Last week, Graham Dodds, the executive chef/owner at Wayward Sons, served me a dish that made me question everything I know to be true about myself: 1. I love meat and I know what meat tastes like. 2. I do not like beets. At all. 3. I am Texan, and…
Dallas is a great place to be right now — the spring weather is supernal and the pillar of Dallas cheeseries has opened its second location in Dallas Farmers Market’s “The Market,” a building that is eventually expected to fill with eateries and vendors. Scardello’s now has a small corner…
The people behind Vetted Well would like to make one thing very clear: This bar and restaurant is its own thing. Yes, it’s located above the new Alamo Drafthouse — and accessible via the movie theater’s lobby — but it’s also, the owner says, a stand-alone bar and restaurant with…
Craft beer and pizza is coming to the new Park Village Shopping Center in Southlake. Taverna Rossa, a project from the pizza-centric restaurant group that owns Cadillac Pizza Pub and Palio’s Pizza Cafe, will open in April, according to a press release. This will be Taverna’s second location, with the original located…
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…
Back in 2013, Joel Malone established a Kickstarter to help fund his dream of opening a cidery in the Bishop Arts District. Roughly a year later, Malone finally saw the end in sight, telling the Observer at the time that, “Dallas is going through a whole transition to wanting more…
What day is this? Is today a national day of duck butter? Spaghetti Squash Day? Is it National Eat an Old Subway B.M.T. on a Bench Day? It’s hard to keep track of food trends in the age of food trends. Trends in food used to be simple: It was…
Canary by Gorji might be Dallas’ ultimate under-the-radar restaurant. It’s been open for over a decade, and chef-owner Mansour Gorji, with two Texas Steak Cook-Off championships under his belt, has been serving top-notch cuisine there all the while. But for whatever reason, Canary doesn’t get the love it deserves. Maybe…
Quill is many things, but understated is not one of them. Walking into the new Design District cocktail lounge, you become immersed in emerald, brass and dramatic, sweeping light. White marble is offset by luxe green lounge seating and sharp tilework that gives even the bathrooms a touch of drama…
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…
Just shy of two years ago, I was sitting at the recently-opened Ivy Tavern and chowing down on a mediocre pub burger. The burger was dull between toasted sourdough. Overpowering, raw red onion and an under-salted patty left me studying an iron falcon above the bar instead of celebrating the…
Sweet Denton is on a roll lately when it comes to getting cool new stuff and it appears their momentum isn’t slowing anytime soon. Today, Audacity Brew House (Denton’s first brewery) and Travelstead (where Oaktopia Festival is held) announced they’re partnering to open the Audacity Brew House at Travelstead in downtown…
Like a bun gathered neatly at the crown of Uchi’s head, Top Knot is pretty and elegant without trying too hard. The same could be said of dessert at this Dallas hot spot. Take, for example, their pear nabe. Named for the heated clay pot it’s presented in, this straightforward…
Hold onto your hat, cowboys: Kitchen LTO — the Trinity Groves “permanent pop-up” that swaps menus, chefs and artwork every six months — is opening tonight with a new menu filled with dishes like buffalo-fried quail, whole rabbit and smoked antelope ribs. Dinner service starts tonight, brunch kicks off this…
On Wednesday, Hypnotic Donuts celebrates the grand opening of its latest sweet endeavor: Hypnotic Emporium, an old-school soda fountain, ice cream spot and candy store opening next door to the quirky East Dallas doughnut shop. Hypnotic Emporium isn’t a trendy wink at the old-fashioned soda fountain – the music, the…
The bamboo basket is set gingerly on the table, the lid pulled back with great flourish as steam fills the air. Inside, eight curious little pouches – each about the size of a small fist – sit, perky and rotund, as a savory smell wafts from the traditional steaming basket…
Somewhere in the confusion of one-way streets and skyscrapers is one of Dallas’ oldest steakhouses, except for one minor detail — it actually isn’t visible at street level. If not for a sign and valet stand, it would be very easy to forget Dakota’s even exists. The Reunion Tower may…
Once upon a time, there was a Dallas Observer food writers’ meeting. The subject turned, as it always does, to pizza. News flash: We really, really like pizza. Then I mentioned a Chicago-style restaurant that might make for a good article idea, and the mood changed in an instant. The…
When the aptly-named Hickory & Fry opened in Denton’s Fry Street district early last year, I told anyone who would listen how excited I was we were finally getting a tapas bar. “A TOPLESS bar?!” they said? Um, no. Sadly, Hickory & Fry announced via their Facebook page yesterday they…
Things are polished at Sugarbacon. Splatter-pattern art, like an alien ocean, sparkles near the entrance. Shiny copper reaches the ceiling behind the bar, and a couple of TVs, encased in smooth black, glisten. Sitting at the bar at Sugarbacon, looking towards the glowing liquors with the big chalkboard announcing draught…
Sartre argues that Hell is other people. I disagree. I think Hell is living in a city without Indian food. Currently there are only two places in Denton to satisfy your curry craving and I can only in good conscience recommend one. Recent real estate dealings had locals worried about…
On April 27, it’s going down: More than 40 Dallas restaurants will fill Centennial Hall with delicious dishes that enable you to taste fare from multiple eateries in one night without losing your hair in I-35 traffic. This annual tasting event has it all, baby: The ticket price covers entry,…
