Braden and Yasmin Wages of Malai Kitchen are two of my favorite people in the Dallas restaurant business. Maybe it’s Yasmin’s warm smile. Maybe it was the time Braden teared up a bit when talking about her. Or maybe it’s because they take these amazing culinary excursion to far corners…
1400 Miles is a campaign created by Texas brewers who are cycling from Austin to Denver to raise money and awareness for the Pints for Prostrate organization. The ride started in Austin on Wednesday and will stop at Community Beer Co. on Thursday for a little music, beer and dinner…
It’s once again time for Meat Fight, brought to you by our very own James Beard winner Alice Laussade, who just can’t seem to settle her score with smoked meat. This November 17, the best meat in the state will throw down at Four Corners Brewery, all to benefit the…
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. Find more interesting places on our all-new Best Of app for iTunes or…
Contrary to popular belief, being a vegan in Dallas is not a wholly miserable experience. We don’t get spit on while walking down the street, nor do we have to wear big red Vs pinned to our clothing. These days, most people in the restaurant industry know that vegans don’t…
Could this be the year the signs hoisted in front of Asian restaurants are measured by the size of their chopsticks? On Fitzhugh Avenue, Dalat’s recently installed pho-beacon reaches up into the clouds with bright red utensils. Now Oishii is set to build on the trend with another sign outfitted…
Ranger Creek in San Antonio is an interesting operation. The founders, who met through the UFO club at The Flying Saucer, couldn’t decide between distilling whiskey or beer, so they did both. They call their shop a “brewstillery” because they make both whiskey and beer one batch at a time…
I owe an apology for each and every compilation article I’ve ever written about Arlington. Like this one and this one and this one. Seriously. So embarrassing. For some reason, I’d never been to Dino’s Deliat 2221 S. Collins Street. I beg for forgiveness and extra mustard. Dino’s is an…
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. Find more interesting places on our all-new Best Of app for iTunes or…
Editor’s Note: Late last evening Tanoshii Ramen used their Facebook page to announce they’d gotten cold feet. The place still looks pretty inside, as all of these pictures depict, but you’ll have to wait till tomorrow if you want to try the ramen. Tanoshii Ramen and Bar (2724 Commerce St.)…
While some restaurateurs may feel held hostage by bad Yelp reviews, others are pulling out the big guns. Meri Dahlke, who owns and operates Ten Bells Tavern in Oak Cliff, noticed a nasty one-star review that seemed excessively spiteful. From Yelper Mark G.: I live in Oak Cliff and really…
If you don’t have plans for Thanksgiving, you might consider this job posting from Butterball. They are now taking entries for their first male Turkey Talk-Line spokesman. We’re not sure exactly why the candidates have to be male, since plenty of men man the lines for all sorts of issues…
You kids these days and your super-trendy downtown Dallas beer festivals. Untapped. North Texas Beer Festival. Dallas BrewFest. Big Texas Beer Fest. Oh, there isn’t one this weekend? No problem, because you can just stroll in to one of your 187 microbreweries around town on any given Saturday, expecting (EXPECTING?!)…
Recently we reported that after 50 years in business in Dallas, Pizza by Marco had to change its name to My Family’s Pizza due to a trademark infringement. Frank Nuccio, son of the original owner, explained that his father never trademarked the name and instead of spending a lot of…
1. Earlier this year we talked to the fascinating Mark Davis Bailey at Original Pancake House (OPH) about the five-day process involved in making their from scratch-pancakes. OPH will have house-made pumpkin pancakes (pictured above) on its menu starting next week. With a cup of fresh Cuvee coffee, this might…
Thursday was an overcast, muggy day in Dallas, probably not the ideal day to order a bowl of warm, soupy noodles. But the promise of a good, hand-pulled noodle and a dumpling or two lured me and a few friends into Monkey King Noodle Co., Deep Ellum’s new late-night Chinese food…
Fall is here, which means there is fresh oxygen, football and lots of food and beer in your near future. Here are our five favorite food events of the fall. Addison Oktoberfest Outside of the original festival in Munich, Addison hosts the largest Oktoberfest celebration on the planet. More than…
Brandon Castillo is the kind of guy every neighborhood or movement needs. In this case, Deep Ellum has him. And the movement is making the area a more sustainable and walkable one. Recently, he opened Deep Ellum Postal and Grocer at 3100 Main Street, where he carefully fills a little…
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. Find more interesting places on our all-new Best Of app for iTunes or…
The Joule Hotel has been undergoing some major renovations and developments for years, and there are more changes in the works. The most recent additions include high-end retail shops, the swank Weekend Coffee and a new lobby bar. By the end of the year, a new restaurant, CBD Provisions, will…
Jason Boso’s new Truck Yard (5624 Sears), which opened last weekend, had an almost-full house on Wednesday night that involved a lot of flip flops kicked up on various stools, with their owners kicked back in various chairs like they own the place. The clientele included families, dates and gaggles…
A good bowl of pho may be the most satisfying value play of all ethnic foods. You’ll never pay more than $10 or so for one, and most places charge you closer to $5. But despite the low cost, good pho is satiating in every way that food can be…
