The good people of the UT Southwestern campus are about to be slapped in the mouth with slow-cooked meat. Jack Perkins and part of his Maple and Motor team expect to open his new taco assembly-line concept, ocaTaco, sometime this week. (According to Facebook, it’s looking like Wednesday.) And yes,…
I’m getting ready to embark on a pretty serious brisket taco excursion. The thought is: Trying the same dish at many different restaurants provides context about how individual restaurants interpret a particular preparation. Basically, I’m about to spend an entire day eating nothing but tortillas stuffed with stringy beef. Before…
Johnny’s Pizza House has opened its first North Texas location in Addison, at the northwest corner of Belt Line and Midway. Johnny’s is originally out of Monroe, Louisiana, where they have a fairly devout following. Their thick crusts are loaded with gooey cheese, and piling on the toppings is encouraged…
This week, Cheap Bastard rolls the dice and finds she loves the crunchy fish taco (heh, heh, she said crunchy fish taco) at Taco Taco, 5954 Royal Lane, 214-750-4420.) Other diners in the restaurant besides me count: 0 Times I laughed when I realized that I recommend the crunchy fish…
Out on the eastern edge of Dallas yesterday, I punched my location into my Dive-Burger Finder App and Bell’s Better Burger popped up. Bless those satellites orbiting the Earth finding burgers for me. Bell’s Better Burger, at 2610 Peachtree Road in Mesquite, is strictly a drive-in. There are two large…
When Private Social opened last fall, the occasion was marked with a red-carpet affair. Literally, the rug was rouge, and it was rolled out for the city’s socialites, both actual and aspiring, all craving a first look into Uptown’s latest offering to the upscale dining gods. The pseudo-celebrities were out…
When we got notice of a new taco shop opening, we immediately considered our lunch plans solidified. Taco Stop, the new taco stand that opened this Monday in the Design District (1900 Irving), has a lot going for it with respect to Observer employees. For one, it serves tacos, which…
The first time you look up at Mason Bar, located at 2701 Guillot St., you might not even realize what you’re seeing. In what looks like an old, abandoned brownstone from the outside, Mason, led by underground Chef David Anthony Temple (yeah, DAT one) is open and comfortable on the…
Alex Nham travels the globe, mainly the part with Dallas on it, in search of new places to eat breakfast. I wasn’t in search of anything particular to eat this week; the days were long and I just wanted some eggs and fat. I could have gone to some diner…
Back in August, I posted about the perils of brunch and proclaimed breakfast the superior morning meal. I’d just had a croissant at Zaguan Bakery and thought the black coffee and newspaper culture of the breakfast crowd was infinitely more appealing than the mimosa-drenched brunch set. The croissant I had…
When I stumbled into Yutaka on Friday night without a reservation and was told I’d have to wait an hour to sit at the sushi bar, I wasn’t disappointed. I left my name at the stand and walked two doors down to Sharaku, the Izakaya owned by the same folks…
Weary of soy protein and veggie burgers from Meatless Mondays gone by, I had set my sights this go around on exotic flavors and spices. My search for bargain vegetarian nirvana took me to Mumtaz, an Indian restaurant located in a generic Richardson strip mall at Campbell and Central. I’m…
When a friend in Oak Cliff mentioned that a doughnut shop down the street from her place had delicious bacon donuts, I figured it was worth setting an alarm for. I dragged myself out of bed at 9:45 this morning (the horror!) and pointed myself toward Lone Star Donuts. Lone…
Once a month or so, we invite a new lucky soul to attempt to conquer The Box. Their challenge: To create something awesome out of whatever ingredients are in the box. It’s like Chopped plus Punk’d, only less terrible. This month, Campo’s Matt McCallister attempts to make some Super Bowl…
Lately we’ve talked a lot about how the Dallas food scene is moving past plates of melted cheese. But let this stand as a warning to the fancy-pants chefs in this town: Melted cheese will always have a place here. You hear that? Always. And that’s how I justify the…
January proved to be a busy month in the Dallas food scene. The highly anticipated Sundown at Granada opened its doors, along with a handful of other eateries. Read on for the full opening and closing slate, and be sure to share tips about restaurant openings or closings in the…
Each week, Justin Bitner goes hunting for DFW’s most interesting sandwiches. Have a sandwich suggestion? Leave it in the comments and he’ll check it out. Venue: Captain Nemo’s Sandwich: The Sizzling Steak ($5.49) Bread: Newborn hoagie straight from the depths of the on-site oven Toppings: Chopped steak, provolone, lettuce, tomato,…
Union Bear in the West Village is set to open tonight. Just across from the Magnolia Theatre, the space is split between a street level, which has a large retractable windows and a bar (technically opening next week), and an underground level where there are several distinct dining areas, another…
Woodshed Smokehouse (3201 Riverfront) held its soft opening last night on Fort Worth’s Trinity Trails, playing to a large crowd of cowboy-booted TCU students and what was very likely the entire medical community of Tarrant County. Seriously, everyone was wearing scrubs. Or purple. Chef Tim Love’s newest project has the…
Greenling is a company out of Austin that just started delivering farm-fresh produce and other foods to customers in an around Dallas. The concept is to bridge the gap between those who want to eat organic and local but don’t have the time or wherewithal to attain it. And since…
In her never-ending pursuit to murder her colon, this week the Cheap Bastard spends a few nickels at Texas Garden, 8420 Park Lane, and a few other places that were the same place or something. Drips of water that fell from the ceiling onto the counter as I waited for…
Billed as Carrollton’s Koreatown, the Furneaux Creek Village Shopping Center is packed with Korean restaurants, a karaoke lounge and a pool hall featuring pocketless tables. There’s a Mozart Bakery & Cafe, with its rich-smelling coffee punching you in the nose upon entrance, and an IHOP that stands out like a…
