The Fort Worth Food and Wine Festival is this weekend and the schedule is jam-packed with all kinds of goodness. Thursday night, gets things off to a tasty start with a barbecue showdown at W.R. Watt Arena, where pitmasters from across this great state will slice and serve the very…
When it opened in December, Wayward Sons introduced diners to executive chef Graham Dodds’ take on modern Texan cuisine. So far so good, it seems. The menu is propelled by Dodds’ affinity for ingredients that are local, seasonal and married in unexpected ways. With dinner service under their belt, Wayward…
Welcome to “You Like This,” in which we ask chefs two questions: 1) What’s the best-selling dish at your restaurant? and 2) What’s your favorite dish at your restaurant? We hope the answer to the first question will open your eyes to the fan favorites and the Dallas palate, and…
In the documentary It Might Get Loud, guitarist Jack White shows off a 1950s-era Kay archtop guitar as an example of what he looks for in an instrument. “I keep guitars that are, you know, the neck’s a little bent, and it’s a little bit out of tune,” he explains…
The dingy white house has no signage, nothing but the faint smell of chorizo to indicate that its contents yield some of the best damn breakfast tacos in all of Texas. Sitting on an unassuming lot in downtown Fort Worth, Aguilera’s Cafe is a taco landmark — one that could…
Touting its made-from-scratch, home-style baked goods, California bakery SusieCakes announced its first location outside of the Golden State: 6100 Luther Lane, at the corner of Luther Lane and Westchester Drive in Preston Center. Along with baked goods, SusieCakes will sell breakfast goods and Cultivar Coffee, according to a press release. Founded…
Deep Ellum Brewing has resurrected several recipes in the past two months, and two of them — the Rye Pils and the Barrel Aged Cherry Chocolate Double Brown Stout — couldn’t be more different. It’s the sort of paradox beer writers love, and DFW should thank its lucky stars for such divergent outpourings…
Kansas City, let’s cut to the chase: Your baseball team is pretty good, and you’ve got that whole jazz scene going for you. But if we’re talking barbecue, no Texan worth his salt and pepper rub is going to take kindly to your wild claims that KC-style barbecue, with its…
Sorry, lower Greenville. Sorry to you, too, Richardson Chinatown. The most ethnically diverse food street in metro Dallas is Belt Line Road as it passes south to north through an ugly ocean of potholed Irving parking lots. On Belt Line, you can eat food from every continent except Australia and Antarctica…
Something about drinking from a pineapple-shaped chalice feels like sipping vodka from the winner’s trophy. Why is that, exactly? Who knows? Might be the booze inside. In any case, the new Eastwood’s Bar will make anyone feel like a conquering hero. The Fuji About It — a splendid mix of caramelized…
A Cuban sandwich has a very specific, wonderful flavor. Health-wise, eating a sandwich with pork and ham in it is crazy, but some people eat bacon every single day, so I frequently indulge in a Cuban. And if that statement seems logically suspect, then consider this: along with the slow-roasted…
Opening in a spot once occupied by the Dallas outpost of the New Orleans institution Brennan’s, NOLA Brasserie brings the taste of the Crescent City back to downtown in a 1968 skyscraper re-purposed as a Westin Hotel. From a kitchen anchored on the southwest corner of the property, chef Robert…
Welcome to “You Like This,” in which we ask chefs two questions: 1) What’s the best-selling dish at your restaurant? and 2) What’s your favorite dish at your restaurant? We hope the answer to the first question will open your eyes to the fan favorites and the Dallas palate, and…
There’s something deeply satisfying about eating solo at the bar of a brand-spanking new restaurant. It’s the sights and smells. You have time to take things in. At Kitchen LTO, Chef Amoriello (of Driftwood, So & So’s, Rapscallion) is the brand new component. A caricature of him already hangs above the…
Killer’s Tacos appeared out of nowhere last week in Denton, and if you weren’t paying attention, you probably missed it. Opening a taco shop in house-turned-restaurant space just off the UNT campus on the first day of spring break is the very definition of “soft opening” (that’s a taco joke,…
Chef Tyson Cole respects rules of skillfully crafted, traditional Asian food. He just doesn’t always follow them precisely. “Traditional sushi is like a locked box. You can’t mess with it. But I was like, ‘I’m going to flip the box over on its head,’” the Uchi executive chef and owner…
Rather than show up to your family’s Easter Sunday shindig with the same old hot cross buns, why not bring a slice of ginger-glazed carrot cake, grapefruit hazelnut tarts, savory curry rolls or chocolate maple biscotti? These and other edible goodies will be available for purchase at the fifth iteration…
Ah, “Gangnam Style,” the song that took the world by storm in 2012 and remains the most-watched video in YouTube history. Psy may have faded from the pop charts and your memory cells, but his spirit lives on in an over-the-top sushi roll at Carrollton’s most over-the-top restaurant. GangNam Sushi…
France has French fries, Belgium has fries with mayo, Canada has poutine and America has home fries, waffle fries and hash browns. Everybody loves fried potatoes. But the potato originally comes from Peru, and sure enough, Peruvians have a trick up their sleeves too: deep-fried meat-stuffed mashed potatoes with hot…
Last week, when Cane Rosso owner Jay Jerrier learned about a fire at that killed 74 dogs at the Humane Society of Southeast Texas, he knew immediately that Cane Rosso would donate 100 percent of its sales on Monday night to the Beaumont shelter. What he didn’t know was that…
A little patch of land on Peavy Road in East Dallas has a lot going for it: Goodfriend Beer Garden and Burger House, 20 Feet Seafood Joint, new sandwich spot/bottle shop Goodfriend Package, Cultivar Coffee and now, some artisan soft serve from Austin. Cow Tipping Creamery is now open inside…
Greenville Avenue wasn’t the only place where massive crowds gathered this weekend. With the kind of enthusiasm usually reserved for drunken revelry and/or smoked meats, fans of the TV show Cake Boss flooded Preston Center early Saturday morning to celebrate the grand opening of Carlo’s Bakery. This is the 13th location for…
