The new NYLO Dallas South Side hotel (1325 S. Lamar St.) offers two dining experiences. The Terrace Bistro and lobby bar, located on the first floor, has a chic loft vibe. The space is adorned with exposed concrete and bright jewel tones. Wooden tables and plush leather seats line the…
After a 20-year career in psychology, last year Emilia Flores decided she wanted to change paths. “I want to nourish people in a different way now,” she says. So, she opened the Taco Stop at 1900 Irving Blvd. this February and, on most days, you’ll find Flores on the other…
Kung Fu Saloon is a new arcade and bar situated at the corner of Routh Street and Cedar Springs Road, in what used to be the Place at Perry’s (2901 Routh St). This Austin-import opened Labor Day weekend and is already getting quite acclimated in its new digs. On Saturday…
With the brief, if glorious, respite from 100-plus degree weather, we took again to outdoor activities that, for many of us, have been shelved since late May. And though fall may be upon us, we have at least a solid three weeks, if not more, of summery weather perfect for…
You’d think that there’s no way that Firexbox could be the name of a restaurant, but you’d be wrong. When I first saw it, I thought, “Surely there’s just a typeface issue here with their logo and they mean Fire Box with chopsticks in the middle and that design element…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Let’s not get sucked into semantics of Kurobuta versus Berkshire when…
See also: *Jon Alexis of TJ’s Seafood Market on Expansion, The Fishing Industry and Lobsters that Need a New Home Jon Alexis of TJ’s Fresh Seafood Market is pitching his tent in East Dallas this weekend for another impromptu fish market at Urbano Café. Jimmy’s Food Store, Tom Spicer’s garden…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. You can get breakfast burritos all over Dallas but the only…
At last, August has left us, bringing us that much closer to the promise of cooler weather. Someday soon, we hope. In the meantime, the month brought Dallas several new restaurants and wilted a few others. Read on for the full list of openings and closings and be sure to…
The scent of allspice-infused meat roasting over smoking coals of pimento wood is the sort of thing food writers attempt to turn into poetry, but capturing the aroma adequately is like trying to grasp the air that carries the fragrance. Smoky, earthy and full of spice like Christmas, with a…
Eddie Cervantes, the man behind Primo’s, recently opened E Bar (1901 N. Haskell Ave.). The new Tex-Mex restaurant and bar, located on one-way Haskell just past Dolly Python, has been open for nearly three weeks now but is still undergoing minor construction (the front sign and curtains are on their…
See Also: *Emporium Pie Photos Emporium Pies is now open at 314 North Bishop St. in a charming 1930’s Victorian bungalow. Megan Wilkes and Mary Ganutt closed on this property back in April and have been busy making this place their new pie home. This weekend they had a quiet…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Latkes? The first random thought that bloomed from my subconscious was…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Should you find yourself in need of a trip to downtown…
Much of the time in this blog, I’ve been banging on about “authenticity” or “being legit” and trying to work out what that was in relation to the Texas BBQ experience. It seems that the less inviting a place is, the more authentic the experience. For example, Sonny Bryan’s (OG)…
“We’re trying a new place for dinner tonight, honey.” “Oh really? What’s it called?” “Uhhh, Front Door. Or maybe Back Room. Lake House? I can’t remember. Anyway it’s near SMU.” — excerpt from a scene from Forgettable Monologues from Inside Households All Over Highland Park Though it first sounds nondescript,…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. I know. Never thought I’d see back-to-back popovers on CoA’s hundred…
See also: 2012 Big Tex Choice Awards: Did Someone Say Fried Bacon Cinnamon Roll? The 2012 Big Tex Choice Awards, which is a sophisticated way of saying All That Fried Goodness at the State Fair of Texas, were announced yesterday. It included such chest-graspers as Fried Bacon Cinnamon Roll, Fried…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. Chicken salad slides in right behind tuna salad for the most…
In no way did the Ten Bells Butty seem attractive to me. “It’s basically a french-fry sandwich,” the bartender said, when I admitted the menu description left me confused. The description was clear — house-made chips means french fries when you’re in an English pub, and more often than not…
To prepare for this fall’s Best of Dallas® 2012 issue, we’re counting down (in no particular order) our 100 Favorite Dishes. If there’s a dish you think we need to try, leave it in the comments, or email me. A recent trip to an Indian grocery in Carrollton had me…
A few weeks ago the Campania’s Pizza at the West Village posted to their Facebook page that their landlords “informed us that they would not be renewing our lease and the we must vacate the building by 08/31/12.” Bummer. To make matters worse, they haven’t had any luck finding a…
