It was a small, unassuming, black plastic dish I might have overlooked had it not come with an ominous warning. My waiter was very clear. Be careful, this is spicy, he warned the table. The salsa was dark greenish-brown and flecked with the black blistered skins of deeply roasted habanero…
Update: This event has been postponed until next Thursday, June 14, because of weather. Tequila and dogs. They go together like wine and olives. Not particularly well. Except, of course, when you’re drinking tequila for an organization that supports four-legged friends. You can do just that at Maximo Cocina Mexicana…
I never rarely indulge in punish my body with fast food, but recently, after a long day of dealing with used car salesmen, a little Frosty and chicken nugget orgy sounded way better than actually cooking something. Sometime back in April Wendy’s introduced a new line of “Signature Sides” including…
If you’ve only eaten Italian food in Dallas, there’s a good chance you’ve never had real spaghetti carbonara. The traditional version of the dish turns eggs, cheese and fat into a delicious sauce that completely integrates with the pasta. Chefs have supplemented the dish with cream, herbs and sometimes booze,…
Food trucks get tons of attention, but the simple question remains: is the food they’re peddling any good? While evaluating creativity, curb appeal, value and taste to award Firestone tires, we’re ranking Dallas’ food trucks to sort out which one’s are worth chasing around town and which ones may be…
Earlier this week, Nancy Luna, “Fast Food Maven” of the Orange County Register, reported that Irvine, California-based Taco Bell sold 100 million Doritos Locos Tacos in ten weeks, which is the largest product launch in Taco Bell’s history. Introduced on March 8 of this year, the 100 million orange tacos…
Serious Pizza at 2807 Elm St. in Deep Ellum has gotten some play here before. Last summer Cheap Bastard couldn’t fit a large pizza in a Ford Escape, and we’ve also included them in a “Best of” here and there. Last week I had the good fortune to try 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. Most of the oho I’ve eaten in Dallas leaves a lot…
With blacked-out windows and a big sign with an ambiguous name that could be a front for anything, Mr. Max may not look like much from the outside, but step through the doors and you’re transported to the other side of the globe…
Twice in my life I thought I was going to die. Both times were on the Comal River in New Braunfels at the exact same place about 20 years apart. For those of you who haven’t been, along the river is what appears to be a completely docile 3-foot waterfall…
News of the Acme F&B opening has been peppered with mentions of a farmer friendly “whole animal allocation” program. The language came from a news release sent out a day before the restaurant officially opened its doors. I called co-owner Colleen O’Hare and asked her what the hell a whole…
Rock and Roll Tacos, previoulsy just a food truck, has completed their non-hostile take over of the kitchen and dining room at La Grange in Deep Ellum. The owners of La Grange wanted out of the kitchen (admitedly not their specialty) and the owner of Rock and Roll Tacos wanted…
While waiting for my burrito at La Victoria, a young man working the counter picked up the phone and grabbed his note pad. “Two Zack Attacks,” he confirmed, and then asked if it was “Zack” himself on the line. It was. Vicky was in the back, spooning a big wad…
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. My meal at Yutaka is months old but one memory is…
If you’ve always dreamed of owning your own restaurant, there can be some real financial advantages to starting with a food truck, primarily because the initial investment is a fraction of opening a restaurant. Open Forum recently looked at the costs and, depending on a city and space, brick and…
Two years ago Meri Dahlke and Michael Hickey jumped on the crazy train of bar ownership. They found an old building on a nice plot in the Bishops Arts District and decided to give it a go. Now, it’s just a matter of weeks now before they actually open Ten…
While the Los Angeles Times continues to bask under star-free skies, the Dallas Morning News and most other major daily publications continue to honor tradition anointing dining establishments with one to four, and sometimes five stars, to indicate the overall level of satisfaction a diner should expect when patronizing a…
Apparently summer is here, which means it’s time to start the hunt for the perfect rendition of the greatest summer sandwich of all time: the BLT. Every season, when tomatoes start to perk up, my BLT craving kicks into overdrive. Yet stellar renditions are scarce, even though the sandwich is…
Summertime is in full swing and along with it come cookouts, not to mention drunk people on boats, Ed Hardy swim trunks, entirely too many children everywhere, the need for those stinky citronella candles and sky-high utility bills from all that damned air conditioning. I relish the opportunity to get…
Inside the recent whirlwind of closings, openings, quick closings in order to reopen later and yet more openings and closings, we find ACME F&B, the latest to open its great big wooden doors…
Another busy month in the Dallas restaurant scene has come and gone. Read on for the full list of opening and closing restaurants, and be sure to share tips about restaurant openings or closings in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Openings: Taco Joint (6434 E. Mockingbird): A second…
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. Bijoux’s new menu makes for interesting exploration because most of the…
