Nazca Kitchen has a lot going for it: fresh green tea and Colombian coffee, solid ceviche, a flat-screen near the kitchen that displays photos of llamas so vividly that you may try to hug one and slam into a wall. And then there’s the burger, a hidden gem on this menu…
Prohibition Chicken to bring fried chicken and Prohibition-era cocktails — with a speakeasy — to Old Town Lewisville.
Town Hearth is a ridiculous love letter to a ridiculous city, a monument to Dallas-sized ambitions, cars, hair and egos. Beautiful, loud-talking people congregate here in absurd shirts, poofy dresses and hair products sturdy enough to survive hailstorms. Town Hearth feels like the kind of place that will appear on…
Iron Fork, the Dallas Observer’s annual food- and booze-tasting event, is next week, and the foodie extravaganza just added a little dose of celebrity: Top Chef alum and Dallas steakmaster John Tesar. Take a break from gorging yourself on unlimited food samples (and eight booze samples, with the opportunity to…
It’s been a tumultuous few years for local Thai chef Eddy Thretipthuangsin, AKA Chef Eddy. He left his post at Pakpao in 2014 to start his own restaurant, Kin Kin Urban Thai in Fort Worth, eventually opening a second Kin Kin location on Oak Lawn. He eventually closed the Fort Worth location…
Tacodeli opening a second Dallas location in The Hill on Walnut Hill.
The great thing about good barbecue is that it can come from anywhere – some of North Texas’ best joints started as little more than a smoker in a trailer. If you’re looking for some killer barbecue with a small footprint, check out these tiny operations that pack big flavor…
The owners of the new Roux Bistro on Lemmon Avenue have done a fine job at stripping the restaurant of any reminders of its past life as Tallywackers, a novelty establishment often described as the “male version of Hooter’s.” The decor is mild and inoffensive, the playlist oscillating between Amy…
The DFW vegan food scene has come a long way since Spiral Diner & Bakery paved the way with their first location in Fort Worth 15 years ago. Spiral Diner eventually expanded into Dallas and soon Denton, and V-Eats, the high-profile Trinity Groves restaurant that opened last year, has become…
A little bit taller. Donald Trump. Pregnant. These are the wishes of diners of the past. They are zip-tied to the giant oak tree that shades the path to The Local Oak, the Bishop Arts District restaurant that loved the tree so much they decided to name the restaurant after…
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. The story of Ojeda’s Restaurant reads like the American dream: A couple works hard, raises a family,…
It’s noon on a Sunday, and the strip mall feels abandoned. Hidden away in a leafy residential corner of Plano, Prairie Creek Village is an unusual collection of businesses. There’s a closed, unfriendly looking office for the ride-hailing company Uber, an indoor bouncy castle venue and a series of closed…
There’s a subset of DFW dining that seems to place more emphasis on a restaurant’s design than the food itself, where Instagram-worthy decor, selfie-stations and patios with amazing views appear to take priority over what’s on the menu. On the opposite end of the spectrum, barbecue often eschews aesthetics in favor of…
On the corner of Cedar Springs and Reagan Street, in the heart of the gayborhood’s dining and nightlife core, is a sunny, bright space where Michael Martensen is trying again. “I have an affinity for Mexico and those ingredients and the beverages and everything,” Martensen says. “I’ve always been that…
It’s been a year since Earl’s 377 Pizza brought their impressive pies to Argyle. In our first look, we proclaimed Earl’s to be well worth the drive from all parts of DFW. Things are changing fast in Argyle. The management team behind Earl’s (as well as Denton’s LSA Burger and…
We’re headed into a busy season of openings in Dallas as locally owned concepts expand, new franchises open in the area and neighborhoods like the Design District see major changes in their dining scene. Here’s a look at the new restaurants you should check out right now: Revolver Taco Lounge2701…
Fresh off the opening of two of Dallas’ hottest new restaurants — Julian Barsotti’s Sprezza on Maple and Nick Badovinus’ Town Hearth in the Design District — Barsotti and Badovinus today announced a new joint venture in Highland Park Village, the frou frou Highland Park shopping center that boasts clientele…
There are times when a meal calls for the exquisite and the refined: duck legs confit, passion fruit emulsions, oyster omelets. But there are also moments when nuance begs to be fallen by the dull ax of conventional, perfunctory experience. When cravings or nostalgia strike, it helps to keep it…
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. Bill Hensley says he’s been inside Fish Bone Grill about 12,200 times. That’s a lot of visits,…
It is, by ever-changing neighborhood standards, a small and understated space, just 49 seats and an open kitchen located across the street from Pecan Lodge. But for Regino Rojas, it’s the culmination of three years of hard work despite numerous setbacks. Tonight, beloved Fort Worth Mexican restaurant Revolver Taco Lounge…
A Cuban sandwich is one thing. A torta Cubana, though, is on a whole ‘nother level. Popularized in the markets and streets of Mexico City, the torta Cubana deviates from the famed formula of ham, cheese and pickles. Well, it does have all those things, but that’s because it has…
Could this be the year that Middle Eastern food becomes Dallas’ hottest culinary trend? Signs appeared in summer of 2016, when a series of acclaimed halal fast-food spots opened their doors across the city, including Halal Guys, Big Guys Chicken & Rice, Amsterdam Falafelshop and, in Irving, Arabian Bites. Then, this winter, Zatar Lebanese Tapas took…
