Chances are if you’ve ever donned chef whites, you know Thomas Keller’s name. If you’re a serious home cook, there’s a decent chance you’ve heard of him, too. If you’re the type who salivates over multi-course tasting menus that cost hundreds of dollars and take hours to consume, you’ve definitely…
Oh, you sad sap. Why are you sitting on your sofa nursing a whiskey bottle in solitude? Has your significant other suggested you take some time to grow as a person? Have all of your friends booked a weekend trip in tandem and left you? Maybe if you got out…
Eddie Deen is a big name in the local catering business that’s been around for almost 20 years. The Dallas-based company has pushed plates of barbecue at a bevy of swank and high-profile places and events including the state Capitol, the Olympics and Washington, D.C., where in one night they…
One of the boons of living in such a large metropolitan area, a thing so big that it necessitates the grammatically inscrutable term “metroplex,” is that it gives you the chance to try food you wouldn’t find in smaller towns. Sometimes it gives you the chance to try food you…
LUCK joined the fast-growing Trinity Groves restaurant sprawl last week. The restaurant, which focuses on locally sourced beer and fare and everything else, was created by chefs and owners Jeff Dietzman, Ned Steel and Daniel Pittman (executive chef). Dietzman and Steele met at the Central Market cooking school, where they…
Ben and Jerry’s has released another celebrity-inspired ice cream, and it’s kind of a big deal. While shooting “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” Ron Burgundy found time to also churn some ice cream. The new flavor “ScothyScotchScotch” is reference to a quote in the first movie, but not the exact…
You know Primo’s, the busy-as-hell Tex-Mex restaurant on McKinney Avenue? You’ve likely walked by its patio while it’s packed to the rails with Uptowners lining their stomachs with cheese and tortillas before a night of shot-taking, misplaced credit cards and broken heels. The restaurant has been open since 1986, according…
For some people pizza is a simple question: pepperoni or meat lovers? Toppings are a source of unending variation and argument, but just as important is the style and preparation of the pizza. And to help clarify the differences in those styles (and to get some pretty slick marketing out…
Dallas is getting a new restaurant and bar downtown in the West End. Stingrays had a soft opening last week and is expected to have a grand opening event sometime in November. You’re more than welcome to visit now — just know that things won’t be as grand as they…
Thai food is pretty ubiquitous now, and while a succulent pad see ew or a cozy tom kha gai are wonderful and mouth-watering, most Thai dishes have started to taste a little safe. Maybe it’s the fact that you can find red curries every few blocks, or that pad thai…
Earlier this week Consilient Hospitality announced it hired Jeff Harris away from Bolsa, where he’s been the executive chef since 2011. If you’re a fan of Harris’ cooking, the announcement might be an exciting one. New restaurants bring new menus and new inspiration, and if it all works out customers…
I know you were planning on taking it easy the next few weeks. Thanksgiving in only a month away, and the gustatory excess always starts a few weeks early. Buttery baked goods, excess alcohol, sausage, gravy and the inability to say no to anything (unless it’s green beans (unless they’re…
If you were driving south on Green Oaks Boulevard in Arlington on Thursday around 7 p.m., your headlights might have caught a glimpse of a group of people walking along the sidewalk carrying what looked like rifles and shotguns over their shoulders. No, the fading dusk wasn’t messing with your…
Deep Ellum Brewing Company has been attracting negative attention since Burnt Orange Report published a takedown of its logo promotions for its Dallas Blonde Ale, specifically the “goes down easy” tagline. Genevieve Cato and a slough of other responders have called the line sexist and a promotion of rape culture…
We once again surface from the depths of Craigslist to bring you news from the underscape. Well, not really the depths, since this doesn’t involve any weird sex or a dresser drawer you’ve had since college. Rather, we bring you more burger news. Specifically, Grub Burger Bar is looking to…
We asked a handful of North Texas chefs about the worst things they’ve ever eaten, found in the back of the walk-in or basically anything that induced a gag reflex or created a stench that permanently singed their nostrils. Braden Wages of Malai Kitchen has traveled extensively, and so we…
Breweries, festivals, filling stations: It’s a golden, foamy age for craft beer in North Texas, and nothing is shepherding us though it more than the small shops that help cater to the craft beer lover. These shops have endless lists of local, national and international brews for the connoisseur to…
Former barista Liz Goulding drinks coffee around Dallas so her head doesn’t hurt and so she can help keep yours from hurting, too. Got a place to suggest? Leave it in the comments. I have a confession: I’ve been pretending that Ascension doesn’t exist. When I decide it’s time to…
The three of us had our spoons at the ready the second the dessert plate landed on the table. Smothered with whipped cream, flecked with freeze-dried strawberries, nuts and tiny cubes of pineapple, and flanked by scoops of ice cream, the plate looked a lot like most brownie sundaes. “This…
Twenty miles southwest of Jerry Jones’ football gallery and the Rangers Ballpark is a rare swath of Arlington that hasn’t yet been bulldozed over with stadiums, matching suburban houses or strip malls. It’s a narrow, two-lane street called Mansfield Cardinal Road, and it goes pitch black at night, with no…
Pecan Lodge is quickly achieving legendary status, and actually getting in before all brisket and sides have been piranha’ed is getting harder and harder. So it’s pretty exciting that W.T. White High School is offering plates of Pecan Lodge barbecue along with tickets to school’s performance of The Odd Couple…
Local Urban Craft Kitchen, more smoothly shortened to LUCK, opens this evening at 5 p.m. in Trinity Groves, according to a press release put out today. As the name suggests the restaurant will put a heavy premium on local ingredients and American regional dishes, but what the name leaves out…
