The Big Tex Choice Awards just gave Best Taste to Isaac Ruosso’s Fried Cuban Roll and Most Creative to Justin Martinez’s Deep Fried Thanksgiving. But that’s not the end of the list of new fried items at the fair this year. Behold: the list of more new fried dare food…
Previously we’ve only been able to watch beer bikes in passing envy. But, now Dallas is slated to get its very own roving, 16-seater, pedal-powered, mobile pub. And, yes, it’s amazingly already received the green light from the City of Dallas. “My partner and I first saw one in Houston…
I love the State Fair of Texas. I also love fried things. Which means I have a deep, undying love for the Big Tex Choice Awards. And for the last few years, I’ve been so excited to go to the competition to get a chance to try all the new…
Last summer, Scott Reitz introduced us to pizza cones at Epic Cones in Deep Ellum, including the little red delivery scooter replete with a cigarette lighter, radio and roof. The small pizza cone-eria was actually part of Excuses Cafe. Now Epic Cone has a place of its own in Arlington…
When Alice Laussade spoke with the owners during the course of her first look at Mot Hai Ba, she called the fledgling Vietnamese restaurant My Hot Butt. Owner Jeana Johnson was kind enough to continue the interview, but the joke likely stuck with customers who subsequently dined in the restaurant…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Find more interesting places on our all-new Best Of app for iTunes or…
My son and I had tickets to the Rangers game Saturday evening, so I suggested we walk through the notoriously epic LSU tailgating festivities at AT&T Stadium prior to the baseball game. LSU fans bring with them hands-down the best tailgating food ever, and I thought I’d let the kid…
Bliss. Labor Day weekend is so many things at once. It’s license to indulge too many off the beaten path burgers. It’s an excuse to dick off on a Monday because nobody’s in the office anyway. It’s a sign that maybe, just maybe, the glowing hell-orb that hangs heavy over…
In the final installment of Fork Fight at Trinity Groves, CHINO received four prongs up from the hungry voters. Thursday night marked the eighth delicious cook-off, in which returning champ chef Uno Immanivong took on Chef Sharon von Meter’s Beignet Bridge Club. See also: Fork Fight VII: Amberjax Versus CHINO…
Sunday, September 1, is Deep Ellum Brewing Company’s second annual Labor of Love, which is a homebrew competition. This year there are around 50 entrants. Judges have already begun tasting the samples, but there is also a People’s Choice award on-site day of. Recently, the best little brewery in Deep…
Battuto is showing some signs of trouble, but they’re making some changes to keep afloat. When Gene and Julie Gates’ radio show on KVIL-FM 103.7 was canceled, their plans to open up an Italian restaurant in Plano caused a bit of a stir. But after the restaurant opened this spring…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Find more interesting places on our all-new Best Of app for iTunes or…
We first rounded up North Texas’ off-the-beaten-path burgers almost a year ago, in an effort to provide some fun alternatives to the city’s go-to spots — the Twisted Roots and Off-Sites and Maple and Motors of the world. But this is a fluid situation, people. So, for your Labor Day…
American Made is a Martha Stewart project that spotlights local purveyors, crafters and bakers and, in the end, one of those small business owners will receive $10,000. The selection process isn’t what you might think though: The American Made group actually traveled around the country visiting many of these spots,…
A few years back, our Cheap Bastard Alice Laussade, winner of the prestigious James Beard Award and narrowly regarded as the best columnist in Dallas, threw a barbecue competition in her backyard and called it, logically, Meat Fight. Last year, she invited some of Dallas’ best chefs, opened it to…
Eddie Campbell, one of Dallas’ best and best known cocktail artists, has been muddling all over Dallas, and it’s hard to say where you should expect to see him next. After a stint at Bolsa and then The Chesterfield, he’s doused half of Dallas in booze, appearing at events and…
One long, long year ago, some boys at The Common Table had a dream about a little craft beer party out on the patio. “Well, maybe it’ll extend to the street,” Corey Pond thought (or something close to that). That was back when little burgeoning hobby called “craft beer” was…
Chef April Barney might be the busiest chef in Dallas. Her primary staff includes students at Skyline High School, but her clientele in the evening and on weekends can vary, depending on which local chef has swooped her up to help with an event. During the summer she helped orchestrate…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Find more interesting places on our all-new Best Of app for iTunes or…
That French food is making a comeback should not be a mystery to anyone. Instead, we should wonder every time we see a buttery and flaky croissant why it ever fell out of favor. As recently as the ’80s, French cuisine was synonymous with fine dining — trout amandine and…
If you’ve dined lately at the Front Room, the “Park Cities Diner” shoehorned into the Lumen Hotel that flanks SMU, you may have noticed a significant shift in the menu. Chef Nick Amoriello left the restaurant earlier this summer. He’s been replaced by Tim Bevins, who spent time producing the…
One-time barista Liz Goulding drinks coffee around Dallas so her head doesn’t hurt and so she can help keep yours from hurting, too. Got a place to suggest? Leave it in the comments. I didn’t think I’d like Number One for a few reasons, namely its address in the Park…
