Internet commenters have descended on the food industry like a plague of picky locusts, perplexing chefs and rewriting the rules of restaurant criticism. And out of all DFW’s dining options, the picky horde has decided that a tiny, unassuming gyro joint on the far side of Mesquite is, with a…
This week, go nuts on fish cake patties, Sriracha noodles and papaya salad during the first DFW Thai Restaurant Week, which happens April 13-20. Get hungry, because 17 restaurants are participating in the event. Starting Wednesday, each restaurant “will introduce one unique Thai item to their menu and/or specials for…
A ton of restaurants are coming to Deep Ellum right now, and on Wednesday, Pho Bowl joined the fray with Vietnamese fusion. At this counter-service spot, the food is fresh and comes out fast. The setting is cute and casual, with large tables that encourage diners to interact with each…
This weekend in Dallas, MasterChef is hosting an open casting call — which, as the long-running cooking contest show makes very clear, is your best chance at landing a spot on season eight of the show. From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, home cooks from around DFW will converge…
There’s no mistaking that Dallas’ dining scene has experienced a major transformational upgrade in the past decade. The city may still have some work to do, but finally, Dallas can proudly stand up as one of the great American food cities. Beyond its gastronomical progress, this city has landmark restaurants…
A rancher’s gloves clapping together, bats exploding from the Congress Avenue bridge, Tommy Lee Jones giving me a wink and a shoulder squeeze (on horseback), a Rangers game in July with that one guy hitting the snare drum — this is the movie-style montage that ran through my head when…
If you’re a typical adult, it’s probably been awhile since you’ve had Pop Rocks, and there’s also a good chance you haven’t had this noisy candy on a Caesar salad. That’s exactly the bet chef Kevin Spencer is placing. Spencer joined the kitchen of Ser Steak + Spirits as executive…
The whole idea of going to a farmers market is to support farmers and local businesses. Ideally, this is a place where you can get the best seasonal produce grown regionally. If you want to get food that was flown in from thousands of miles away, most grocery stores will…
If there’s truth to the idea that big surprises come in small packages, a Fort Worth trailer measuring roughly 10-by-10 and located in the parking lot of Avoca coffee on Magnolia Street is proof. After Tokyo Café was gutted by a 2014 fire, former head chef Kevin Martinez wasted no time forging…
Goat cheese. Do you love it because it smells like the feet of angels, or because it tastes like cream cheese’s badass cousin? Either way, Scardello knows you can’t get enough of the chevre stuff. Their Dallas Farmers Market location will hold a casual, self-paced tasting of six goat cheeses,…
What do good comedy and good cuisine have in common? They each take a familiar framework and start to break things, drawing new connections as they go. But the key, of course, is that things have to be broken carefully. Too heavy a hand threatens the audience’s sensibilities; too light…
Those who can’t do, teach … right? Well, those who don’t have a head for wine can try it on top of their cocktails. Remedy, the remixed, refined soda bar on Lower Greenville has, with veteran barman Máté Hartai at the helm, released a new cocktail menu. One concoction caught…
Lots happening right now in local food, drink and even grocery shopping — here’s a quick rundown: It’s confirmed: Cody Sharp, a local rising star chef who left the Standard Pour last fall to hop on board with Filament and FT33’s Matt McCallister, is out as executive chef of Filament…
Formerly known as Shed No. 2, The Market at Dallas Farmers Market looks like an enormous food court ripped out of a shopping mall, and vendors are packed in there like sardines. There’s still a great farmers market outside, but much has changed now that Dallas Farmers Market is privately…
Even in 2016, the steakhouse still seems to be an entity targeted at men. The Hall, which opened last week in Trinity Groves’ concourse of smart restaurants, remains true to its masculine form with a sports-bar-meets-steakhouse concept. A project inspired by Bob Sambol’s iconic Bob’s Steak and Chop House, The…
Step aside, macarons and over-the-top milkshakes: Kate Weiser and chef Andrea Meyer of Bisous Bisous Pâtisserie are teaming up this weekend to bring an inevitable future food trend to fruition: the Waffant, a “warm, buttery, flaky waffle croissant filled with fresh, next level ice cream flavor,” Weiser said. Let’s break…
“Eating an oyster is like French kissing a mermaid,” American novelist and native North Carolinian Tom Robbins once said. Some may not have the desire to kiss a mermaid, but for those of us who are fans of the bivalves but live far from any coastline, our desires must be…
Tucked quietly between a tire shop and Mr. Phil’s Bar-B-Que & Catfish, there’s a new taqueria bringing sublime Monterrey-style street tacos to the hungry people of Oak Cliff. Trompo opened quietly last weekend with a small but robust menu of authentic, flavorful Northern Mexico street food. Owner Luis Olvera left…
While there were events all weekend long, the Fort Worth Food and Wine Festival crescendoed Friday night with the Main Event, which featured nearly two dozen DFW chefs and more beer, wine and liquor than any mere human could hope to sample safely in one night. Hundreds of people packed…
In 2013, Dallas Observer first reported about Shannon Brewing Co. in Keller, one of the few breweries out in the Mid-Cities. Owner Shannon Carter uses his great grandfather’s recipes from Ireland, which include an old-school fire-brewing process. While that sounds like fancy jargon brewers throw around to impress beer snobs, the result…
There are a few sandwiches that should be immortal, living forever outside the cycle of food trends: Fried chicken sandwiches, old-fashioned cheeseburgers hugged with American cheese, sauerkraut-loaded Reubens and the BLT. Perfect bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches are gifts to us from Mount Olympus. To many, the BLT will always…
The first thing you’ll notice at City Council Bar and Restaurant in Uptown is the decor. The entire restaurant is ready for its HGTV shoot: There are bookshelves made of leather straps, Edison bulbs the size of cucumbers, fresh flowers in jars and empty picture frames holding books on a…
