What frontier is left for Kate Weiser after conquering the world of chocolate? Ice cream. Fresh on the heels of being named one of the best chocolate shops in the world, Kate Weiser Chocolate is stepping up its ice cream game with three new designer sundaes. At $8 a pop, you…
Internet commenters have descended on the food industry like a plague of picky locusts, perplexing chefs and rewriting the rules of restaurant criticism. And out of all DFW’s dining options, the picky horde has decided that a tiny, unassuming gyro joint on the far side of Mesquite is, with a…
A ton of restaurants are coming to Deep Ellum right now, and on Wednesday, Pho Bowl joined the fray with Vietnamese fusion. At this counter-service spot, the food is fresh and comes out fast. The setting is cute and casual, with large tables that encourage diners to interact with each…
A rancher’s gloves clapping together, bats exploding from the Congress Avenue bridge, Tommy Lee Jones giving me a wink and a shoulder squeeze (on horseback), a Rangers game in July with that one guy hitting the snare drum — this is the movie-style montage that ran through my head when…
The whole idea of going to a farmers market is to support farmers and local businesses. Ideally, this is a place where you can get the best seasonal produce grown regionally. If you want to get food that was flown in from thousands of miles away, most grocery stores will…
If there’s truth to the idea that big surprises come in small packages, a Fort Worth trailer measuring roughly 10-by-10 and located in the parking lot of Avoca coffee on Magnolia Street is proof. After Tokyo Café was gutted by a 2014 fire, former head chef Kevin Martinez wasted no time forging…
What do good comedy and good cuisine have in common? They each take a familiar framework and start to break things, drawing new connections as they go. But the key, of course, is that things have to be broken carefully. Too heavy a hand threatens the audience’s sensibilities; too light…
Formerly known as Shed No. 2, The Market at Dallas Farmers Market looks like an enormous food court ripped out of a shopping mall, and vendors are packed in there like sardines. There’s still a great farmers market outside, but much has changed now that Dallas Farmers Market is privately…
Even in 2016, the steakhouse still seems to be an entity targeted at men. The Hall, which opened last week in Trinity Groves’ concourse of smart restaurants, remains true to its masculine form with a sports-bar-meets-steakhouse concept. A project inspired by Bob Sambol’s iconic Bob’s Steak and Chop House, The…
Step aside, macarons and over-the-top milkshakes: Kate Weiser and chef Andrea Meyer of Bisous Bisous Pâtisserie are teaming up this weekend to bring an inevitable future food trend to fruition: the Waffant, a “warm, buttery, flaky waffle croissant filled with fresh, next level ice cream flavor,” Weiser said. Let’s break…
Tucked quietly between a tire shop and Mr. Phil’s Bar-B-Que & Catfish, there’s a new taqueria bringing sublime Monterrey-style street tacos to the hungry people of Oak Cliff. Trompo opened quietly last weekend with a small but robust menu of authentic, flavorful Northern Mexico street food. Owner Luis Olvera left…
The first thing you’ll notice at City Council Bar and Restaurant in Uptown is the decor. The entire restaurant is ready for its HGTV shoot: There are bookshelves made of leather straps, Edison bulbs the size of cucumbers, fresh flowers in jars and empty picture frames holding books on a…
When it opened in December, Wayward Sons introduced diners to executive chef Graham Dodds’ take on modern Texan cuisine. So far so good, it seems. The menu is propelled by Dodds’ affinity for ingredients that are local, seasonal and married in unexpected ways. With dinner service under their belt, Wayward…
Welcome to “You Like This,” in which we ask chefs two questions: 1) What’s the best-selling dish at your restaurant? and 2) What’s your favorite dish at your restaurant? We hope the answer to the first question will open your eyes to the fan favorites and the Dallas palate, and…
In the documentary It Might Get Loud, guitarist Jack White shows off a 1950s-era Kay archtop guitar as an example of what he looks for in an instrument. “I keep guitars that are, you know, the neck’s a little bent, and it’s a little bit out of tune,” he explains…
Touting its made-from-scratch, home-style baked goods, California bakery SusieCakes announced its first location outside of the Golden State: 6100 Luther Lane, at the corner of Luther Lane and Westchester Drive in Preston Center. Along with baked goods, SusieCakes will sell breakfast goods and Cultivar Coffee, according to a press release. Founded…
Kansas City, let’s cut to the chase: Your baseball team is pretty good, and you’ve got that whole jazz scene going for you. But if we’re talking barbecue, no Texan worth his salt and pepper rub is going to take kindly to your wild claims that KC-style barbecue, with its…
Sorry, lower Greenville. Sorry to you, too, Richardson Chinatown. The most ethnically diverse food street in metro Dallas is Belt Line Road as it passes south to north through an ugly ocean of potholed Irving parking lots. On Belt Line, you can eat food from every continent except Australia and Antarctica…
A Cuban sandwich has a very specific, wonderful flavor. Health-wise, eating a sandwich with pork and ham in it is crazy, but some people eat bacon every single day, so I frequently indulge in a Cuban. And if that statement seems logically suspect, then consider this: along with the slow-roasted…
Welcome to “You Like This,” in which we ask chefs two questions: 1) What’s the best-selling dish at your restaurant? and 2) What’s your favorite dish at your restaurant? We hope the answer to the first question will open your eyes to the fan favorites and the Dallas palate, and…
There’s something deeply satisfying about eating solo at the bar of a brand-spanking new restaurant. It’s the sights and smells. You have time to take things in. At Kitchen LTO, Chef Amoriello (of Driftwood, So & So’s, Rapscallion) is the brand new component. A caricature of him already hangs above the…
Rather than show up to your family’s Easter Sunday shindig with the same old hot cross buns, why not bring a slice of ginger-glazed carrot cake, grapefruit hazelnut tarts, savory curry rolls or chocolate maple biscotti? These and other edible goodies will be available for purchase at the fifth iteration…
