We’ll spare you the oft-used 2016 Dumpster fire metaphor, but it’s never been more apt: Cow Tipping Creamery, the Austin artisanal soft-serve food truck that opened a Dallas outpost in March, is closing that East Dallas shop by New Year’s Eve. Jay Jerrier, owner of Cane Rosso and Zoli’s, bought…
PK’s Fine Wine & Spirits, a locally owned liquor store with four locations in Dallas, quietly shuttered all four locations, with customers arriving to purchase holiday alcohol only to find the doors locked. The phone number for several locations has already been disconnected, though PK’s has not noted the closure…
You want Le Royale with cheese, go to Paris. You want Cheesecake Royale, go to Little Forest Hills. Groovy little places (Good Pagoda, Hypnotic Donuts) are popping up all over the decayed charm that is Garland Road, but this family-owned bakery has been in business since before it was trendy…
For Lower Greenville’s understated little bar Dallas Beer Kitchen, it’s been a state fair-ride of a year. Early into 2016, the bar shut down after construction laced its way across Greenville Avenue. Five days after shutting down forever, it reopened with different owners but still plagued by the torn-up streets directly…
Celebrity chef Tim Love has a new walk-up window for the beer-soaked masses in Fort Worth’s Stockyards. His Texas Red Chili from Lonesome Dove Western Bistro menu headlines the quick-serve window at his White Elephant Saloon that offers something warm and filling on a cold afternoon or evening.
Let’s get this out of the way first: Spiral Diner does not have a vegan burger that mimics the taste of a beef and bacon burger. A good cheeseburger, topped with undulating, crispy bacon, lives in a different place along the spectrum of joy. You’re not going to take a…
$300. Three hundred dollars. That’s how much it costs for a season-ticket-holding or suite-holding Dallas Cowboys fan to skip tailgating and have a pre-home-game meal at the new AT&T Stadium Club. To be fair, the restaurant offers one hell of a hook: that fee covers unlimited buffet food and drink…
It’s been a busy year for barbecue aficionados in the Dallas area. The “barbecue boom” of the last several years seems to show no signs of tapering off, which is a good thing for those always on the hunt for the next great spot for smoked meats. Here at the…
2016 was a year of change, promise, upheaval and disappointment in the Dallas restaurant scene. Few establishments embodied that full range of emotion quite like Deep Ellum’s “elevated-southern” kitchen, Filament. When it opened in December 2015, Filament had all sorts of exciting things going for it. It was the second…
Ben and Jon Lee were improbable restaurant owners in 2011. Aged 25 and 23, respectively, the brothers had no restaurant or culinary experience, no loans and no investors. They didn’t understand food costs. They didn’t have a marketing budget. They didn’t know anything about bookkeeping, or how to find a…
Mercury is retrograding so hard right now, you guys. In terms of Dallas dining news, the week started sad and by Friday had snowballed into downright bizarre. Is it moon madness? End-of-year fatigue? Anybody wanna blame it on Obama? Who knows, but somebody needs to go burn some sage in…
Well, that’s the end of this saga. On the Lamb in Deep Ellum just posted the following message to their Facebook page: Yesterday we reported that, after news broke that chef Ross Demers had abruptly left the restaurant after dinner service on Friday, the restaurant shuttered and blamed an oven…
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. For chef Brian Luscher, taking ownership of The Grape was like coming home. He’d been chef for…
Grayson Social, the Southern-inspired restaurant located in downtown Dallas’ LTV Tower, stands in stark contrast to the surrounding landscape. Outside, the streets and buildings and even the sky, somehow, swirl together into a mass of gray. Stepping inside Grayson Social, the work-worn city scene falls away and is replaced by…
The Smoky Rose, a new restaurant featuring “chef-driven plates and pitmaster-smoked meats,” is opening Thursday, Dec. 22, at 8602 Garland Road, not far from the Dallas Arboretum. Via a press release: Smoky Rose – a chef-driven smokehouse in a relaxed yet chic farmhouse interior is set to open for lunch and…
Just under the radar, there’s been a whole lot of burgering going on at Armoury D.E. Every Friday for several weeks now, Elm Street’s Hungarian-inspired bar has released a new cheeseburger into the wild. They’re out there, roaming. There’s been a pulverized shrimp burger. Ham resting under the shade of…
Few Dallas restaurants mark their debut appearance on the culinary scene with national coverage on Fox News, but V-Eats Modern Vegan did just that, thanks to their all-vegan brisket. Not all Texans, it seems, are ready to chow down on vegan barbecue. Now that the spotlight has turned elsewhere, V-Eats…
Nestled in a shopping center on the corner of Keist and Hampton in sunny Oak Cliff, newly opened Maskaras Mexican Grill has entered the crowded ring of taquerias and Mexican restaurants in the DFW area. Not that there is anything wrong with more tacos in Dallas — Dallasites are more…
There was a television And a red hot, too And a picture of A sausage being charmed by a dude And there were three bearded tools sitting on stools And two smiling cashiers And a couple of beers And a giant mirrored knife And the best onion rings of your…
The note on the door of Matt’s Tex Mex in Roanoke, dated Dec. 9, says the owner, Matt Martinez III (no relation to the author), has until today, Dec. 12, to vacate the premises, as the lease agreement has been terminated due to nonpayment. Apparently they didn’t need that long to pack…
By all accounts, 2016 has been a real dumpster fire of a year. The abysmal election (and its depressing aftermath), the loss of creative forces like Prince and Leon Russell, the closure of some of Dallas’ most beloved restaurants — for many, this year has not been easy. This is…
We’ve had our fair share of bad news in the Dallas dining industry of late, but this one really stings: Luscher’s Red Hots, purveyors of Chicago-style hot dogs and the best damn burger in DFW, is closing after dinner service on Tuesday, Dec. 13. “Everyone is invited to come bid…
