For a long time, naming a restaurant with a single word lent a sort of coolness to a place. Just in Dallas, Local, Suze and Oak grabbed the spotlight with names that could seemingly mean anything. But like all trends, the one-word restaurant name is becoming outdated — replaced, of…
Ask anyone who’s involved in the Dallas food scene what our signature dish is, and they’ll pretty unanimously come up with one answer: steak. Even though Dallas restaurants have been throttling toward lighter, more produce-focused offerings, beef is still king. Or maybe, in the case of Dee Lincoln’s Steak Bar,…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. The smoked salmon you see pictured above demonstrates exactly why you…
While America begins to post about the return of the Pumpkin Spice Lattes on Facebook, craft brew enthusiasts turn their attentions to another autumn-heralding beverage — Oktoberfests. Oktoberfest-style beers (more traditionally known as Marzen) are one of the most popular seasonal releases in the craft beer market. See also: Five North…
It might be hard to envision it today, but eventually cooler weather will descend upon the DFW area. When it does, local farmers markets will start to offer cool-season crops. This makes it good timing for the start of the new Vickery Meadow Local Market, which will have its inaugural…
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It’s been more than a year since news first came out that Grape chef-owner Brian Luscher planned to open an eponymous restaurant in East Dallas. In July of last year, Luscher announced that he’d signed a lease on a building that previously housed a corner store on Gaston Avenue. Luscher…
Imagine somewhere in Uptown, right in between Oak Lawn and the Arts District, had a gigantic patio, shaded under greenery, full of tables, chairs, ephemera, and a huge covering. You would imagine that place would be absolutely rammed at lunchtime, that to get a table you’d have to know someone,…
Dallas loves its half-priced food and drink deals, which is why we built this calendar of half-price food and drink specials, listing the restaurant, special and time under each date. We’ll do our best to keep you up to date on a large chunk of weekly half-priced food and drink…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Have you checked out ¡C. Señor! yet? The tiny sandwich shop…
Figure out how to blow $30,000 at a dive bar: That was the direction of my editor, as he instant-messaged me a link to Leslie Brenner’s recent story in FD Luxe, headlined, “Restaurant critic Leslie Brenner blows the cost of a small Mercedes on the most expensive meal in Dallas.”…
Living up to its name, Hypnotic Donuts seems to have cast a spell on the people of Denton. During my visit on Saturday — four days after the Lakewood shop opened its newest location in Denton’s town square — a line stretched out the door. Parents, their gazes eerily transfixed…
Just when you think Pecan Lodge can’t possibly do something that’s better than its delicious smoked meats, they join forces with Hypnotic Donuts, the lovable Lakewood donut shop known for its stoner-friendly pastry-and-biscuit arsenal. When the two come together, it’s nothing short of magic. Enter the Lurlene, a delicious breakfast…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. While everyone else is focusing on the brand new TJ’s in…
There are exotic plants at the Sunset Lounge on Ross Avenue, but they’re in the wallpaper — giant, two-dimensional green leaves layered geometrically over beige paint as you look left from the bar. I’m looking at them as my attentive bartender, Rodney, who’s wearing a stylish Duck Dynasty shirt, tells…
Another busy month has come and gone and with it a handful of restaurants have opened and closed. Read on for the full list of restaurant news in August from us and other Dallas publications, and be sure to share tips about new and/or shuttered restaurants at dish@dallasobserver.com. Openings: Proof…
In this occasional series, Teresa Lensch provides a woman’s view of area “breastaurants.” She previously filed dispatches from Twin Peaks, Tilted Kilt, Bikini’s, Wild Pitch and, most recently, Redneck Heaven. How can you do this series without a visit to Hooters? You can’t. I won’t. I didn’t. I don’t care…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Stephan Pyles’ San Salvaje might be the most interesting restaurant in…
Want to get out of the house for the big game but don’t want to pay hundreds of dollars for tickets only to watch the Cowboys lose on Jerry’s massive super-screen? You could go to a sports bar like Gavin suggests in his list of Dallas’ best sports bars, but…
It’s all very well and good being Scott the Food Critic and having a fancy list of hip and happening Dallas restaurants to go and watch football games. We don’t all get paid to sit in bars and drink craft beers. The rest of us everyday working stiffs have things…
Follow the Cheap Bastard as she scours the city, looking for a good — or at least non-lethal — lunch for less than 10 bucks. Fork count: 0 Deep Ellum Hipster count: 8 Everything about ramen is good. From the broth to the noodles to the whatever-the-fuck-else-you-throw-in-there. When it’s at…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2014 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Remember the Reuben sandwich way back at No. 61? I touted…
