This time of year, you may find yourself overtaken by a particular flavor of malaise that can only be eased with vacation planning. While the next few months may be barren of three-day weekends and company holidays, the promise of a few beach-filled days is often just the brand of anticipation…
A beautiful dining room hasn’t been enough to keep a consistent concept in place at the Cedars Social. But now, three women see the space not as a hurdle, but as an opportunity. Restaurateur Monica Greene, chef Anastacia Quinones and bar manager Leann Berry will reopen the Cedars Social this…
“Modern Mexican Plates. Familiar Flavors.” The tagline on Jalisco Norte’s website summarizes this new restaurant’s double identity. The Mexican hot spot, right between Uptown and Highland Park, is trying to have things both ways, serving sophisticated Mexican fare available nowhere else in Dallas while also plating $9 orders of nachos…
In December, we broke the big news: Dallas is about to get its first festival dedicated to the humble slider sandwich. Between the Buns will take over Dallas Farmers Market from 4-7 p.m. Saturday, March 24, with unlimited slider samples and ample booze for purchase. Now, we have an idea…
It was the only burger on his mind. It was also the most important stop on regular trips to his parents’ house from college in Norman, Oklahoma, and in a way, a beacon that indicated he was home: the bright Whataburger sign that punctuated the highway outside Lewisville, a 20-minute…
Those who wish it could be ever-so-slightly easier to get a meal from Lucia could be in luck this spring. Owners Jennifer and David Uygur are planning to open Macellaio, a salumi-based restaurant not far from Lucia — which has 41 fewer tables than the new place is expected to…
A new restaurant at Toyota Music Factory in Irving wants to bring back a bygone era of fast food. “We want to give a human element to fast food,” says Steven Fretz, chef and co-owner of the new fast-casual eatery Top Round Roast Beef. Top Round is all about housemade ingredients…
Especially of late, North Texas’ Asian food scene is one of the best things we’ve got going around here, with an influx of East Asian restaurants proliferating around the suburbs faster than we can say, “Oh look, a new bubble tea spot.” Whether you’re looking for trendy, upscale sushi with…
West End plenty of passionate individuals advocating for the success of this corner of downtown, such as Jeremy Scott of Tutta’s, Chase Headley of 1001 Wine & Spirits and Joe Groves of Ellen’s. Another voice of positivity is so optimistic about this section of the 75202 ZIP code, he’s opening…
Top Knot — the casual little sister above upscale sushi restaurant Uchi — never quite hit with Dallas crowds. Its monthly Uncommon Ramen series flooded the restaurant with diners looking to eat noodles from big-name chefs such as Stephan Pyles and Franklin Barbecue’s Aaron Franklin, but the restaurant never seemed…
Today’s restaurant industry landscape is saturated in bespoke lighting and rustic-modern fixtures, with design seemingly giving way to parody. At two stories tall, Carrollton’s Cafe Brown Sugar is a bit of a standout in this sea of cookie-cutter archetypes. Upstairs, biblical wallpaper — a remnant of the space’s former life…
Chan Park takes a quick, deep breath behind his drive-thru window as another car wheels away. The landline rings, and Park snaps it up. “Tender basket? About 10 minutes, please,” Park says. He hangs up and yanks a basket of chicken out of the fryer, which wafts the scent of…
West Village poke joint Pok the Raw Bar is launching a new $24, 30-minute, eight-course omakase at its “raw bar,” a small counter in the restaurant where you can skip the poke bowls and opt instead for an array of sushi — six pieces of nigiri and two hand rolls,…
Were it not for the “vegan” in its name, on first glance, it’s easy to miss that Jeff’s Vegan serves no animal products. It’s not a place that tries re-create nonvegan food using dairy and meat substitutes in every dish. For the most part, Jeff’s Vegan lets the plant-based food…
One of Dallas’ favorite ramen spots is opening a new ramen concept: Piranha Killer Ramen, which begins soft-open soon in Arlington, according to a Facebook post. The new restaurant is taking over the space formerly occupied by Piranha Killer Sushi, which closed in October. “Our goal is to bring a cozy…
How’s that New Year’s resolution treating you? Yeah, that’s what we thought. If your new year, new you plan doesn’t have enough wiggle room, you might need to make some. The Dallas cheeseburger is better — and more prevalent — than ever. These are a few of our favorites right…
Chili-smothered cheeseburgers aren’t usually sandwiches that feel restrained. They’re usually loud, insane messes, like a bad school marching band. Picking up a torrentially drenched chili cheeseburger stains your hands and your shirtsleeves orange, and clumps of mystery meat taste like a metal can. When Texas chili is hurled on burgers…
In 2013, a grim portfolio by Brooklyn-based photographer Henry Hargreaves made the rounds on the internet. Called “No Seconds,” it featured the birds-eye-view re-creations of the death row inmates’ last meals. Hargreaves’ photos were unabashed, stark visions of what the final meal truly looks like when you order it. John Wayne…
Downtown Dallas got a new burger joint yesterday when Village Burger Bar opened a new location near the Perot Museum of Nature and Science. The new restaurant off Woodall Rogers Freeway is the local franchise’s fourth location. Firebird Restaurant Group, which owns the concept, has other burger joints in West…
When they’re made right, sliders are a flawless food. Contrary to the lackluster sliders you’ve been burned by before, they are not lazy, brunch versions of a cheeseburger. They shouldn’t be throw-away sandwiches, carelessly fired on the grill until they taste like charred hockey pucks. When they’re great, sliders are…
Mother-son duo Boonmie Phennara and Xay Senephoumy are bringing their family recipes to diners in downtown Irving, including noodle soups, whole fish, Hawaiian loco moco and a bowl of pho topped with a beef rib.
In September, Chili’s told us that it was headed back to its roots. The burger joint that got its start on Greenville Avenue found itself as a global chain with a menu some 125 items long. Chili’s set out to refocus on “what we’ve always done best: our burgers, ribs…
