Budget Bites is a series that looks for the best food and drink deals at restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth — because being on a budget doesn’t mean you can’t eat out in a city like Dallas. One of Dallas-Fort Worth’s popular wine bars finally has a happy hour. During “tappy…
We’ve seen the signage on the way to Alamo Drafthouse at Skillman Street and Abrams Road: Fireside Pies is coming to Northeast Dallas. This location for the pizza spot will be a convenient one for those living in the area, which is close to the southern end of Lake Highlands…
Located inside the Delta Hotels by Marriott Dallas Allen and Watters Creek Convention Center, Stampede 66 is back in North Texas. The concept by renowned chef Stephan Pyles offers guests a menu inspired by Pyles’ south Texas upbringing. Having originally opened in Uptown Dallas, Stampede 66 has found new life…
There was absolutely no way a burger was going to be on the menu. Nope. They would not be swayed by the gravity pull from planet beef. No way. The previous owner had a griddled cheeseburger on the menu of this taqueria for years in South Dallas — the building…
After seven months of selling vegan tacos and burritos at the Dallas Farmers Market on weekends, Nuno’s Tacos and Vegmex Grill has opened a lunch and dinner location in North Dallas. Aurelio “Nuno” Arias Jr., formerly the co-owner of well-known El Palote Panadería in southeast Dallas, sold his shares of…
Budget Bites is a series that looks for the best food and drink deals at restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth — because being on a budget doesn’t mean you can’t eat out in a city like Dallas. Cookies, pies, sandwiches and salads are all things you’d expect from a café. But…
From Australia to the States, Dallas’ newest upscale Italian concept has had a long journey to America. 400 Gradi, located in the Arts District, offers visitors Italian cuisine just steps away from the Dallas Museum of Art and the Winspear Opera House. Since opening the first location in Melbourne, Australia,…
No matter if the weather is in the high 90s, the arrival of September means a cavalcade of pumpkin-spiced, -seasoned and -flavored food and drink. The contentious Starbucks pumpkin spice latte has been out for weeks (it celebrated its earliest-ever release Aug. 27) and you can already find plenty of…
Saap Lao Kitchen, known for its savory beef jerky, has been popping up with events around Dallas for the last three years. Come the end of the month, the owners are holding an event to celebrate their new headquarters in Bedford. “We were looking for a kitchen where we could…
Getting the vibe of brunch right is half the battle to draw the crowds. Having the best waffles and bloody mary drinks is all for naught if guests don’t feel as if all the brunch stereotypes aren’t met. Diners want to feel like they’re having brunch — a cutesy, relaxed…
There isn’t a better place to sit in the city when you’re there. You’re sitting better than anyone around: The lights behind the bar twinkle, refracting through bottles. The blue-and-white checkered tile is smooth and perfectly accepting of a solo diner. The counter of the Grape Restaurant can only hold…
This past weekend, the Dallas Chocolate Festival returned for its 10th year, giving attendees access to chocolatiers, workshops and this favorite sweet. New to the festival this year was CBD in some chocolates, but this event mostly involved seeing and tasting a whole bunch of beautiful chocolate. Expert chocolates came from…
The Dallas area has an abundance of Korean barbecue restaurants. What sets K’s House apart is its location, 10 miles southeast of any of the others, just across a bridge from downtown. Located in a prime new corner of the Trinity Groves development, K’s House gives residents of the city…
Budget Bites is a series that looks for the best food and drink deals at restaurants in Dallas-Fort Worth — because being on a budget doesn’t mean you can’t eat out in a city like Dallas. By now, it’s likely you’re aware of SkinnyFats, the Las Vegas-born restaurant that made…
For a while now, District 6 in Dallas has been home to some of the best tacos. Specifically, that’s right down to West Dallas. Part of that adoration goes to Trompo, a taqueria sitting on Singleton Boulevard that Bon Appetit named a best new restaurant in 2016. Today, Trompo owner…
This past week on the edge of the West End, Dallas got a new restaurant specializing 100 percent in Cambodian food. While we see different places incorporating Cambodian flavors or dishes into their menus while they focus on other Asian cuisines, Kamp Fire is a welcome addition to the scene…
We know where we can get different types of Asian foods in the Dallas area. There’s the Asian Trade District off Interstate 35 and Royal Lane, the area many of us know as the land of King Spa, Koryo Kalbi and 9 Rabbits Bakery. DFW China Town is the strip…
Irish brunch is criminally underrepresented in Dallas. Most people might not even think of Ireland when it comes to mowing down a hangover meal and a few mimosas, despite the origins of brunch having their roots founded in the Catholic practice of fasting before mass. Fortunately, the Playwright Irish Pub…
It’s been six short months since Ernesto and Alfredo Pena opened their family’s burger hut. In restaurant years, five months and change is primordial. It’s still at the cellular level, a tender and fragile age when the slightest predator could gobble it up. The baby-blue joint is huddled against Gus Thomasson…
Eating healthy looks like it might get more fun with Coolgreens slated to open five new stores in Dallas. Husband and wife duo Benny and Leily Farzad formed Farzad Food Group and signed a deal to bring the Oklahoma City-based, fast-casual health eatery to Dallas-Fort Worth. Both Leily and Benny…
Being the time of year that it is, I recently got some black bean-Hatch chile tamales from La Popular Tamale House. Full disclosure, I know Jesse Moreno, who helps run the business with his father, who started it about 30 years ago. I met Moreno when I did a story…
A new breakfast spot has opened on Greenville Avenue. Three Egg Muffins is a coffee shop and cafe specializing in — you guessed it — muffins. Across from Snuffer’s Restaurant and Bar, this small eatery is open daily, serving both sweet and savory muffins. Owner DongWhun Lee has been in…
