Mercat Opens in Uptown Offering European Bistro Cuisine

Dallas needs a few more French bistros. There’s something about sitting down at a table just a little after noon, ordering up a bottle of wine and starting with some great charcuterie, maybe with a little side salad dressed simply with lemon and olive oil — something you can linger…

Get Ready For Your First Limited Time Offer From Trinity Groves

LTO has announced their first idea for the Trinity Groves pop up restaurant. Over the past few weeks we’ve told you about the concept that will feature a temporary restaurant that provides four short months of atmosphere and cuisine crafted by a chef and designer picked by local Dallas diners…

Tracking Down the Crazy Pig Food Truck

Shimond Bradley is pretty honest about why he got in the food truck business. “I wanted a restaurant, but didn’t have half a million dollars,” he says. You have to respect that statement. It carries with it foresight and good judgment. Bradley graduated from Johnson and Wales University’s culinary college…

Where to Find Frogs’ Legs in Dallas

A story in yesterday’s New York Times has me thinking about frogs’ legs. The story details France’s historic obsession with the amphibian delicacy. The passion has waned as tastes have changed and a ban in the ’80s made it illegal to trade in French frogs. Still, some restaurants hang on…

Five Snow Cone Options for the First of Many Heat Waves

It’s just rude to write “HOT” five times across a weather forecast in all caps and bright red. I hate all caps! It’s like putting a memo in someone’s chair while they’re away from their desk: “Don’t even sit down!” The weather forecast is screaming at us, “Your eyeballs are…

Desta Starts Alcohol Sales More Than Three Months After Opening

If you’re wondering why Dallas has so many BYOB restaurants, a look at Desta will provide a few clues. After more than two months of waiting on the state (they filed their application a few weeks after opening) and nearly $10,000 in applications fees, bonds and insurance costs you can…

Make Haste to the Holy Grail for Bourbon Week

The Holy Grail Pub in Plano is hosting a bourbon event this week that craft beer fans (or just straight bourbon fans) should note. Last year the Holy Grail had a day dedicated to all things bourbon, including both whiskey tasting flights and special tappings of limited release bourbon-aged beers…

Modern Arts Desserts Will Have You Cooking Like an Artist

MODERN ART DESSERTS from Clay McLachlan on Vimeo.Ready to take your pastry cheffing to the next level? Caitlin Freeman’s new book, Modern Arts Desserts, inspired by modern-art-meets-sweets, will have you baking up cakes that look like Thiebaud paintings in no time. The self-taught baker is the resident pastry chef for…

Texas Ranks Eighth in Total Breweries in the Country

As Monday slowly, and possibly painfully, settles in around you, take a look at this map The New Yorker released last week on the growth of craft breweries across the U.S. The interactive map shows exactly where and by how much the craft brewing industry has exploded, based on the…

Katy Trail Ice House Outpost is Now Open in Plano

The Katy Trail Ice House Outpost in Plano at 4700 W. Park Ave. has been dabbling with a soft opening the past week, however they’re now ready to go all in. This second KT Ice House location, in the old Bandito’s spot, is an off-shoot of the popular Uptown restaurant…

First Look of Weekend Coffee at the Joule Hotel

Dallas’ newest coffee spot, Weekend, might not officially be open to the public, but it has been quietly brewing cups of coffee for those in the know since May. The chic coffee shop is located inside the Joule Hotel (on the Commerce Street side), next to the recently opened, LA-based…

Mesero Miguel and “The Pedro” Coming To Henderson Avenue

Workers today covered the windows of 2822 N. Henderson Ave. with the brown butcher paper that marks most build-outs, for what restaurateur Mico Rodriguez calls a complete renovation to make way for Mesero Miguel, an upscale version of the Mr Mesero he opened on McKinney Avenue in 2011. “We’re going…

Terra Tech Farms Tries To Get Off The Ground With Kickstarter

Jake King-Gilbert wants to shave a few more miles off the local farm to table movement. He’s planning an indoor urban farm in Deep Ellum with a goal of producing fresh produce year-round. King-Gilbert has been experimenting with hydroponics in his apartment with synthetic lighting for the past year. Now…

Local Food Banks Need a Boost for Summer Time Influx

Summer is a particularly rough time for food insecure families across North Texas. And the ripple affect is felt throughout the community. This morning the Vickery Meadow Food Pantry posted this message to its Facebook page: “Vickery Meadow Food Pantry desperately needs our help! They’re extremely low in food and…