Spring in Dallas means storm season, hookup season and strawberry season. Paul Martin’s American Grill mixed up their own perfect storm with this pick from their new cocktail menu, the Corralejo Strawberry Splash. Using 100 percent blue agave tequila and fresh, muddled strawberries, this bright, fruity cocktail is a perfectly…
When Shannon Osbakken flipped a century-old home into the Bearded Lady in 2013, it created one of the most celebrated craft beer bars in Fort Worth. The cozy spot is on Magnolia Street, which has a similar feel to Oak Cliff’s Bishop Arts, and it added something outside of the typical…
In April 2015, nearly a year after originally planned, Bitter Sisters Brewing Co. opened its doors just off Belt Line Road in Addison. Named after owner and brewmaster Matt Ehinger’s wife and her sisters, Bitter Sisters is the only brewery in the Addison area. Before opening, Ehinger brewed at home while…
As Dallas heads toward a future where absolutely everything on Earth can be delivered to your door, Austin company Sourced Craft Cocktails launched in Dallas today with a curious concept — delivering everything you need to make a specific cocktail, right down to the recipe and glassware. Here’s how it…
Children’s literacy and gender equality are two incredibly important issues worthy of ou … hey, is that wine? The fifth annual In Vino Educatis (“in wine there is learning”) will be held this Thursday at Times Ten Cellars. Enjoy a glass of fine wine, live performances and auctions, all while…
Pear cocktails get a bad rap. Grey Goose Le Poire and Absolut Pear started a sick trend in which the poor fruit can’t win, because let’s face it, most drinks are doing it wrong. They use too much pear and not enough something else. Luckily Matt Tanner, Pappas Bros. beverage…
It’s 240 miles from the front door of the Dallas Observer to Real Ale Brewing’s unpaved driveway down in Central Texas, but we joined up with the other 2,000-odd guests who came from all over the state to celebrate the first 20 years of craft beer’s Davy Crockett. Pouring everything…
For beer lovers looking for an excuse to get out of the house and drink, Dallas-Ft. Worth has several events brewing. With any luck, Dallas won’t have another rainy May like last year. Here is a list of upcoming craft beer-related events worth checking out: April April 18-24: Strangeways’ Barrel Week — Enjoy…
One of the original Henderson Avenue cocktail spots, Capitol Pub, recently came out with a slew of new cocktails to add to their beer-heavy offerings. Among them is the Psycho Killer. Delightfully simple and light, this little cocktail could be your best friend during those relentlessly smoldering summer months. Whip…
Texas Ale Project re-released 100 Million Angels Singing recently, an early present to DFW beer lovers ahead of the brewery’s first birthday party on April 30. It’s a double IPA with Texas-sized specs: 100 IBUs, 9 percent ABV, an old-growth forest of hop varieties that promise the taste of pine, resin and citrus. Some…
Those who can’t do, teach … right? Well, those who don’t have a head for wine can try it on top of their cocktails. Remedy, the remixed, refined soda bar on Lower Greenville has, with veteran barman Máté Hartai at the helm, released a new cocktail menu. One concoction caught…
In 2013, Dallas Observer first reported about Shannon Brewing Co. in Keller, one of the few breweries out in the Mid-Cities. Owner Shannon Carter uses his great grandfather’s recipes from Ireland, which include an old-school fire-brewing process. While that sounds like fancy jargon brewers throw around to impress beer snobs, the result…
Deep Ellum Brewing has resurrected several recipes in the past two months, and two of them — the Rye Pils and the Barrel Aged Cherry Chocolate Double Brown Stout — couldn’t be more different. It’s the sort of paradox beer writers love, and DFW should thank its lucky stars for such divergent outpourings…
Something about drinking from a pineapple-shaped chalice feels like sipping vodka from the winner’s trophy. Why is that, exactly? Who knows? Might be the booze inside. In any case, the new Eastwood’s Bar will make anyone feel like a conquering hero. The Fuji About It — a splendid mix of caramelized…
Opening in a spot once occupied by the Dallas outpost of the New Orleans institution Brennan’s, NOLA Brasserie brings the taste of the Crescent City back to downtown in a 1968 skyscraper re-purposed as a Westin Hotel. From a kitchen anchored on the southwest corner of the property, chef Robert…
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in true Irish style with copious amounts of rickets corned beef. Enjoy Capitol Pub’s extended hours, food specials and live music all weekend long. Noteworthy menu items include corned beef and cabbage, fish and chips, shepherd’s pie and Guinness beef stew. The Saturday morning brunch menu will also…
A visit to the Dallas Arboretum can instill a deep and abiding appreciation for mother nature. It can also leave one feeling very full of good food and drink, and like one needs to have a lie-down. A selection of food, wine and spirits will be available for tasting as guests…
Finely tuned craft cocktails have skyrocketed bartenders to a level where their skill set is just as imperative to an establishment’s success as a cook’s. No longer is it about who can make the best Dark and Stormy or Vieux Carre, but who is inventive enough to dissect the classics…
The Denton location of Taps & Caps, a growler shop featuring a rotating selection of 50 taps, will host BrainDead’s latest food and beer dinner and bottle release. The four course dinner features tequila shrimp, roasted Brussels sprouts with cactus fruit syrup, rye battered chicken and stout beer chocolate cupcakes…
Jeff Gregory quickly stoops down, shielded by his friend from the watchful eyes of the vineyard workers. He surreptitiously bags a bit of soil for his collection. Collecting and comparing soil is one of the many ways he educates himself about wine; later this trip he’ll buy a hard-to-find book…
It could be said that 2015 was the year of the brewery for Dallas-Fort Worth, with more than a dozen breweries opening their doors and filling kegs for all to enjoy. Currently, it seems as though each city in the metroplex is on track to have its own brewery, with…
If you want to launch golf balls for fun within the city limits of Dallas, you can use one finger on one hand to count the applicable places. If you want to hit golf balls at busted and broken down automobiles at a rustic beer garden with various billiards, you’re…
