he’s dragging out whatever steaks have been languishing in the walk-in. Tesar’s restaurant is equipped with a state-of-the-art dry-aging room that’s used…
About two weeks ago, a new storefront opened up on West Davis Street in Oak Cliff, near Spinster, Glass Optical and Davis Street Espresso. Joy Macarons, it’s called, and it offers macarons, obviously. But don’t expect to meet a baker named Joy when you visit. “It’s Liz, by the way,”…
Veteran’s Day is one of those holidays that doesn’t get as much fanfare as the ones where you get presents or chocolate. Whatever your feelings on United States foreign policy, the men and women in the United States Armed Forces give up a lot, and this holiday is meant to…
Last week, Doug and Liz Davis posted a message to their Facebook feed. Their landlord had come to collect on debts the Davises had owed for years, and the time line was short. If the Davises didn’t write up a check for more than $10,000, their beloved coffee shop, Murray…
With the coming cold weather, it’s time to get serious about winter warmers. Soups, stews, braises — basically anything meaty and preferably scalding hot. We’ve covered pho a decent amount here on CoA, and everyone with a blogging platform has beaten ramen to death, so it seems like a good…
We get it! David Uygur, Teiichi Sakurai, Matt McCallister and other highly lauded chefs are worthy of infinite praise. They’ve opened restaurants that have defined the Dallas dining scene and offer cooking that demonstrates unparalleled refinement. They were also the chefs we celebrated last year, and in some cases the…
This month, Deep Ellum Brewing Co. re-released their Oak Cliff Coffee Ale in cans and on tap. Oak Cliff Coffee Ale made its first appearance last winter and was generally well received, but here at the Observer we were too busy falling all over ourselves to drink as much of…
The Blind Butcher probably isn’t the first place you think of when you’re craving something sweet. They’re a self-proclaimed “Beer + Meat” Mecca, and they’ve rightfully earned a spot on Scott Reitz’s list of “100 favorite dishes” with their pastrami egg rolls. Yet, this is where I found myself on…
How much would you pay today in order to have three beers a day for the rest of your life? It probably depends on how long you plan to live (and how much beer might shorten said life expectancy), but a brewer in Garland is hoping that a few type-A…
It’s 9 a.m. on a Friday and the energy at Murray Street Coffee is a little more buzzy than usual, and the nervous energy has nothing to do with caffeine. Earlier this week, landlords for the space delivered a letter informing owners Elizabeth and Doug Davis that they were behind…
The folks at the Blind Butcher laminated a new menu recently, adding a number of options for beer drinkers stumbling around Lower Greenville Avenue. Not to worry, the same meaty theme is in full effect, there’s just a few new items to round out the menu and close off your…
I am generally skeptical of any cocktail that a bartender describes as “savory.” Drinks should not taste like dinner. That kind of sensory dissonance is fine for trying weird new foods, but getting drunk should be a much more pure pursuit. Even if I’m being interesting, the drinks that I’m…
It was 5:45 in the morning, on March 2, 2010, when a fire began to gut Terilli’s on Lower Greenville. It spread quickly, becoming a nasty, four-alarm beast that ate Hurricane Grill, Mick’s and one of Dallas’ oldest bars, the Greenville Bar & Grill. The only reported injury, according to…
The Herrera’s location that closed recently on Maple Avenue has been revived and then some at its new address in West Dallas. Touted as the original Hererra’s, as a slew of spinoffs have opened and closed around the city, the new location opened for business yesterday and bests its previous…
