Dallas’ newest coffee spot, Weekend, might not officially be open to the public, but it has been quietly brewing cups of coffee for those in the know since May. The chic coffee shop is located inside the Joule Hotel (on the Commerce Street side), next to the recently opened, LA-based…
I’m an unapologetic Shipley’s fan. I don’t know of many things better than a plain glazed warm Shipley’s doughnut that melts in your mouth like angels singing atop a beautiful mountain overlooking … you get the scene. Most important: One free glazed doughnut today until noon! See Also: — Delicious…
News came out from Culture Map that Jo Jo will be closing in two weeks. You may remember the Uptown restaurant from our series of blog posts that tracked its design, build-out and opening. See also: – Chronicling a Restaurant’s Opening: Construction at JoJo Continues – JoJo Eating House &…
Here’s a fact that drives pageviews and purchases — everyone loves a list. They do. It’s easily digestible, it’s automatically controversial by dint of ordering and omitting things that people concerned enough by the subject to click on the list care deeply about, and it’s endlessly repostable. It’s the entire…
From the outside, Tom’s Burgers and Grill looks a lot like most Middle America diners — the ones built during a time when car doors shut with a satisfying thud and the use of seat belts was just a suggestion. The exterior of the building is a mix of glass…
We thought we’d take a break from writing about fried meats to mention that a new study just came out about the health benefits of a vegetarian diet. Spoiler: Vegetarian diets are good for you, which is probably not a surprise. What is surprising is that there are numbers to…
Craving tomatoes? Not the cottony, firm, flavorless orbs that are available at your supermarket year round. And not the bright-red specimens that have been promising so much but under-delivering at the Dallas Farmers Market either. I’m talking about heavenly tomatoes that scream vibrant, summery, fruity flavors when you bite into…
Another month has come and gone and with it a handful of restaurants have opened and closed. Read on for the full list of restaurants happenings in May, and be sure to share tips about new and/or dead restaurants in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Openings: Rice and…
There’s already an Off the Bone. I went there once, back in the mists of time. I remember that the location was worrying, that I had to take holiday allowance from work to be able to order a buttermilk pie in a misunderstanding that ran for several days and that…
They are among the highest echelons of pedestrian fare, joining burgers and nachos in the holy trinity of bar food. Chicken wings have been making stool-bound drunks smile saucy Ronald McDonald grins since they were invented in Buffalo in 1964. Now they’re served with such fervor their price outpaces chicken…
Last week Bud Kennedy posted on his Eats Beat page that Escondido, “the best Tex-Mex dive in Dallas, has closed … Loved it dearly.” I contacted William Pacheco with the restaurant about the closing and he explained that when they heard the new Parkland Hospital was going to be built…
If there’s one thing you could use to convince an out-of-towner that Dallas is a city worth visiting, the first-class city its leaders want so badly for it to be, it would likely be the Arts District. It’s the largest in the country, according to people who know such things,…
Urban Vines Wine Bistro opened last week at 9219 Garland Road in the old Café Lago space. Jennifer Rodriguez and Jon Sparks both have a strong affinity for wine and wanted to bring a quaint and personal wine experience to East Dallas. “We’ve been waiting for the right place, and…
It pains me to drive past an old man selling watermelons on the side of the road. Some nostalgic force makes me whip a U-turn on most occasions — also because a ripe watermelon in the summer time is simply amazing. Over the years, I’ve learned that these farmers always…
A tipster emailed me over the weekend to let me know that Mockingbird Taproom has closed. Their website is currently down, and a call to the restaurant went unanswered. The mailbox for the number is full. A spokesperson for Mockingbird Station, which leases the space, confirmed that the restaurant was…
Marc Cassel, owner of 20 Feet Seafood Joint in East Dallas, threw an interesting post up on his Facebook page this week. Holy Flying Decapod Crustaceans Batman! A few dozen soft-shell crabs (can I get a Hallelujah?) will be boarding a red-eye flight from the Chesapeake to Big D this…
Late last night, after a tense end-of-session standoff on the Senate floor, the beefed-up Cottage Food Bill, HB 970, passed and is now on the way to the Governor’s desk. As we reported last week, there was some fear the bill wouldn’t make it on the final calendar for a…
Downtown Dallas was starved for natural beauty. Not that a five-acre deck park built atop a busy freeway is natural, really, but there are large swaths of grass that are sometimes green alongside the plastic turf dogs seem to love. The grass would be greener if a large part of…
Regular readers may remember that I found it amusing to review cream teas and high teas around Dallas, comparing them to their British counterparts. While many of you didn’t agree that this was in fact amusing, that’s never stopped me before. For the third in a highly infrequent series, I…
Luck Ducky Dogs, the “silly truck with serious food,” will be at the Dallas Arts District (2403 Flora) todayuntil 2 p.m. giving out 100 free “Hangover Part III” dogs, as an ode to the film that will be released Friday. Make haste! That spreadsheet can wait. Next is the character-based…
Three rectangles of semifreddo in pistachio, mint and strawberry sat in a row like fat dominoes at Belly and Trumpet in Uptown. The chilled desserts looked good, with shards of green pistachio and two carefully placed strawberries, but they tasted rather dull and they were tiny. A longer rectangle of…
If you’re a careful diner, you might have noticed the term “compression” attached to a fruit that’s featured in your dish or dessert. John Tesar added compressed heirloom tomato slices to a “burger” he fashioned for Eater a few weeks ago, and at Belly and Trumpet, compressed mango is featured…
