We sort of already knew that Ida Claire, Addison’s newest non-chain restaurant, was probably going to be topnotch. The team behind Mexican Sugar, Whiskey Cake and other faves hasn’t exactly produced too many duds, but one had to wonder whether or not Ida Claire would dumb down their food to…
When it’s this damn hot outside, the thought of eating food that has actually been cooked doesn’t really sound appetizing. Fresh, light dishes dominate summer menus, and that’s probably the only reason we’ve survived here for so long. At Proof + Pantry, the menu offerings are generally pretty substantial, packed…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Calling the Buddhist Center of Dallas a restaurant is a stretch, since seating…
The enduring trendiness of barbecue aside, Dallas has endured many lulls in the smoked meats scene. For years, mediocre chain restaurant barbecue dominated the landscape, until a tiny booth that opened in 2010 in the Dallas Farmers Market put Dallas barbecue on the map (with a little help from Guy Fieri). Since…
We’re two friends who are hunting down Dallas’s best bowls of ramen. Michelle learned to love ramen as a teenager, growing up in Singapore and traveling around Asia with her family. Brian is newer to the scene: He didn’t even try instant ramen in college. We’re not experts, but we…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Visiting La Nueva Fresh and Hot is interesting even if you don’t buy…
Over the nearly 20 years Seoul Garden has been open in Korea town, the waiters and waitresses have seen their share of customers pushing unfamiliar dishes around with chopsticks. Non-Korean customers who order a dish with raw seafood or a funky, fermented ingredient will likely be met by an awkward…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. If you’re headed to DFW International from Dallas and you’ve got the time,…
I saw the state trooper out of the corner of my eye as he pulled into gas station / parking lot of BBQ on the Brazos in Cresson, but I kept shooting pictures anyway. I fired off a few more frames, and was putting my camera back in the car…
If you stalk the upscale barbecue restaurant Smoke on Facebook (not that I do), you noticed they recently posted a come-hither pie photo, along with this post: “Three words: Pie for dinner. Even better when it’s our mescal key lime pie with meringue as high as an East Texas hairdo!”…
I love exploring ethnic groceries. When you find a good one, walking through the front door is like walking into a different country, and a tapestry of sights, smells and other sensory experiences wait to be discovered in every aisle. With each new grocery store I find, I almost always…
Sometimes I have a hard time getting excited for restaurant imports from California. Even if they work out the financial side of things they often don’t seem to get the Texas vibe. The latest spot I ribbed on was Eureka! the burger bar. It just seemed crazy that a bunch…
For beer drinkers living in Dallas, we are living in a glorious time. With over 20 Breweries in the Dallas/For. Worth area (and more on the way), it’s not hard to find a local beer that suits your palate. For those who love IPAs (myself included), we’re starting to see…
To a self-confessed white flour addict with no dietary restrictions like me, Snap Kitchen’s health-conscious approach is a little scary. Studying the phrases printed on my take-away bag (“No butter ever” and “You’ll never find a speck of white flour in our house”), I braced myself for an epic lunch…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. For two years now, 20 Feet has been serving up some of the…
Here’s something completely different. How would you like to drive to a predetermined rendezvous point, dressed head-to-toe in fancy all-white clothing, with a picnic table and chairs, dinner and cleanup supplies in tow, be driven to a secret location in the Dallas/Fort Worth area along with 1,400 other blanc-clad guests, all…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. It’s been a year since ¡C Señor! took over the former El Padrino taco…
Since 1998, according to a report earlier this year, there have 4,359 UFO sightings in Texas. According to recent report of Me Reading Food Websites, 4,359 is also roughly the same number of places in which you can get a cheeseburger in Dallas-Fort Worth. And like UFO sightings, the accounts…
Trees fall in forests without a sound, and barbecue restaurants can close in Deep Ellum in nearly the same silence. That’s the case this week as Crave DFW reports that Mama Faye’s BBQ on Commerce Street has closed its doors and is relocating out of the city. Except for those…
The list of breweries participating in this year’s Brewfest continues to grow, now passing 100, with many of the breweries participating for the first time. Bishop Cider Co. and Braindead Brewing are just two local breweries that are joining the celebration this year, with more than 30 new breweries from…
The Grape’s latest iteration of their monthly wine dinner features special guest host Chelsey Rothe of Republic Beverage. We’re pretty sure the dinner, titled Come as You Are, doesn’t have anything to do with Kurt Cobain. Unless, that is, the grunge rocker was a fan of Spanish wine, in which…
Every time I think I’m just going to drive by Proof + Pantry without stopping in, I am immediately reminded how serene that bar is, especially in the afternoons — even as the restaurant is closing out lunch tabs and preparing for dinner service; I can’t think of a better…
