Peaberry Coffee is a family-owned coffee shop that opened January 2019 in the Kiestwood neighborhood of Oak Cliff. Owner Elijah Salazar, a teacher who grew up in Oak Cliff, lives two blocks behind the shop. Salazar taught in Dallas ISD for five years before opening Peaberry. For years, coffee was…
Here’s a roundup what you should be sipping on for the week—one to enjoy on-location, one to-go, and one that you can make at home!
Whether you’re grilling at home or taking it easy with takeout, you can take your pick of family meals and special deals to make your Labor Day weekend a little tastier. With everything from barbecue and burgers to Thai and Mexican, here are some local restaurants in Dallas offering something…
Courtney Luscher could’ve relaxed with husband Brian Luscher after they closed The Grape Restaurant in East Dallas. She did for a bit, but then she got back to work: This week, the sommelier launched The Lusch List, a newsletter and blog designed to give people curated lists of wine they should…
In mid-June The Real Economic Support That Acknowledges Unique Restaurant Assistance Needed to Survive (RESTAURANTS) Act of 2020 was introduced in Congress. The $120 billion revitalization fund, aimed specifically at restaurants, seeks to provide sustained economic relief and, certainly, a possible means to survival for small restaurant owners. In Texas,…
A year ago, Trinity Groves — like nearly everywhere else — looked different. Sure, businesses at this “restaurant incubator” faded as they couldn’t make it work, but the coronavirus has had its impact here, and more spots at the development in West Dallas are quiet. All of that space was…
The dining room has just three tables, covered in vibrant tablecloths contrasting with the black walls and floors. Colored chalk takes over the western wall with a menu surrounded by drawings of a sun, fish, crab and the shape of the Japanese islands. On the bottom left corner is a…
The first time I met John Reardon, founder of Deep Ellum Brewing Co., was in the summer of 2011. It was a hot, bright day, and he was balanced atop a giant wooden spool outside his brewery, drenched in sweat, shirt off, headphones on. While in the midst of building…
Before now, the televisions were dark, the patios were deserted, the mason jars sat empty and the regulars stayed home. That all changed Friday. Stan’s Blue Note, the Lower Greenville Avenue staple that opened in 1952, is welcoming customers again. Mid-August, Mike McRae, the proprietor of Stan’s, which is one…
You may have seen the news that the State Fair of Texas will be open as a drive-thru on weekends during what would have been the dates of the fair. That’s great news, but it’s still weeks away, and in COVID-19 time, that feels like years. If you can’t wait…
The summer of 2020 has been different, but one thing that hasn’t changed: Texas provided plenty of high temperatures. So over the last two months, we’ve highlighted Dallas spots that have offered the best treats to cool down. Sure, it’s nearly September, but we know that doesn’t mean fall is…
If you’ve been eating a steady diet of takeout comfort food the last few months, more of a good thing may be perfectly fine. But if you want something that’s closer to perfect than to “just fine,” you might want to change things up a little. A bit of Texas…
Saturday morning, we woke up to news that Pecan Lodge had caught fire. Social media posts made it seem like the Deep Ellum favorite might’ve burned to the ground. Dallas Fire-Rescue confirmed the barbecue restaurant had a one-alarm fire around 2:30 a.m. Twenty-two firefighters responded and extinguished the flames quickly…
Dallas’ only Sri Lankan restaurant began its year in a tiny space. Guests bumped elbows at the buffet table; visiting the bathroom required making a detour around the kitchen. So when coronavirus made it necessary for diners to keep their distance, SpicyZest Sri Lankan Fusion closed its doors. Now owner…
Stephan Courseau had to consider what to do with his three restaurants last March. These were not three locations of the same menu, but three different concepts on the western side of Knox-Henderson. Le Bilboquet, Up on Knox and Georgie by Curtis Stone closed in March. Bilboquet reopened (later than…
Nearly two months ago, Dallas residents sighed with disappointment, even if it weren’t surprising that the State Fair of Texas canceled the season for 2020. It was the first time doing so since World War II. But at nearly 10 p.m. Wednesday, a release went out giving a big update:…
The Machete cocktail from Mexican Sugar is a spicy and refreshing summer sipper.
There’s a new spot open on Jefferson Boulevard bringing a combination of coffee, pastries, Mexican food and mezcal to North Oak Cliff. In the front sits Xaman Café, a pretty coffee shop filled with natural light, its dining space behind a modest patio to allow car-watching on Jefferson. Inside, walk…
Rudy Peña grew up in the restaurant business, helping out at his parents’ place over the years waiting tables. When the time came for him to head off to college, he chose another path: electrical engineering and applied math. Or so he thought. Eventually, he yearned for his roots in…
Love in the Time of Cholera (El Amor en los Tiempos del Cólera) is a novel by Colombian Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel García Márquez, one that has been said to show that “the extraordinary is contained in the ordinary.” Though it may not be a romance, Amor Y Queso — a…
For July and August, we’re bringing Chilled to Go: weekly posts on the best things you can get for takeout to beat the heat. There are so many times I eat something good and instantly want to write about it. Less often, there’s something worth writing about, then when that…
With more than 200 people on the call, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission held an emergency Zoom webinar at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday to pass three amendments to regulations that clear a path for bars to reopen under Gov. Greg Abbott’s emergency order restricting their operations during the pandemic. TABC presiding officer…
