Get ready, beer fans: The Dallas Observer’s sixth annual BrewFest, sponsored by Whole Foods Market, will take over the Dallas Farmers Market on Saturday, September 10. The outdoor beer sampling event features more than 400 beers from around the globe, plus live music and local food vendors. The ticket price for…
The baristas at Houndstooth Coffee have been serving cups at Sylvan Thirty for just more than two weeks now, but this isn’t just a simple expansion from the popular Henderson Avenue spot, which opened in 2014. “Austin was our first one, so [we] learned a lot along the way, and…
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. Independent Bar & Kitchen’s European-inspired comfort food has proven popular in Deep Ellum, and for good reason —…
Sauerkraut and Nebraska aren’t often mentioned in the same conversation, unless that conversation happens to be over a brown ale while gazing upon the menu at Preston Hollow Village’s newest hangout, Blatt Beer and Table. Hailing from Omaha, Blatt opened its first location outside of the corn fed state in…
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. Now that Houndstooth Coffee’s new location is up and running — with JuiceLand coming soon — Sylvan Thirty…
Let us now sing the praises of lamb. Maybe the most underrated of meats, it’s richly flavorful, great on the grill and easy to serve a number of different ways. Few things look and taste as luxurious as a rack of lamb chops, but lamb is also an inspired addition…
Remember the old Dallas Farmer’s Market? Yeah, it’s not that anymore. The recent DFM make-over has left a divided Dallas in its wake — some love the changes in the vibrant food hall where Pecan Lodge got its start and the new focus on specialty goods and local produce in…
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. Brisket is a Dallas hallmark, and it seems like every restaurant tries to serve brisket in something whether…
An early memory of my grandmother is her feeding me grilled cheese sandwiches when I would hunker down in her home after faking falling ill during the school year. The buttery pieces of crunchy bread came oozing with cheese and an ingredient no one else has ever used, chopped onions. My…
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. Carlos Rodriguez’s chef-driven Mexican restaurant, Salsa Fuego, closed in Fort Worth. But he quickly bounced back with 5ive…
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. Tacos Mariachi has a lot of fun with the humble taco. They do the cheap traditional taco, too…
An assistant general manager at Eatzi’s on Oak Lawn is suing Dallas restaurateur Phil Romano for $1 million after an April 7 incident wherein the female manager claims her ass was grabbed while she was in a manager meeting. Unfortunately for Romano, the man behind Eatzi’s, Fuddruckers and Trinity Groves,…
It’s been six months since Intrinsic opened their doors in Garland, and by all accounts, things are going great when it comes to craft beer and smoked meats. That doesn’t mean there’s not room for improvement —t he gang at Intrinsic is brewing new beers and cranking out daily barbecue…
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. Nammi, which used to just be a banh mi bar in a couple of Vietnamese fusion trucks, now…
In this week’s round-up of DFW food news, a high-profile eatery gets a new chef from Chicago, two Deep Ellum spots announce plans for growth and it’s almost time for everyone to go out of their minds over Shake Shack’s slated September opening. Madrina’s got a new chef taking over…
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. Put aside your Texas pride for a moment and concede the following: Kansas City invented the burnt end,…
Legal Draft Beer Company’s taproom isn’t open yet, but don’t let that stop you from trying out Arlington’s newest brewery. As their name implies, Legal Draft takes a decidedly magisterial approach to brewing with beer names like Accused Amber Lager, Presumed Innocent IPA and Hung Jury Hefeweizen. Try Legal’s five…
Eating the recommended daily amount of fruit seems easier for kids. Between bananas in lunch bags, apples and peanut butter after school and orange slices at half time during soccer games (let’s not even talk about the Capri Suns), kids are pretty fruit flush. Adults seem to buy fruit and…
Along the stretch of Davis Street in Oak Cliff where small brick homes bleed into businesses dealing in produce, piñatas and flowers, there’s Nova. The exterior of the building has a commercial, mid-century vibe with its flat, elongated storefront and wall of windows. The design makes sense; before it was reincarnated…
There are noticeable stages to burger disappointment. The first consists of the childlike giddiness that occurs in the moments before ordering a double cheeseburger. Like those of a kid putting a quarter into an old arcade game, hands preemptively tighten into a burger-holding grip (to simulate, form the letter “C”…
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. The Observer recently published a list of some of Dallas’ best Reuben sandwiches. Few sandwiches, after all, can…
Surrounded by a real estate boom of pricey condos and apartments, the original Fred’s Texas Cafe on Currie does its best to retain the craziness of when it was a greasy spoon in an industrial spot near downtown Fort Worth. Fred’s is a casual, friendly environment where wealthy people eat…
