On Friday, NewQuest Properties is celebrating the grand opening of Carrollton Town Center, an “Asian foodie destination” that features eateries like Kula Revolving Sushi Bar, Hanabi Ramen, Café and MangoSix. The latest addition: 85º C Bakery Cafe, a Taiwanese chain with more than 800 locations in Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and Australia, but…
The People’s Last Stand offers delightfully mixed options across its copper-top bar, most created by the men (and women) behind the stick. The Winston McCall is crafted by Dena Sweis, their lone female bartender, and it packs a punch. Prepare your palate for some serious spice thanks to the multiple…
This morning, the State Fair of Texas announced the finalists for the 2016 Big Tex Choice Awards, a list of eight deep-fried, sugar-coated, heart-stopping carb-monsters that were selected from 55 original entries submitted by 34 concession vendors. The finalists were determined using four parameters: “uniqueness, creativity, presentation and, of course, taste,”…
Grapevine Brewery announced on Tuesday that the North Texas craft brewery will no longer sell its beers for distribution to Texas wholesalers. The decision means that Grapevine’s beers will only be sold in the brewery’s taproom and beer garden in Grapevine, according to a press release. “This was a hard…
This summer, the phenomenon of frozen wine slushies has reached critical happy hour mass with a drink that’s proven outrageously popular: frozen rosé wine, playfully dubbed the “frosé.” Grape Ranch, a now-defunct company owned by two Dallasites, was way ahead of the frosé trend when they created pouches of frozen…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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’ve covered a few fried chicken dishes in this series, but none of them are quite like the…
Fried dough, ice cream and Fruity Pebbles may not be the first foods that jump to mind when you imagine Californian cuisine, but baby, that’s about to change. California export Milk & Cream opened its doors near Lower Greenville this weekend, and once you try their signature milk and cream…
The concept of a pop-up dining event for a chef is appealing: no steady salaries for a staff, no rent and perhaps fewer hours to work than at a brick-and-mortar establishment. It’s also uber-trendy right now, particularly in Dallas. Even food industry pros who have their own restaurants are using…
Just one month after Kitchen LTO, the “permanent pop-up,” closed in Trinity Groves, owner Casie Caldwell has signed a lease to move the concept into Deep Ellum “pending funding through a crowdfunding campaign facilitated by Kickstarter,” according to a press release. “The support I received to keep the restaurant going was…
The first time my friends and I had lunch at Casa Vieja, we walked out the door afterward, turned to each other and said, “Let’s be regulars.” Casa Vieja is not necessarily an unforgettable culinary experience, but this unassuming Colombian spot in a Carrollton strip mall is one of those…
What isn’t made more awesome by a foggy blast of -321-degree liquid nitrogen? Nothing, obviously. Its power to simultaneously boil and freeze whatever it comes into contact with provides endless fascinating opportunities for hammer-smashing of random objects. Put to even better use, it brings ice cream to the next level…
It doesn’t matter who’s President, if aliens zap the planet into coffee grounds or a massive earthquake ruptures us like a molding melon, French fries will live forever. We will all die, and French fries will live on. Fries are ubiquitous, but their execution varies around the Metroplex. They come…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. They say you can get anything deep-fried in Texas, and while this is certainly true on the fair…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. Chef Mansour Gorji won back-to-back statewide Texas Steak Cook-Offs a decade ago, and although he has retired from…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. Maybe pide will sell better if we call it a “pizza canoe.” Imagine rowing to safety on top…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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. Filament opened with a splash at the end of 2015 and drew favorable notice from pretty much everybody…
When news got out yesterday that MillerCoors’ craft division had purchased a majority interest in Granbury brewery Revolver, opinions on social media were varied — and loud. “I think this is great! People do something cool and get paid.” “Good for the owners of Revolver — hope they cashed in…
In this week’s DFW food news round-up, a “chestaurant” shutters, a barbecue joint expands and Bon Appetit is apparently not done gushing about Dallas food: Hutchins BBQ is about to begin renovations at its flagship restaurant in McKinney, according to a press release. Construction will start by September and is…
The end of August approaches, ushering in the last few weeks of another crushing Texas summer and promising a fresh influx of brand new Dentonites to this university town. They come with open minds and hungry bellies; most are unfamiliar with the area and need a crash course for dining…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2016 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 11:30 p.m. on a Thursday night in Deep Ellum and I am drunk — everyone is drunk,…
One of North Texas’ most popular breweries — brewer of Blood & Honey, one of North Texas’ most popular beers — has been acquired by Tenth and Blake Beer Company, the craft and import division of MillerCoors, according to a press release. MillerCoors, like other big beer producers who’ve seen serious…
A couple of days ago, Deep Ellum Brewing Company posted on their Facebook page that they’re serving lunch now — a full menu that includes elote-covered tater tots, pizza, tacos and beer. After my car’s tires squeal in anticipation, I plop into the cool steel taproom. Little bar games are on…
