Any lover of good food who is forced by a pandemic to self-isolate for a month will, eventually, start to fantasize about tacos. The timing may be fortunate or calamitous, but this week marks the official release of the perfect quarantine food reading: American Tacos: A History and Guide, by…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. The door is wedged open, and blue tape runs along the floor of the Royal Blue Grocery in Highland Park Village. Masks and gloves are on, shoppers moving…
A muffuletta at The Free Man Cajun Cafe & Lounge is what we could all use right now.
If you’re feeling cooped up with your family and seeking something to break up the routine with anything possible, Fireside Pies has a way to help with that while providing dinner. Now, if you really want that truffle-oil-heavy Triple Roni pizza from there, just order it. You have to really…
Gang, the docs came in from the to-go cocktail debacle, and I think the less I describe them, the more batshit insane they’ll look to you. I got these late in the day April 9, and I’m still mad. Here’s everything I got about why restaurants were blocked from serving…
I’ve talked to quite a few restaurant owners about the Payroll Protection Program, the Small Business Administration and the federal government’s promise of loans to restaurants in need. A majority of the restaurateurs I spoke with had not filed paperwork for loans but had planned to do so soon. One…
I had to go to the store last week to get more ground beef to make a second round of Garden Café’s meatloaf. COVID may have stopped time for some of us, but I have a buddy who needs back surgery so badly that his surgeon won’t put it off,…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. A few weeks ago, I heard a phrase on Sam Sanders’ NPR podcast: Instead of only thinking about “social distancing,” consider “distant socializing.” Hence, Zoom happy hours, the…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Let’s start with the big news: We found french fries that travel well and taste good reheated. It’s something of a miracle, of course. Even good fries —…
Apparently, online alcohol sales in the U.S. have jumped 243% during the coronavirus pandemic. Specific to wine, online sales are up 66%. Har, har, people like wine and they’re consuming more of it while they’re “working from home” all day, every day as we try to flatten the coronavirus curve…
Back when I drove to an office to work, every so often I’d take a different route that would take me to West Village in Uptown. I could run in, get a good cup of coffee and an almond croissant that would start my day off just right. Bisous Bisous…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Chef Ryan Ferguson has a new set of pet peeves right now. Ice cream and overcooked pasta are on the list. He’s wracked by nerves as he imagines…
If you want a restaurant to be open when we come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, be a patron. Get takeout, order delivery. Etc. But also, stay on budget because we don’t know how long this will go on and how it will affect each of us economically. I’m in…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. On first thought, a barbecue restaurant would be perfectly primed to switch to carryout-only business. Hell, some of our favorites started as little more than food trucks, so…
Whether or not it feels like it, Easter is coming up for those who celebrate it. While big family gatherings or brunch out may be part of your routine, that — and any other habit of normalcy, really — is changed this spring because of the coronavirus. Just as restaurants…
Gabe Sanchez is one of the best people in town you could have making you a drink. Of course, he’s not doing as much of that since Deep Ellum’s Black Swan Saloon is closed along with all the other bars to help stop the spread of COVID-19. In the meantime,…
Here at the Observer, we’ve tried to highlight the brave efforts of restaurateurs struggling to keep staff employed and customers fed after this damn virus took away the in-house dining they specialize in. Not all of them could. Some got creative. Chef John Tesar reports that a whole lot of…
Good to Go is a column where our food writers explore Dallas’ restaurant scene through takeout orders, delivery boxes and reheated leftovers. Armando Aguilar was having a great month. The Dallas native got hired to a new executive chef job at a local bar that’s a semifinalist for a James…
The restaurant industry has certainly gotten rolled in the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Texas Restaurant Association, more than 1.3 million Texans work at or for restaurants (normally). With the recent extension of the shelter-in-place rules through April 30 for Dallas County, no one would blame local workers, owners and…
Congress grunted out a steaming pile of legislation known as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, on March 27. First off, can we please stop with these horribly tortured acronyms for legislation names? They all remind me of the USA-PATRIOT Act, which reminds me to…
As soon as I saw it on the online menu for takeout at Red Stix Asian Street Food, I knew I had to have the duck fat-fried rice. Some of my closer friends know I’ll pretty much order anything that has the word “duck” in it, but there’s so much…
A few days ago, I traded a half-pint jar of raspberry-mango preserves for a butter roll recipe and some cookies — all via a porch drop with no physical contact. Next week, I’m following up on a lead to trade some jam for some tacos. When I got my hands…
