It wasn’t a long time ago, and it wasn’t a galaxy far away when Deep Ellum was, mostly, a place for beer, crispy fried things, cheeseburgers and pizza. The Texas comfort food pyramid was on full display: an iced-mug beer at Pete’s or a two-hander cheeseburger, free of frills, at Adair’s…
Abacus bartender Jason Long whipped up this flip-style egg nog cocktail with a fun twist, a healthy helping of Tequila Avión Reposado.
This time last year, looking back on 2016’s new bar offerings was a bit underwhelming. There were a couple of breakouts — one year in, Jettison is still one of the city’s best cocktail spots — but otherwise, the Dallas bar and cocktail scene didn’t get the shot in the…
Omni Hotels across the country are celebrating the season by rolling out twelve different cocktail options to take you through your own Twelve Days of Christmas. Even better, they’ve given us the recipes for all of them so we can enjoy them at home.
For the opening day of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”, The Theodore created a specialty cocktail menu with four cocktails featuring the 86 Co. liquor lineup.
The old ways disappear in Mockingbird Station. Twin Peaks broadcasts its toxic breastaurant status from the second floor, there are parking wars in the narrow garage spots that seem to twirl forever downward, and lunch is a sea of mediocre salads. Music thumps from one of the outdoor patios as…
Eureka! put douglas fir and all the best bar things into one cocktail with their Gingerbread Man Old Fashioned that is once again available at their bar as of yesterday.
It seems local breweries are popping up all over town, but one couple wants to make discovering them a little easier. Chad and Nellie Montgomery are working on Civil Pour, an establishment that will offer 30 taps of craft beer and a rotating offering of five pour-over coffees. “We really…
III Forks is one of the wet establishments that will be celebrating Repeal Day with discounted traditional roaring 20s coupe cocktails—the South Side, Hemingway Daiquiri, and Sidecar—for half price.
Fall this year in Dallas wasn’t really much of a fall. The 95-degree days in October threw off our pumpkin spice mentality, so we’re excited to finally be feeling a chill in the air — and warmer flavors on cocktail menus. Bowen House’s newly released fall and winter menu offers…
Big news for an ever-growing food and drink neighborhood: White Rock Alehouse & Brewery, a new brewpub and restaurant, opens Nov. 30 at 7331 Gaston Ave. in Lakewood. Aside from the obvious, this new beer spot features an added bonus: It’s right off the Santa Fe Trail, a popular hike and bike…
Settle Up is a column that critiques cocktail bars with the same gravitas that food critics apply to restaurants, exploring Dallas’ cocktail concepts, menus, execution and service and steering discerning imbibers toward all the booze that’s fit to drink. You can tell a lot about a bar by the hats…
Stop into HIDE to check out their new food and drink menus, new for Fall.
Downtown Dallas cocktail den, Midnight Rambler, is bringing back some old favorites from menus past and throwing in a soon-to-be fall favorite or two. One of their new tipples is the Hot Buttered Soul, a fall forward cocktail named for a Southern soul album by Isaac Hayes.
Jalisco Norte’s Crafty Paloma serves up an elevated take on a traditional cocktail.
Settle Up is a column that critiques cocktail bars with the same gravitas that food critics apply to restaurants, exploring Dallas’ cocktail concepts, menus, execution and service and steering discerning imbibers toward all the booze that’s fit to drink. Have you seen the bar stools at Harlowe MXM? You should…
If you’re not the type to dress up as a Game of Thrones character and binge drink in a crowded nightlife district, there are other, subtler ways to celebrate Halloween. Have a cocktail at one of several Dallas bar/restaurants rumored to have spirits lurking within. You don’t have to believe…
Dallas-Fort Worth has a weeklong celebration of all things beer — and in particular, the locally brewed beer that makes our local brew scene so special. Looking to celebrate? Here are a few of our favorite events this week, but you can see a full list at the North Texas…
The Truluck’s specialty Halloween cocktail, 43 Reasons to Love Halloween, is simple, yet delicious. And it’s half price during Happy Hour.
Settle Up is a column that critiques cocktail bars with the same gravitas that food critics apply to restaurants, exploring Dallas’ cocktail concepts, menus, execution and service and steering discerning imbibers toward all the booze that’s fit to drink. When I moved to Dallas a few years ago, everyone told…
During Hidden Gems Week, the Observer food and drink writers are celebrating an abundance of diverse, delicious restaurants and bars around Dallas, places that don’t often (or ever) get mentioned by big-name food media, trendsetters, bloggers or chefs. We’re taking you outside of the ordinary to help you discover something…
We’re just gonna say it—we’d plunder a village for Hot Joy’s Pirate Booty cocktail.
