Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters has been delivering freshly roasted coffee to wholesale clients and porches since 2008, but have never had a place to call their own. All that changes Friday when owner Shannon Neffendorf opens his own coffee shop in Oak Cliff. And it is about time, because Oak…
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…
Back in June we had a brief conversation with Mico Rodriguez about his soon to open Mesero Miguel, the Mexican restaurant that will replace the Lemon Bar after its failed attempt to take over the space this spring. Before that, Alma brought fluffy tortillas and Mexican food to the same…
If you like anything passionately, Vanity Fair may have its sights set on you. The magazine has released a series of short videos bashing film and music snobs, and now they’re taking aim at food nerds. Heirloom tomatoes are under attack, and the results are unfortunately hilarious and accurate. If…
Chef Chad Houser runs a little outfit you’ve hopefully heard of called Café Momentum, which is a restaurant training platform that provides culinary experience to post-release juvenile offenders from the Dallas County Youth Village. Since 2011 Cafe Momentum has hosted more than 20 dinners that have paired great chefs with…
An emotional Tim Love struggled to talk to news teams this morning about an early morning blaze at his Fort Worth restaurant, Lonesome Dove Western Bistro. NBC 5’s Deborah Ferguson informed Love of the fire early this morning. Opened in 2000, Lonesome Dove is Love’s signature spot that serves cowboy…
As Americans, our love of brunch has been well documented. The combination of carbohydrates, fats, meats, sweets and eggs is completely intoxicating to us, even before you add in the liquor component. There’s nothing better, really. Brunch is what makes Sunday awesome for a lot of us. In fact, you…
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…
On Wednesday evening, a new “Mexican” restaurant quietly opened within walking distance from Dallas Observer HQ. We’d watched with curiosity as the building at 2618 Oak Lawn Ave. made the transition from the former brick, beige and bland law offices of Robert S. Gregg to the new, stylized wooden façade…
I have a little running joke with Mary Carter, who handles press relations for the Greek Food Festival every year. When I first got to Dallas I called her and asked if they’d be roasting whole lambs at the event, because, you know, it’s a Greek food festival. Most Greek…
It’s time to make the doughnuts, y’all. Don’t get grumpy about it either. If getting up at 4 a.m. is your assigned lot in life, then embrace it. It’s an important lot. A lot of people are concerned about that lot. Perhaps too many. See Also: Six Reasons We’re Excited…
When a brand spanking new doughnut shop and ice cream parlor both open on the same day, it makes for interesting times here in Big D. Last Friday while Glazed Donut Works in Deep Ellum posted a sign that they were already sold out just two hours after opening, another…
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 latest reinvention of the Village Kitchen (32 Highland Park Village) — formerly Village Marquee, then later with “Texas Grill and Bar” added to the end — is set to take place this Thursday, August 22. Since Trey Wilcox left early this year, the restaurant has undergone a bit of…
Earlier this week The New Yorker posted a fascinating video about a Lower East Side compost program. Nay, you say? It’s impossible for the words “fascinating” and “compost” to live happily in the same sentence? Well, stew on this: The average New Yorker tosses 3 pounds of food waste per…
You’ve made it. And other than the potential for a little precipitation this evening, the weekend forecast calls for some seriously impressive weather. The low 90s in Texas in August is something you really should take advantage of. But not before we wrap this week up. Surely, you’ve heard of…
“The bridge to nowhere now goes to somewhere.” – MC Mark Brezinski Things are heating up in Trinity Groves, y’all. As the eight-week-long Fork Fight series heads toward its climax on Thursday, August 29, the events have gotten better and better. The contenders have now all got a win under…
The Internet may be changing the way we eat. The cronut proved that anything that’s both quirky and delicious has the potential to go viral. Invent some strange hybrid snack, and Internet fame could be yours. Now the next big craze is making the rounds through the media. Enter the…
If you’ve driven down Skillman you may have noticed some changes at Mariano’s. The building’s exterior used to be painted a garish red, orange and blue so blinding it was capable of causing accidents out in the nearby intersection. Now the walls are lapped in a subtle creamy color that’s…
Alex Fletcher is filling up a magic mystery bus for a six-stop cocktail tour through Dallas. The GM and head barkeep at The People’s Last Stand says he wanted show off his friends’ fancy drinks, so he rented a bus a drew out a map. Probably on a bar napkin,…
The sky over downtown had a pink glow early this morning as Glazed Donuts Works (GDW) in Deep Ellum (2644 Elm St.) opened for business. One might suggest that the brief pink hue was from the GDW’s fluorescent “Eat Me” sign that hangs over the Elm Street sidewalk, or just…
Beer: It’s why we were created. Our parents made us after having too much beer, and they nurtured us so that we could one day grow to love beer as well. And it’s a great time to be a beer drinker in Dallas. While local craft breweries continue to flourish,…
