Dallas Breweries Are Wisely Embracing the Light-Bodied Beer

Let me start by saying this: I love IPAs. There are few beers I enjoy more than a hoppy, coppery IPA that has a nice ABV to it. When I first got into craft beer it was through beers that weren’t necessarily heavy or hoppy; Shiner Bock, Real Ale Fireman’s…

The Murky Future of Monkey King Noodle Co.

I spent nearly the entire month of January with the face-plague, and subsequently found myself in the line pictured above, outside Deep Ellum’s Monkey King Noodle Company, waiting for my chicken noodle soup. For some reason it was always raining, or at least cloudy, which somehow made receiving that steaming…

A First Look at Yucatan Taco Stand, Now Open on Greenville Avenue

Welcome to Dallas, Yucatan Taco Stand (2023 Greenville Ave), though you’re not really a stand at all. You’re a full blown restaurant complete with a copper-clad bar, a spacious patio and enough tequila to erase any memory that you or any other taco stand ever existed, ever. See also: BBBop…

A First Look at Sugar Skull, Trinity Groves’ New Taqueria

Yet another Trinity Groves restaurant opened this week. The culinary hatchery filled out the final space on the front of the main building, just past Resto Gastro Bistro, with a new taqueria called Sugar Skull Cafe. It’s the first restaurant in Trinity Groves to specialize in breakfast food alongside lunch…

The Restaurant Tipping System Is (Very) Slowly Dying

The anti-tipping movement got a little more steam this week as an article in The Washington Post outlined the efforts of restaurateurs to abandon customer tips as a way to compensate restaurant staff. The recent coverage is significant in that the restaurants in question are moderately priced ones. Most of…

Uchi Is Coming to Dallas, Soon, Swear, Promise, No Really

The PR machine behind Austin-based Uchi began beating the drums a little more loudly this week, even though the restaurant, which was first announced in May of 2013, still has no official opening date. A series of pop-up dining events were held Sunday and Monday in anticipation of a menu…

The 10 Best Margaritas in Dallas

It’s that time of the year when sitting your ass on various local patios and drinking before noon is totally acceptable, folks. We’re pretty excited about patio season, and it’s indisputable that the best drink to enjoy on a patio on a spring day is a margarita. When it’s hot…

AJ’s on Main: Nice Meats, Nicer Treats in Downtown Grapevine

We are generally skeptical of menu items labeled “poppers.” I mean, we’re not doing any first looks at Chili’s anytime soon. But the chicken poppers at AJ’s on Main in Grapevine have a way of making skeptical heads turn. Crunchy bacon encapsulates a longways jalapeno slice and a chunk of…

Spin! Pizza, DFW’s Newest Pizza Import, Is Now Open in Richardson

On Saturday, Kansas City-based Spin! Pizza began pizza-bombing the Lone Star State with its grand opening in Richardson. This is the first of four locations slated to launch in Texas (with Southlake, Irving, and SMU to follow), offering Neapolitan-style pizza in a fast-casual environment. The menu is loaded with options…