The red tape of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission can be peeled back but slowly, so when the agency’s soon-to-be-ex-executive director Sherry Cook lifted the ban on the retail sale of crowlers in March, makers and partakers of Texas craft beer rejoiced. Two months in, you can now secure an…
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. There is a time and place for everything. If it’s 2…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their histories while exploring how the food has changed — for the good or bad — over the years. Everything you need to know about Angry Dog is in the nachos. The dish is a scatter…
The owner of a Plano diner has been arrested by the Collin County Sheriff’s Office and charged with possession of child pornography, according to the department and various media outlets. Richard Butterly is one of 15 men arrested as part of Operation Medusa, “a weeklong multi-agency investigation into the online…
When Oddfellows brought in chef Anastacia Quiñones to introduce a dinner menu, Bishop Arts had no idea what it was in for. The all-day-breakfast diner, famous for coffee, waffles and hipster patrons, is now even better at dinnertime, with a list of light, veggie-focused dishes that pair perfectly with springtime…
Dallas is no stranger to the pop-up dinner, a recurring trope used by everyone from chefs hosting illicit cannabis dinners to buzzy restaurants expanding into the Dallas market. But as with many dining trends, our suburban neighbors often get left out of the fun. While Dallas residents are enjoying Brooklyny-burgers…
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. It’s one of those dishes that, when you translate its name into English, doesn’t sound entirely exciting: soft tofu…
Just after sunrise this morning, Victoria Ferrell-Ortiz went to El Corazon de Tejas — or rather the building that used to be El Corazon de Tejas, as the restaurant closed April 30 — to deliver a message in the form of a hand-painted sign she hung on the vacant building’s…
In 2012, Ascension Coffee opened its first location next to Meddlesome Moth in the Design District, and the cafe has taken a full steam ahead approach ever since, opening a roastery about a mile away in 2014 and a second cafe in the Crescent in 2016. Ascension clearly doesn’t plan…
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 can already feel your raised-eyebrow disbelief: Are we really advocating that you, a full grown adult who…
Dallas, it’s time to let go of the Moscow Mule. We get it; it’s light and refreshing with a gingery bite, and it’s on damn near every cocktail menu in the city. But as the Dallas drink scene evolves, it’s time our palates did, too. Here are five cocktails you…
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. Whether or not you worship at the altar of “eating clean,” HG Sply Co. — which has locations…
For patrons of the Bishop Arts neighborhood’s short-lived wine shop, WinePoste, spring has been a time of dramatic change. The bacchanalian murals stretching across the walls came down, replaced by stark white. The record player that spun classic rock and soul music disappeared. And the name changed to Neighborhood Cellar…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed – for the good or bad – over the years. It may not be a well known instrument, but you can, in fact, measure time using provolone…
It is an endearing human trait that only seems more prominent as social media dominates more of our lives: People will do a lot of crazy things to raise money and awareness for a cause they feel strongly about. Biking 150 miles for multiple sclerosis, dumping a bucket of ice…
The only thing improper about Proper Baking Co. is that their baked goods aren’t available at all bars at all times. For a few hours this Thursday, however, their sweet and savory baked goods ($3-$8 each) will be available for purchase at Craft Beer Cellar Dallas. So grab a pint…
Another year, another sensational new taco restaurant on Singleton Avenue. The story of West Dallas is one of gentrification, generational change, young politicians clashing with old and a “restaurant theme park” that changed everything. But another part of the story, and a less flippant part than it might sound, is…
More than 40 years ago, a restaurant and bar by the name of Chelsea Corner took up residence on the corner of McKinney and Monticello. It was adopted by SMU students, area residents and workers alike as a beloved neighborhood hangout, a place where you could grab a slice of…
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 may be in the golden age of Dallas burgers, but even still, it’s not often that you…
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. It’s hard to deny the allure of a dish roasted in a clay pot. When it arrives at your…
While restaurants around North Texas have been moving toward producing even the smallest facets of their menu in-house, in suburbs like Frisco, it’s not always been easy to find a restaurant that truly cooks from scratch. The Heritage Table looks to pioneer this trend in the area, and they’ve taken on…
Nollowa is a hidden dive. The lights are low, the Cowboys game is always on, none of the beers are on draft, bottles of Johnnie Walker appear in front of you and seemingly every customer is looking for some action. Also, the bar’s kitchen serves spicy octopus and chicken feet…
