A white Mercedes CLS 500 slowly turns right off Clarendon and parks along the curb on the wrong side of the street. The tail end of the car is sticking out just a bit. The driver and his date, a young couple, get in line behind a family of six,…
This is one of the most eventful weeks ever for beer aficionados in Dallas. First off, yesterday marked the release of Houston brewery Saint Arnold’s Divine Reserve 12. Divine Reserve is a series irregularly released special, rare single-batch offerings. Each is inspired by an entry in the Big Batch Brew…
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. It was the brisket gordita that was featured on Diners, Drive-Ins…
Sylvan | Thirty, a mixed-use culinary and shopping development under construction in north Oak Cliff announced this morning that award-winning local chef and restaurateur, Teiichi Sakuri, has signed a lease for fresh fish market at the development. From the release, the yet-to-be-named fish market will connected with organic grocer, Cox…
Last night was the première of Boulevardier, the new French bistro from Veritas owners Brooks and Bradley Anderson, chef Randall Copeland and chef Nathan Tate. The scene was set with French linens, crisp white walls and rich woods. The players were all dressed in tailored, plaid button-downs and freshly pressed…
The foodservice industry trade publication Nation’s Restaurant News recently named its Hot Concepts of 2012, which is a look at brands that “celebrate innovation, vitality and growth within the restaurant industry.” The annual list acts as a barometer of trendsetters, which are expected to experience significant growth in the near…
Late night West Village wanderers will soon have a new place to fill their bellies. Signs in the window at 3600 McKinney Ave. foretell the arrival of Pop Diner – -and there shall be booze, as indicated by the TABC application also posted up. The new spot will go in…
A few weeks ago we asked you to let us know about some of your favorite cheese fries in Dallas. We took those suggestions and put together an ultra-cheesy slideshow, just for you. Because we’re super caring and stuff like that. You can check it out here. Try not to…
I spent five days last week stumbling my way through the tenth annual Tales of the Cocktail event in New Orleans and came away with some new friends, blisters on my feet, tons of new booze knowledge, and a pretty wicked hangover. I’ve also got memories that will last a…
Forest Lane has a new burger place. Becks Prime opened last week promising fresh, fast, burgers, steaks and sandwiches. The Houston based fast food chain with 13 locations, comes endorsed by the same Texas Monthly list that honored Brian Luscher with the greatest burger in Texas. How does Becks stand…
On Monday we reported on the grand opening of the Cedars Food Park at Dallas Heritage Village this past weekend, and in that report we included the schedule. Well, that’s been changed. They’ve decided to scratch lunch. So, beginning August 16, the park will open on Thursday evenings and after…
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. The last time I wrote about Ali Baba’s tabouleh, I’d had…
Lots of changes for the Lombardi’s this month. Last week we heard that the Screen Door was closing and Lombardi Family Restaurants would be taking over the space to open a bistro concept. This week the group released details about the new spot. Cafe Des Artistes will focus on a…
Sigel’s is hosting a Summer Rum Festival and Tasting this Wednesday, August 1, at their Inwood Road location. There are going to be more than 50 rums to sample with distillery representatives ready to answer all your hard-hitting questions. If you’ve spent more time than you’d like to admit in…
If there was one thing you were thinking during Olympic beach volleyball action yesterday, it was, “Sports bra over a sleeved shirt and pants? Dangit.” If there were two things you were thinking, they were, 1) “Sports bra over a sleeved shirt and pants? Dangit.” 2) “I need a drink.”…
Downtown Dallas doesn’t offer much it terms of grocery stores. Urbanmarket closed earlier this year because it couldn’t find is place in the fickle grocery-shopping patterns of downtown residents. Other than that, CVS and 7-Eleven are the choices. It’s like a grocery store desert — with lots of tall buildings…
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. No human with any semblance of self-respect, dignity or care for…
While I wait for the USDA to sort out its feelings about Meatless Monday with breath that is most certainly bated, I continue the valiant search for meatless dishes that don’t suck and aren’t cheese nachos from 7-Eleven. This week, I couldn’t ignore the dull roar of ballyhoo any longer…
Rita’s Italian Ice, or Rita’s Water Ice, or as the corporate website put its, Rita’s Ice-Custard-Happiness, is a quickly growing frozen treats franchise out of Bensalem, Pennsylvania, (near Philly). In addition to their many names, they also have many many many combos. One can have a straight Rita’s ice (think…
In the comments of my recent review of SNACK, Torchness asks: Can you please explain why the Observer reviews every week are almost always the same restaurant as the Dallas Morning News Reviews (or, vice versa)? I find this obnoxious. Why can’t there be different reviews week to week? Personally…
When Mark Stuertz reviewed Cafe Pacific, in 2004, he called the Highland Park Village seafood restaurant a cliché. The menu has crab cakes and veal Oscar, he said. Breaded veal cutlets with crab and asparagus were alive and well in Dallas. And here I am eight years later sitting at…
See also: Photos from the Cedars Food Park Grand Opening Saturday evening a surly red rooster greeted visitors at the entrance of the Dallas Heritage Village with an ungracious crow from its coop. Inside the Old City Park south of downtown, the bright green sloping lawns were speckled with picnic…
