Amsterdam Bar fans were allowed barely a week to mourn the loss of one of Expo Park’s more iconic bars. Developer Madison Partners LLC announced this week that it’s landed new tenants in Ten Bells owners Meri Dahlke and Michael Hickey, who will open Eight Bells. This is a huge…
No, not the molten-hot processed cheese-food-liquid queso. Quesa is the new restaurant that opened last month on Cedar Springs Road in the Oak Lawn neighborhood. It offers tacos served on freshly made corn tortillas — the flour tortillas are purchased pre-made — and lesser-known quesas. It’s the quesas that got…
Food trends seem to be about three (or 10, sometimes) years late in making their way to Dallas from the East and West coasts. Even as the scene here has accelerated in recent years, we’ve lagged behind other cities in terms of offering a wide range of cuisines and flavors…
If this corner on Henderson Avenue is known for anything, it’s raucous nightlife. Beauty Bar, Gin Mill, Barcadia and others slather young drinkers with alcohol while playing loud music, night after night. But while the young and drunk bump and grind, and giant Jenga towers tumble under the influence, two…
Chasin’ Tail’s new location, just across the Lewisville Lake bridge in Lake Dallas, is easy to find, marked as it is by a large pink pig-shaped smoker out front. I visited recently, and the sophomore in me was disappointed at the missed opportunity with the menu: no “Meat Three Way”…
Everyone has been sick lately, including me. Headache, scratchy throat, the works. I’d been medicating with chicken soup and tapioca pudding for days, but feeling on the mend I decided to venture out for sustenance. I needed something good, something comforting. But also — and this is not a typical…
A few weeks ago, we broke down Dallas’ 10 best burgers. The first few were easy to rattle off because, after last year, we’re actually made of burger meat now. Going forward, you will address us as “Burgers King.” Several of the burgers are iconic classics, others are new entries…
After a show at the Granada on Greenville Avenue, Sundown, its neighboring beer garden, is the obvious choice for a nightcap or dessert or both. They feature farm-to-table food and vegan/vegetarian options, which is admirable, but when it comes to dessert, “gluten-free” isn’t much of a turn-on. Mercifully, the quinoa-crusted…
Michelle learned to love ramen as a teenager, growing up in Singapore and traveling around Asia with her family. Brian is newer to the scene: He didn’t even try instant ramen in college. Together, they’re hunting for DFW’s best ramen. The Shop: Maki Boy in Irving The Atmosphere: A Christmas…
Time has been unkind to purveyors and fans of freshly mixed sodas and malts. Most soda shops have closed, beaten to death by decades of increased rents and changing tastes. What’s left always seems to come up flat — a collection of short cuts and cheap ingredients dumped together into…
The Buzzbrews planned for the old Mecca space on the corner of Skillman Street and Live Oak is expected to open around the end of March. If The Mecca’s performance was any indication, the folks at Buzzbrews will have their work cut out for them. The Mecca came to East…
Whether it’s a 50-year tradition that leaves no choice in the matter, regional availability or a staunch preference for the specific taste derived from one wood or another, Dallas pitmasters have smoking-hot takes on which wood brings the wood in the great creosote debate. A true post-oak disciple, Lockhart Smokehouse…
We’ve maybe been guilty of overhyping the opening of Brian Luscher’s meat heaven in Deep Ellum, but only because we’re really excited about this sausage. Finally, after over a year of waiting, Luscher’s has opened its doors. We were there on Opening Day to report back. The exterior of the…
The creators of Company Cafe and Dallas’ beloved gluten-free chicken-fried steak have decided to take on smoked meats. They opened Back Home Barbecue on Ross Avenue earlier this month in the old Yin’s Wok space, and I checked it out this week. The building has been spruced up but spared…
Careful thought is put into even Dallas’ seemingly simple cheeseburgers. Take the one at Boulevardier, where sherry vinaigrette dresses the tomatoes and lettuce to make them less boring. Off-Site Kitchen’s burgers are smashed onto the grill for that impactful sear. On Knife’s hot grills, a flurry of salt and pepper…
Pop Diner opened to significant fanfare a little more than two years ago. The space was filled with Lichtenstein-esque prints and head shots of pop stars. The walls were bright red, the music was loud and the place was open 24 hours. It was just the sort of diner Uptown…
I still remember my first trip to Pera Turkish Kitchen in Far North Dallas. Four of us were piled in the car, headed up Preston Road, and I was salivating already, based only on food-blog scraps. I’d read that Habip Kargin and Serdar Sensel, the half brothers who own the…
Brunch used to be something extended families did on the rare occasions they got together. Either that, or it was reserved for holiday weekends, when sleeping in past breakfast time could be excused, given either the holiness of the occasion or the quality of the brunch being served. But brunch,…
Not everyone is into bowling. “Boutique bowling” is for an even more specific demographic. But booze and pie — now there are two things you can get behind, whether you’re “The Dude” or not. The folks at Bowl and Barrel are reading your mind. It ain’t cheap to bowl here…
There are only a few days left to get your Patrizio fix at the popular Highland Park Village location. After 25 years of meatball plates on an impressive patio, its last day of business will be February 28. The landlord declined to renew the lease, opting instead to rent to…
If you find yourself in a long line for barbecue at a central Texas joint, try this for entertainment. Tell the two guys in front of you that you overheard someone in back saying they were going to douse their brisket in sauce, and causally point behind you. Aspersions will…
On the corner of Meadows and the Central Expressway, in the same plaza as Tom Thumb, a neat and tidy Tex-Mex restaurant opened at the end of last year. You might think the last thing Dallas needs is yet another Tex Mex restaurant, but open the door and you’ll find…
