100 Favorite Dishes, No. 51: Las Costras at La Botana Taco Bar

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. La Botana Taco Bar, the food truck often posted up at Truck Yard or Sisu, makes a phenomenal…

Hudson House Knows Its Target Audience, and It’s Park Cities

The new East Coast-inspired seafood restaurant Hudson House is not a one-trick pony. It brings more than just East Coast fare to Lovers Lane. From their $90 Royal Seafood Tower, featuring specialty oysters, shrimp cocktail, tuna tartare, cracked king crab and poached lobster tail, to their  $12 cheeseburger, the management team…

The Tater Tots at IdleRye are Perfect (and the Burger’s Good, Too)

There are no secret recipes at IdleRye. The kitchen window is permanently open, allowing a glimpse into the work. Co-owner and executive chef Ray Skradzinski dives into the inspirations behind his food with exuberance. “I enjoy doing stuff that reminds me of home,” he says. Skradzinski grew up in Alloway,…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 53: Machi Cure at Uchi

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Picking a favorite dish from a meal at Uchi is like picking your favorite from a basket of…

Once Considered the Shining Star in Trinity Groves, Casa Rubia Closes

Casa Rubia, one of the first restaurants to open in the West Dallas restaurant incubator Trinity Groves, closed its doors after dinner service Saturday night, chef Omar Flores confirms. The Spanish tapas spot had been open for four years. Flores was one of Trinity Groves’ most high-profile chefs, and Casa…

City Shuts Down Cafe Salsera’s Nightclub

Cafe Salsera started as a Latin restaurant in Deep Ellum, but in the last few months, it became known more for its late-night dance club atmosphere that transforms the quiet restaurant into a packed nightclub that has frustrated some of its neighbors. In Dallas, nightclubs are required to have a…

Yes, Barbec’s Is Closed, But It’s Only Temporary

The Facebook rumor mill in East Dallas went berserk in the last 24 hours after several posts claiming that Barbec’s, the White Rock Lake diner that’s been serving chicken-fried steak and other no-frills diner fare for more than 40 years, was closed for good. Barbec’s has not shuttered, manager Joanna…

100 Favorite Dishes, No. 54: Get Your Mole Fix at Mi Lindo Oaxaca

Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. We’re addicted to Mi Lindo Oaxaca, the extraordinary Oak Cliff restaurant that makes its chocolate and breads from…