Thanksgiving is a stressful holiday at the best of times. Extended family leans on your hospitality, and the logistical nightmare of planning the meal haunts your waking hours. Between crafting a turkey basting schedule and ensuring guests don’t end up bringing 12 variations of pea salad, you completely forget about…
If you’re near Richardson and have $10, you have access to one of the Dallas area’s best new lunch specials. One Hummus, a Mediterranean restaurant that opened at Belt Line Road and U.S. 75 this past spring, has a menu with a distinctive Jordanian flavor. It also has a bounty…
For a while, we’ve seen the creations of the Naturally Curly Cook at farmers markets, especially if you live in East Dallas. But come January, anyone can get these goods (and more) any day of the week just off Skillman Street, not far from Live Oak Street. Leila Bakery and…
Not 10 minutes after learning one restaurant in Dallas was closing (more on that tomorrow), I turned around and found out another spot is closing, and it’s one many of us at the Observer love — Small Brewpub. This Oak Cliff spot was one where our food writers would congregate,…
While a leisurely brunch from about 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. can hit the spot when you’re with the right company, sometimes it’s nice to find something that starts your day off well without consuming too much of your time. Enter the crêpe stand. There’s something great about an establishment…
We all know the cocktails at Shoals are solid and that it has a killer bologna sandwich. They’ve done a couple of different things in the space, such as pop-up brunches, but now there’s a more permanent menu at the Deep Ellum spot, offering some arepas that made us stay…
Redfield’s Tavern has its grand opening this weekend, where we can check out what it’s going to bring to the Medical District. Of course, this area has seen some change in recent years (not that this differs from other parts of Dallas). While it’s home to medical professionals, of course,…
Zaytinya, by celebrity chef José Andrés, has closed in Frisco. Head chef Jon Thompson announced it in a Facebook post Monday. Escape Hatch broke the news first. The restaurant opened in the Star in February 2018. Observer critic Brian Reinhard visited that spring, noting some successful executions with some pitfalls: “Zaytinya,…
Happy hour just got molto bene at MoMo Italian Kitchen in Lake Highlands. This spot offers pastas, pizzas, risottos, meats and fish dishes in a quaint and lovely setting. And every weekday, guests of MoMo can enjoy discounted cocktails and light bites during their apertivi hour. MoMo’s apertivi hour takes…
For the first time, Dallas is one of the top 10 vegan-friendly cities in the United States, according to PETA’s ranking this year. It might come as somewhat of a surprise, because it’s hard to go a week without someone who’s vegetarian or vegan telling me Dallas doesn’t have enough…
The Biscuit Bar, which opened its first location less than two years ago, is opening its third location near the heart of Dallas, in the western end of Deep Ellum. “When we first envisioned the idea of the Biscuit Bar, it was so much work, we thought we would not…
Five years ago, the Deep Ellum neighborhood and others rallied to save Murray Street Coffee. The quirky coffee shop on the eastern side of the area needed $10,000 fast, and it ended up getting it, living happily ever after. So far, so good, at least. Since then, we’ve seen an…
You’ll know people who grew up in New Orleans the second you meet them. There isn’t some shared physical or genetic trait or even a discernible accent. You’ll know because we’ll constantly tell you we grew up in New Orleans. I know this because I’m one of them. I grew…
OK, we’re still on wings, we’re just changing the bird. But you’d want to, too, if you’re either at the Crafty Irishman downtown, the Playwright Irish Pub in the Dallas Arts District or Cannon’s Corner Irish Pub in North Oak Cliff. For the purpose of this report, we stopped by…
Over the summer, Full Circle Tavern made the move from the Cedars to Lakewood, taking over a space that some of us remember as Angelo’s but was more recently the Ginger Man. And with that move came a new brunch spot for the neighborhood, one that offers decent gravy but…
Lately Fort Worth’s favorite Central European-inspired bakery, Swiss Pastry Shop, has been buzzing. This month they’ve partnered with Martin House Brewing Co. to create a brew that pays homage to the baker’s famed Black Forest Cake, which will certainly attract a frothing crowd. As it should. (Party note: The due…
Getting tacos from an unnamed place in a Chevron and finding some incredible barbacoa is like discovering you’re able to sense something in the future. Stumbling on something so unexpectedly great is like you’ve discovered you have a superpower. We’re not claiming anyone at the Observer has superpowers, but we…
Last night, little piggies went home with winning chefs. Pigs that were painted gold and had wings, that is. The annual Meat Fight competition was Sunday night (really requiring the majority of the weekend for chefs to get meat in tip-top shape). One of my favorite bites of food was…
It’s pumpkin season, that time of year when food fans take to the internet to debate the old existential questions. What exactly is a pumpkin? Is that stuff that comes in a can really pumpkin, or is it some other kind of squash? Frankly, if you stick it in a…
When going through what makes a good chicken wing, we can look at a few things: how much meat is on the piece, how juicy and tender the meat is, how crisp the exterior is, how well flavors complement the chicken and what the condiments are like. We visited Sabaidee…
We’ve covered the Popeyes chicken sandwich when it first arrived and when it returned after a hiatus. We did that because people care, obvious by the long lines and the chain running out of capacity to produce them. But as a line of cars continues to spill onto Ross Avenue…
When Homewood started serving brunch, some of us weren’t sure about the move. You guys already do dinner well, should you stretch yourselves with brunch? Turns out, we’re pretty glad they stretched. Brunch cocktails include a bloody mary that sounds standard with added spiced mushroom ($10), and the Reanimator with…
