We’re a few weeks into Lent now, and if you chose to give up alcohol for 40 days, surely, you’re feeling like you’re missing out, especially given the number of bars and restaurants in Dallas. If that’s the case for you, or you’re a non-drinker, there are still a good…
Dallas Arts Month is a citywide celebration of art, held during the month of April. Originally established by Mayor Mike Rawlings in 2013, it’s designed to build awareness and appreciation for our local artists and the “cultural renaissance in Dallas.” This year, the city’s Office of Arts and Culture is collaborating with…
While it’s great to save money when dining in Dallas, sometimes you just have to splurge. Going out for food and drinks adds up, so when you’re spending money, you’ve got to make sure it’s worth it. And Ocean Prime has some killer cocktails that are worth shelling out some…
It’s almost spring. That means we’re seeing colorful buds on branches, vibrant greens returning to trees and warmer temperatures. It’s time to break out the spandex, air up the tires and risk life and limb bicycling on Dallas streets — and, of course, drink beer. Breweries and bikes go well…
Oak may not be open for lunch anymore, but their delicious cocktails are worth finding another time to visit.
The most important thing to know about this experiment is that I desperately wanted it to succeed. I make my living writing about wine people can afford to buy, and what’s more affordable than $3 wine you can pick up at the supermarket without scores, confusion or wine snobbery? But…
Enjoy a new take on the hot toddy using gin!
Beer lovers poured into BLDG 5 taproom when Revolver Brewing opened its doors last Thursday, bringing a taste of Granbury to Arlington. “We will be brewing here and bringing you the Granbury experience-plus,” says brewmaster Grant Wood. “As a brewery, it’s pretty exciting. We’re psyched about it.” Although it’s a…
José’s spicy take on a margarita, La Malinche, is the perfect way to celebrate National Margarita Day.
Billy Flores of Bad Spanish Tacos keeps his work area tight and clean. Not a single errant onion square or cilantro leaf lies anywhere but in their prescribed containers. No fingerprint smudges stain the table, no trails of salsa run down the sides of the sauce bottles. It’s simply clean,…
Last month Community Beer Company in Dallas celebrated its seventh anniversary with a major shindig inside its Design District taproom. Although it’s hard to believe now, given that craft breweries and brewpubs have enveloped North Texas, a seventh birthday means Community is among the new-era pioneers of the local beer…
HIDE brings back its 25 best-selling cocktails to celebrate its 3rd anniversary.
Finding love in Big D can be exhausting. It’s like The Hunger Games of dating. If you’re lining up reservations to test their love or prove yours, you’ve got it all wrong. The real merits of a relationship are best validated in a dumpster-fire manner. Or at minimum, a well-tested…
Las Almas Rotas brought out a new menu last week, and we’re in love with the Nectar de Nopales.
Community Beer Co. recently marked seven years of business, and they did so with a vintage Vegas anniversary party. The Design District brewery was filled with more than 70 beers, food, live music and local art. Community puts out some of our favorite beers (personally, the Mosaic is my usual…
Cut & Bourbon allows guests to create their perfect Old Fashioned.
Local bars and restaurants will offer specials when it rains.
Abuelita’s Elyx Hot Chocolate at LAW will warm you right up … and down.
Recently, a local radio personality and collector, Gordon Keith, tweeted a few lines from an article he opined for The Dallas Morning News (behind the paywall) a few years ago, and it struck a chord: “We are born two drinks shy of happiness. Two drinks gets you to what feels like…
The holidays may be over, but the weather outside is still frightful. Sure, it may be bright and sunny on this lovely Monday morning, but the temperatures are expected to drop this week, and thunderstorms are nigh. Plus, in Texas, you never know when the weather can pull a 180…
Do we really know where we’re drinking? Here’s the first installment of our series unveiling the weird buildings in which bars in the DFW area have popped up, and some brief history behind them.
Keep the holidays going with Parliament’s alpine liqueur cocktail.
