I encountered the fritter during my second visit to LUCK, the casual eatery featuring 40 taps of beer that opened in Trinity Groves last year. I’d just slogged my way through a lackluster meal and was expecting the same from the desserts as I talked my order out with my…
Maybe you’ve heard, Denton is pretty cool. And not just because of our close proximity to Canada. We’re so cool, in fact, that noted Dallas-y places like Rusty Taco and Hypnotic Donuts are starting to find their way north. Way north. Like, caught between the moon and Downtown Daaaaaallas. It’s…
After a long wait (and we really mean long), AF+B, the latest restaurant by Consilient Hospitality, will open this Friday, January 10, in Fort Worth. We first reported on the restaurant all the way back in November 2012, when Jeffery Hobbs announced his departure from Sissy’s on Henderson Avenue to…
Whatever you’re doing you should stop right now, minimize that spreadsheet, close all your browser windows (except this one) and promise to do exactly as I say. Yesterday a thoughtful reader pointed out the owners behind the International Bakery Cuban Dulceria posted some interesting news on their Facebook page. Apparently…
Those who have spent the last decade or so calling Margaret Hunt Hill’s namesake a bridge to nowhere are running out of nothingness to shake their fingers at in contempt. Restaurants are sprouting out of a once-barren patch of ground in West Dallas, one after the other, each marked by…
If you’re like most everyone, you’re already having trouble with your New Year’s resolutions. Maybe you haven’t folded yet, but surely the gears of self-doubt have begun to turn, challenging your will to move forward. Eventually you’ll crumble, hanging this year’s resolution in the closet, ready to be dusted off…
When life hands you a swirling blast of Arctic air, it’s best to find a way to make lemonade out of it. Franconia Brewing has done that, announcing that they’re taking advantage of the cold front besieging the country by using it to make eisbock, or ice bock. The German…
You woke up today and though it was just another Wednesday, but wrong. It’s the King’s birthday. Elvis Aaron Presley came into this world on January 8, 1935, in Memphis. And 79 years later, the king of rock ‘n’ roll continues to be celebrated primarily in two ways: impersonation and…
For the past year Sundown at Granada has been making a name for itself as a restaurant that serves vegan and vegetarian food that’s damn good — and not just damn good for vegan and vegetarian food. As executive Chef Patrick Stark told Lauren Smart last week, he’s also been…
In Happy Endings, food critic Scott Reitz travels part of the globe that says “Dallas” in search of great desserts and great places to eat them. This is the third in an occasional series. I always share desserts when dining out, mostly because I feel strongly that any one person…
Because there can simply never be enough sandwich shops — and because DFW, in fact, has a dearth of them — Fork in the Road has opened in Central Arlington (1821 S. Fielder Road). Chef-owner Josh Hopkins has worked in many kitchens around the area. He started as a busboy…
Just two years ago, much of Dallas thought a “growler” was a particularly terrible 2-year-old. Now we not only know what one is, we can’t avoid them. See also: – First Look at LUCK in Trinity Groves A quick history, just in case: In the 1800s, brewers and drinkers needed…
It feels like word of the Blind Butcher’s coming first hit the wires ages ago. Almost a year ago, Matt Tobin and Josh Yingling, the guys behind Goodfriend burgers, and Ryan Chaney announced that they were jumping into the recent spate of development on Lower Greenville. Last night, they finally…
It’s not easy to be in the coffee-shop game these days. Craft coffee isn’t cheap, and if you don’t have something else with decent margins to sell alongside it, you could be in big trouble. This has led many a business-minded person to create their coffee program in tandem with…
We all knew it was coming. When I reviewed Velvet Taco last year, owner/partner John Franke told me he had every intension of opening subsequent locations of the restaurant. The only thing that was surprising was how long it took. But tonight the wait ends. The second Velvet Taco will…
It’s January again, which means it’s time for El Ranchito’s month-long extravaganza featuring The King of Rock and Roll. The Oak Cliff salsa slinger hosts a number of performances by Elvis impersonators throughout the year, but this month you can get your fill of lamb chops, suede shoes and glistening…
A week or so before the end of the year, I dropped by Nonna to soothe my soul with some pasta and pork fat, two ingredients that have been known to bring people together in ways that even the pope cannot. I had every intention of enjoying them together in…
At 9 p.m. on Wednesday nights, Sundown at Granada’s executive chef Patrick Stark unties his apron and steps out of the kitchen into the bar. Half-price whiskey, live music and a late night menu, it’s little wonder Stark can’t drag himself away. “I’m trying to break myself of this, but…
Traveling gives you some perspective, especially when you deeply invest yourself in one city’s food scene. But I sometimes wonder if the excitement you experience while exploring a new destination has a way of coloring what you eat. Every blister on a pizza crust seems heightened, eggs gush with golden…
At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday evening, Pizza Villa was calm. The phones were silent, the ovens cooling. The workers stood idly, or else lounged in the otherwise empty booths. The cash register stayed shut. For a weeknight dinner rush at Richardson’s best and probably oldest pizza joint, the silence was bizarre…
If that raw juice cleanse just isn’t cleansing enough after the debauchery of the past few weeks, then Hypnotic Donuts has got an event you might be interested in. This Sunday, January 5, they’ll line their toes along the edge of the pool at the Fraternal Order of Eagles (8500…
Amidst all the kerfuffle over healthcare reform, the Affordable Care Act is affecting one sector that no one really anticipated: American vending machines. A provision of the ACA will require vending machine companies to post nutritional and calorie information on their machines in an effort to let consumers make more…
