It’s a beautiful Saturday afternoon in Deep Ellum. Groups of friends are gathered at the Anvil Pub, where brunch cocktails with ridiculous garnishes are considered prerequisite weekend libations. A line of hungry looking diners stretches out the door at Pecan Lodge. And then there is Café Salsera. It’s the new…
The red “A” hanging over Elm Street was first illuminated about a month ago, alerting pedestrians that their next late-night dining option was ready for business. Armoury Deep Ellum (or Armoury D.E.) brings a familiar mix of cocktails, beer and food in a dimly lit space reminiscent of the steampunk…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. In a city where fine dining can get a little stuffy, FT33 brings…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. While you can certainly enjoy a solitary meal at Royal Sichuan in Richardson,…
It’s that time of year again. If you’ve walked into the produce section of a grocery store, there’s probably been a gigantic bin of Hatch chiles that have nearly jumped up and attacked you. Even if you haven’t been in the produce section, there’s a good chance you’ve been assaulted…
Ten Bells co-owner Meri Dahlke just released new details about her upcoming pub and things just got weird in the most delicious way. Dahlke dished on the upcoming menu, which is unlike any other offering in Dallas. Her kitchen will intimately embrace European dining sensibilities. Before we talk plates, though,…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. From the street, La Banqueta does little to differentiate itself from the other…
Here’s one the kids will love/be terrified of. Salmagundi! is one part circus performance, one part dinner. The big-shoed, bendy and musical folks behind Circus Freaks, a local troupe of entertainers, is taking their circus dinner theater to Carrollton’s Plaza Arts Center. Here’s hoping they’ll do the ol’ pull-the-lapin-a-la-bourguignonne-out-of-the-hat-trick. Tickets…
You know this already, but it’s a weird and wild world of burgers out there. Sites range from historical (Dairyette), heavily debated (Keller’s), and newly gold-cheese-minted structures (Like: Offsite Kitchen and Knife). In fact, I’m pretty sure the map of Dallas’ burger scene is starting to mimic one of those…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. This Greenville Avenue newcomer has so many cures it’s clear the restaurant takes…
The Uptown location of Whole Foods opened this week, ready to embrace the millennial swarms and stymie traffic along McKinney Avenue. In addition to providing neighborhood locals with both organic and a growing selection of conventional foods, the latest Whole Foods location also provides a window into the direction the…
Arlington was a city begging for its signature barbecue place. Sure, David’s and Eddie Deen Crossroads offer barbecue well above the average standard, but they’re not quite destination locations. Now husband and wife duo Paul and Ashton Lovato believe they’ve answered that call by bringing Jambo’s Barbeque Shack’s second location…
In case you haven’t gotten the memo, it is hotter than hell outside, the kind of heat that makes us wonder how the original Texans decided to stay in this Godforsaken pit of hell. When it’s 105 out, the traditional ways of cooling off — like getting naked or cannon-balling…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. There is no greater tribute to meat in Dallas than Blind Butcher, where…
Greenville Avenue was still sleepy when Ashlie Taylor pulled up for work at Boulangerie’s back door one recent morning. A late-night cleaning crew worked the floors at the pizza place next door, and a nearby 7-Eleven had a few stray customers, but the only other activity at 5 a.m. was…
Cake Bar sold out of cake on their opening weekend. Many a cake-seeker knocked at their door only to be met with a sign that meant they were S-O-L. That was almost a year ago. Surely by now, the enthusiasm has died down, right? Wrong. Even on a Wednesday night,…
You might have heard this: Eating local is a thing now, especially in the city’s restaurants. As Dallas diners flock to farmers markets and learn more about the bounty of local food around them, they expect to see ingredients made in their city. Oddly enough, that mentality doesn’t always translate…
Inconspicuously located above Bistro 31 in Highland Park Village, Lounge 31 welcomes people looking for a classy, comfortable afternoon hangout. Seating is a mix of couches, ottomans, bar stools and regular tables, letting you choose to dine comfortably or kick back and relax with a drink. Air-conditioned rooms provide refuge…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Mr. Max doesn’t reveal itself until you’ve walked through the door. The parking…
It’s Sunday morning, and the only reason I’m awake is because someone turned the damn sun on. My so-called blackout curtains failing to black out anything, I groan out of bed and shuffle to the kitchen in search of water and caffeine. At least a half bottle of wine is…
Leading up to our annual Best of Dallas® issue, we’re counting down the 50 most interesting restaurants in Dallas. These spots bring something unique or compelling to the city’s dining scene, feeding both your appetite and soul. Dallas has plenty of Italian American restaurants. What it needs is more good…
It wasn’t too long ago that Lake Highlands Creamery was one of Dallas’ tiniest ice cream shops, operating out of a rented kitchen space and selling over-the-top ice cream bars to Luscher’s Red Hots. Owner Sean Brockette also took orders through his website and hit up the occasional farmers market,…
