Justin Anderson, founder of WOATS, is one of those granola kind of guys. Here’s a fact about granola: It can be like eating tiny bricks sometimes. And if you have braces, the snack can be a downright menacing. Anderson knows all about that. When he was 16 he bit into…
Long-time readers of this blog will remember the irrepressible mischief of my wife, Richard (not her real name). Well, one of the greatest regrets of our marriage is that I took her to Pecan Lodge one time on an off-day. It was good, but not great. She was unimpressed. I…
It was a gloomy day, so when a friend offered to deliver me lunch I jumped on the opportunity. “Bring me two banh mi sandwiches from Mot Hai Ba, and make sure one of them has pork pâté,” I asked. I was curious how the restaurant would package the sandwiches,…
Yesterday I was back at La Banqueta for lunch. While I was waiting for my plate of suadero tacos, I chatted with a few guys who’d stopped in to give the place a try. One of the gentlemen had obviously fallen in love with La Banqueta’s delicious street tacos previously,…
NOSH Euro Bistro in Plano has closed. The restaurant confirmed on its Facebook page on Wednesday with a message, “Thank you for all of your support!” along with a picture of owner Avner Samuel sort of smiling. He looks dapper in bright sweater. I suppose the message is, “I’m good,…
Hopefully you made it to Iron Fork last night. Hopefully you dressed lightly. While massive blowers at the front of the venue did their best, the back of the Dallas Contemporary was quite warm. I’m half convinced that Matt McCallister’s sweat was the magical ingredient that propelled the young chef…
The recipe for Craft and Growler’s existence was simple. Husband and wife owners Kevin Afghani and Catherine Kinslow fell in love with the recently exploding local craft beer movement in Dallas — so much so that they personally invested in the Deep Ellum Brewing Co. as it got off the…
The East Hampton Sandwich Co. is sailing its upscale nautical-themed sandwich shop northward to the Shops at Legacy in Plano. The first spot, in University Park’s Snider Plaza, opened last fall. Founder Hunter Pond wanted to bring the sandwiches he found while vacationing in northeast to the Dallas area. Pond,…
“Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,” wrote Herrick. Or eat. We sort of like eating more than gardening to celebrate the beginning, or ending, of any season. And, if you’ve made it out to the Ballpark in Arlington for some springtime baseball, you’ve certainly had plenty to keep you busy…
Here’s something — I am a very big fan of baseball. I can’t explain why. I guess it’s like really fast cricket. Anyway, I used to watch it late at night on TV back in the U.K. quite obsessively. It’s the only American sport I’ve ever managed to get on…
Remember the Klondike Choco Taco that Taco Bueno offered back in the day? It held all the same ingredients as a Drumstick with the fun of being taco shaped. Ice cream plus taco equaled good. But then somewhere around 2009, according to the Internet, Choco Tacos suddenly became hard to…
The Hospitality Sweet, a quaint little bakery and café, opened earlier this week inside the historic downtown post office and courthouse at the corner of Ervay and Bryan streets (400 North Ervay, Suite 175). This building was originally constructed in the 1930s and has been undergoing a massive redevelopment for…
It’s 2:30 in the morning at some bar in Uptown, and as you drag a ballpoint pen across a credit card slip, feeling the grain of the bar beneath, you become aware of a rumbling from within. It’s impossible not to be hungry. Most bars close their kitchens down by…
Another month has come and gone and with it a handful of restaurants have opened. Read on for the full list of restaurants happenings in April, and be sure to share tips about new and/or dead restaurants in the comments section below or at dish@dallasobserver.com. Openings: Il Cane Rosso White…
Good job, McDonald’s. You’re kicking around the idea of making breakfast available all day, finally catching up with every single person who’s ever had breakfast and realized it should be eaten all day every day. It’s taken you long enough, and frankly we’re not sure why you’ve kept such a…
If you could take a snapshot of fast food menus from 10-15 years ago and compare them with menus today, it’d be glaringly obvious that on-the-go joints are making a push toward healthier menus. Salads have acquired more real estate. Calorie counts are starting to appear to assist in guilting…
Like I said back in January, I like to experiment with healthy eating every once in a while. And when I do, I love to stumble upon a salad that makes me go mmmm. In honor of Salad Month (or is it BBQ Month?), here is a list of salads…
I’m currently building a baby, and I realize that in addition to the gift of life, I’ve got this awesome placenta that’s brewing in me, too. I’m told I have some choices to make about what I want to do with it when it, uh, comes out of the smoker…
News has been buzzing the last couple of weeks about food that will slowly kill you. First it was red meat getting the flak, along with liver, but now eggs, the breakfast staple and vegetarian go-to for protein, are also to blame. All of this is coming from the April…
Frisco is an odd place for anything that isn’t a strip mall. All those strange brick buildings are meant to give it character, I suppose, but end up making the whole place look like the efforts of a pioneering architect who desires a standardized building, and has had southern European…
If you’ve ever found yourself in the Dallas Arts District and in need of an immediate caffeine injection, we have good news for you. The AT&T Performing Arts Center has announced that Pearl Cup, the much-loved local coffee house, will be the official coffee vendor for the museum café in…
In a boisterous dining room on a Thursday night at Urbano Café, a sea of crystal marks a large table of diners working their way through a variety of wines, while across the room a woman celebrates her 40th with the girls. The celebrants have even more wine, and every…
