News broke this morning on Culture Map that Brian Luscher has signed a lease on a restaurant space across the street from Elbow Room on Gaston Avenue. While the restaurant is still in its fetal stage (they’ve only just started renovations) Luscher concedes that his Post Oak Red Hots will…
Dallas Beer Kitchen opened just more than a week ago, bringing more beer, burgers and bar food to the Greenville Avenue nightlife scene. Bryan Kaeser and Joe Scribner, who have been blogging at Best Damn Things, opened the the restaurant and bar with their wives. The website, devoted to food,…
Monday is the start of another special legislative session at the Capitol in Austin. There are a few items on the agenda: transportation, capital murder sentencing guidelines and that whole restricting access to abortions (and women’s health care) thing. Perhaps that last one has upset you a little. Perhaps you…
I got here as quick as I could. That bird was cooking no less than half an hour ago. This is a need-to-know to know kind of deal, and you all need to know. For a little background: Chef Kenny Mills cut his teeth in the mean steakhouses of Dallas…
It goes without saying that most bread in this town is a massive let down. The most disappointing loaves can be found at grocery stores where blonde baguettes with a soft, almost waxy crust fill the bread baskets next to the even more terrible loaves branded simply as French or…
When Jay Jerrier first opened Il Cane Rosso in Deep Ellum in 2011, he was intent on making “authentic Neapolitan pizza.” So intent that not only did he buy an oven from Naples and use a mixer, flour and tomatoes from Naples, but he even recruited a Dino Santonicola, who…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Stanton Stephens. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. Dutiful young men whipped through Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck, the rotating restaurant at the tip of…
Every time I see a Reuben sandwich on a menu my pupils dilate a bit. I know I shouldn’t eat them as much as I do, and I’ve gotten pretty good at resisting lesser specimens, but there are a few finer points of sandwich craftsmanship I can’t turn down no…
So, there’s probably no need for me to walk you through this. It’s a super strength plastic bag precisely placed inside a sports bra. Kathy Lee first introduced the wine rack bra on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno more than a year ago (surprised?), so if people who actually…
This past Tuesday, The Common Table tapped the first aged barley wine from Peticolas Brewery. Michael Peticolas initially planned to age the brew till this November, but after tasting a little recently he’s having a hard time sitting on it. The early release is one of a few the brewer…
We’ve all heard that if you don’t have money to pay for your dinner they’ll hand you an apron and put you to work washing dishes. This antiquated scenario is charming enough, but let’s say you leave your wallet on the coffee table on your way out the door. After…
When Deep Ellum Brewing Co. first opened in 2011, expansion plans were always on the owners’ minds. They purchased their Deep Ellum property outright and then leased a portion of the space out to a printing company. If you came in the wrong door you had to walk through a…
Sunset Lounge on Ross Avenue is quite the looker. So, did you know they have $3 happy hour food and drink specials every Monday through Friday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.? If you need more convincing, check their photo stream. Four Corners Brewing is having a little party tonight…
Yesterday I had lunch at HG Sply Co. over on Lower Greenville. It’s been mentioned around here already, but in case you didn’t know, the HG stands for hunt and gather, which should tell you this is a paleo leaning restaurant. Without going into too much detail, followers of a…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Stanton Stephens. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. When you walk into the Black Swan Saloon, a shoebox-sized bar in Deep Ellum, Gabe Sanchez doesn’t…
This was not what Alberto Neri had in mind when he pictured his new life in America. The Mexico City native would eventually make his name as the Suadero King in Dallas, but he got his start in Riverside, California. Neri, who had never so much as swung a hammer,…
The Dallas Farmers Market Friends released their summer program schedule this week. The series of five classes will help home cooks make good use of all the summer produce they have access to downtown and at other neighborhood farmers markets. The first class is July 13 with Abraham Salum demonstrating…
Years ago, the spot next to the 7-Eleven at the edge of Deep Ellum on Elm Street used to hold Sambuca. That bar and restaurant moved to Uptown and the space has laid dormant for more than a decade. Then, four weeks ago ago a bar named WOЯK opened, forcing…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Stanton Stephens. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. There’s a delicate choreography in the way they move through the cramped kitchen in the back of…
Before Tacos La Banqueta changed its name from Tacos El Guero, and before it moved to its current location on Bryan Street, the tiny taqueria was even tinier. Alberto Neri opened his first restaurant in South Dallas more than a decade ago. His restaurants have come a long way since…
Each week we track down a chef for a few burning questions about things like favorite cookbooks, kitchen disasters and food shames. This week, Jonathon Erdeljac of Jonathon’s Oak Cliff was willing to play along. Erdeljac shares with us what happens when your line cook walks just before brunch and…
In this week’s Dallas Observer we profile 30 of the metro area’s most interesting characters, with new portraits of each from local photographer Stanton Stephens. See the entire Dallas Observer People Issue here. Local is a mantra in the craft-brewery business, but nobody takes it more seriously than Michael Peticolas…
