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. Two bowls of gravy come with important instructions. One is mixed with spheres of sausage, and it’s…
Back in July, Kitchen LTO, the “permanent pop-up” concept at Trinity Groves that swaps out chefs and menus every few months, closed abruptly. “It’s funny — we thought that was gonna be good,” Phil Romano told the Observer in August when talking about the concept. “It worked in the beginning then it just…
Writing about Mi Lindo Oaxaca feels like breaking a vow of silence or unmasking a secret society. It’s a practically unknown restaurant in a practically unknown Oak Cliff strip mall. The front door and sign out front say “Tacos King.” Payments are cash-only and service is rarely in English; only…
It arrives at my table in taco form, thin dark strips filling corn tortillas piled high with pickled onion and something resembling Parmesan cheese. I pull one of the julienned strips of brown mystery out of the taco and taste it on its own. It’s smoky and moist, tangy from…
Si Tapas, the excellent Spanish restaurant tucked away in a quieter corner of Uptown, recently opened an outpost at the Dallas Farmers Market. Though the menu has been curtailed to accommodate a food court environment, the quality hasn’t faltered. During our visit, we sampled a meat and cheese plate ($18),…
Fort Worth has another barbecue joint, one that’s crazy busy and smoking up briskets, sausage and bacon burnt ends almost non-stop. The new restaurant is made more interesting by the fact that it’s run by a couple in their mid-20s who are successfully spending nearly 24 hours a day together…
Barley & Board test drove the first of what will hopefully become a quarterly seasonal supper club this week. The private event featured a craft beer-driven pairing menu of five fall-inspired courses served to friends in their intimate private dining room. Executive chef Chad Kelley was on hand to walk…
The cars pile up on the Henderson Avenue funnel. For a moment, headlights bleed as far as down the street as I can see. From the Velvet Taco patio, which is full on a Wednesday night, speakers pulse with Michael Jackson’s “Somebody’s Watching Me.” Cars fight for parking nearby. Over…
After only a few months in business, Knuckle Sandwich on Greenville Avenue has closed, Escape Hatch reports. The bar was a project from popular Dallas bar maven Eddie “Lucky” Campbell. Via Mike Hiller: … Eddie “Lucky” Campbell has closed his Lower Greenville Avenue restaurant, Knuckle Sandwich Co. Open only a…
You may have heard stirrings about the newest concept to come to Deep Ellum, STIRR. They’re more than just rumors (finally), with an impending opening later this week. The open industrial space on the corner of Main and Crowdus (formerly Blind Lemon) has been turned industrial chic with cozy elements like plush…
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. I don’t know what it was about the tacos, but this time I felt it deep down…
Monday, 5:50 p.m. There is no line at Shake Shack. Only eight tables are occupied, six by people dining alone. I snag a parking spot right in front of the door. Is Dallas coming to its senses? We live in, probably, the burger capital of the world. There are dives…
Move over, Grandma, this ain’t your kind of comfort food. At least not anymore. Sugarbacon Proper Kitchen opened earlier this week in Lakewood Shopping Center, replacing the long-standing Dixie House that occupied the space at the corner of Gaston Avenue and Abrams Road for more than 35 years. After Dixie…
Located in the Harwood district, Happiest Hour occupies one of the center cuts of Dallas’ dining real estate. It’s also a massive piece of realty with over 12,000 square feet of space that has been given the modern industrial treatment. You’ve seen it before: Edison bulbs, oversize tubular furniture, hosts and…
A turkey burger is always a high-risk gamble: The probability of a turkey patty setting your hair on fire with its greatness, at most restaurants, is about the same likelihood as SETI receiving the broadcast of a thumbs-up emoji from a distant planet. A turkey burger is the menu item…
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 griddle knob is turned up high. American cheese is cooling it above the counter in a…
Rockwall is about to get a new restaurant from 8020 Hospitality, the group behind Remedy, HG Sply Co. and chef Danyele McPherson: Standard Service, a “casual neighborhood restaurant/bar serving fresh Texas cuisine.” The restaurant opens Monday, Oct. 10, at 760 W. Ralph Hall Parkway. “It was really fun to create a menu…
Dallas doesn’t have enough great Chicago-style pizza. Down at the Joule, Americano is looking to change that. This fall, on Sunday and Monday nights, they’re serving Chicago-style pizza by the slice for $10. If you’re ashamed to be seen with a deep dish by the Cool Pizza Kids, an ultra-quiet…
From time to time, a new restaurant pops up here in Dallas that raises an eyebrow. OK, actually, it’s more like a couple times a week. It’s far more rare to find new spots that we can actually see becoming a second home. The lucky thing for anyone who happens…
The best way to learn your neighborhood is to eat and drink it. At first glance, Lakewood is a sprawl of good lunch and cold beer. There are piping-hot bowls of posole and bar snacks and enough crows on power lines to be in a movie’s apocalypse montage. Lakewood is…
Dallas takes brunch very seriously, as evidenced by the long lines and the people who seem almost eager to wait in them. Ida ClaireBrunch isn’t just for Dallas proper — some spots in the suburb do it well, like Ida Claire, where you’ll find a host of Southern and Louisiana-inspired…
It sounds impossible, but it’s real: Start, the healthy fast food and drive-thru alternative, has created a veggie burger that bests its own beef cheeseburger. It’s not magic. It’s a wild and beautiful Frankensteinian creation, consisting of roughly 28 ingredients that work together to form a vegetable and bean and…
