Two small, round plates descend onto a linen-clad table protected with a white square of butcher paper. One holds aushuk, a sauteed leek dumpling wearing a thin veneer of pasta dough and topped with yogurt and meat sauce. The rusty-red stew of beef and tomatoes is warm, comforting and familiar;…
Located in the seemingly doomed Henderson Avenue strip where Horne & Dekker, Fish City Grill and Urbino all met their maker, Snack seems to be the unfortunate red-headed stepchild of the otherwise successful ventures from dynamic duo Avner Samuel and Jon Stevens. It’s been panned by critics and Yelpers alike,…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 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. If you’re a Buffalo wing purist, you’re not going to like…
If you’re not broke in college, then you’re not doing it right. It’s mandatory, like puking at the coast. College students should be able to pull together a weekend’s worth of food and gas via a bone marrow donation and condiments at a 7-Eleven. They should also know stores that…
The People’s Last Stand announced yesterday a private event by chef Josh Black, who has been on hand since June 1, following a fleeting stint at Campo. We’ll ignore for a moment that it is a “private” event only inasmuch as anyone who is able and/or willing to shell out…
So, here’s what happened: over on Reddit, someone posted “A friend of mine got complimented rather sneakily at Twisted Root Burger” with the above photo attached. After frontpaging shockingly quickly, comments started pouring in. Commenter princessofgemworld responds “I’m a server at a bar, and to keep track of strangers I…
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My aunt is betting the farm out in Las Vegas this week (we agreed it’s a good time to sell) and last night she sent me a picture of a dish she’s had twice at Julian Serrano’s restaurant in the ARIA resort and casino. The dish is called Huevos Estrellados,…
Dallas loves its half-priced food and drink deals. That’s why we built this calendar of half-price food and drink specials, listing the restaurant and time under each day. This week we added specials at both Company Cafe locations, Private Social, The Mighty Duck in Addison and Frankie’s Sports Bar in…
You see all those chain restaurants, Dallas? All those bright shiny lights, beckoning you in to eat products of a questionable providence at a price so reasonable there’s no need to go home and time-consumingly construct a meal for your baying, hungry, ungrateful family? You grew up around them (the…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 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. Potato skins are usually a snooze. Most restaurants fill dried out…
Elotes en vaso is a simple and delicious Mexican snack that can be found all throughout Dallas. Elotes en vaso, or more commonly just referred to as “elotes” is a savory combination of corn, butter, mayo, crema mexicana, Cotija cheese (sometimes Parmesan), salt, hot sauce, lime and sometimes lemon pepper,…
Congratulations: You have a dorm room! Uncongratulations: the dorm cafeteria blows. (Except for the cereal bar– ain’t nothing wrong with a cereal bar.) The next few years, if you’re doing college right, you should be broke. Which means, at some point, you’re going to get tired of eating the shitbombs…
Central Market’s 17th annual Hatch Chile Festival is back in full swing and Dallas is still making a big deal about it. Are they worth the hype? Will they rearrange your culinary universe? That friends, is up to you and your palates. Go sample, enjoy. But if you’re like us…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 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. I had no clue what I wanted to order till I…
America’s future leaders are piling back to their schools, and we’re honoring them with how-to’s, survival guides and personal stories of failure from Observer staff. That’s right, It’s College Week. See also: The Top 20 Dorm Room Posters Of All Time As Nick and I walked into SMU’s RFOC Cafeteria…
I’m an unflinchingly loyal Fuzzy’s fangirl. The bright pops of neon on the aluminum walls, the funky T-shirts, the large souvenir cups (which make up my entire drinkware collection), the feta on everything — I’m completely drunk on the marketing Kool-Aid. So when I sauntered into the newest location on…
Last night was the first in a series of four culinary events celebrating five years of Fearing’s in the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Each event will bring to town a high-profile guest chef and a dinner featuring the cuisine in which they specialize. Chef Fearing brought in Alabama’s own Chris Lilly, world…
Restaurant week is wrapping up this weekend, and the weather promises to be a little more relaxed. Seems like a good time for a little patio drinking and perhapsa little pesticide bathing. Or maybe you’re off to the Londoner tomorrow morning to watch the opening weekend of the English Premier…
A news release announcing the push back of the closing date of Craft contains some additional details on the concept that will replace the W Hotel restaurant. The bar program at the new Cook Hall will be run by Belinda Chang, who won a James Beard award while working as…
See also: *Want To Fix The Farmers Market? Ditch The Cars. Earlier this week, news leaked that a proposal submitted by Spectrum Properties detailing its plans for privatizing the Farmers Market had been tentatively accepted. The development company is responsible for Third Rail Lofts, an apartment complex that offers downtown…
Restaurant week is about to wrap up, or is half over depending on how you look at it. The promotion named after its duration has become a bit of a misnomer as restaurants expand it into what might more accurately be described as restaurant month. Back in July, when restaurants…
