Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. Hunky’s is a straightforward kinda place: Order your burger and a shake at the counter, grab a seat…
It’s the biggest North Texas barbecue news since Pecan Lodge opened its Deep Ellum brick-and-mortar: The Salt Lick, the 50-year-old Hill Country barbecue joint, is opening a location in Grapevine. The 10,000-square foot indoor and outdoor dining space will be nestled in 10 wooded acres and is slated to open…
There’s no question about it: Dallas in the midst of a golden age of the cheeseburger. Dallas burgers have become so great that it wouldn’t be out of line to suggest the city build a walk of fame and place marble and brass stars on it to honor the burgers…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. In the era of low-carb and gluten-free, junk food can be an emotionally loaded thing. But sometimes, cheat…
For years, Tillman’s Roadhouse felt like it was playing second fiddle. As crowds swarmed other Bishop Arts restaurants on Friday nights and Sunday brunchtimes, Tillman’s often seemed a little neglected. A brutal no-star Dallas Morning News review in 2012 didn’t help. Among my friends, the restaurant was known, at best,…
Since December of last year, Maricsa Trejo has been keeping the dessert menu at Small Brewpub interesting with beautifully plated dishes combining classic concepts with creative ingenuity. These days, desserts for the Oak Cliff brewpub aren’t all she’s baking up in Small’s Kitchen: Trejo is now renting out a portion…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. They don’t look like much, but breakfast tacos rarely do. But if you find yourself in Oak Cliff…
In March, Headington Companies – the developer behind The Joule – unveiled Wheelhouse, the first of a three-part, 10,000-square-foot food and drink complex in the Design District. Tonight, Headington opens the second concept for this massive food undertaking: the “Italy-by-way-of-California” restaurant Sassetta. The new restaurant opens for dinner, with breakfast…
Deep Ellum’s food and drink saturation continues with two new restaurants opening this month: “modern American restaurant” IdleRye and Junction Craft Kitchen, which will turn a temporary restaurant concept into a full-time venture serving a fusion of Asian and Southern fare. Kitchen LTO, Dallas’ “permanent pop-up” restaurant, closed its Trinity…
One of the most upsetting things I’ve eaten in Dallas was a cheeseburger with Eggo waffles as buns. Like the Doritos Loaded, which was less food and more a melted, cheese-flavored crayon rolled in bird seed, it was clearly stunt eating. It’s not meant to be taken seriously or given…
Leading up to September’s Best of Dallas® 2017 issue, we’re sharing (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes, the Dallas entrées, appetizers and desserts that really stuck with us this year. It’s that time again, time for us to share the fruits of our Dallas restaurant exploration as we…
Last night’s Dallas Observer Iron Fork at Fair Park was the best one yet — lines were short, food was stellar and 2,500 people ate and drank their fill. With ample supply and short waits, pretty much everyone got to try bites from the dozens of restaurants and booze-slingers in…
Rebuilding comfort food from scratch can go horrifyingly wrong. Why try to re-create the squishy joy of a store-bought burger bun that somehow works better than anything else? Is making your own ketchup really worth the effort? It’s like interrupting Don Draper in the middle of a pitch. Re-inventing can…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed – for the good or bad – over the years. Heading into the final days of Daddy’s Jack’s, the restaurant is ready. The neon lobster glows, and…
A few weeks ago, Oak Cliff got up in arms over the news that beloved Tex-Mex restaurant El Corazon’s owners had filed a demolition permit for the historic building, which was built in the 1940s. A developer that works with CVS wants to raze the building to build retail —…
In the past year, we’ve seen a rapid proliferation of poke around DFW, particularly in the fast-casual realm. Now, TJ’s Seafood owner Jon Alexis is jumping on the bandwagon with “Shark Tank-featured venture capitalists” Ben and Eric Kusin. Opening in fall 2017 at 3888 Oak Lawn Ave. in Turtle Creek Village, Malibu Poke…
Carrollton’s Koreatown, an ever-growing conglomerate of niche restaurants and Asian grocery stores located just off the President George Bush Turnpike, has added three new restaurants, with two more opening in May, according to a press release. Already open: Kickin Crab, a Cajun seafood franchise with several locations in California (this…
Welcome to the day after, when regret runs rampant and the struggle is very much real real. If you’ve over-indulged, here are a few ways to kick that hangover. Jonathon’s chicken and wafflesTired of waiting on the sidewalk for the chance to get down on Jonathon’s chicken and waffles? You’re…
Bouchon 1314 seemed, at first, like the neighborhood French bistro of Oak Cliff’s dreams. The combination bistro and wine bar/retailer was in a great spot near the Kessler on Davis, the wine selection was solid and the menu of French classics looked promising. But it never really seemed to hit…
Yatai Ramen Izakaya in Plano first look.
Halcyon is a lofty name for a cafe. Halcyon is defined as denoting “a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful,” so one might describe their childhood as halcyon, or a summer spent touring the English countryside, or that time when one’s stomach capacity seemed…
All-American is a series that looks at beloved, longstanding North Texas eateries and examines their history while exploring how the food has changed – for the good or bad – over the years. Standing at a table in the dining room, one of Lucky’s servers scoops something from a large…
