Patio weather might be a little spotty as fall stumbles into Dallas. Rather than sweat through your pumpkin lager on the sunny days, we’ve compiled a list of the best places to get margaritas in this town. Because until those crisp breezes show up for long enough to pull out…
The world of Dallas hamburgers is rife with intrigue. CultureMap brings us the story of Balls Hamburgers in Preston Hollow, which is getting in deep litigation with its landlord. A million clams deep. Carol Hobrecht, owner of Backbone Corporations/Balls Hamburger, and her business partner, JDBurger Dallas, are suing four entities…
Kitchen LTO, the perennial pop-up restaurant in Trinity Groves, is now accepting applications for its second iteration. Every four months the restaurant gets overhauled by a new designer and chef, which depending on how you look at it is either promotional shtick or commentary on the transient, sand mandala-like nature…
There’s speculation in grocery-store land that Tom Thumb’s parent company, Safeway, is looking to sell off of its Texas stores. The company has been dropping some dead weight lately, including stores in Canada and Chicago, and recently hired Goldman Sachs to scout the market for potential buyers. A CultureMap article…
The Pyramid Restaurant and Bar at the Fairmont Hotel has announced two new chefs to go along with the hotel’s $10 million renovation. Leigh Mills joins as chef de cuisine and Eric Burrell as the new pastry chef, the restaurant announced this week. Born in England in Kidderminster (new favorite…
Chances are if you’ve ever donned chef whites, you know Thomas Keller’s name. If you’re a serious home cook, there’s a decent chance you’ve heard of him, too. If you’re the type who salivates over multi-course tasting menus that cost hundreds of dollars and take hours to consume, you’ve definitely…
Oh, you sad sap. Why are you sitting on your sofa nursing a whiskey bottle in solitude? Has your significant other suggested you take some time to grow as a person? Have all of your friends booked a weekend trip in tandem and left you? Maybe if you got out…
Eddie Deen is a big name in the local catering business that’s been around for almost 20 years. The Dallas-based company has pushed plates of barbecue at a bevy of swank and high-profile places and events including the state Capitol, the Olympics and Washington, D.C., where in one night they…
One of the boons of living in such a large metropolitan area, a thing so big that it necessitates the grammatically inscrutable term “metroplex,” is that it gives you the chance to try food you wouldn’t find in smaller towns. Sometimes it gives you the chance to try food you…
LUCK joined the fast-growing Trinity Groves restaurant sprawl last week. The restaurant, which focuses on locally sourced beer and fare and everything else, was created by chefs and owners Jeff Dietzman, Ned Steel and Daniel Pittman (executive chef). Dietzman and Steele met at the Central Market cooking school, where they…
Ben and Jerry’s has released another celebrity-inspired ice cream, and it’s kind of a big deal. While shooting “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” Ron Burgundy found time to also churn some ice cream. The new flavor “ScothyScotchScotch” is reference to a quote in the first movie, but not the exact…
You know Primo’s, the busy-as-hell Tex-Mex restaurant on McKinney Avenue? You’ve likely walked by its patio while it’s packed to the rails with Uptowners lining their stomachs with cheese and tortillas before a night of shot-taking, misplaced credit cards and broken heels. The restaurant has been open since 1986, according…
For some people pizza is a simple question: pepperoni or meat lovers? Toppings are a source of unending variation and argument, but just as important is the style and preparation of the pizza. And to help clarify the differences in those styles (and to get some pretty slick marketing out…
Dallas is getting a new restaurant and bar downtown in the West End. Stingrays had a soft opening last week and is expected to have a grand opening event sometime in November. You’re more than welcome to visit now — just know that things won’t be as grand as they…
Thai food is pretty ubiquitous now, and while a succulent pad see ew or a cozy tom kha gai are wonderful and mouth-watering, most Thai dishes have started to taste a little safe. Maybe it’s the fact that you can find red curries every few blocks, or that pad thai…
Earlier this week Consilient Hospitality announced it hired Jeff Harris away from Bolsa, where he’s been the executive chef since 2011. If you’re a fan of Harris’ cooking, the announcement might be an exciting one. New restaurants bring new menus and new inspiration, and if it all works out customers…
I know you were planning on taking it easy the next few weeks. Thanksgiving in only a month away, and the gustatory excess always starts a few weeks early. Buttery baked goods, excess alcohol, sausage, gravy and the inability to say no to anything (unless it’s green beans (unless they’re…
If you were driving south on Green Oaks Boulevard in Arlington on Thursday around 7 p.m., your headlights might have caught a glimpse of a group of people walking along the sidewalk carrying what looked like rifles and shotguns over their shoulders. No, the fading dusk wasn’t messing with your…
Deep Ellum Brewing Company has been attracting negative attention since Burnt Orange Report published a takedown of its logo promotions for its Dallas Blonde Ale, specifically the “goes down easy” tagline. Genevieve Cato and a slough of other responders have called the line sexist and a promotion of rape culture…
We once again surface from the depths of Craigslist to bring you news from the underscape. Well, not really the depths, since this doesn’t involve any weird sex or a dresser drawer you’ve had since college. Rather, we bring you more burger news. Specifically, Grub Burger Bar is looking to…
We asked a handful of North Texas chefs about the worst things they’ve ever eaten, found in the back of the walk-in or basically anything that induced a gag reflex or created a stench that permanently singed their nostrils. Braden Wages of Malai Kitchen has traveled extensively, and so we…
Breweries, festivals, filling stations: It’s a golden, foamy age for craft beer in North Texas, and nothing is shepherding us though it more than the small shops that help cater to the craft beer lover. These shops have endless lists of local, national and international brews for the connoisseur to…
